Hold on, it’s simply smoking now

FEM’s latest Alto-Shaam cook and hold smoker ovens add flavour while reducing cost

Foodservice Equipment Marketing has introduced Alto-Shaam’s new range of simple control cook and hold smoker ovens, which provide an effortless way to infuse flavour into food with no artificial additives or added sodium, fats or sugar. Designed to be easy to use, they enable chefs to add fuss-free tasty signature dishes by slowly cooking food with precision, so it is naturally tenderised, with minimal shrinkage and a controlled smoke flavour intensity.

The key is Alto-Shaam’s innovative Halo Heat technology. Fanless and waterless, Halo Heat eliminates the forced air and harsh heating that degrades food quality by overcooking and drying out. Gentle, radiant heat provides greater yields compared to barbecues and conventional smoking methods. A sealed, static smoking and cooking environment traps the food’s natural flavour and juices – reducing shrinkage, improving food quality, enhancing smoke flavour and extending hold times. For a true, authentic flavour profile real wood chips are used.

All in all, the Alto-Shaam cook and hold smoker ovens produce a better quality product at a lower cost. One hour in the cook and hold smoker oven is equivalent to one to two days of dry aging. The ovens keep the smoked product at its perfect serving temperature and hold it for hours with no loss of quality. Smoking can be either hot or cold.

These new simple control models feature icon-based, touch controls for smoking, cooking and holding, and a knob to set temperatures. Cooking by time or temperature probe, they store up to eight programmable recipes. The oven senses internal product temperature or time and automatically converts from cook mode to hold mode once set parameters have been reached. Up to six probes are available per chamber in deluxe control models which are also available.

Deluxe models feature Alto-Shaams’ ChefLinc with an easy-to-use dashboard to streamline processes and seamlessly push and pull recipes remotely using the recipe management system. Data-driven insights, oven monitoring, service support and more are all available through the platform. The data logger automatically tracks food temperature readings and operation mode by date and time. All can be downloaded onto a USB flash drive.

The SureTemp Heat Recovery system ensures immediate thermal compensation for any heat loss whenever the door is opened. An audible reminder sounds if the door is left open for more than three minutes. There is the option for overnight cooking so freshly smoked items are ready each morning.

Altogether there are four models in the range, two single and two double oven cabinets – each available with either simple or deluxe controls. The smallest is the range is the 750-SK/SX simple control smoker oven with a 45kg product capacity that holds nine 65mm deep 1/1 GN pans.