Refrigerators work hard in your kitchen to maintain a consistent cool temperature while the outside temperatures vary significantly due to time of year and activity within the kitchen. Here are some easy to follow hints that will boost efficiency for your commercial refrigerators and worktop refrigerators.
When placing products in the interior of your refrigerator or refrigerated walk-in, you should separate food items into several categories based on the frequency that you need to have access to them. You can store items that are infrequently used away from the frequently used items. For example, if you access eggs, milk and cheese frequently, they can all be stored together, but if you have produce items that you only need to access during a specific day part, you can store those together in a different refrigerator. This will allow the unit holding the infrequently accessed items to have minimum contact with ambient air which would need to be cooled.
The thermostat does not need to be set below the recommended temperature. Doing this may only marginally decrease the freezing or cooling time yet it will cause the unit to utilize significantly more energy.
Let hot items cool before placing them in the refrigerator so that they do not elevate the internal temperature of everything inside. Also be sure to label items in an easy to see manner so that you are able to minimize any searching within the refrigerator with the door open.
Carefully review the way that food is loaded inside the unit so that it is not blocking circulation within the refrigerator. Utilize multiple trays when loading food inside a unit so that cold air can circulate well throughout the unit interior and all around the food product.
Finally, pay attention to the position of any commercial refrigerator or freezer within your kitchen so that it is positioned away from sources of heat such as ovens or grills.
