“Refrigerator” is defined as: “Equipment designed to enclose an area of mechanically refrigerated and temperature-controlled air used to maintain prescribed cold food holding temperatures.” There are approximately 19 different types of commercial refrigerator, including their configurations, which fall under this description and are used in the food industry. Many of these types can be grouped into the following categories.
Beverage Coolers are refrigerators intended solely for the storage and/or display of packaged beverage products that are not potentially hazardous foods, such as carbonated beverages, beer and wine. They are not designed to do anything else.
Display Refrigerators are designed to display foods to the consumer for purchase in areas where the environmental conditions are controlled and maintained. There are several types of display refrigerators; in fact, NSF has definitions (NSF/ANSI 170-2002) for about six different types depending on their use, door configuration and the environmental conditions in which they are installed. This type of commercial refrigerator in Singapore is designed to maintain safe temperatures and not for cooling down.
Rapid Pull-Down Refrigerators, which are also known as Blast Chillers, are specifically designed for rapid intermediate chilling of food products within a specified period. When used correctly, these are ideal for the rapid cooling of hot foods.
Refrigerated Buffet Units are designed to receive refrigerated food and maintain food product temperatures. They are intended for customer self-service, such as a salad bar.
Refrigerated Food Preparation Units are designed with a refrigerated open top or open condiment rail. These include refrigerated sandwich units and pizza preparation tables.
Storage Refrigerators are designed for the cold storage of non-frozen foods between periods of preparation, service, display or sale. Probably a better moniker for these units is “day refrigerator” because they are not intended for long-term storage of foods.
The Walk-in Refrigerator is an enclosed, mechanically refrigerated and temperature-controlled room with integral walls, floors, and ceiling used to maintain prescribed cold food holding temperatures. I think that we can all agree that this type of refrigerator is probably the most widely used and the least understood, but more on this in a moment.
We do not consider the use of domestic or household refrigerators as appropriate in a commercial food setting. They are unacceptable because their cooling capacity, temperature recovery, airflow and durability are unknown. There are no performance requirements for domestic refrigeration equipment.
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