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J&R Announces a New Product to Protect Vital Assets in Every Restaurant Kitchen
For Immediate Release – October 25, 2023 / J&R Manufacturing J&R Manufacturing, headquartered in Mesquite, TX since its inception in 1974, is excited to announce the release of its new insulated, stackable holding cabinet – the J&R Vault™. There is now a professional-grade food warmer that can survive the rigors of restaurant kitchens, food trucks, and catering…
The Wood Show Broiler: What to Know Before You Buy
The Wood Show Broiler is more than just a grill. It is both a workhorse for your kitchen and a centerpiece for your restaurant. It can be the star of your kitchen or the hardest working member of your team. The Wood Show Broiler can be found in restaurants all over the world including fine…
Three Types of Smokers Used by Top BBQ Chefs & Restaurants
Every professional barbeque chef should have a high-quality smoker. Investing in a new smoker may take your cooking to new heights. For instance, smokers enable you to cook low and slow at precise temperatures, giving your food a delightful smoky flavor. However, there are a variety of smokers available now, ranging from enormous offset smokers…
A Pitmasters Guide to Maintaining Your Wood Fired Smoker
Wood fired smokers have become common since they add a unique flavor to dishes. If you want to add a wood-burning electric smoker to your commercial kitchen, it is important to learn how to maintain it. This blog will guide you through nine smoker maintenance tips you need to know to increase the longevity of…
How the J&R Wood Show Broiler Enhances Your Restaurant’s Quality
When it comes to preparing meat, the grill makes all the difference. Industrial grilling and broiling methods combine a multitude of cultural approaches and cooking styles to get delicious results. In this post, we’ll explore how J&R’s Wood Show Broiler expands the tried-and-true functionality of a broiler to create perfect meat, everytime. What You Need…
A Pitmasters Guide: Choosing the Best Smoker for Your Restaurant
Smoking veggies, meat, and other foodstuffs to add depth of taste and a creative twist is one of the ways you can keep your most loyal customers and attract new ones to your restaurant. However, the smoker you purchase can have a significant influence on both the flavor and texture of the food smoked. Therefore,…
The Best Charcoal Grill for Traditional Japanese BBQ Restaurants
If you’re looking to replicate the flavors of a traditional Japanese BBQ restaurant in your restaurant or BBQ grill, you’ll need to invest in a good quality charcoal grill. The best Japanese-style BBQ grill helps ensure your food is cooked to perfection and will help you create those authentic Japanese flavors that your customers crave….
How to Choose the Best Commercial Rotisserie for Your Kitchen
Are you particular about how your meats turn out, requiring just the perfect texture, juiciness, and flavor to satisfy you and your customers? If that’s the case, it’s time to think about investing in a rotisserie. Rotisserie ovens can help present food as a theater by providing a warm, inviting, and well-lit stage for your…
OAK’D Handcrafted BBQ Delivers on Central Texas Barbecue (And So Much More)
If we had to identify just one way the pandemic has hit us all, we’d guess it’s the warping of our sense of time. Days and weeks run together, months lurch onward, and we find the holidays just around the corner. Back in the spring, we heard of OAK’D Handcrafted BBQ, a planned barbecue restaurant…
Ninfa’s, the Tex-Mex institution
On a recent trip to Houston, I told a friend that I’d never been to Ninfa’s, the Tex-Mex institution acclaimed for popularizing fajitas. My friend, a native of Mexico City who was raised in San Antonio but has made a career in food events and publishing in Houston, gasped. “How have you not been to…