RATIONAL SelfCooking Center® - simply holds no bounds

 

With the RATIONAL SelfCooking Center® you can relax in the knowledge that the demanding daily kitchen routine is under control: you can bake, roast, steam, blanch, poach and much more, all in a single unit.

The RATIONAL SelfCooking Center® cooks up to 15 % faster than conventional Combi-Steamers, saving you both time and money.

Our SelfCooking Center® replaces or relegates to minimal floor space 40-50 %
of all conventional cooking appliances such as hot air ovens, stoves, boiling pans, steamers and deep-fryers.

During every cooking process SelfCooking Control® automatically makes use of the full technical potential of the RATIONAL SelfCooking Center® on your behalf. So you always get full value for your money.
 

Roasting without bounds – even overnight

 
Meat is a very expensive and demanding raw material. Each piece of meat needs special individual treatment to bring out the best in it. Also, meat can be prepared in very different ways. SelfCooking Control® takes all of these factors into consideration along with regional cooking and eating customs.

No matter whether it’s cooked or braised meat, roast beef, leg of lamb, saddle of venison, spare ribs or roast with crackling, everything is optimally browned and succulently tender to the core – and fully automatically. Pieces of different sizes can be reliably cooked at the same time, over and over again – even overnight.

Use the SelfCooking Center® around the clock. Cook the most different meat types in one load as you need it. ClimaSoft®, the particularly mild cooking cabinet climate, makes the meat incomparably tender and juicy. For roasts with crackling, an automatic crisping step provides the desired crispiness.

Over Night cooking minimizes weight and trimming losses and dramatically expands your equipment capacity.
 

Pan-fried dishes – without turning

    
Conventional preparation of pan-fried dishes is always associated with considerable inputs. Permanent monitoring, continuous setting adjustment and checking the frying process are indispensable. Until now! With the SelfCooking Center®, labour-intensive turning of frying pieces and being tied to the cooking equipment is a thing of the past.

You can prepare all manner of fried dishes to the greatest perfection in the SelfCooking Center®, no matter whether it’s pork, beef, lamb or game, such as scallops, cutlets, medallions and the whole range of breaded products, all fried perfectly as you wish – with a simple touch of the button. The pan-fried pieces are ideally browned and crispy even on the underside.

Even professional quality grill patterns on steak succeed on RATIONAL CombiGrill grids. Just lay fresh or frozen products on the CombiGrill grid and load the SelfCooking Center® – that’s it! Everything is cooked to perfection, no matter whether you prepare 1 piece or 100.

 

Simply better poultry

 
The greatest challenge in cooking poultry is achieving juicy and tender meat with a crispy skin. Only particularly sensitive and precise regulation of the cooking cabinet climate at the optimal cooking temperature can guarantee this. With the SelfCooking Control®, this has become independent of the type of poultry, weight class and loading quantity.

Whether it’s regional eating and cooking conventions or your personal preference, the SelfCooking Control® will automatically create the perfect cooking room temperature, cooking time and the ideal cooking cabinet climate and adapt the settings every second – adjusting settings ”yourself” has become obsolete. That way you prepare steamed, braised and roasted poultry such as grilled and baked chicken, duck, goose, turkey, stock chicken, chicken pieces and strips with one touch of the button – intelligent cooking that does it all.

Your poultry is cooked to perfection, over and over again, even poultry of different sizes can be prepared at the same time and faster than before.
 
Fish and seafood at a new perfection  
There is always just one way to achieve the perfect cooking result for your fish. SelfCooking Control® knows this way and follows the regional cooking and eating conventions or your special preference.

Whether it’s 50, 100 or 400 fish, whole or fileted – poached, baked, grilled or fried classical style in the pan – everything is fully automatically cooked to perfection with SelfCooking Control®. Trout, salmon, cod, seabream, carp, tuna, shrimp and much more is prepared with just one touch of the button.

The patented RATIONAL CombiGrill grids provide a perfect grilling pattern at all times. Just lay fresh or frozen products on the CombiGrill grid and load the SelfCooking Center® – that’s it! Depending on whether you want the fish medium or welldone, temperature, time, cooking cabinet climate and airflow speed are perfectly adjusted.

 

Egg and dessert dishes
with just one touch of the button

  

 
How do you prepare scrambled eggs, flan or soufflé? What temperature, how much cooking time and what humidity is optimal relative to the load and size? It’s magic with SelfCooking Control®.

Boiled or scrambled eggs for breakfast, sweet or savoury soufflés, flan, egg garnish, pudding or steamed noodles, you can cook it fully automatically with SelfCooking Control®, no matter how large or how many units. SelfCooking Control® automatically sets the time, temperature, humidity and airflow speed and continuously adjusts them.

