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Buyer checking the door seal and photographing the data plate on a used combi oven
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Used Rational Oven: How to Tell Which Model You're Looking At

Which used Rational is it? How to spot an iCombi Pro, iCombi Classic, SelfCookingCenter or CombiMaster Plus, read the size code and check the power supply.

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A baker and a buyer test the safety guard on a used spiral dough mixer in a clean UK bakery production room
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Used Commercial Mixers: Planetary vs Spiral and What to Check Before You Buy

Buying a used commercial mixer in the UK? Planetary vs spiral, how to test the safety guard, and the checks to make before you pay. A practical guide.

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A buyer checks the stone floor of a used double-deck pizza oven with a phone torch while the seller looks on in a commercial kitchen.
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Used Commercial Pizza Oven: Deck, Conveyor or Wood-Fired?

Buying a used commercial pizza oven? Deck, conveyor and wood-fired compared: what to check, and the power or gas supply you'll need.

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Used commercial glasswasher under a pub bar with a rack of clean pint glasses and a bartender checking a glass.
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Buying a Used Commercial Glasswasher: What to Check Before You Pay

What to check before buying a used commercial glasswasher: water softener, drain, power supply, test run and the faults sellers don't always mention.

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Used Rational combi oven standing alone in a stripped commercial kitchen
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Your Catering Equipment Did Not Sell: What It Costs to List It Again

Your kit did not sell. Here is what eBay, the trade sites and CaterBids each charge you to list it again, plus the honest catch on our own 30 days.

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Butcher checking the feed throat guard on a used bench mincer in a UK prep room.
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Used Food Machinery: The UK Guide to Buying and Selling It Safely

Buying a used mincer, slicer or vacuum packer? The checks that matter, from guards and wiring to spare parts, before you hand over cash.

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Engineer lifting a stainless baffle filter out of a commercial kitchen extraction canopy above a six burner range.
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Commercial Kitchen Extraction Canopy: What to Check Before You Buy One Used

Buying a used commercial kitchen extraction canopy: sizing, overhang, baffle filters, gas interlock and what a stripped out canopy is worth. CaterBids.uk

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Chef working at a stainless steel prep bench in a small UK commercial kitchen
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Commercial Stainless Steel Tables: What Grade You Are Buying and What It Is Worth Used

How to tell 304 from 430 stainless, what a used prep table is worth, and what to check before you buy one.

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Grey commercial food processor with a scuffed stainless bowl and worn twist-lock knob on a UK kitchen prep counter.
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Buying and Selling Used Commercial Food Preparation Equipment: A UK Guide

How to check a used commercial food processor or prep counter before you buy one, what actually helps it sell, and what it costs to list on CaterBids.

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Used commercial pass-through dishwasher with its hood raised in a UK kitchen wash-up area, ready for inspection before sale.
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Buying and Selling a Used Commercial Dishwasher: The UK Warewashing Guide

What to check on a used commercial dishwasher or glasswasher: limescale, rinse temperature, phase and water softener history. Sell with zero final value fees.

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