cleaning ice mkr

[rcac101]

How often should an ice machine be cleaned?

[jonbailey19808]

A minimum of 2x a year. Thats absolute minimum. I had machines that needed cleaning every 2 months.

[itsiceman]

A day before they call for service would work for me

[2sac]

Quality of water has alot to do with it as well as location of machine. A machine in the back room will not grow mold as fast as one in the prep area. Minimum is 2x a year and more often than not on service calls

[joeblo]

The more often it is cleaned the less time and work to clean it. I have seen some that were so bad that they could not be cleaned with out complete disasembly.

[danbb]

depends on your water and air quality. Get one that's easy to clean, which rules out two major brands right away, if you have a choice. Avid Scotsman prodigys like the plague, and I would also avoid Hoshizaki. Ice-O-Matic is cheap, but its lack of computerized controls means that it lacks all but the most rudimentary operational safeties. Manitowoc Indigos are at the other extreme, tending to lock out if you look at them funny.

[Navy06]

how bad is the water in the area? I would say every 3-6months also changeing out the water filters every three.

[patbhavc]

Alot of it depends on the area the machine is in. Food areas attract alot of mold and slime.

[COOLJIM]

if the machine is in a subway or bakery ( yeast), it will need regular cleaning , and 3/ 4 month intervals at least . can become a science project if left to long

[thepresence]

at least once per year. I'm sure there's alot of ice machines out there that don't ever get cleaned. I always ask for no ice now after i started fixing them.

[uniservice]

Had a call for a Scotsman machine in the back room of a restaurant. It was filthy! Asked the woman in charge when the last cleaning was performed. Her answer was every couple of months they cleaned it. Startup date was 1997. Asked her who didi the cleaning, and she said she did it. When I asked her how she cleaned she said she turned the control board from freeze to clean and let it run for a half hour, then turned it back to freeze. Hmmm.

[rkevins]

I work on some ice machines years ago from a pizza place the flower dust was so hard you would have to scrape and beet to get it out

[Bobbycold]

One specific one is a monthly job, though more commonally every couple months.