Towels & Dish Cloths

The best kitchen towels and kitchen dish cloths need not be expensive. Here at Rapids Wholesale, we assure you that you will get affordable dish towels and kitchen dish cloths that are of the best quality in the food-service market today. Choose from a wide variety of wholesale dish towels and bulk kitchen towels from some of the most trusted brands
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  1. 11-3/4" x 11-3/4" Waffle Weave Dish Cloths (1 Dozen)
    11-3/4" x 11-3/4" Waffle Weave Dish Cloths (1 Dozen)
    Special Price $13.94 Regular Price $15.58
  2. 20" x 28" Herringbone Glass Drying Towel (1 Dozen)
    20" x 28" Herringbone Glass Drying Towel (1 Dozen)
    Special Price $32.51 Regular Price $36.32
  3. 22" x 36" Lightweight Flour Sack Towel, Commercial Grade (1 Dozen)
    22" x 36" Lightweight Flour Sack Towel, Commercial Grade (1 Dozen)
    Special Price $34.25 Regular Price $38.27
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What Are Kitchen Dish Cloths?

Kitchen dish cloths are a type of cloth used in kitchens to clean and wipe dishes as well as other surfaces like restaurant tables, restaurant chairs, serving counters, and bars. Some of the most common kitchen dish cloths include cotton dish cloths or those made of microfiber. Typical sizes of kitchen dish cloths are around eleven to fifteen square inches in width.

How to Properly Clean or Disinfect Kitchen Dish Cloths

Because kitchen dish cloths are usually moistened to wipe and clean not just dishes but also various surfaces in your restaurant or food-service kitchen, they can be a breeding ground for bacteria, germs, viruses, and even harmful molds and other fungi. Add to this the fact that kitchen sinks often have leftover scraps of food that come from dishes and pots and pans, it is therefore not surprising that kitchen dish cloths can actually harbor dangerous bacteria such as salmonella and E. coli as well as a host of many other pathogens. This is why it's important to regularly disinfect or clean kitchen dish cloths. This can be done via regular hand washing or machine washing.

Another quick and easy way to clean and disinfect your kitchen dish cloths is by placing a damp dish cloth inside a microwave and heating it for two minutes. This simple procedure can kill up to 99 percent of the potentially harmful pathogens present in kitchen dish cloths. You need to be careful, though, to make sure that any kitchen dish cloths disinfected via the microwave method are sufficiently wet so as not to accidentally cause dangerous fires in your kitchen.

What Are Commercial Kitchen Towels?

Commercial kitchen towels are similar to kitchen dish cloths but are typically wider. While kitchen dish cloths typically measure around eleven to fifteen square inches, restaurant dish towels measure around nineteen to twenty-six square inches.

Restaurant kitchen towels are mainly utilized to clean and then dry dishware. Restaurant towels that are more absorbent and soft are generally preferred by waitstaff, and white cotton dish towels are some of the best-selling commercial kitchen towels available in the market today.

However, like kitchen dish cloths, because restaurant kitchen towels are often used to wipe various surfaces, they commonly come into contact with a lot of dirt and germs and bacteria. This is why it is important to always disinfect and clean your restaurant towels regularly. Proper cleaning and disinfecting can effectively be done through a thorough washing with a cleaning liquid, a strong soap, or even bleach. Needless to say, after washing your kitchen dish cloths, you must dry them thoroughly by hanging them outside under the sun to ensure that regrowth of bacteria is avoided as well as to assure a pleasantly scent.

Dish Cloths and Towels Available Here at Rapids Wholesale

Here at Rapids Wholesale, you can choose from wholesale kitchen towels and wholesale dish towels from Chef Revival, one of the leading brands that supplies not only restaurant kitchen towels but also food-safety tools, hand-safety products, and chef and food-service apparel.

Our towels and dish cloths include bar towels, a flour sack dish towel, waffle weave dish cloths, multistripe kitchen towels, and more.