Remember those warm summer days, wandering around in the hot sun, aching for an ice cold juice to quench your thirst? Looking for that coffeehouse, or tavern where you knew you'd be able to get something nice| and icy to cool you down. The idea of being told "Sorry, we're out of ice" just doesn't seem to be possible these days. We've come to rely on the fact that no matter where you go, or what time of day it is, we can be certain that there'll be ice on hand to cool our drinks and give us the refreshment we're looking for.
So, where does all that ice come from?
That's an especially significant question to ask if you're a business owner. If you own a inn, or bistro, or if your business relies on supplying drinks to patrons in glasses, you've got to guarantee that you have ready-made ice cubes on hand 24/7. You'd lose customers by the dozen if your business regularly kept running out of ice. I mean, who wants to go somewhere that serves a warm coke, when just down the road there's an ice cold Pepsi just waiting for you in a glass with condensation dripping down its sides? That image is making me thirsty just thinking about it.
So, what do you do to make sure you can give your clients with what they want and in fact what they require of a modern establishment? Can you imagine having a freezer just full of ice cube moulds and breaking them out when you needed them? Only to find that some of the moulds aren't frozen yet? It's not a situation any serious company owner should ever get into.
Well, that's where a dedicated ice machine becomes a necessity. These beasts only do one thing and one thing only and that's generate ice, by the bucket load. Whether you run a little cafe or a multi-floored restaurant with seating for hundreds, there's an ice machine for you.
One of the largest names in the business is Manitowoc Ice. While their appliances isn't bargain-basement it is certainly very efficient. At the recent 2011 ENERGY STAR? Awards ceremony, the parent company (Manitowoc Foodservice) received official recognition of its ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Award. The 2011 Partner of the Year Awards were given to manufacturers and retailers that successfully promoted and delivered ENERGY STAR qualified products, saving consumers money and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Acquire a cheaper model and the money you've saved on the purchase price could soon be gone paying for your electricity bill.
They have a massive range of ice making machines, ranging from small-scale machines that fit under your counter to huge beasts that churn out hundreds of pounds of ice a day. You can get an ice machine that will churn out 50 pounds of ice a day to 3,300 pounds of ice a day and they create ice in every type you can conceive: dice, half dice, octagon, crushed, nugget and flake.
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