Hatco Corporation

Hatco is the foodservice equipment specialist for cafés, QSRs, hotels and high-volume production venues — Toast-Qwik conveyor toasters from 600 to 1200 slices per hour with optional Colorgard temperature compensation, Heat-Max pasta cookers in built-in, countertop and freestanding configurations, panini grills with cast-iron plates, plus security covers and matched accessories. Heavy-duty stainless construction, fast heat recovery and the kind of high-throughput foodservice performance built for venues serving hundreds of meals per shift — available now through Commercial Kitchen Company.

Hatco is best known in commercial foodservice for two iconic product lines. The Toast-Qwik conveyor toaster range — including the Hatco Toast-Qwik Conveyor Toaster (600 slices/hr) as the entry-level high-throughput model and the Colorgard variant at 1200 slices/hr for hotel breakfast and QSR breakfast operations — runs bread, English muffins and bagels through a conveyor belt with consistent toast colour across the day, regardless of how many slices have already gone through. The Heat-Max pasta cooker line covers built-in, countertop and freestanding configurations for cafés running pasta menus, with tray accessories for portioning. Panini grills with cast-iron plates round out the cooking side of the line.

Construction targets daily commercial abuse. Toaster conveyor belts are heavy-duty stainless mesh that doesn't sag or stretch under continuous service, heating elements are sized for continuous-duty rather than intermittent toasting, and Toast-Qwik cabinets use insulated stainless construction with security cover accessories available for venues where the toaster is on a buffet line or self-service breakfast station. Heat-Max pasta cookers use stainless steel tanks with thermostatic temperature control, sealed heating elements and integrated drainage, and panini grills use heavy cast-iron plates that hold heat through repeated pressings.

Hatco's signature engineering feature is Colorgard temperature compensation on premium Toast-Qwik models. Standard conveyor toasters produce paler toast in the morning when staff first switch them on, then darker toast as the chamber heats through the day — inconsistent product that frustrates customers and creates breakfast complaints. Colorgard sensors detect chamber temperature and adjust element output dynamically so the first slice and the thousandth slice come out at the same colour, which is meaningful in hotel buffet and QSR breakfast environments where staff don't have time to baby-sit the toaster. Heat-Max pasta cookers similarly hold water temperature stable through repeated basket dips.

Commercial Kitchen Company stocks the Hatco range with nationwide delivery and ready access to genuine spare parts — heating elements, conveyor belts, thermostats, control boards and security cover accessories — backed by Australian after-sales support. Whether you're outfitting a single Toast-Qwik for a café breakfast service, a Heat-Max pasta cooker for a high-volume pasta menu, or a full hotel breakfast station with a 1200 slice/hr Colorgard toaster and matched accessories, our team can spec the right Hatco combination for your throughput and menu mix — available now through Commercial Kitchen Company.