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Published on 28 September 2020 · 3 min read
RATIONAL's iCombi Pro: a new generation of combi ovens
InfoWeb Marketplace · Editorial teamPublished on 28 September 2020 · 3 min read
While the challenges facing out-of-home catering and takeaway are many, Rational's answer is simple: intelligence. The market leader has therefore created the iCombi Pro. It has achieved the feat of increasing productivity by 50 % and reducing cooking times and energy consumption by 10 %, in a one-of-a-kind cooking system, while guaranteeing exceptional cooking uniformity even at full load. Optimized cooking in terms of time or resource consumption, together with the ability to intervene in a cooking process already under way, offer greater flexibility in the kitchen. And thanks to the ultra-fast intermediate cleaning carried out in just 12 minutes, downtime is now reduced to the bare minimum. The iCombi Pro combines productivity, efficiency and flexibility.
?Many foodservice businesses are struggling with cost pressure and a shortage of qualified staff,? explains Veith Adelmann, Managing Director of Rational France. It is therefore essential that work in the kitchen be as efficient as it is flexible, thanks to intelligent functions such as those built into the iCombi Pro.
The cooking system brings together four intelligent functions: climate management with iDensityControl, efficient production organization with iProductionManager, the iCookingSuite cooking intelligence, and last but not least cleaning and maintenance with iCareSystem.
iCookingSuite, the cooking intelligence built into the iCombi Pro, is based on the Maillard reaction, the chemical formula behind the browning reaction of food, which Rational has decoded and translated into a software algorithm. With the help of sensors that transmit real data such as the size, quantity and condition of the food loaded, the iCombi Pro controls the entire cooking process precisely and with endless repeatability.
More fans, an optimized cavity geometry and increased dehumidification power provide up to 50 % more load capacity and shorter cooking times compared with the previous model. The mission of iDensityControl, the intelligent climate control system, is to ensure that everything runs like clockwork. Everything is cooked to perfection: whether golden crusts, grill marks, crispy breading or even more delicate dishes such as flans.
Complete production cycles are intelligently managed by iProductionManager, even when several different foods have to be prepared. The user indicates whether they want to produce by optimizing time or energy, or to set a precise cooking end time, and the iCombi Pro takes care of everything else. It knows what can be cooked at the same time and displays the options available to the user based on the cavity climate. This means greater flexibility and planning reliability.
The intelligent iCareSystem cleaning system also contributes to flexibility and planning reliability with its new ultra-fast intermediate cleaning, which lasts only 12 minutes. Phosphate-free cleaning tabs are used for all cleaning programs, and their quantity is halved compared with the previous model. And thanks to its reduced energy consumption, confirmed by the Energy Star label, the iCombi Pro is an extremely sustainable cooking system.
The iCombi Pro also features built-in Wi-Fi for a quick and easy connection to the Rational ConnectedCooking network and efficient management of culinary processes. To allow professional chefs and cooks to discover it in more detail, RATIONAL is launching an online cooking demonstration campaign in the form of webinars. It will also be possible to see this new cooking system in person at a roadshow that will be organized at a later stage throughout France. The dates of these cooking demonstrations will be available on the rational-online.com website.
?Many foodservice businesses are struggling with cost pressure and a shortage of qualified staff,? explains Veith Adelmann, Managing Director of Rational France. It is therefore essential that work in the kitchen be as efficient as it is flexible, thanks to intelligent functions such as those built into the iCombi Pro.
Rational iCombi Pro combi ovens with a cooking system featuring intelligent functions
The cooking system brings together four intelligent functions: climate management with iDensityControl, efficient production organization with iProductionManager, the iCookingSuite cooking intelligence, and last but not least cleaning and maintenance with iCareSystem.
iCookingSuite, the cooking intelligence built into the iCombi Pro, is based on the Maillard reaction, the chemical formula behind the browning reaction of food, which Rational has decoded and translated into a software algorithm. With the help of sensors that transmit real data such as the size, quantity and condition of the food loaded, the iCombi Pro controls the entire cooking process precisely and with endless repeatability.
More fans, an optimized cavity geometry and increased dehumidification power provide up to 50 % more load capacity and shorter cooking times compared with the previous model. The mission of iDensityControl, the intelligent climate control system, is to ensure that everything runs like clockwork. Everything is cooked to perfection: whether golden crusts, grill marks, crispy breading or even more delicate dishes such as flans.
Complete production cycles are intelligently managed by iProductionManager, even when several different foods have to be prepared. The user indicates whether they want to produce by optimizing time or energy, or to set a precise cooking end time, and the iCombi Pro takes care of everything else. It knows what can be cooked at the same time and displays the options available to the user based on the cavity climate. This means greater flexibility and planning reliability.
Rational combi cooking ovens with the intelligent iCareSystem cleaning system
The intelligent iCareSystem cleaning system also contributes to flexibility and planning reliability with its new ultra-fast intermediate cleaning, which lasts only 12 minutes. Phosphate-free cleaning tabs are used for all cleaning programs, and their quantity is halved compared with the previous model. And thanks to its reduced energy consumption, confirmed by the Energy Star label, the iCombi Pro is an extremely sustainable cooking system.
The iCombi Pro also features built-in Wi-Fi for a quick and easy connection to the Rational ConnectedCooking network and efficient management of culinary processes. To allow professional chefs and cooks to discover it in more detail, RATIONAL is launching an online cooking demonstration campaign in the form of webinars. It will also be possible to see this new cooking system in person at a roadshow that will be organized at a later stage throughout France. The dates of these cooking demonstrations will be available on the rational-online.com website.
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