Collection: Benchtop Equipment

Benchtop equipment covers the countertop appliances a commercial kitchen runs alongside its main cooking line: induction cooktops, heat lamps, contact grills, hot water urns and crepe makers. There are 114 lines here, with Hatco, Roller Grill and CookTec among the brands stocked.

Choose benchtop catering equipment on bench space, power supply and duty rating. Measure the footprint and the clearance behind and above the unit, because service access and heat venting are easy to forget. Check the power draw, since several high-output appliances on one circuit will trip it. Match the duty rating to your volume, as a light-duty unit run flat out fails early. Benchtop units add capacity without a kitchen rebuild and can move when the menu changes.

Why buy benchtop equipment from Hospitality Connect

• Authorised distribution for major brands: Apuro, Birko, Benchstar direct from local distribution.
• Trade pricing on multi-unit packages: Specifying full benchtop kit at project pricing.
• Australian-owned showroom: Compare power draw and recovery time in person.
• Replacement elements and parts: Don't replace a hot water urn over a failed element.
• Real warehouse stock: Everyday SKUs ship from local stock.
• No-pressure quoting: We'll quote alternatives at different price points so you can choose what fits your budget and timeline.
• Local delivery and pickup: Same-day pickup from our Melbourne warehouse; freight to all states with tracked dispatch.

Benchtop equipment care and longevity

• Descale hot water urns monthly: Hard water scales on the element. A monthly citric acid descale extends life by years.
• Empty rice cookers daily: Don't store cooked rice — bacterial risk and burnt-on residue. Strip and wash at end of service.
• Clean microwave cavity weekly: Splattered food absorbs microwave energy and reduces efficiency.
• Service induction zones annually: Power output drifts; annual service restores rated kW.
• Replace conveyor belts before they fail: Worn toaster belts mark bread and shorten warm-up time.

Need help choosing? Talk to us

Tell us venue type and bench layout and we'll spec a benchtop equipment kit. Trade accounts come with project pricing.

Tell us about your timeline, fitout stage and the rest of the equipment in the kitchen so we can match the spec to the wider project. We can quote individual SKUs, full kits or staged rollouts depending on your cashflow. Trade accounts include consolidated invoicing across all our supplier brands and net 30 terms once approved.