Kitchen/Restaurant stock yard sale...

So a week or so ago Sharon sent me a Craig's List entry about an upcoming kitchen/restaurant supply yard sale that was going to be close to me. Turns out it was only a six minute drive, so the morning of the sale I popped over to see what they had! I asked the guy if I could take pics - it was a two day sale, and I wanted to let some folks know what was up for sale in case they were interested. Turns out no one needed me to go back and get anything for them...

Forgot to rotate the picture - there were a LOT of pre-filled salt and pepper shakers!


There were HUUUUNDREDS of glasses!


Near the center of the picture is a warming oven, with maybe 10 or so large sheet pans inside. All of the items were well-used from when they were at the restaurant that had shut down, and so some, like the warming oven, were pretty scuzzy.


Anyone need an industrial meat slicer?!


I was tempted to check out the stainless steel mixing bowls, but I already have plenty... I should've asked what he wanted for the kitchen scales!


I wonder - would some of these containers have come in handy for parties, the holidays, etc!?


I was really tempted to get some of the skillets, but again, they were really gross/greasy, and I really don't know where I'd put them. And no, I don't need any more collanders - I have quite a few already! (HM, why didn't I ask for a price on the box grater!?)


Ok, now we're talking! Serving spoons and tongs!? While these tongs aren't the kind you can lock shut, they would come in really handy for our parties where we're always short on this sort of stuff. And I don't know why I didn't grab some of those serving spoons!! Grrr!


Ladels! We never have enough ladels! (This isn't as silly as it sounds!) Again - thinking of our Halloween, etc parties...


I definitely didn't need those little stands advertising the weekly specials...and as tempting as the giant pepper grinder was, it was gross and all banged up. And we don't sit around drinking champagne, so I didn't consider the ice bucket/coolers.


These racks could've been fun, but again, they were scuzzy...


Not sure why they were also pushing Christmas stuff...but this stuff smelled like cat pee! Turns out much of this stuff has been kept in a barn for the last year. Ew.


Now I really fell in love with some of these jumbo pots - just think how easy they'd make salsa-time in the summer!!! But we was asking $45-$100 for each of them, and I've since decided I could get new ones almost as cheap from the restaurant supply store we're planning to check out later this spring/summer.... So what you see on the cutting boards are all I got - a bunch of serving tongs of different shapes/sizes, a giant/strong turkey/roast lifting fork (lethal looking!), plus a bunch of ladels of different sizes. $15 for all of them - I felt that was pretty good!