Restaurant Equipment
Choosing the right equipment for your operation is an essential part of making your business successful. At United Restaurant Supply, we strive to offer reliable brands at affordable prices. At URS, we stock the best brands in the industry and offer a complete range of restaurant equipment from food prep equipment to commercial hoods.
In an ever-changing industry, United Restaurant Supply is constantly training our teams on the newest equipment in our industry. United Restaurant Supply offers a test kitchen you can use to test recipes or see demos of equipment.
Work with our commercial kitchen design team and let us help you find the newest innovations to enhance your customer’s restaurant experience.
In an ever-changing industry, United Restaurant Supply is constantly training our teams on the newest equipment in our industry. United Restaurant Supply offers a test kitchen you can use to test recipes or see demos of equipment.
Work with our commercial kitchen design team and let us help you find the newest innovations to enhance your customer’s restaurant experience.
Buying Restaurant Equipment: Know the Answers to these Seven Questions

Commercial restaurant equipment stands as one of the most expensive and important investments a business makes. Not only can the restaurant equipment you choose make your operation more or less efficient, it, also, can be extremely expensive when purchasing mistakes are made.
United Restaurant Supply can help you in answering the following seven questions helps prevent mistakes, which in turn, saves frustration, time and money.
United Restaurant Supply can help you in answering the following seven questions helps prevent mistakes, which in turn, saves frustration, time and money.
1. What size unit is needed?
It’s important to look at the space you have and the specifications of the equipment you want to purchase. Make sure the unit not only is large enough to keep up with kitchen production, but also fits in the kitchen space.
2. Choosing a gas or an electric unit?
Evaluate if the business needs gas or electric equipment. Maybe the gas connection isn’t in a location that is efficient for a kitchen making an electric unit a better choice. Similarly, maybe an additional electric unit will draw too many amps and gas would be the better choice to purchase. Choose the best fit for the operations needs.
3. Is there enough hood space for the new piece of equipment?
Many pieces of equipment must be under a hood. It’s imperative to make sure that any new pieces of equipment will fit under the current hood space. It can be extremely costly, to add or replace a hood for a new piece of equipment.
4. Do you have enough breathing space between pieces of equipment?
Make sure that the space designated for a piece of equipment has the required ventilation space so that the equipment works effectively.
5. What is the equipment footprint?
Make sure the purchased equipment fits into the space by accounting for the height, depth, width and ventilation requirements.
6. Is a water supply needed and how close is the water supply to the equipment location?
It’s important to know whether or not a water supply is needed to run a piece of equipment and to ensure the water supply is close enough to the unit to be utilized.
7. Is a floor drain needed and where is that in reference to the piece of equipment?
Make sure to find out if a floor drain is needed for a piece of equipment prior to purchase.
It’s important to look at the space you have and the specifications of the equipment you want to purchase. Make sure the unit not only is large enough to keep up with kitchen production, but also fits in the kitchen space.
2. Choosing a gas or an electric unit?
Evaluate if the business needs gas or electric equipment. Maybe the gas connection isn’t in a location that is efficient for a kitchen making an electric unit a better choice. Similarly, maybe an additional electric unit will draw too many amps and gas would be the better choice to purchase. Choose the best fit for the operations needs.
3. Is there enough hood space for the new piece of equipment?
Many pieces of equipment must be under a hood. It’s imperative to make sure that any new pieces of equipment will fit under the current hood space. It can be extremely costly, to add or replace a hood for a new piece of equipment.
4. Do you have enough breathing space between pieces of equipment?
Make sure that the space designated for a piece of equipment has the required ventilation space so that the equipment works effectively.
5. What is the equipment footprint?
Make sure the purchased equipment fits into the space by accounting for the height, depth, width and ventilation requirements.
6. Is a water supply needed and how close is the water supply to the equipment location?
It’s important to know whether or not a water supply is needed to run a piece of equipment and to ensure the water supply is close enough to the unit to be utilized.
7. Is a floor drain needed and where is that in reference to the piece of equipment?
Make sure to find out if a floor drain is needed for a piece of equipment prior to purchase.
Call United Restaurant Supply For Your Next Project.
Design Consultations
Knowledgeable in building and health department codes
Offer all-inclusive design/build packages
Designs complete with FS-1’s, 2’s, 3’s, & 4’s.
Complete kitchen installation, with the exception of final connections.
Product storage until project completion.
Design Consultations
Knowledgeable in building and health department codes
Offer all-inclusive design/build packages
Designs complete with FS-1’s, 2’s, 3’s, & 4’s.
Complete kitchen installation, with the exception of final connections.
Product storage until project completion.
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