Lodging operations offer a broad range of foodservice options, from restaurants and bars and lounges to room service and banquet facilities.

Given their large number of customers, hospitality operations favor bigger dining areas and smaller kitchens. After all, the key to making money is putting bodies in seats at the tables and then turning those tables. The more dining space available, the easier that goal is to accomplish.

However, as dining areas grow, kitchen space shrinks. Already tight space becomes even tighter, and efficiency and productivity suffer.

Foodservice consultants canwork with their lodging clients to specify equipment suitable for small kitchen areas. Equipment such as space-saving refrigerators and freezers, combi ovens, undercounter refrigerators and refrigerated equipment stands deliver big results even in small environments.

The Traulsen Space-Saver product line—including dual-temp and freezer models UR48DT and Model UR30LT and refrigerator models UR30HT and UR48HT—is designed for use in a variety of commercial applications where both narrow width and shallow depth are required. Their compact footprints are all 24 inches deep (cabinet body only), with 30-inch-wide one-section models.

Hobart’s Combi® Oven enables every type of operator to prepare a wide range of products. In convection mode, the oven has a water-injection button, which is ideal for pastries, breads and glazing. Steam mode perfectly steams fish, shellfish, rice, vegetables and meats. In combination mode, the oven controls humidity in the cooking chamber to maintain the perfect atmosphere for meats, rethermalizing meals and general cooking results. This single oven provides all the settings necessary for several styles of cooking.

Traulsen refrigerated equipment stands offer design flexibility, precise temperature controls and are capable of supporting 1,000 pounds of weight, enabling foodservice operations to take advantage of the usually wasted space beneath broilers, ovens, fryers or griddles.

Traulsen’s compact and full-size undercounters offer maximum storage space—with capacity ranging from 8.6 cubic feet up to 28.9 cubic feet—but are flexible enough to adapt to a client’s changing storage needs. Each door has two chrome-plated wire shelves mounted on shelf pins. Optional tray slides are also available and can be used in combination with or instead of shelves to accommodate sheet pans ranging from 18 inches by 26 inches to 14 inches by 18 inches.