The Latest Trends in Commercial Kitchen Equipment: What's Hot in 2024

Introduction

The ideal commercial kitchen of 2024 is more automated, modern, and efficient. Food businesses must constantly improve to meet evolving customer needs and keep up with culinary trends. When selecting new kitchen equipment, choose reliable suppliers with many years of experience, like OTN Machinery Sdn Bhd, which provides regulatory-approved kitchen equipment for commercial food businesses. These are 8 commercial kitchen equipment trends in 2024.

1) Electric Deep Fryer and Gas Fryer 

Deep-fried food has and will always remain popular. You can deep-fry donuts, chicken wings, french fry snacks, fish and even ice cream! A deep fryer is essential for every food service. But should you get a gas or electric deep fryer? Let’s explain the differences.

Electric Deep Fryer vs Gas Fryer

Our deep fryer gas double tank has 2 tanks for faster simultaneous frying. Each tank is 150*250*300mm in volume. It has no backsplash and uses low-pressure LPG gas.

Our electric fryer (3000W or 6000W) has single or double tanks. Each tank is 13 litres.
 

2) Vegetable Cutter

Automation and smart technology is in this year. Efficient food prep is essential for fulfilling customer orders. Instead of spending valuable time cutting and slicing vegetables, why not leave it to our vegetable cutter? 

• Easier cooking: Vegetable cutters prepare small vegetable pieces, which cook faster. Use them for steamboat segamat soup, gravy, stir-frying, and more. 
• Different patterns: Whether you need uniformity or quirky styles, you can choose a cutting pattern from each blade.
• No knife skills needed: Pop vegetables into the cutter and collect the finished product for cooking. Don’t spend time training new employees to master different cutting styles.
• Saves time: Automated vegetable cutters prepare vegetables faster than people. 
• Easy maintenance: Most cutters have stainless steel blades for convenient washing.

Our vegetable cutters have six stainless steel blades for different chopping variations - diced, sliced (2mm), sliced (4mm), cut wave, round wire and cube.
 

3) Multipurpose Cookers

Cutting costs doesn’t mean cutting back on quality. Invest in grade equipment and serve great food with a multipurpose cooker that can perform multiple cooking functions, from boiling to frying and baking.

• Easy maintenance: Multipurpose cookers have a simple design with few moving parts that are easy to clean. Just wash or wipe the stainless steel tank and blades.
• Save space and energy: A multipurpose cooker reduces the number of cooking appliances in your kitchen. You can prepare the same number of dishes with one machine. Easy and efficient.
• Safety: Cooking time is fixed depending on your selected setting. The timer alerts you when the food is cooked. There is little risk of overcooking or undercooking, ensuring food safety and quality.
• Keep warm function: Keep food warm until serving time. It’s hard to do this with manual cooking as you must immediately serve dishes to retain freshness.

4) Multipurpose Blenders

Blend raw ingredients into flavourful broths, drinks, sauces and batters with these versatile multipurpose blenders for cooking and baking.

• Various speed settings: Adjust the mixer to your preferred speed setting. The mixer maintains a consistent speed to mix ingredients evenly.
• Easy to operate: One person can operate the user-friendly controls.
• Affordable: Multipurpose mixers can mix all types of food. You’ll save more by investing in multifunctionality than by buying different mixers. You can clean the blending tank easily in between sessions.
• Reduce wastage: Mixers use all your ingredients, reducing food wastage. You can also remix and reuse excess ingredients for other dishes.

5) Waffle Maker

A waffle maker is an excellent addition to large establishments like cafes, hotels, gelaterias and bakeries. It’s also perfect for small and medium ordering systems like food trucks, bake sales, and catering events. Treat your customers to this crowd favourite, served with ice cream, fruit and syrup.

• Cooking control: A waffle maker has features for controlling waffle doneness. Opt for soft, crisp, or well-done. Many modern waffle makers have indicator lights for preheating the iron so you know when to begin cooking. A timer alerts you when the waffle is done to prevent accidental batter burning.
• Reduced cooking time: Our waffle makers have double pans for preparing two waffles simultaneously, reducing your cooking time. 
• Different shapes: Waffle makers prepare different waffle shapes, designs, and sizes. The iron pan ensures consistent waffle shapes.
• Compact size: Waffle makers reduce storage space with their simple, mobile design. You can quickly load them onto food trucks or shift them around the kitchen and bakery. Their compact size fits easily on countertops and kitchen cabinets. 
• Easy to clean: Our waffle makers are made from stainless steel that’s easy to clean and disinfect. It does not tarnish from oxidation or water damage. The waffle pan has a non-stick coating to prevent grease buildup.

6) Aluminum Kitchen Cabinet

Don’t forget about trendy storage options. Aluminium is a popular kitchen furniture material. 

• Light and Strong: Aluminium cabinets can store valuable or heavy kitchen equipment. Unlike wood cabinets, aluminium cabinets do not warp or deteriorate over time. 
• Waterproof: Spilled something inside? Simply wipe with a damp cloth.
• Corrosion-Resistant: Aluminium doesn’t spoil easily.
• Customisable: You can customise them with different colours, sizes and configurations. Perfect for installation anywhere to fit your interior decor.

7) Stainless Steel Work Table

A stainless steel work table is essential for any food service. 

• Easy to Sanitise: Stainless steel work tables are easy to clean. It reduces bacterial contamination risk. 
• Waterproof: You can use stainless steel work tables for preparing raw and wet food. Wash or wipe between uses with detergent and water. 
• Corrosion-resistant: Stainless steel doesn’t tarnish or spoil. It retains durability and appearance despite regular use.
• Eco-friendly: Stainless steel is recyclable.

8) Stainless Steel Rack

 A robust stainless steel rack has similar benefits as a stainless steel work table. The rack stores food items and heavy cooking equipment. Clean spills or crumbs with a damp cloth and detergent.
 

Conclusion

This blog recommends 8 kitchen equipment trends in 2024. Start the year right with new equipment for your food service business. If you’re a startup breaking into the F&B industry this year, check out our must-have equipment list specially curated for small companies.

OTN Machinery Sdn is Malaysia’s largest kitchen equipment supplier with years of experience helping food businesses in Malaysia and overseas. All our equipment is compliant with local regulatory standards. Improve productivity and scale up your business operations with our trusted kitchen equipment collection.