School & University Equipment Repair in South Florida
K-12 cafeterias, university dining, dish machines, walk-ins, bulk milk — district-friendly dispatch.
Why schools and universities owners call Berne
School kitchens have constraints that no other vertical does: a meal service window measured in minutes, USDA volume requirements, background-screened-vendor lists, and a budget cycle that doesn't care that the steamer broke on Tuesday. We work with district food-service directors and university dining operations the same way: scheduled PM in the summer, fast-turn during the school year, parts on the truck for the steamers, kettles, and dish machines that actually break, and documentation that fits into district vendor systems.
Eleven years operating across South Florida, 18 technicians on the road, 29,000+ services completed, and a 4.79-star average on 871 reviews. We're licensed and insured (DBA Berne Appliance Repair), EPA-certified for refrigerant work, and NDA-friendly for the verticals that need it.
Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach — same-day emergency dispatch for commercial accounts.
- · Miami-Dade County
- · Broward County
- · Palm Beach County
Equipment we service in schools and universities
Concrete brands and configurations our technicians actually open and repair — not a marketing list.
Steam-jacketed kettles, tilt skillets, pressure steamers, convection ovens
Batch cooking for tray-line meal service
Conveyor, flight-type, door-type — high-volume tray return
Receiving, dry storage and dairy walk-ins
5-crate and 12-crate cooler boxes for tray-line
Prep tables, refrigerated cold-pans, milk cases
Cafeteria and athletic-department ice
Common school & university repair issues we handle
- 1Cleveland steam-jacketed kettle not building pressure — water-level probe, steam-trap, or relief valve
- 2Hobart CL44 conveyor dish machine stuck — relay, water-level probe, or pump
- 3Bulk milk cooler at 45°F before lunch service — condenser airflow, evap fan, or door left open after delivery
- 4Combi oven steam not firing on a Rational — descaling overdue or water-level probe
- 5Walk-in freezer alarming over the weekend — defrost-cycle failure or condenser fan
- 6Tray-line cold-pan losing temp during meal service — evap fan or refrigerant charge
- 7Athletic-department ice machine empty — Hoshizaki harvest cycle or water inlet valve
Service area
We dispatch across all three South Florida counties for schools and universities: Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach. Most emergencies receive same-day response from Miami Beach to Boca Raton.
Why same-day matters for schools and universities
A dish machine failure during meal service is a USDA-volume problem in minutes. We staff dispatch with school food-service in mind: priority routing for active meal-service emergencies, batched scheduling for between-meal repairs, and summer PM windows for the work that doesn't need to happen during the year. Most district kitchens get a tech onsite same-day for active-service failures.
Faculty housing and on-campus residences run residential-grade laundry and kitchen equipment — Berne Appliance Repair handles those in-unit calls on the residential side.
Brands we service in schools and universities
Equipment platforms our technicians actively service across South Florida schools and universities accounts.
Related services
Same-day refrigeration service for restaurants, supermarkets, production facilities and enterprise clients.
Emergency walk-in cooler service — temperature loss, door seal issues, compressor failures, refrigerant leaks.
Convection, combi, conveyor and deck oven repair — Vulcan, Blodgett, Rational, Middleby.
Pressure and convection steamer service for production kitchens.
Commercial ice machine repair for restaurants, hotels, healthcare and retail — Hoshizaki, Manitowoc, Scotsman.
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