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Commercial Ice Shavers & Crushers in Toronto & Canada

Whether you're topping cocktails with crushed ice or building a snow cone menu with fine shaved ice, our Ice Shavers & Crushers collection covers both textures. Our lineup is built around Omcan: the 45395 tabletop ice shaver cranks out up to 143 lbs of finely shaved ice an hour, perfect for snow cones and shave-ice desserts. For chunkier bar ice, the 47084 manual ice crusher lets you dial in the thickness with an adjustable lever — handy behind the bar for margaritas, daiquiris, and mojitos, or as a fresh-food display bed for seafood and other chilled items — while the 39689 electric ice crusher runs automatic or manual cycles and crushes up to 5.28 lbs of ice a minute for a busy bar program. All three are compact countertop units that don't eat up valuable prep space. No matter where you're located — a bar in Toronto, a cafe in Mississauga, or right here in Vaughan — Phoenix Food Equipment gets ice shavers and crushers to you across the GTA and nationwide across Canada.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions we hear from operators.

What's the difference between an ice shaver and an ice crusher?

An ice shaver, like our Omcan 45395, shaves whole ice cubes into a fine, snow-like texture — the kind of ice you want under snow cone syrup or piled into a shave-ice dessert, since it doesn't clump the way coarser ice does. An ice crusher, like our Omcan 47084 and 39689, breaks ice into smaller chunks instead of a fine shave, which is what you actually want in a cocktail glass — it chills the drink fast without watering it down as quickly as shaved ice would, and it also works well as a display bed for chilled seafood or produce. If you're building a drink program, start with a crusher; if snow cones or shave-ice desserts are the goal, the shaver is the right tool.

Should I get a manual or electric ice crusher for my bar?

It comes down to volume and consistency. Our Omcan 47084 is a manual, hand-crank crusher with an adjustable lever so you can dial in coarser or finer ice by feel — a solid, no-power-needed option for a lower-volume bar or a backup unit. The Omcan 39689 is electric, with automatic and manual modes, a 2.64 lb ice tank, and enough speed to crush up to 5.28 lbs of ice a minute, which suits a busier bar making margaritas, daiquiris, and mojitos back-to-back during a rush. If you're cranking out drinks all night, the electric model saves the wrist; if you just need crushed ice occasionally, the manual crusher gets the job done for less.

Can an ice shaver be used to make snow cones?

Yes — that's exactly what the Omcan 45395 is built for. It shaves whole ice cubes into a fine, fluffy snow-cone-style ice with each crank, rather than the small hard chunks a standard ice crusher produces, so syrup soaks in instead of sliding off. At up to 143 lbs of shaved ice an hour, it's sized for a concession stand, food truck, or bar running a snow cone or shave-ice menu alongside its regular drink program, not just an occasional garnish station.