Commercial Cooktop Repair in Colorado Springs

When one burner on the line goes down at six o’clock, the whole kitchen slows to the pace of the stations that still work. We fix open-burner range tops and hot plates, stock pot stoves, wok ranges and countertop induction hobs in restaurants, cafés, food halls and catering kitchens across Colorado Springs — downtown, in Old Colorado City, on the north side along InterQuest and Briargate parkways — and in Monument.

Gas equipment at 6,000 feet

The BTU rating on a burner’s data plate is for sea level. Above 2,000 feet, commercial gas equipment generally needs orifices sized for the elevation, and Colorado Springs sits at about 6,000. A range top that came from a lower elevation — a used unit, an auction buy, equipment from a restaurant that closed out of state — may still have its sea-level orifices. It burns with tall, yellow or lifting flames, blackens the pans and puts more carbon monoxide into the kitchen. If you’re not sure how a piece of equipment was set up, ask the technician to look at it during the visit.

Pilots and burners

• Pilots that keep going out. Usually dirt in the tiny pilot orifice, or air from the hood or from a back door propped open on a windy day. Burners with a flame-safety valve also go out when their thermocouple is worn.
• A burner that won’t catch. Boil-overs and grease plug the flash tube that carries the flame from the pilot, or the pilot flame itself has become too small.
• Ragged, uneven flames. Clogged ports, an air shutter knocked out of adjustment, or a regulator that no longer holds the gas pressure.
• Valves. Each knob gets turned hundreds of times a shift. A valve that sticks, wobbles, smells of gas or can’t hold a steady simmer is rebuilt or replaced.

Hoses and connections

Cooking equipment on casters is fed through a flexible gas hose with a quick-disconnect fitting, plus a restraining cable so the hose never takes the pull. Rolling the line out for cleaning wears both. If you smell gas near a connection, close the appliance shutoff valve and call us; every connection we touch gets leak-tested.

Induction and electric units

Induction units fail mostly from heat: grease and flour clog the cooling fan and the air filter, and the unit shuts down with an overheating error. Further down the list are the power electronics and the induction coil itself. A hot plate that stays cold has usually lost its element or its control switch.

The price is agreed before the repair starts, and parts and labor carry a 3–6 month warranty. The ovens on the same line have their own pages: convection ovens and pizza ovens.