Double Duty Catering Equipment
Multipurpose equipment is designed to be versatile, used for various applications – reducing costs by eliminating the need for multiple pieces of equipment.
Traditionally, a kitchen would include upwards of 10 pieces of key equipment, but with the increase of multifunctional equipment, some catering kitchens may now only have five or six pieces – a reduction of 40%-50% – which can contribute to a large-scale reduction in energy usage. Some examples of catering equipment that do double or even triple duty are:
Combi Ovens – the workhorses of the modern kitchen, thanks to their power, flexibility, speed, consistency of quality, and ease of use. They really excel in kitchens where operators must create a wide variety of dishes on a menu, or if preparing dishes using different cooking processes. Combi ovens are designed to cook, steam, roast, grill fry or bake and are packed with innovative features and high tech to enable consistency, save energy & reduce labour demands.
Rational iCombi Pro continuously checks the condition of the food against the desired result, calculates the cooking progress and intelligently adjusts the temperature. This innovative system will monitor each rack individually – you decide if you want the food to start cooking at the same time or finish cooking at the same time. Either way, the iCombi Pro will tell you when something needs to go into the cooking cabinet. Models are available in a variety of sizes to suit the size of the kitchen & the number of meals per day – XS models 6 Grid 2/3GN to 20 Grid 2/1GN models available in both Gas & Electric.
Blue Seal Turbofan EC40D7 Digital 7 Grid Electric Combination Steamer Oven is one of the best combi ovens on the market both affordable and versatile. Packing a huge amount of functionality and performance into a small space, this Combi Oven is ideal for smaller restaurants, bakeries, and concessions. Digital control brings unrivalled precision and speed to the cooking process, with 10 pre-programmed cooking modes for your best-selling menu items and up to 89 user-defined programmes for everything else.
iVario 2 x XS Electric Cooking System features intuitive operating touchscreens that guide the user through the production sequence with clear, interactive instructions, making the cooking systems quickly accessible for all users. It can boil, fry & deep fry 4 times as fast as conventional tilting and boiling pans and consumes up to 40% less energy – Two pans operated independently of each other with endless possibilities.
The Multi Cook Oven is ideal for caterers who need the extra capacity to prime cook several items at the same time or to regenerate large multi-portion dishes.
Merrychef Eikon e5 is a fast, quiet, compact convection oven and microwave in one offering rapid cooking technology – cooking up to 5 times faster than conventional cooking methods. The user interface allows multi-stage programming and USB memory stick allows the user to upload and download up to 1024 new cooking profiles. A change of menu can be implemented instantaneously making is a perfect solution for large restaurants, pubs, bars, caterers, hotels & canteens. It also features built-in catalytic converters eliminating the need for a ventilation hood – i.e., ventless cooking.
Unox Bakerlux BAKERLUX SPEED.Pro™ is the world’s first and only speed baking oven: a traditional convection oven and an innovative, speedy baking oven that offers Triple cooking: Convection (External Golden Browning), Microwave (Fast internal heating) & Conduction (Crusty toasting by contact).
Dual Temperature Food Wells provide open food storage whilst keeping the product at safe temperatures. When your menu changes daily and you don’t have the space to implement different types of food wells, dual temperature models provide adequate flexibility. Used on buffets and self-service lines the food wells are practical methods of delivering large quantities of food to numerous people over an extended period.
Hatco HCWBI Hot/Cold Food wells change from hot to cold at the touch of a switch, and offer space-saving flexibility i.e., keep baked beans hot for a breakfast offer, and then at lunchtime use the same space to keep salad ingredients cold. Also from Hatco are HCSSBX Hot/Cold Shelves that easily change between a Heated Shelf and a Cold Shelf (and vice versa) both catering to different food products and times of service.
We stock multipurpose catering equipment from brand leaders such as Rational, Unox, Hatco, Merrychef, Blue Seal, Convotherm & Lincat etc.
If on a budget, check out our range of quality reconditioned, multifunctional equipment at exceptional prices. Such as:
Rational iCombi Pro EX Demo Electric 10 Grid
Convotherm 6 Grid Electric (3PH) combi oven on stand
