No catering business is complete without commercial refrigeration. This article gives you some hints and tips on how best to maintain your commercial refrigeration in order to maximize life span, and prevent expensive service calls.Once youve splashed out a few thousand Euros on commercial refrigeration for your kitchen, you want to ensure you do not fall into lazy routines and not maintain of it. Not only will this shorten the lifespan of the commercial refrigeration, but it will also lower the quality of the food you keep in the units.You should frequently do a a once over on your commercial refrigeration to be certain there are no problems or potential problems, such as problems with the doors or frost starting to form. If you spot it soon enough, it can mean you prevent a really stressful period of time in your kitchen! Imagine if your refrigerator breaks down correctly when you have a restaurant full of customers wanting to be served in your restaurant, you are going to have a mighty task on your hands. So remember to maintain it by checking over things, and repairing any problems as necessary. A small part being worn down can, like anything, results in much bigger issues.So make sure you do the above frequently, and your commercial refrigeration equipment should stay in top condition. Maybe you can predict whats next in order to maintain your commercial refrigeration (and even worse, more importantly) dont you?. Cleaning! It is easy, but you most likely dread having to do it. However its a great feeling when you finish and your equipment looks shiny and new. You have to make sure you clean the interior of the unit really well. Some soapy water will suffice I recommend you do this every month to make sure you keep on top of things. Also clean the outside of the equipment, get it glistening. Each of the components also needs cleaning, e.g. the motor and the fan. You may think this is something you would expect me to tell a child, but please make sure you have unplugged the commercial refrigeration appliances before you do this! Sounds easy, which it definitely is, but lots of people always overlook it, and regret it! Keeping the fan clean will ensure it remains in full working order and will prevent frost-formation, which as you know can cause all sorts of other issues. So you can see how keeping on top of the cleaning can avoid other problems.Hopefully these few tips have given you an idea of what needs to be done in order to properly look after your commercial refrigeration appliances. In the same way that you wouldnt buy a house and not clean it, dont buy commercial refrigeration equipment and not clean it and service it.