What is the temperature of cold room in kitchen?

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Accessibility

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

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.

Cold Room Features

Cold rooms can have a lot of extra features to improve day to day operations and performance:

• Most will come with an automatic defrost that actively melts ice.
• All modern cold rooms will have an emergency escape, in the form of an internal button that opens the door. Some may also include a panic button inside.
• Automatic or manual interior lights are usually fitted as standard.
• If you use trolleys to load stock, a ramp can be added. This also helps to reduce the trip hazard from the raised door frame.
• Self closing doors are sometimes present to help reduce running costs.

Cold Room Considerations

Before purchasing a cold room, there are a few key factors you’ll need to be aware of:

• Your cold room can either be used as a walk in fridge or walk in freezer, and some models can be used as both. You’ll need to decide what you need for your business.
• Your stock will be placed on shelving (also called racking), which ensures ingredients are easily accessible and the storage space is maximised. You can normally configure this however you like, so the shelving is often sold separately. As a cold room is a harsh environment, food acids, moisture and general usage can cause shelving to rust or break. It’s important you choose an option that is made from PVC or anodised aliminium which are resistant and strong.
• You’ll need to know the ambient temperature around the walk in. The highest ambient temperature is the highest temperature the cold room can operate in before the internal temperature is affected. Most cold rooms operate in temperatures up to  32°C, but if you require a higher ambient temperature more powerful options are available.
• You should consider ventilation, as cold rooms require a large amount around the unit so heat can be transferred to the outside. If your cold room is going to be installed indoors, you should consider what else is in the room and if it could affect performance. It shouldn’t be positioned in a confined area as it may not have enough ventilation to hold the correct temperature.

Cold Room Installation Procedure

If you would like to purchase a cold room from us, the first step will be to arrange a site survey. Here we’ll check what is suitable for your site and look at measurements, potential obstructions, ventilation and anything else that could affect the performance.

Once we determine a suitable location for the cold room, we can arrange installation at a time and date suitable for you.

Should something go wrong with your cold room in the future, we’re also available for any repairs and maintenance needed.

FAQs

Are cold rooms used just for food?

You can put anything that needs chilling or freezing in a cold room, including flowers, drinks, and ice sculptures.

How are cold rooms powered?

Usually cold rooms only need a plug to operate, and they are incredibly power efficient. If your cold room is particularly large or powerful, you may need a hardwired connection.

Can a cold room be moved once it’s installed?

It’s not usually a good idea to move a cold room once it’s been installed, but some of them can be. It’s best to get an expert to do this, to ensure nothing is damaged.

A commercial kitchen cold room, often referred to as a walk-in cooler or walk-in freezer, is a refrigerated storage space designed to maintain low temperatures for the purpose of storing perishable food items, ingredients, and beverages in a restaurant, hotel, catering facility, or other foodservice establishment. These cold rooms are an essential component of many commercial kitchens and are used to keep food products fresh, safe, and readily accessible.

The use of a commercial kitchen cold room is common in restaurants, hotels, catering services, and any food-related businesses where large quantities of perishable items need to be stored at appropriate temperatures to maintain food safety and quality.

Commercial kitchen cold room has thick insulated walls and ceilings that help maintain a consistent temperature within. Common insulation materials include foam panels or polyurethane foam.

Temperature type: These cold rooms are capable of maintaining specific and adjustable temperature ranges, typically between 0°C to 4°C (32°F to 39°F) for refrigeration and -18°C to -20°C (0°F to -4°F) for freezing.

Cold rooms can be customized to suit the specific needs of a commercial kitchen, including variations in size, shelving configurations, and temperature control systems.

Cold room Panels Specifications:

PU Panels with Cam-lock

1. PU Sandwich Insulation Panels With Cam-lock
2.Thickness:50/75/100/120/150/200
3.Surface: Color steel(PPGI), stainless steel, aluminum
4.Advantages: Fireproof/Insulation/Waterproof/Easy Install/Lightweight
5.Density: 42±2KG/m3

cold storage room for fruits and vegetables Door

1.Perfect sealing
2.Reliable, safe and easy to operate
3.Cold Room Door Series: hinged door,sliding door,swing door,replaced door

cold storage room for fruits and vegetables Condensing Unit

•Compressor Optional:
1-Hermetic Scroll
2-Semi-hermetic or Screw
•Condenser:Air cooled or Water cooled
•Frame:can be stell shell with spray painting or open type on stell frame
•Refrigerant:R404a/R449a

Why choose us?

We are your Cold Room Expert and have more than 23 years refrigeration experience

From design to installation&maintenance service , we provide one stop cold room solutions for your fresh life.

We offer a wide variety of services for your refrigeration needs. Whether you need to have us consult on your plans, design your refrigeration system, supply the materials and equipment, install the equipment, or perform maintenance and repair services, we have the skills, expertise, technology, and tools to make it happen.

We exported cold storage room for fruits and vegetables to over 45 countries. Our customers are from Swiss, Sweden, Australia, USA, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Pakistan, Spain, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Argentina, Indonesia, Kenya, Algeria, Ghana, Guyana, Mongolia, Chile, Peru, Dubai, Poland, Mexico, Brazil, Lebanon, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Bangladesh, Colombia, Bahrain, etc