Since the portable refrigerator came into
existence, ice cream truck business proliferated. Ice cream, which has been the
most sought after food item during the summer, has been typically distributed
and sold through these trucks for almost a century now.
These ice cream trucks too have evolved
with time. Each region has its own version, Ice Cream Truck Service Toronto most probably will be different
from that of in Ottawa
.
However, they all posses some common basic
essentials; be it an Ice Cream Truck Hamilton
or in Montreal, all will have refrigerators, freezers and soft serve machines.
Let us
discuss those one by one!
Freezers
Cold-plate freezer
Traditionally,
trucks are installed with cold plate freezers, as they are simple and are ease
of use. You just plug them at night and use it the entire day without relying
on power. This freedom from constant source of power makes it one the most
common choice. However, these freezers are expensive.
Dry ice freezer
It uses
solidified carbon dioxide gas that can make products stay cold for the entire
day. It cheap and befits for startups that are low on money. However, you have
to buy dry ice daily.
Chest freezer
The standard
chest freezer needs constant source of energy. This requirement makes it
expensive as you will need a generator to keep it working on your truck.
Generator
leads to higher investment as there will be extra fuel and service costs. Moreover,
you need a big twin-rear wheel truck to support it.
As the
technology has evolved, there is no need of different machines for soft serve
ice cream and frozen yoghurt. A single machine now serves both purposes. All
you need to do is to feed pre-mixture, easily available at stores, to the
machine and it will do the rest. There are ranges of models on the market,
which include standalone and counter top units.
