Welcome to our How To guides! Here you’ll find step-by-step tips, tutorials, and expert advice to help you get the most out of your foodservice and beverage equipment. Whether you’re looking to improve kitchen efficiency, maintain your equipment, or discover best practices for your operation, our guides make it easy to learn and implement solutions that work.
Refresh the look of your restaurant or cafeteria without the costly expense of replacing your décor – redoing your tabletop with new china is an affordable and effective way to breathe new life into your establishment. Guests really do notice the finer details when they stop by for a meal, and serving your food on stylish china can positively impact their overall impression of the visit.
Just take our quiz, and we’ll recommend a beer tower style for you. If you want more information on any of the questions we asked, just scroll under the quiz – we’ve elaborated on many of the points.
The best glassware for serving Cold Brew coffee is glassware that helps keep the coffee cold while enhancing the aromatics. Cold Brew coffee is visually pretty, so clear glass is our suggestion for a beautiful presentation. As with the vessels used to serve hot coffee, you need a vessel that is narrower at the bottom and has a sort of “tulip” shape with a brim that is just a bit wider than the base of the glass.The shape enhances the aromatic properties in coffee.
Cold brew and nitro coffee are both drinks that have been rapidly increasing in popularity these past few years, which is probably why the coffee keg in your office or cafeteria seems to empty so quickly. While this can put a damper on your enthusiasm and budget for a cold brew/nitro coffee dispenser, don’t fret - Rapids has a few tips on how to make your keg last as long as possible (as well as offset the initial coffee commercial cold brew/nitro coffee tap system cost).
Using a beer dispenser doesn't have to mean you are limited to just a few beer options. In just a few steps, you can easily turn your Volition beer dispenser into a mobile microbrew station! Just add casters and two 5-product T-Towers! Several widths are available for you to choose from: 59", 69", 95".
When picking the equipment you will use to keep your kitchen running smoothly, no detail is unimportant. This includes the grade of stainless steel used in the equipment’s design. Stainless steel’s grade refers to the quality, temperature resistance, and durability of the metal. Each has a slightly varied composition that makes them suitable for different environments and usage.
Summer is tough on restaurant refrigeration equipment. As heat and humidity rises, ice machines, refrigerators, beverage dispensers, and even walk-in coolers and freezers all must work harder. Emergency repairs can be costly, not to mention the potential loss of perishables.A little preventative maintenance can minimize or prevent these costly breakdowns during the hottest of summer days.
When trying to find the perfect jockey box for your event, it's easy to get overwhelmed by the amount of options out there. These portable beer coolers vary on everything from number of taps, beer cooling type, and quality of materials.
The Rapids team is proud to announce that one of our own has been recognized as the best of the best in customer service and sales at the 2017 FE&S’ Dealer of the Year and Industry Awards Gala. Luke Green, one of our Contract & Design Specialists, was named the FE&S 2017 DSR of the Year this past Saturday.
The race itself may only last two minutes, but the excitement and party atmosphere builds all day 'til the moment twenty horses Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs in Kentucky.
