FOBO
Front of house. Back of house.

Restaurant gear, ready for its next shift.

Buy and sell commercial equipment locally — without freight surprises, auction fees, or weeks of back-and-forth.

Commercial six-burner range with ovenCommercial range
Two-door commercial refrigeratorRefrigeration
Hobart commercial mixerPrep equipment

Built for the whole restaurant

From the line to the dining room, all in one marketplace.

Available nationwide

Live listings from sellers across the country.

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Trust goes both ways

After a completed pickup, buyers and sellers can review each other. Ratings stay attached to each role, so you know who you’re dealing with before you meet.

Buyer ratings

Sellers can recognize buyers who communicate clearly, arrive on time, and complete the agreed transaction.

  • Communication and responsiveness
  • Pickup punctuality
  • Transaction reliability

Seller ratings

Buyers can share whether the equipment matched its listing and the handoff was straightforward.

  • Listing accuracy and condition
  • Communication and flexibility
  • Pickup experience
One reputation, two perspectivesProfiles show separate buyer and seller scores plus verified transaction reviews.

Turn idle equipment into working capital.

Snap a photo. Let the listing assistant draft the details. Review and publish.

Built for how equipment actually trades

Six reasons FOBO isn't another general marketplace with a restaurant-equipment problem.

Runs & Works video badge

Every listing can prove it works. Sellers attach a short video of the equipment actually running — fryer heating, walk-in holding temp, mixer spinning — and earn a Runs & Works badge. No more dead-unit roulette.

  • 15-second video, shot on any phone
  • Badge shown right on the listing card
  • Filter for badged listings only

Search alerts

Save the exact search you want — "Rational combi under $3k within 30 miles" — and get pinged the second a match lists. The best deals move in hours, not days; alerts put you first in line instead of first to miss out.

  • Match on model, price, and distance
  • Instant push the moment it lists
  • Pause or tweak any alert anytime

Delivery, handled

Heavy equipment is the deal-killer nobody solves. Sellers flag that they deliver within a set radius, buyers filter for delivery-ready listings, and local equipment movers cover the rest. A 1,200-lb range stops being a logistics project.

  • Filter for sellers who deliver
  • Delivery radius shown up front
  • Local mover options for the big stuff

Dealer storefronts

Local dealers run their whole used inventory on FOBO. Browse a dealer's full lot like a showroom visit — hours, location, and every unit in one place. It's the fastest path to deep local supply, and dealers get analytics they can't get on Craigslist.

  • One page per dealer, full inventory
  • Showroom hours and location built in
  • Dealer analytics on views and demand

Whole-kitchen bundles

Closures don't sell one fryer — they sell the kitchen. Bundle listings package everything from a closing restaurant into a single deal, so a new operator can outfit in one pickup instead of twenty. One price, one trip, one working kitchen.

  • Full packages from real closures
  • Itemized contents with individual prices
  • Outfit a restaurant in a single deal

Smart specs on every listing

Model, serial, voltage, gas or electric — captured as structured data on every listing, not buried in free text. Filter like a pro instead of scrolling Craigslist: find the exact 208V three-phase unit that fits your panel, the first time.

  • Model, serial, voltage, fuel type — structured
  • Filter by the specs that actually matter
  • AI fills specs from a single photo