🧊 Ice Machine Sizing Calculator
How much ice does your
How much ice does your
venue actually need?
Undersized ice machines run out mid-service; oversized ones waste money and space. Tell us how you trade and we’ll size your machine the way we do it in the showroom — with a proper safety margin built in.
0.5 kg per restaurant cover
1 kg per bar customer
+50% safety margin
01 / Your Business
02 / Covers Per Day
covers/day
covers/day
Use your busiest regular day — Saturday service, not the midweek average. The machine has to keep up at peak.
03 / Drinks Service
04 / Where Will It Live?
Rated outputs assume ~21°C ambient — at 30°C an air-cooled machine can lose 30% of its output, so warm sites get sized 25% up.
Your Ice Requirement
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Ice you need per day
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enter your covers above
Base demand
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before margins
Suggested ice storage
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bins fill faster than you think
Water it will use
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at ~2.8 litres per kg of ice made
Enter your covers above and we’ll point you at the right class of machine.
Sizing uses the rates from our commercial ice maker buying guide: 0.5 kg of ice per restaurant cover, 1 kg per bar customer, a 50% safety margin, and a 25% uplift for sites that regularly run over 25°C. Cocktail-led food venues are sized at 0.75 kg per cover — between the restaurant and bar rates. Machine outputs are rated at ~21°C ambient. Estimates only — every venue peaks differently. Prices £ + VAT.
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