How to Use a Rational Commercial Oven
What is more versatile than a Rational commercial oven? These commercial appliances have a variety of cooking modes and settings that are meant to cook specific foods at the right temperature and humidity. If you need a lesson on how to use a Rational commercial oven, we have you covered with our quick how-to guide. We go over using the different cooking modes and make it easy to get started.
This operational guide can be used for the Rational SelfCookingCenter Oven Series. If you are looking for Rational programming information, check out our How to Program a Rational Combi Oven to help you program your unique cooking modes.
SelfCooking Mode
- Step 1. Press preferred cooking mode - Using the touch screen, press the icon on your preferred cooking mode. There are multiple settings like poultry, baking, fish and more, and these cooking modes might prompt you to select a specific option within each mode.
- Step 2. Select the preparation settings - Use the touch screen to select the next settings and choices that are available depending on each cooking mode. Settings like bake will ask how light or dark you want the food product or roast modes ask how rare or well done you want the food.
- Step 3. Wait for the preheating to finish - The oven will start to preheat and display a timer bar in red and blue. Wait for this to finish before continuing.
- Step 4. Load the oven - Once the oven finishes preheating it will display “load” on the screen. You can start to load your food product into the oven.
- Step 5. Insert the thermometer probe (Optional) - For modes that require it, insert the core temperature probe into the food product. The oven should then cook for a preset cook time.
- Step 6. Select cooking time (Optional) - For modes like the finishing mode, select your preferred cook time. You can use the dial to change the cook time.
Combi-Steamer Mode
Moist Heat
- Step 1. Select the moist heat option - Press the moist heat option on the touch screen to start the combi moist heat cooking mode.
- Step 2. Set the temperature - Use the touch screen to press the temperature button and turn the dial to adjust the cooking temperature.
- Step 3. Set the cooking time - Press the cooking time button on the touch screen and use the dial to adjust the cooking time. Or if you need to cook food to a specific internal temperature, press the core temperature button on the touch screen.
Dry Heat
- Step 1. Select the dry heat option - Press the dry heat option on the touch screen to start the combi dry heat cooking mode.
- Step 2. Set the maximum cabinet humidity - Press the clima button on the touch screen and use the dial to set maximum cabinet humidity.
- Step 3. Set the temperature - Use the touch screen to press the temperature button and turn the dial to adjust the cooking temperature.
- Step 4. Set the cooking time - Press the cooking time button on the touch screen and use the dial to adjust the cooking time. Or if you need to cook food to a specific internal temperature, press the core temperature button on the touch screen.
Moist Heat + Dry Heat
- Step 1. Select both heat options - Press the dry heat and moist heat options at the same time on the touch screen.
- Step 2. Set the cabinet climate - Press the clima button on the touch screen and use the dial to set the cabinet climate.
- Step 3. Set the temperature - Use the touch screen to press the temperature button and turn the dial to adjust the cooking temperature.
- Step 4. Set the cooking time - Press the cooking time button on the touch screen and use the dial to adjust the cooking time. Or if you need to cook food to a specific internal temperature, press the core temperature button on the touch screen.
Delta-T Mode
- Step 1. Select the cooking mode - Using the touch screen, press either the dry or moist heat to select a cooking mode.
- Step 2. Press the function button - Press the function icon on the touch screen.
- Step 3. Press the chefs hat button - Press the chefs hat icon on the touch screen.
- Step 4. Press the delta-T button - Press the delta-T icon on the touch screen to select this setting.
- Step 5. Set the delta temperature - Turn the dial to select the delta temperature you want.
- Step 6. Set the core temperature - Press the core temperature button on the touch screen and turn the dial to set the required core temperature.
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