Earlier this week, two members of the JES sales team traveled up to Ohio for a product demonstration and training seminar hosted by Gold Medal Products . After the first day of meeting some of Gold Medal’s staff members, mingling with the other attendees, and familiarizing themselves with the products and machines on offer at the seminar, the demonstrations officially began. Here are some of the pictures of the action sent to us by our guys at the show.

Whether it’s your first Thanksgiving or you’re a Turkey Day pro, these cooking and baking tools are essential to get you through the holidays. We always remember to get the food, but making sure you have the correct equipment and kitchen utensils can make or break your holiday. You’ll need all of the basics plus a few special tools to cook turkey, gravy, and your favorite side dishes.

Thanksgiving is tomorrow, and on this day the bird that completes your smorgasbord gets all of the attention. But what about all those other great dishes that we eat on Thanksgiving? Namely pumpkin pie. Why do we even eat pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving?

This week, we welcomed Chef Rob Eaton of Buzzard’s Roost Southern Tea House back to the JES showroom to show us how to prepare a slightly less traditional bird for the upcoming holiday meals. In this video, Chef Rob demonstrates how to prepare, cook, debone, and serve a delicious roast duck.

What We Talk About When We Talk About ‘Cup’

Go to any website that sells coffee-making products — I’m talking urns, percolators, brewers, that sort of thing — and you’ll notice that the products are listed like this:

J.E.S.’s Top Gift Ideas for 2011

It’s gift giving time again, and we’ve put together a list of unique and useful gift ideas for kitchen. Nothing makes a gift more personal than taking the time to choose something that suits the taste and interest of the recipient. If you have a kitchen enthusiast on your gift list, home or professional, take a look at our gift guide.

Thanksgiving is just around the corner and that means it’s time for you to decide how to prepare your turkey. Some of you may stick to tradition by baking it while others will fry it; however, you may want to try smoking it.

Cutting boards come in many varieties but the two basic ones are wood and plastic. Care and maintenance for each one depends on the material used. Wood cutting board requires coating the board in mineral oil which acts as a sealant to prevent bacteria from forming. Avoid submerging in water, store in a dry place, brush it clean, and avoid bleach. A plastic cutting board has to have warm soapy water to clean it and should avoid the dishwasher. There are four steps to caring for a wooden cutting board.

Bundt® cakes have been a favorite holiday dessert since the idea was first established by the NordicWare Company since the 1950s. Bundt® is not actually a type of cake but a shape. The Bundt ®pan was popularized by NordicWare after the cake won second place in the Pillsbury Bake-Off of 1966. The pan has a crimped tube shape, with three-dimensional sides and a hole in the center. The hole allows for airflow to circulate around the cake and bake evenly. Since its popularity, NordicWare has manufactured their Bundt® pans in many shapes and sizes.

We are midway into the fall season and that means apples are fresh in season. It also means that it is time for you to start making a warm, delicious apple pie. Most are wanting to make pumpkin pies with the Thanksgiving holidays coming into full-swing, but apple pie is a great dessert to make at any occasion, even Thanksgiving, year-round. Many know how to make a great apple pie but taking a few tips into consideration can make for an even better, tastier pie.

The holidays are just around the corner, and it’s time to start thinking about your shopping list for the loved ones in your life. Here are a few J.E.S. Restaurant Equipment gift suggestions for the cook (or cooks) in your family.

Halloween has come and gone, which means Thanksgiving is right around the corner. It’s time to start thinking about how you are going to make that Thanksgiving turkey a delectable, succulent cuisine for all those family members to enjoy as they gather around the dinner table this holiday season.

Halloween is here and… well, the office has been strange today. I keep looking over my shoulder and RoboCop is staring right back at me. Not spooky exactly… more like unsettling. Anyway, here’s some of team decked out in their Halloween get-ups.

Over the years, wine tasting has become a fairly standard practice among those looking to expand their cultural and technical understanding of alcoholic beverages. But with the relatively recent rise to prevalence of smaller batch craft beers, combined with our modern ease of importing foreign goods, beer tasting is beginning to become a popular pass time for both seasoned aficionados and new beer drinkers alike.

Throughout the month we have been post tips on our Twitter account to help you when it gets time to carve the pumpkin this year for the Halloween holiday. Now that it’s so close to the holiday, here’s a look back at some of the best tips.

Chances are some of you might be taking a camping trip this fall. Camping can be a great experience, but that experience can only be heightened with the right tools . One of the most important things about camping is successfully cooking your own meals. This is much more rewarding if you are using the right tools. Here is a good checklist for any camper who wants a genuine, cooking experience.

Pouring wine at the table has long been considered the purview of high class and expensive restaurants. While you do need a bit of knowledge and a fairly well-stocked wine selection to justify performing the wine serving ritual, bringing the wine pouring routine out to the table will help to add a bit of interactivity and a touch of class to any restaurant. Here is a quick run-down of the process for anyone interested in serving wine at their customers’ tables.

Do you own a KitchenAid stand mixer but don’t seem to use it quite as much as you would like? Perhaps it’s time to consider some accessories to expand the usefulness of your mixer, but where to begin? KitchenAid’s accessories list is fairly expansive, and can be intimidating to search through if you don’t know exactly what you are looking for, but this KitchenAid accessories guide from the J.E.S. Restaurant Equipment Learning Center will give you a good overview of what each attachment does and which set of attachments will best suit your particular kitchen activities.

The best present you can give an adult-aged person is something that you’ve made yourself. This self-made gift can be painted or written down or glued together or baked — whatever idiosyncratic skill that you have, access it, materialize it, wrap it up, and then stick it under the fir.

You set a roast in your conventional oven to bake for 30 minutes at 350°. After that time, you pull out your roast and it is under cooked in parts. You cut into the roast and realize it is completely dried out! There is a possibility these missteps could have been avoided if only you had chosen to bake your roast in a convection oven instead.,