This week on the Commercial Kitchen Chronicles, Pat sits down with Jay McDonough of Restaurant Appliance Repair out of Kansas City, Missouri for a real-world conversation about what it takes to build a name in the Foodservice Equipment Repair Industry. 🔥

Jay started RAR at just 25 years old and has spent the last 11 years grinding through commercial kitchen equipment repair, refrigeration, walk-in cooler and freezer installs, electrical troubleshooting, equipment sales, and building solutions for restaurants across the KC market.

https://www.816kitchen.com/

https://www.instagram.com/restaurant_appliance_repair/?hl=en

This episode dives deep into:
✔️ Commercial kitchen equipment repair
✔️ Refrigeration and HVACR service
✔️ Walk-in cooler and freezer installs
✔️ Starting and growing a service company
✔️ Social media and content creation in the trades
✔️ The future of foodservice equipment repair
✔️ Building a new line of food equipment products

If you’re a technician, business owner, installer, refrigeration mechanic, or someone trying to grow in the skilled trades, this episode is loaded with insight from someone actually out there doing the work every single day.

Huge thanks to our sponsor Viper by Refrigeration Technologies 🐍

This episode is brought to you by Viper products built for real technicians. From Big Blu leak detector and Venom packs to Nylog White, Viper continues making products that belong on every service truck. Nylog White is NSF registered and perfect for refrigeration, food equipment, gas piping, water lines, and more. Whether you’re working on restaurant equipment, HVACR systems, or refrigeration repairs, Viper has products designed to help techs work smarter and cleaner.

https://www.refrigtech.com/

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