walk-in

Definition

The industrial refrigerator large enough to actually walk into, where both food and occasionally traumatized cooks go to chill out. Also where you discover forgotten experiments from previous regimes.

Example Usage

I found that missing case of lobster in the back of the walk-in, behind something that might have been vegetables once.

Origin

Shortened from 'walk-in refrigerator/cooler'

Fun Fact

Walk-ins are legally required to have interior release handles since 1956, after tragic incidents of people becoming trapped.

Source: Commercial kitchen equipment terminology

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