The oven, which has 12 pre-set menu selections, allows caterers to smoke meat, fish and vegetables and bake, brown and roast ingredients, in addition to its slow cooking and holding capacity.
Imperial’s managing director, Mark Poultney, said: “Our FWE Cook and Hold Oven with Smoker capability is an excellent piece of equipment for busy kitchens. Its ease of use and intuitive controls enable chefs to widen their menu offer with minimum effort or the need for special skills.
“It has been shown to have the longest burn time in the industry without the need for a wood chip refill. This is a great boost to efficiency, requiring minimum attention from busy catering teams.
“It’s an ideal time-saver, enabling great tasting food to be prepared well in advance of service, as well as being a great way for chefs to add a new selection of delicious smoked foods to their menus, easily and simply.”
Smoking facility
As an example of what can be cooked using the new oven, for a 4lb piece of brisket, cover the meat with a dry rub and smoke for two hours, then in a continuous cycle cook at a low temperature for seven hours and hold for a further seven for a perfectly cooked, tender piece of meat.
In a long cook and hold cycle, the smoke particles are absorbed into the meat, leaving very little to escape. As a result, there is no plume of smoke when the oven door is opened.
Once the smoking process is complete, the user opens the smoker box, removes the smoker tray, empties out the wood chips and replaces them with new chips. The door gasket also removes easily for cleaning and no special tools are required.
The FWE Cook and Hold Oven is designed to hold cooked food at optimum temperatures to minimise shrinkage and enhance both appearance and taste for serving. Separate, adjustable temperature displays allow the unit to switch automatically from cook to hold mode.
Other features include a wire rack tray, removable stainless steel drip tray, fully adjustable universal tray slides and a product probe.
For further information on the full range of equipment available from Imperial, visit www.imperialrange.co.uk.