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Commercial Fridge
Fridges or (Refrigerators) are one of the most important appliances in a commercial kitchen… if the food is left out on the sides it will not last, become mouldy and in turn be a hazard to health. Commercial fridges solve this problem and allow all the food to be stored at the correct cold temperature, preserving the food and keeping it health to eat.
The refrigerator is essentially a cooling system that consists of a compartment that is thermally insulated and a heat pump that is either mechanical or chemical. The pump is used to transfer warm air (heat) from the fridge the outside environment in turn this cools the products (contents) to a temperature that is below ambient.
Refrigerators and Freezers only differ in name because of a few degrees in temperature. A device that cools products to a temperature of a few degrees above the freezing point of water is known as the former and then from the freezing point of water and below it is then known as a freezer.
The fridge as an appliance is actually a fairly new invention among kitchen equipment and has replaced the ‘Icebox’ which for a century and a half prior was a common household appliance.
In fact the Commercial version was used over 40 years prior to when the 1st one was used for domestic uses, they used to use a system that leaked which made them unsafe and therefore not available for domestic uses (that system was a toxic gas).