Kitchen

Kitchen
Intended Use	For Cooking, Eating and making Drinks
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Floor	Upstairs
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It's a kitchen!

The usual beverages are provided; instant coffee and tea bags. These are replenished by Snackspace team. Feel free to make a donation in the donations tin or contribute by signing up to the team in the #snackspace Discord channel.

Milk is in the fridge or in the shop around the corner and is replenished by individuals donating.

Washing the Dishes

Fill the dishwasher until full with dirty pots. Dishwasher tabs are in the cupboard under the sink, start the dishwasher when full and flip the "fill me sign to "empty me" on the front. If you come to the machine and "empty me " is displayed, please empty the contents into the cupboards above (check the pots have been through the wash cycle first).

Recycling and bins

Main article: Cleaning the hackspace

Bins are located at the entrance on Roden Street, if you leave the hackspace by that route please take any full bin bags to drop off as you exit. Recycling is done by members taking the initiative and the contents to a local recycling facility, there is no organised collection. See also Recycling-Policy

Fridge

Also maintained by volunteers, please help by removing anything horrid, stinky, or past its sell-by date that's unlikely to be consumed.

Ice Machine

The ice machine is a HOSHIZAKI KM-40B, added to the kitchen in August 2025. Currently, upkeep and maintenance are managed by Dee and Jay. As a rule, the ice machine should be emptied and cleaned once a week (this is known as “burning” the ice machine, but absolutely does not involve fire in any way!).

You must not use glass to scoop ice out of the machine. Glass turns invisible when wet, and is impossible to see in the ice well. Ingesting broken glass can kill you, and it will hurt the whole time it’s doing so. If glass does end up in the ice well, DO NOT USE THE ICE. Put a “do not use - dangerous” sign on the front of the machine, and let the trustees know immediately.

The ice machine has a gravity drain, the available drain connections are higher than the water level in the machine. To resolve this a condensate pump (sanicondens pro v02) is attached to the drain outlet behind the machine. To avoid one being energised without the other both are wired to a common mains plug.

Cleaning materials and cleaning

Blue roll, soapy stuff and detergents are replenished by the resources team resources@nottinghack.org.uk, if anything runs out, check next-door at the back of the toilets on the shelves, please notify them when stuff is exhausted or close to. They are often looking for help with runs to the wholesalers so please feel free to volunteer on the Discord channel.

There is no organised cleaning, it's up to us to maintain the place, that is mop (stored in the toilets) and wipe down surfaces take out the waste and put stuff away. The kitchen has a window facing Backlit Gallery. On the kitchen outside window ledge are two piles of pistachio nut shells. These shells are one of the many mysteries of the space.