What Makes a Great Restaurant Scale?
If you want to provide the best experience for your guests, investing in a great restaurant scale is a necessity. But what sets a great scale apart from a scale that's just ok? Let’s look at some of the traits that make a scale the cream of the crop.
One top feature to look for is: NSF Certification. While not legally required, using a scale with an NSF certification is highly recommended. The NSF is the National Sanitation Foundation, an organization that standardizes food safety and sanitation. NSF approved scales are made from materials that don’t leach chemicals into food. They’re also easy to clean, resistant to bacteria and more. Several of the Adam Equipment counter top scales boast NSF certification. Between all five, there are a total of 39 models to choose from. If you want to ensure that the scales you’re using in your restaurant will meet the rigorous needs of a professional kitchen, you want to guarantee your scale is NSF certified.
Another feature you will want is Quick Stabilization to Keep Up with Busy Chefs. Restaurant kitchens are bustling and busy, especially on Friday nights and weekends. When 30 tables need their food, there’s no time to be waiting for your scale to weigh. The length of time it takes a scale to settle on a result after you place food on the pan is called its stabilization time. Of course, the faster the better. Multiple Adam Equipment bench scales stabilize within one to two seconds. With weight information provided quickly, you’re able to maintain the speed and momentum you need to provide customers with delicious, high-quality food.
Ideally, you need an IP67 rated scale to protect against spills and messes. Kitchens are messy, with staff using raw meat, vegetables, fruits, oils, seasonings and other ingredients constantly. A great restaurant scale has an IP rating to protect itself against damage from liquids and solids that may splatter, splash, or spill. IP stands for ingress protection, and the higher a rating the scale has, the better!
Adam Equipment’s Aqua ABW offers an IP67 rating. It has protection against fine solids like flour as well as from brief submersion in water when you need to hose it down in the sink. Adam’s Aqua ABW-S and Gladiator series both feature an IP68 rating. This means you can hit them with jets and submerge them in water at deeper levels and for a longer time. This is perfect when you handle meat or fish, which spread bacteria quickly and can lead to cross contamination. Whether it’s an IP67 or 68 rating, you’re guaranteed a quick clean-up so you can get back to food prep without delay.
It's always nice to have a scale with Rechargeable Battery for Portability. Space is a hot commodity in many restaurant kitchens, so flexibility is a valuable trait in a scale. Every NSF-approved weighing scale Adam offers comes with a rechargeable battery, so you’re not tied to an electrical outlet or a specific area. If you need to plug the mixer in and there’s just not another spot for it, don’t worry! Your weighing scale will operate perfectly fine for many busy hours to come – in fact the Latitude has a 210-hour battery life!
Another nice feature to look for in your kitchen scale is Multiple Weighing Units. Many recipes call for ingredients measured in grams, but we all know you always weigh a nice juicy steak in ounces. A kitchen scale that can provide both units, amongst others like kilograms or pounds, will save you time and effort by increasing the versatility of your scale.
We hope this video has helped you out. Are you looking to add a great scale to your restaurant’s kitchen? Be sure to check out Central Carolina Scale.com to get started today!
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00:00 Introduction
00:17 NSF Scales
01:01 Steady Scale Readings
01:37 Scales Rated IP67 or Higher
02:36 Portable Scales with Battery Power
03:08 Scales with LB, KG, G, & OZ Units
03:29 Conclusion
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