PRODUCTS: July 2013

App Of The Month

Ohio Presbyterian Retirement Services operates 11 continuing-care retirement communities throughout the state. They offer a range of options to meet the needs of residents in all stages of elder care, from active living to skilled nursing. The community at Swan Creek in Toledo has 34 cottage homes, 124 apartments and a main building where 45 residents receive assisted-living care on the first floor and another 32 receive skilled nursing on the second floor. Each floor needed a servery, a little cook-to-order kitchen, because the residents have difficulty traveling any distances or between floors. “Good food is so important to quality of life,” says John Andrews, corporate director of culinary & nutritional services. But the department faced a huge dilemma. “We had to be able to offer both floors the same menu, but we realized we couldn’t put a hood in the first-floor servery,” he explains. While the second floor could exhaust through the roof, putting a hood on the first floor was completely cost prohibitive. During an NRA show years ago, Andrews recalled seeing Wells-Bloomfield VCS 2000 units: compact, ventless cooking systems that scrub exhaust through a multi-stage filter. At a recent NAFEM show, he sought the company out again. “You can order them equipped with any combination of equipment below the hood—griddles, fryers, ovens, warmers, French burners—everything you need,” he says. Chef Patrick Young coordinated the dual-servery project, working with TriMark SS Kemp reps to get both kitchens installed. While the ventless kitchen cost about $15,000 more than the servery upstairs (including the cost of the second-floor hood), the extra cost was far, far below what it would have been to reconstruct the building to exhaust the first floor. “These units are a perfect solution for us,” Andrews says.
wellsbloomfield.com

Fresh Juice In A Jiffy

Cilio by Frieling Orange Press makes it easy to press fresh-squeezed juice from oranges, grapefruits, limes and lemons with minimal effort and clean up. Designed for restaurants, bars or commercial kitchens, the new press features a fun, retro design and is available in 7 colors: silver matte, silver polished, black, orange, green, cream and red. Made of cast aluminum and stainless, this sturdy 7 x 8½ x 17-in. commercial-grade tool can press up to 1,400 lb. per square inch, making it quick and easy to serve patrons fresh juice. Removable parts are dishwasher safe. Available for shipment in August; the list price $220.
Frieling
frieling.com

Small Footprint, High Volume

The new ICE0926 and ICE0726 ice machines from Ice-O-Matic are not only high-capacity, but also Energy Star qualified. Operators need to fit more ice production within a smaller space atop the tall, Coke Freestyle-type dispensers; the new 22-in.-wide machines fill all requirements perfectly. The machines produce up to 810 lb. (ICE0726) or 910 lb. (ICE0926) of ice production per day and have built-in antimicrobial protection and a high-quality water-filtration program. Set two side-by-side on a 48- or 60-in. bin for huge production with redundancy.
Ice-O-Matic/Ali Group
iceomatic.com

Keep Your Cool

Vinotemp has added the Modular Glass Wine Vault to its diverse offering of commercial wine-storage products. In addition to two patented features—metal wine racking with a nickel finish and a concealed self-contained cooling unit with no drain required—the attractive, frameless wine vault includes two doors with bonded glass hinges and handles that provide access to both sides of the unit. The vault stores up to 60 bottles, which are illuminated by blue LEDs. The 40-in.W x 20-in.D x 56-in.H vault has an adjustable temperature of 50°F to 65°F. Multiple units can be placed side by side to create a stunning wall of wine.
Vinotemp
vinotemp.com

Slice And Dice

Robot Coupe’s new CL52E Vegetable Prep Machine processes large amounts of vegetables in practically no time at all: 1,200 servings in under 3 hr. The convenient, space-saving machine provides lateral ejection of processed product. The continuous-feed unit, featuring two hoppers in a single head, allows you to handle all of your food-processing needs in one machine, even hard-to-process, bulky vegetables. You can process a whole head of lettuce/cabbage or 15 tomatoes at one time with the extra-large hopper. Use its cylindrical feed tube to uniformly
cut long, thin vegetables. With 42 processing plates, the machine produces quality, continuous-feed slicing, dicing, shredding, grating and french fry and julienne cutting in various sizes.
Robot Coupe U.S.A.
robotcoupeusa.com

Recipe Change Central

Rational’s KitchenManagement System lets you initiate, monitor and control cooking processes remotely from a PC in seconds. The changes automatically transfer to all connected combis simultaneously (up to 30 units). All you need is a Windows XP-compatible PC with a USB port and a network system connecting the units to the PC. It’s simple to update recipes, introduce new products and organize weekly promotions and specialty days centrally with minimal effort.
Rational
rational-online.com

