Kitchen Tour

Tours of the facility are available.  Cost is $100/regular facility tour.  Please contact Greg Golden or Steve Hodges to arrange tours.
The Clinch-Powell Community Kitchens are fully equipped and laid out for efficient production of food and farm products.

Facilties include:

 Preparation Area
with sinks, work tables, and heavy duty commercial equipment for peeling, coring, chopping, pulping, mixing and other preparation of vegetable and fruit materials.

Processing Area
with new 60-gallon and 40-gallon steam jacketed kettles (can be used in tandem), 40-gallon tilt braising pan, commercial range and oven, convection oven, precision container filling machine, automatic labeling machine, and equipment for testing acidity and water activity of food products.  Reach-in cooler, freezer, and automatic dishwasher are located in this area.

Storage Area
with extensive dry storage including shelving and 1600 cubic foot walk-in cooler/freezer.  A special blast freezer allows extra-fast freezing for better preservation of taste and consistency of product.

Office Area
includes a library and product display of materials on containers, labels and label requirements, ingredient suppliers, and an internet-connected computer lab with seven workstations.  Computer-based nutritional analysis, labeling, and high-quality printing of promotional materials is also available.