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Used Restaurant Equipment 

Used Restaurant Equipment can be purchased for any kind of restaurant.

Casual, Fine Dining, Ethnic, Themed and even Fast Food.

What is Used Restaurant Equipment?

Used Restaurant Equipment is any type of used, second hand (2nd hand) or pre-owned commercial equipment that can be purchased or used in a restaurant.

What are the different Types of Used Restaurant Equipment?

The different types of commercial food equipment available for these sorts of food establishments range from:

Cooking Equipment including: Combi Oven, Steam Ovens, Convection Ovens, Grills, Fryers, Woks, Microwave Ovens, Griddles, Steamers.

Food Preparation Equipment including: Food Processors, Mixers – Spiral or Planetary, Blenders, Slicers.

Cleaning Equipment including Dishwashers, Passthrough Dish Washers, Ware Washers, Glass Washers.

Storage Equipment: Cold Storage, Refrigeration and Freezers, Ingredients Bins.

Now that you know that used / second hand equipment can be purchased for any type of food service establishment, you need to identify your restaurant niche.

Determine the type of Food Establishment you are Going to Open:

This will help you identify all the different type of commercial food appliances that you will require for your business.

Once you have decided what type cafe or restaurant you are opening, ranging from:

  • Fine Dining
  • Casual
  • Fast Food
  • Ethnic
  • Themed

The next step, would be to do some online research:

What Type of Equipment Do I need for my food service establishment?

An Italian restaurant may need a pasta cooker & a pizza machine whereas an Indian restaurant may need equipment to cook flat breads, such as roti & naan breads.

A fine dining restaurant would generally need all the used restaurant equipment to make, prep and cook food on the premises, though a fast food restaurant may purchase many of the sauces and other food in bulk and pre-made so would not need as many pieces of food equipment or food machines for the restaurant.

Once you start looking online for used commercial kitchen equipment, you will notice that some providers have an extensive range of quality used, number 1 brands available for sale.

At very low prices compared to purchasing brand new.

Providing a very attractive option for new or established restaurants, helping to save them significant amounts of money.

Look for:

  • Quality, top number 1 brands.
  • Equipment that is fully tested & checked, by specialist third party independent technicians.

Not yet decided between a restaurant or a cafe?

What is a restaurant? What is the definition of a restaurant and how does it differ from other food establishments?

A Restaurant is a place where people pay to sit and eat meals.

A place where food is cooked and served on the premises.

Restaurants can range from Casual Dining through to Fine Dining (Silver Service) restaurants.

What are some of the different types of restaurants ?

Ethnic Restaurants:

Ethnic restaurants are restaurants that specialise in ethnic or national cuisine such as a French restaurant, a Thai restaurant or a Vietnamese restaurant.

Food served in an ethnic restaurant is generally traditional cuisine from a specific country or region.

Fast Food:

There are two types of fast food establishments:


Fast Food:

A fast food restaurant, prepares & serves food quickly i.e. Burger King and McDonalds.

Fast Casual:
A fast casual restaurant usually describes chain restaurants such as Pizza Hut or Chipotle Mexican Grill 

Where food is generally cooked on the premises. Unlike most fast food esatblishments.

Casual Dining:

A casual dining restaurant is a restaurant that serves average priced food in a casual setting.  It is more laid back than a fine dining restaurant.

Family Style – a family style restaurant is a type of casual dining restaurant where food is  generally served on large platters and customers usually serve themselves.  

 

These restaurants are also known as family friendly restaurants as no alcohol is available or served on  the premises unlike a casual dining restaurant where alcohol may be served or be available on the  premises.

Fine Dining:

 Fine Dining Restaurants are full service restaurants where food is generally all made, prepared, cooked and served on the 
premises.

The food being served is generally priced at a premium.

The meals are served to diners and the service provided is generally of a much higher standard.

Ingredients and decor are generally high quality and many fine dining restaurants also have certain rules for dining including a dress code.

Used Restaurant Equipment
Used Equipment to fit out a Fine Dining Restaurant – proving a Silver Service.

Examples of Other Restaurant Variations Include: 

  • Barbecue
  • Brasserie and bistro (soul food)
  • Buffet and smörgåsbord
  • Café
  • Cafeteria
  • Coffeehouse
  • Destination restaurant
  • Tabletop cooking
  • Mongolian barbecue
  • Pub
  • Teppanyaki-style Restaurant

Second Hand Restaurant Equipment for sale

If you are looking for Used restaurant equipment for sale, in your area, you can easily do this by typing this search term into any search engine and include the text near me in your search phrase.

Example of a search phrase:

Second Hand Restaurant Equipment For Sale – Near Me

You could also include some of the following words in your search phrases:

  • pre-owned
  • 2nd hand
  • used

Used Commercial Kitchen Equipment, proving a large range of  quality Used Restaurant Equipment for Sale competitively priced.

Browse the Product Catalogue to see some of the used, 2nd hand equipment we currently have available for sale.

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Used Commercial Restaurant Equipment:

If you are looking to sell second hand commercial kitchen equipment – contact Used Commercial Kitchen Equipment to find out more. Closing down restaurant equipment for sale – at Used Commercial Kitchen Equipment you can benefit from larger savings & less risk.

 

Restaurant Equipment

Need help trying to determine what type of equipment you may need – Commercial Kitchen Equipment Infographic.

Quality used and second and Used Commercial Kitchen Equipment Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Adelaide, Perth, ACT,

& NT. Available Australia Wide. Including all cities and country & regional towns across Australia.