Grilles and diffusers at Hickory’s Smokehouse, Nuthall
Nuthall, Nottinghamshire is home to the newest Hickory’s Smokehouse restaurant in the UK chain. Located at the former Oldmoor Lodge on Mornington Crescent, the facility has been transformed to create the new family dining experience based on the tastes, traditions and hospitality of the southern states of America.
At Hickory’s smokehouse, food and drink lovers can enjoy a taste of America with a wide range of barbeque classics, refreshing milkshakes and tasty cocktails. Out of the 13 restaurants in the UK, Nuthall is one of the biggest as it seats over 300 people inside and outside. The new state-of-the-art family friendly facility also features a cinema room and outdoor play area to cater for children of all ages.
HVC Supplies were tasked by our client to supply a range of grilles and diffusers to help provide ventilation throughout various areas of the restaurant. All of the products we supplied for Hickory’s smokehouse needed to match the different colour themes throughout the restaurant meanwhile providing a modern architectural appearance.
Throughout the kitchen and dining area we supplied a range of 2-way, 3-way and 4-way louvre-faced ceiling diffusers which were used to supply fresh air into the restaurant to help maintain and improve ventilation throughout the customer’s dining experience. The 4-way ceiling diffusers we supplied were suitable for lay-in ceilings and are kept in stock at HVC, ready for next day despatch. The 2-way and 3-way ceiling diffusers we supplied were manufactured to different sizes to ensure the appropriate air supply in each area.
This popular type of celling diffusers that we supplied for Hickory’s smokehouse Nottingham are well regarded due to their architectural appearance and high-performance diffusion characteristics and are used in many installations across the world.
In addition to the kitchen and dining area, there was a requirement to help provide ventilation to the bar. On weekends, the bar can be one of the busiest sections of the restaurant so it was important there was a sufficient supply and extract system in place to cycle air in and out of this zone.
We supplied our HVC Series DD, double deflection grilles to aid in supplying air into the restaurant. Our Double deflection grille has two rows of adjustable blades set at 90° apart which allow up to 45° deflection of the air in two planes.
We also supplied a few of our HVC Series ECG, egg crate grilles to aid in extracting air from the bar area. Comprising a core with over 90% free area with vanes parallel to airflow, our egg crate grilles are capable of handling huge air volumes with minimal noise generation or pressure drop. Ideal for areas requiring high changeover rates such as the bar area at Hickory’s smokehouse, Nuthall.
All of the grilles and diffusers that we supplied for our client were powder coated to match the different colour schemes throughout the restaurant. Colours included RAL3011 red/brown, RAL7011 iron grey and RAL1013 oyster white. These RAL colours were all in stock at HVC at the time of order along with a wide range of other RAL and BS colours.
Our client mentioned that we “offered a good service with a quick turnaround time”. All the products we supplied our client for Hickory’s smokehouse in Nuthall was either stocked at our premises or manufactured by our hard-working team at HVC Supplies and delivered within 5 working days of purchase. We are proud to have helped supply products within the time frames given by our client to make sure everything was completed ready for opening on the 4th October.
