Commercial Microwave Repair in Colorado Springs

A microwave in a coffee shop, a convenience store or on a restaurant line can run several hundred cycles a day, so the parts that give out aren’t the ones that fail on a home microwave. Best Pro repairs light-, medium- and heavy-duty commercial microwaves, including dual-magnetron models, for food businesses across Colorado Springs and in Monument.

When food takes longer

Heavy-duty microwaves usually have two magnetrons, one above the cavity and one below. Lose one and the oven keeps heating — just slower and unevenly, with the top of a plate hot and the bottom cold, or the other way round. If your staff have started adding seconds to the presets, a magnetron is the first suspect. A failed stirrer motor or antenna leaves a similar uneven pattern.

Shutting off when hot

Behind the front or side grille of most commercial units sits an air filter. When grease plugs it, the magnetrons overheat and a thermal cutout switches the oven off, usually in the middle of a rush. Cleaning that filter every week is the cheapest way to make magnetrons last.

Doors, switches and fuses

On a busy line the door gets slammed all day long. Worn hinges and a sagging door knock the interlock switches out of alignment, so the oven won’t start or it blows its main fuse — and a new fuse blows again until the switch or the door is fixed. We replace interlock switches, door parts and complete doors.

Keypads, boards and storms

Membrane keypads wear out under wet, greasy fingers, and the summer thunderstorms here can send surges down the power lines that damage a control board. On a heavy-duty unit, a new keypad or board is usually a sensible repair.

Repair or replace?

Once the magnetron goes, a light-duty microwave often costs less to replace than to fix, and we’ll tell you so. Medium- and heavy-duty units are usually worth repairing. Either way, leave the testing to a technician: the high-voltage capacitor can hold a dangerous charge even when the unit is unplugged.

The price is agreed before the repair starts, and parts and labor carry a 3–6 month warranty. Other equipment on the line: range tops and hot plates and convection ovens. A microwave at home: microwave repair.