How to Program a Rational Combi Oven
Rational combi ovens are a vital part of any commercial kitchen. With the capability to cook a bevvy of food products, it’s a mighty multitasker. To help make the cooking, steaming and roasting process easier, Rational combi ovens are programmable, so you can input a multitude of recipes for a streamlined process.
Below are instructions on how to program your Rational combi oven. These steps are for the SelfCooking Center® line of combi ovens.
How to Program Combi-Steamer Mode
The following steps are for setting up a manual cooking program.
- Step 1—Press the “Prog” button.
- Step 2—Press the “New” button to make a new cooking program.
- Step 3—Enter the name of the program. You can make it as general or specific as possible.
- Step 4—Confirm the name of the program by pressing the letter or central dial.
- Step 5—Save your new program name by pressing “Store.”
- Step 6—Select the cooking mode.
- Step 7—Set cooking parameters like cooking time, cabinet temperature and core temperature. Repeat Steps 6-7 if you’re adding additional program steps.
- Step 8—If you would like to have audio signals included with the end of each program step, start by pressing the “Function” button in the program step.
- Step 9—Press the “Settings” button.
- Step 10—Add the audio signal by pressing the “Audible Signal” button.
- Step 11—Press the “Back” button to go back to setting up the program.
- Step 12—Once you have all your steps programmed, save them and then end the program.
How to Program SelfCooking Control® Mode
These programming steps are specifically designed to adapt or copy any of the nine available operating modes on your combi oven.
- Step 1—Press the “Prog” button.
- Step 2—Press the “New” button to make a new cooking program.
- Step 3—Enter the name of the program. You can make it as general or specific as possible.
- Step 4—Confirm the name of the program by pressing the letter or central dial.
- Step 5—Save your new program name by pressing “Store.”
- Step 6—Press the SelfCooking Control® button.
- Step 7—Select the cooking mode for the program you’re creating based on the type of food item you’ll be cooking.
- Step 8—Select the preparation type appropriate for the food you’ll be cooking.
- Step 9—Adjust the browning and temperature (rare to well done) settings using the appropriate sliders.
- Step 10—Save your settings and program by pressing the “END” button.
How to Create a LevelControl® Program
LevelControl® programs are perfect for when you need to cook different food products at the same time in your Rational combi oven.
- Step 1—Press the “Prog” button.
- Step 2—Select “LevelControl” in the menu presented.
- Step 3—Enter the name of the program.
- Step 4—Confirm the name of the program by pressing the letter or central dial.
- Step 5—Save your new program name by pressing “Store.”
- Step 6—Select the cooking mode.
- Step 7—Set cooking parameters like cooking time, cabinet temperature and core temperature.
- Step 8—Save your settings and program by pressing the “END” button.
While the steps are near-identical to the Combi-Steamer Mode programming instructions, these are intended to then be added to the overall LevelControl® program so that you can add all the different cooking programs to one queue.
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