News : combi oven

Rational offers combi steamer demonstrations for school caterers
The need to reduce running costs combined and the demand for healthier, better tasting menus have led many schools to consider investing in combi steamers. Their energy efficiency and ability to reduce shrinkage, so that schools get more portions per kilo of raw food, can make a real difference to the budget.

Now Rational, the market leader in...

Scotts of Carshalton uses Rationals to grow outside catering business
Recently, the outside catering business at Scotts of Carshalton has really taken off. On busy weekends staff can cater for up to twelve big buffets. Scotts has come a long way from the original family business of selling meat from a horse and cart. There are 8 chefs and 16 waiting staff for events, with extras drafted in as necessary, as well...

Healthier foods, lower running costs
The increasing focus on healthier school meals combined with tough budgets has led many school meals providers to ask their equipment suppliers for help finding a solution. Rational says the latest combi steamer technology offers school caterers the ideal cooking solution: healthier foods combined with lower running costs.

“While lower running costs and healthier foods are...

Manual or programmable?  Rational’s SelfCookingCenter® whitefficiency® ‘Cooking Processes’ offer a third way – and it’s better.
With manual combi steamers, chefs can control every aspect of cooking. The problem is, they have to select the right cooking parameters and then check and monitor the whole process. Programmable models mean the chef simply pushes a button and the combi takes over, following predefined...

Catch the 4.10 Express!
The new CT Express Combitherm is the most compact Alto Shaam combi oven to date. It’s the perfect solution for kitchens where space is limited, as it can be placed on countertops or other equipment and offers a capacity of up to four 1/1 gastronorm pans. It measures 442mm x 906mm x 850mm.

Available in the UK through Foodservice Equipment Marketing, the CT Express 4.10ESi cooks with...

Getting the most out of the nineteenth hole
Golf Clubs face challenging times as people look to manage their spending, but one way of boosting the revenue stream is to up the catering operation in the clubhouse. Getting golfers to linger after they have played and return in the evening with friends for that special night out can even result in an increase in membership. This may mean a bit of a revamp in the...

Smoking or non-smoking? Now there’s a choice
Combi-ovens are versatile pieces of cooking equipment with which chefs can bake, steam, roast and poach. Now their use has been extended further with the introduction of Alto Shaam’s Combitherm smokers, available from Foodservice Equipment Marketing (FEM).

With the Combitherm smoker chefs can either hot or cold smoke a product, with authentic wood smoke, then switch...