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Salad Spinners

Commercial Salad Spinners in Toronto & Canada

Getting the water off washed greens fast keeps dressing from sliding off and salads from turning soggy on the line. Our Salad Spinners collection is almost all Dynamic, running from a compact 1.25-gallon manual spinner up to a 5-gallon electric model, plus a stabilizing base to keep a manual spinner steady on the counter mid-spin. For higher volume, Hobart offers a 20-gallon electric spinner built for a commissary or high-volume prep kitchen. Whether you're prepping salads in a Toronto restaurant, a catering kitchen in Mississauga, or right here in Vaughan, we ship salad spinners across the GTA and nationwide across Canada.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions from operators buying this kind of equipment.

What's the difference between a manual and an electric salad spinner?

A manual salad spinner uses a hand crank or pump handle to spin the basket, which works fine for smaller, steady batches and doesn't need an outlet nearby. An electric salad spinner spins the basket at the push of a button instead, which saves the repetitive cranking on a busy prep line and keeps output more consistent from batch to batch. Our Dynamic lineup covers both styles at matching capacities — 1.25 to 5 gallons manual, 2.5 or 5 gallons electric — so you can pick based on your prep volume rather than switching equipment types entirely.

How much lettuce can a commercial salad spinner hold per batch?

Capacity is measured by the spinner's basket volume, and it scales with how much prep you're doing per batch rather than a fixed lettuce weight — a 1.25-gallon spinner suits a small kitchen or cafe doing a few salads at a time, 2.5 to 5 gallons covers most restaurants running a steady lunch and dinner service, and our Hobart 20-gallon electric spinner is built for a commissary or catering operation prepping greens for dozens of orders in one spin. Phoenix Food Equipment carries that full range so you're not stuck re-spinning multiple small batches during a rush.

Does spinning salad greens dry replace washing them?

No — spinning greens dry doesn't replace washing them, it comes after. Washing removes dirt, grit, and any residue from the leaves, and spinning just gets rid of the extra surface water left over from that rinse. Skipping the wash and only spinning leaves whatever was on the greens to begin with, while skipping the spin after washing leaves salads watery and makes dressing slide right off instead of coating the leaves. Phoenix Food Equipment's Dynamic and Hobart salad spinners are built to handle that final drying step quickly between washed batches.