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What Is A Cold Room? Everything You Need To Know

Refrigeration is a crucial part of any commercial kitchen to ensure food products are stored safely. A cold room makes a great addition or replacement of your refrigeration equipment, with the capacity to hold high quantities of food and ingredients whilst remaining energy efficient.
As cold room and refrigeration specialists, we’re available to survey your site, supply the cold room equipment, and install it for you. Before you make your purchase, there are a few key considerations and information you should know to ensure your cold room is suitable for your business.

Cold Rooms

What is a cold room?

A cold room is a type of insulated, refrigerated space that is designed to maintain a set temperature. They’re used in professional kitchens to store food, as they can hold a lot of stock and can vary in size from a small walk in room to a larger warehouse. Sometimes they are called ‘walk-ins’

Cold rooms can’t be moved around, unlike other forms of commercial refrigeration. They need a specialist (like us) to install them.

How does a cold room work?

Cold rooms largely work the same as any other refrigeration equipment. They use a compressor, condenser, fans and an evaporator so they can maintain temperature. A gas refrigerant gets compressed before expanding and absorbing energy, and passing over the evaporator coils. It liquifies under the high pressure, which cools the coils and the surrounding air.

What temperature range can cold rooms be used at?


Most cold rooms are between -2°C and 10°C. The specific temperature will depend on what’s being stored inside. If you need a colder solution, a cold room can be set up as a freezer, providing ultra cold storage between -50°C and -80°C.

 

Why use a cold room?


Cold rooms are ideal for when consistent and powerful refrigeration and freezing is needed as they provide exact temperature control for your food supplies.

They have a lot of advantages over traditional fridges and freezers, especially if you have a large amount of stock.

Size

Size

Cold rooms have a large amount of storage space, and as the capacity is so big they can be a lot cheaper to run than smaller pieces of refrigeration equipment. There will be no need to buy and maintain multiple refrigeration units.

Location

Location

You can put your cold room either indoor or outdoor, leaving more space in your kitchen for cooking and prep machines. This is ideal for sites with smaller kitchens, although if you have it outdoors it will need a weatherproof roof.

Organisation

Organisation

Food is kept on racks, so it’s easier to keep it organised and find things compared to other types of storage. They also make restocking a lot simpler.

Secure

Secure

Most models will have built-in security features to prevent damage and theft.

Accessibility

Accessibility

Cold rooms are accessible and easy to use, making them convenient for both restocking and grabbing ingredients.

Energy Efficient

Energy Efficient

Cold storage is designed to reduce fluctuations in temperature, so less energy is needed to adjust the temperature while they’re in use.
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