Commercial Propane for Hospitality Businesses
Written on: November 18, 2024
Versatile Propane Can Help Drive Great Customer Experience
From check in to checkout, offering great customer service is paramount. But today’s savvy customers are looking for the details that elevate their experience, even if they can’t see them.
Find out how commercial propane can work to help behind the scenes to deliver a quality experience. And while cooking with gas can make a great meal superb, we aren’t just talking about propane in your commercial kitchen! Commercial propane can help your restaurant, resort, country club, hotel, and more earn great reviews and repeat business.
Culinary Service
It’s no secret that professional chefs prefer cooking with gas. Propane provides the high heat and precision control they need to prepare consistently great food. The temperature control makes it easy to time the finish multiple different dishes at once. The high heat lets them sear and cook quickly. It’s not just for fine dining—propane is also ideal for cafeteria kitchens, fast food and casual dining, and for mobile kitchens in food trucks, whether you’re serving up gourmet snacks or grilling up burgers.
Propane also provides great value: Costs on average are 2.5 times less per Btu than heating with electricity, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.
Heating Water
In the hospitality business, hot water can big a big driver or energy costs. You’re running dishwashers, laundry equipment, not to mention the water-heating needs of hotels and spas, which need hot water for multiple bathrooms and showers, plus pools and hot tubs.
Propane water heaters generate much more hot water at a cheaper cost per gallon. Compact tankless propane water heaters can provide hot water to guest rooms on demand, rather than keeping huge tanks of water hot. Hospitals and nursing facilities have similar water-heating needs to hotels.
Outdoor Venues
Propane offers clean-burning, efficient and safe solutions for outdoor spaces. The same Btu-power that makes propane so good at heating water for bathing is ideal for heating pools and spas. Propane patio heaters keep outdoor dining areas comfortable, while propane firepits and fireplaces and even outdoor lighting, add ambiance to outdoor bars and lounge areas. Propane-fueled pest control keeps mosquitoes and other biting insects at bay.
Groundskeeping
Resorts and country clubs can make use of propane-powered groundskeeping equipment, from mowers and trimmers to maintenance vehicles and golf-carts, and even weed control.
Emergency Power
Most importantly, standby propane generators come on instantly to keep guests comfortable and safe, and keep essential systems operational in the event of a power outage. Depending on the situation, your guests may never even be aware of a problem.
A Clean Reputation
Customers are paying attention to your carbon footprint—whether it’s paper straws instead of plastic, or an option to reuse towels, they want to know you care as much as they do.
That makes commercial propane a good choice. It has a reputation for being environmentally friendly that will reflect onto your own operation. Propane burns cleanly, and produces minimal emissions. Propane also doesn’t harm soil or groundwater – an important factor when it comes to determining whether a fuel is “green.”
Propane is also an American energy source. About 90% of the United States’ supply of propane is domestically generated. Most of it comes from the processing of natural gas.
Propane is an efficient, clean fuel that can help you deliver the service your customers expect. Want to learn more? Contact Pico’s commercial propane team: They can help evaluate your needs and show you all the ways commercial propane can benefit your restaurant, hotel, spa or club.
