by Carla Landi
Wrapping up another year with holiday excitement in the air makes this the busiest season of all for most commercial kitchens. The culinary delights that chefs bring to the holidays are on the minds of many as the excitement ignites. Chefs play a huge role in the holidays, creating classic culinary traditions, bringing people together for mouth-watering appetizers, desserts, drinks, and entrees. I believe it’s in a song, “visions of sugar plums dance in our heads”.
Roasting, steaming, and baking for the holiday crowd while maintaining other areas of the operation is a lot to manage. That’s why Chefs love Blodgett Combi ovens!
Blodgett Combi ovens allow chefs to apply multiple cooking methods, all in one oven. By operating in convection mode, steam mode, or a combination of the two, using one appliance for cooking delicate pastries, steamed potatoes, and cooking an overnight roast gives kitchens more flexibility while increasing the quality and consistency of finished products.
Blodgett Combi ovens have two manual levels of humidity control so chefs can maintain the best environment for the application. CombiSmart produces a consistent level of humidity, giving greater control with nine fan speeds. With CombiOptima, humidity levels are automatically measured and controlled in the oven.
Chefs enjoy the labor savings that Blodgett Combi ovens provide, especially during the busiest season of the year. So put this oven to work for you and eliminate the chore of manually setting the time, temperature, and humidity on every plate and batch of food. Instead, utilize the programmable Combi touchscreen to set temperature, humidity levels, and pre-set functions. Choose from grilling, steaming, braising, or browning and let it go to work. In addition, the reduced monitoring required frees staff to concentrate on other tasks that increase productivity, customer satisfaction, and profitability.
Batch cooking has been a lifesaving application for many foodservice operations with labor shortages and employee distancing challenges. Well, it’s an excellent solution for the holiday season too. Cooking food in advance, chilling safely, and bringing food back to temperature as if it was just prepared and cooked requires fewer people in the kitchen at one time and eliminates the need to have extra employees staffed on holidays.
Time to clean up? No problem. Just select the level of cleaning on the automatic washing cycle control, and let it go. It’s a sweet treat at the end of the night, and your morning starts with a clean, sanitary oven.
As a bonus, by using a perfected humidity level, the Blodgett Combi cooks meals faster than a conventional convection oven while maintaining consistent cooked to perfection food presentations for your customers.
Chefs bring the cheer, visions, and tastes of the season to the holidays for all to enjoy. Blodgett brings the Combi oven to the kitchens, where all the magic happens for Chefs to enjoy!
Check out the video and see the Blodgett Combi in action.
