Commercial Equipment Repair Blog
Practical diagnostic guides for the equipment that keeps South Florida kitchens, hotels, and food production lines running. Written by the technicians on our trucks.
Commercial Convection Oven Even Bake Failure — Fan Motor or Element?
Your Vulcan VC44, Blodgett MK V-100, or Garland MCO-GS-10S is burning the back of every sheet pan. A pastry chef's diagnostic on convection fan motors, heating elements, and door seals.
Commercial Dishwasher Low Pressure or Poor Wash Results — Diagnosis
Why a Hobart AM-15, Jackson Conserver, or CMA EST-44L starts pushing dirty racks — pump impellers, clogged wash jets, mineral scale, drain valves, and the descaling routine that saves the wash arms.
Restaurant Ice Machine Not Making Ice? 8 Things Your Tech Will Check
A field-tested checklist for restaurant managers when a Hoshizaki, Manitowoc, or Scotsman ice machine stops producing — condenser, water filter, float switch, refrigerant temps, and harvest cycle.
Walk-In Cooler Running Warm? Causes, Costs, and When to Call
Why a True, Beverage-Air, or Traulsen walk-in starts climbing into the 40s — defrost faults, evaporator fan motors, refrigerant leaks, door gaskets, and what each repair actually costs.
Hobart Dishwasher Wash Arms Not Spinning — 4-Minute Diagnostic
A Hobart AM-15, CRS-66A, or LXi conveyor dishwasher pushes plates through but the wash arms aren't rotating. A four-step field test on the wash pump, jet inserts, and bearing — what a tech checks before parts go on order.
Hoshizaki vs Manitowoc vs Scotsman — Ice Machine Selection for South Florida Humidity
A working refrigeration tech's read on Hoshizaki KM, Manitowoc Indigo NXT, and Scotsman Prodigy Elite — which holds up in 90°F coastal kitchens, which parts wear first, and which manufacturer to spec for a Brickell bar versus a Hialeah QSR.