Vollrath Refrigerated Beverage Dispenser Cleaning
When it comes to beverage equipment for your restaurant, café or cafeteria, Vollrath’s line of refrigerated options are perfect for any commercial setting. You can fill them with handmade lemonades, teas or other non-carbonated options to delight your customers. Not only that, but they’re just as easy to clean as they are to operate. Cleaning is a vital preventative maintenance task that not only prolongs the life of your Vollrath dispenser, but also ensures that your drinks taste great sip after sip. Learn how to properly clean and sanitize your Vollrath refrigerated beverage dispenser with our handy guide below.
This guide will cover cleaning instructions for the refrigerated beverage dispenser range, including models like VBBE4-37-S and VBBD1-37-F.
How to Clean a Vollrath Refrigerated Beverage Dispenser
- Step 1—Drain any remaining beverage from each bowl.
- Step 2—Turn off and unplug the unit.
- Step 3—Disassemble the unit according to your manual’s disassembly instructions.
- Step 4—Wash all non-electrical parts in warm water (around 90°F to 110°F / 32°C to 43°C) with a mild detergent.
- Step 5—Thoroughly rinse parts in warm water.
- Step 6—Place the parts into a sanitizing solution. Let sit for one minute.
- Step 7—Let all parts air dry once they’ve been removed from the sanitizing solution.
How to Sanitize a Vollrath Refrigerated Beverage Dispenser
- Step 1—Using an OEM-approved sanitizer, follow directions to create a 100 ppm strength solution.
- Step 2—Mix the sanitizer with warm water (around 90°F to 110°F / 32°C to 43°C).
- Step 3—Check the strength of the sanitizing solution mixture by using a chlorine test strip. It should be at 100 ppm.
- Step 4—Pour the solution mixture into the bowl of the unit.
- Step 5—Using a soft cleaning brush, wipe the solution mixture onto all parts of the bowl above the mixture level and wipe the underside of the cover.
- Step 6—Install the cover.
- Step 7—Plug in the unit and turn it on to operate for 5 minutes.
- Step 8—Once the 5 minutes are up, place a container under the spigot and press the handle to drain the solution mixture. Don’t discard the mixture.
- Step 9—Test the mixture with a chlorine test strip: if it reads 100 ppm or more, the unit has been properly sanitized, but if it reads less than 100 ppm you will have to sanitize the unit again. If a test strip still yields a result of less than 100 ppm after re-sanitizing, the unit will have to be washed again.
- Step 10—When you’ve achieved a reading of 100 ppm or more, turn off the unit. It’ll be ready to have beverages added to it.
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