Refrigerators are essential cold equipment in every professional kitchen. BHS offers a wide range of professional refrigerators: Kitchen Refrigerators for food storage, kitchen refrigerated display cases for showcasing and selling beverages and products, chest refrigerators for ice cream and frozen products, as well as refrigerator shelves, baskets and accessories. All models are made of stainless steel and comply with HACCP food safety requirements.
BHS supplies professional refrigerators to restaurants, cafés, hotels and catering businesses. Professional refrigerators differ from domestic models with larger capacity, more powerful cooling units, are more frequently adapted for intensive daily use, and ensure stable temperature even with frequent door openings. Our range includes solutions for all cold storage needs in any kitchen.
A professional refrigerator is the essential HACCP equipment in every catering business. It stores raw materials, semi-finished products, prepared meals and beverages under strict temperature control, preventing bacterial growth and the risk of food contamination. Professional refrigerators differ from domestic models with a more powerful cooling unit, a hygienic stainless steel interior, and the ability to maintain a stable temperature in an intensive kitchen environment. BHS offers a wide range of professional refrigerators to restaurants, cafés and hotels across Europe – from compact single-zone models to large double-door kitchen refrigerators with high capacity.
Types of refrigerators and their applications
Kitchen Refrigerators – stainless steel body, one or two doors, installed in the kitchen for food storage. Capacity from 300 to 1400 litres, temperature +2°C–+8°C. Kitchen refrigerated display cases – glass front, suitable for cafés, bars and retail where products need to be displayed to customers. Chest refrigerators – horizontal opening from the top, suitable for frozen products, ice cream and beverage sales. In addition to the main models, BHS also offers refrigerator accessories – shelves, baskets and organisation systems.
HACCP and temperature control
The main HACCP function of a professional refrigerator is to keep food products below +4°C temperature, preventing rapid bacterial growth. A break in the cold chain – even brief – is a food safety risk. Professional refrigerators are designed to maintain temperature even with frequent door openings in an intensive kitchen environment. Important: prepared products and raw meat must be stored separately – HACCP provides strict risk zone separation to prevent cross-contamination. Digital thermostats with temperature recording facilitate compliance with HACCP audit requirements. BHS refrigerators meet food safety requirements and are suitable for both daily use and food safety inspection requirements.
HoReCa usage scenarios
In a restaurant kitchen, the standard is at least two refrigerators – one for raw materials and one for prepared meals. Cafés often use both display refrigerators for beverages and cakes in customer view, and closed kitchen refrigerators in the work area. In large hotel kitchens, there are several high-capacity refrigerators for different types of products – each in its own zone according to the HACCP plan. In small cafés or kiosks, a compact refrigerator is the minimal equipment for storing beverages and snacks. BHS helps choose the most suitable refrigerator in terms of capacity, type, energy efficiency class and quantity for a specific business, ensuring the optimal cold storage solution for every kitchen.
Frequently asked questions
What temperature should a professional refrigerator maintain? For food, the standard is +0°C to +4°C, for beverage refrigerators – +4°C to +8°C. For freezers and chest refrigerators – -18°C or lower. HACCP requires that the temperature is regularly measured and recorded.
How do professional refrigerators differ from domestic ones? Professional refrigerators are designed for intensive and continuous use – more powerful compressor, stainless steel body, interior without corners and grooves, more suitable for washing and disinfection. A domestic refrigerator would not meet food safety standards under commercial load and would quickly break down in intensive use conditions.
Why choose BHS?
BHS – Baltic HoReCa Solutions supplies professional equipment for restaurants, cafés, hotels and canteens: more than 20,000 products from many manufacturers. Our specialists help you choose the right equipment and spare parts for your kitchen or bar.
Delivery
We deliver across the European Union. Delivery time and cost depend on the order volume and destination — contact the BHS team for an exact price and lead time.