Why Rational oven is the most popular for restaurants

Why Rational oven is the most popular for restaurants

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When considering restaurant preferences for cooking equipment, it is necessary to take into account a combination of facility management and production standpoints. To clarify, facility management focuses on protecting the asset and achieving the lowest total cost of ownership. In turn, production focuses on using the asset to generate daily revenue.
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In this post, we will explain why the Rational oven is the most popular for restaurants, both from facility management and production standpoints.

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Facility management standpoint

Reliability and predictability

Rational ovens feature durable engineering, with an average lifespan of about 10–15 years. Besides, Rational ovens ensure predictable service costs and have protection against the "obsolete equipment" problem through at least the following aspects:

• Reliable Rational oven service with comprehensive support network
• Guarantee of 10-year availability on all service parts

Informed Management

Rational ovens are designed keeping in mind data-driven facility management. For example, their ConnectedCooking platform and built-in Wi-Fi and Ethernet connectivity enable at least the following:

• Accurate energy management
  
• Central distribution of cooking programs, software updates, etc.
  
• Remote monitoring and diagnostics
  

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Production standpoint

Versatility

Rational ovens offer solutions for many different cooking tasks and almost every recipe. With just this single piece of equipment, restaurant chefs can steam vegetables, roast meats, bake bread, grill fish, and even poach eggs. In other words, a Rational combi oven can replace at least the following single-purpose appliances:

• Convection ovens
• Steamers
• Grills
• Fryers

​This is a huge advantage for restaurants, as it saves kitchen space and reduces the need for multiple single-purpose units while still ensuring a more diverse menu.

Efficiency

Rational ovens provide unmatched efficiency for the busiest restaurants. Regarding the efficiency, the most valuable Rational feature is its intelligent climate management which enables:

• Automatic time, temperature, and humidity adjustment
• Production optimisation through identification of which items can be cooked together

​Taken together, all this enables chefs to cook large volumes consistently and even cook meals faster. For example, chefs say that, when using Rational ovens, time savings can reach up to 30–50% compared to when using single-purpose appliances.

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Conclusion

To sum up, Rational ovens are so popular in restaurants because they offer low downtime risk and low total cost of ownership while ensuring the versatility and efficiency that can match most of the restaurant cooking needs.