Cast Aluminum With Flair

Elite Global Solutions introduces a new line of cast aluminum bowls, trays and platters with beautiful shapes and textures. The Savanna line is offered in three textures—Bark, Spiral and Zebra—and each style has its own distinct flair. Bark is sophisticated and elegant, while Spiral offers beautiful contrast between the pattern and shape of each piece; Zebra features a bold and varied texture. The collection also offers a variety of sizes and shapes to fit and complement any display, from classic round bowls to daring wave platters.
Elite Global Solutions
egsfoodservice.com

Tight Fit? No Problem

Hoshizaki’s CRMR27-8 Front-Vent Refrigeration System has an innovative front-breathing airflow design that allows the unit to fit in tight, compact spaces with zero clearance required at the sides and back. It also distributes air evenly to maintain food product at NSF-required serving temperatures with a patent-pending air-distribution duct. The stainless hood is insulated for additional energy savings. The stainless exterior top, front and sides blend in with other stainless kitchen equipment and are easy to clean. The spring-assisted self-closing doors with stay-open feature have an extruded aluminum door handle that will not break. The machine is backed by a 2-yr. parts-and-labor warranty with an additional 3-yr. warranty on the compressor.
Hoshizaki America
hoshizakiamerica.com

Cut Your Waste, Cut Your Costs

Designed to reduce the amount of water used in the disposal process by up to 70%, InSinkErator’s Aqua Saver is an on-demand water-saving system that works with the company’s commercial disposer systems. To help keep operating costs down and save energy, the unit regulates the water flow required for optimum performance. Also, the exclusive Aqua Saver Control (Model AS-101) features the only 3-yr. warranty in the industry. Working together, the Aqua Saver and InSinkErator’s commercial disposers offer maximum water savings and help reduce the amount of waste sent to landfills.
InSinkErator/Emerson
insinkerator.com

No Vent Required

Lincoln’s Countertop Impinger 1300 and 2500 Series conveyor ovens have been updated with an internal catalytic converter as an optional feature. The new feature limits smoke, grease and odor emissions, meeting requirements for the UL710B (KNLZ) listing. This eliminates the need for costly ventilation systems and allows operators to expand into new nontraditional outlets. Small, versatile and powerful, the conveyor ovens put large-oven capacity almost anywhere it’s needed; they’re small enough to fit on most commercial countertops, but large enough to replace a half-sized convection oven or up to 5 microwave ovens.
Lincoln/Manitowoc
lincolnfp.com

No More Breakage

Enjoy the beauty and durability of new Alibi Barware & Stemware from Carlisle FoodService Products. Alibi is dishwasher safe and offers the clear look and feel of glass with the break-resistance of plastic. Alibi Barware is made of BPA-free SAN, while the elegant Alibi Stemware is made of shatterproof polycarbonate. Available in 15 sizes, Alibi is excellent for bar and beverage service wherever glass breakage can be a problem—especially outdoor, rooftop or poolside serving applications. Let this collection upscale the look and feel of your operation while saving you money.
Carlisle FoodService Products
carlislefsp.com

Cool Solution To Safe Ice

New diamond electrolysis technology turns an ice machine’s ordinary incoming water into a powerful, natural sanitizer. Franke Ice Sanitation Technology continuously treats the water supply to kill viruses, bacteria, yeast and mold at every stage of ice production, even within the ice bin itself. The small unit attaches easily to the water supply line of most ice machines rated at up to 2,000-lb.-daily production. It dramatically reduces the frequency of laborious and messy ice-machine cleaning, cuts the risk of foodborne illness and removes unpleasant tastes and odors from ice. An operator-replaceable, “twist-on” diamond electrolysis cartridge lasts up to 12 months. An indicator lamp tells you when to return the cartridge for an exchange unit.
Franke Foodservice
frankefs.com

Tasty Toast

Fast, reliable and versatile, the new Intelligent Toast-Qwik (ITQ) holds up to 18 product settings and can toast multiple products from bagels to Texas toast to hash browns. The ITQ features individually controlled top and bottom heating elements, a multi-speed 2-directional conveyor belt and programmable touchpad. The conveyor features Hatco’s patented ColorGuard Sensing System that monitors and adjusts conveyor speed and temperature during high-usage periods to ensure toast color uniformity on a consistent basis and can be operated in 4 modes. Spot-On Technology senses when a product is placed on the conveyor and only activates when in use. Power Save mode activates automatically after a certain period of idle time.
Hatco Corp.
hatcocorp.com

Nice, Frosty Mugs

Glastendbaer introduces its new two-door mug froster. Matching typical backbar dimensions, Glastender’s new MFV48 two-door reach-in mug froster can be completely built in with no extra space required for ventilation. Available with black, stainless, glass or laminated doors and with or without a finished top.
Glastender
glastender.com