Best made in USA commercial appliances from 25 American makers: refrigeration, freeze dryers, hand dryers, scales, floor machines and industrial blenders.
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Restaurants, food plants, schools and offices can buy much of their equipment from American factories: commercial refrigeration, freeze dryers, hand dryers, scales, floor machines and industrial blenders and mixers. Each type has its own page, ranked by Made in USA level.
Most of this equipment is fabricated from steel in the makers' own US plants, often built to order. Motors, compressors and controls are frequently bought in, which is why most makers here rate Level 4.
The highest-rated maker from each type in this section, by Made in USA level. Featured spots are not paid for. Open a type for the full ranking, the rating details and where to buy. How the levels work
Top in Hand Dryers
Made in USA level 4.5 of 5 for its stainless steel hand dryers
Pinnacle Dryer makes vandal-resistant, touchless stainless steel hand dryers: the PDC-R10 recessed dryer, which sits almost flush with the wall, and the P3-12S surface-mount dryer, in brushed stainless, black or white…
Top in Freeze Dryers
Made in USA level 4.5 of 5 for its FreeZone freeze dryers
Labconco makes FreeZone freeze dryers for laboratories, from benchtop units for light sample loads to 6, 12 and 18 liter console models, Triad and stoppering tray dryers, with its Lyo-Works operating system. Buyers…
Full rating and where to buy on the Freeze Drying Equipment page →
Top in Scales
Made in USA level 4 of 5 for its stainless steel weighbeam physician scales (commercial)
Detecto makes medical, retail, food service and industrial scales, including mechanical weighbeam and digital physician scales, bariatric, chair, baby and portable stand-on scales for clinics and hospitals. Founded in…
Top in Industrial Blenders
Made in USA level 4 of 5 for its Blentherm and VersaTherm cooker-blenders and food mixers
Blentech makes food processing equipment, including cooker-blenders, batch cookers and jacketed kettles, industrial food mixers and agitators, bakery mixers, tumblers, vacuum cooling systems and their control systems…
Full rating and where to buy on the Industrial Blenders page →
Top in Commercial Refrigeration
Made in USA level 4 of 5 for its Horizon and P-Series reach-in refrigerators and freezers built in Brookville, Pennsylvania
Beverage-Air makes commercial reach-in and bottom-mount refrigerators and freezers, back bar coolers, merchandisers, prep tables and chef bases for restaurants and bars. Part of Italy's Ali Group, it is based in…
Best made in USA commercial floor machines from 1 American maker: rotary floor machines, burnishers and floor dryers.
Best made in USA freeze dryers from 6 American makers: home freeze dryers, lab benchtop units and commercial production dryers.
Best made in USA hand dryers from 2 American makers: high-speed and vandal-resistant dryers for schools, offices and public restrooms.
Best made in USA industrial blenders from 11 American makers: ribbon, paddle and plow blenders, tumble and drum blenders, and food cooker-blenders.
Best made in USA commercial refrigerators and freezers from 4 American makers: reach-ins, undercounters and prep tables built in US plants.
Best made in USA commercial and medical scales from 1 American maker, starting with Detecto's weighbeam physician scales from Missouri.
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