You have perfect meal quality from the first day – with just one touch of the button.
 
Side dishes take centre stage  
Side dishes are prepared in the most diverse ways: steamed, fried, grilled or deep-fried. This can be done at any time with SelfCooking Control®. Whether it’s crispy chips or other convenience potato foods, steamed, fried or baked potatoes, steamed or grilled vegetables, dumpling, rice of any kind or origin or plain dried noodles in the sauce – cook all that with just one touch of the button.

In patented CombiFry® baskets you can prepare large quantities of pre-blanched products in only a few minutes – entirely without fat. SelfCooking Center® fries have up to 36% fewer calories. Costs for buying, storing and disposing of fat are saved in entirety. Casseroles and au gratin dishes are always a complete success in the SelfCooking Center®. If needed, gratins are automatically cooked with a crust.

 
Bake like a professional  

 
Bake it yourself – your guests will know the difference.

Precisely attuned baking conditions such as temperature, time, humidity, steam and air flow velocity are critical for an optimal baking result. SelfCooking Control® continuously checks and sensitively optimises the baking process – your result is achieved fully automated.

You’ll bake an incredible variety of baked goods with one push of the button, including muffins, biscuits, coffee cake, slices, apple strudel, filo and puff pastry, cookies, yeast pastry, rolls, pretzels, bread, baguettes and ciabatta. Everything succeeds immediately and completely even without baking experience.

Enthuse your guests with oven-fresh pizza. No matter whether it’s Italian or American-style pizza, with RATIONAL grill and pizza pans your SelfCooking Center® does it perfectly. Super-moist on top and a crusty and crisp base.

For the first time baking with an integrated proofing step is possible with the SelfCooking Center®. After proofing, the products are automatically baked to readiness
 
Low rack height for maximum working safety  

 
Working above eye level with full, hot containers can be very dangerous. That's why trade associations and insurers stipulate a height restriction for the top rack.

RATIONAL is already setting new standards with his SelfCooking Center®:
the top rack in every RATIONAL SelfCooking Center® is at a height
of only 1.60 m (5' 3").

 
Significantly less space requirement - maximum capacity/minimum footprint    

RATIONAL engineers have achieved a breakthrough in the reduction of space required for both electric and gas models. Enjoy the same large oven capacity along with greatly improved performance in a smaller footprint.

The RATIONAL SelfCooking Center® fits into any space. Now it couldn't be easier to replace old convection ovens, steamers, etc.

Overall height is so low that you can conveniently install either the floor model or the Combi-Duo under your existing ventilation hoods
 
RATIONAL Combi-Duo -
double the flexibility with no extra space
 

Simply combining two table-top RATIONAL SelfCooking Center® one above the other opens up tremendous additional potential, particularly if space is at a premium in your kitchen.

You will be able to work simultaneously in different modes with no need for extra space - giving you maximum flexibility. For instance, you can produce your roasts automatically in the bottom RATIONAL SelfCooking Center® and in parallel can steam the vegetables for your side dishes in the top one.

For your safety the maximum rack height in the Combi-Duo is only 1.60 m (5' 3").
 
Spotless hygiene overnight -
and it's fully automatic
 
RATIONAL CleanJet® sets new performance standards. The innovative circulation ensures spotless hygiene and low water consumption system.

Risks from the use of conventional cleaning liquids are now history. Special cleaners and rinse aids developed by RATIONAL guarantee perfect health protection.

Sparkling clean - hygienic and health protection
 
100 % operating safety without expensive water softening units
 
Say goodbye to unforeseen operating failures caused by limescale build-up. The patented CalcDiagnosis System® continuously measures the limescale level in the steam generator, automatically taking account of both individual SelfCooking Center® use and local water quality.

Now there is no need to buy or maintain expensive water softening systems.

The CalcDiagnosis System® only issues an automatic warning when descaling is really necessary. You can do your own descaling at the touch of a button - using the automatic descaling program.

No more leaving descaling until it is too late, or doing it before it is really necessary - saving time and money.
 
The "Mini's" among professionals
in gas or electric 		 



Gas and electric RATIONAL SelfCooking Centers® have absolutely identical dimensions, features and performance.
 
Special versions are available for ships and prisons, and there is a SelfCooking Center® with integralfat drainage. Please use the reply card on the last page to send for our special brochure.
 

RATIONAL CombiMaster - limitless culinary variety

RATIONAL technology stands for outstanding quality and durability, maximum diversity of use and, above all, simple operational application.
 
RATIONAL CombiMaster -
limitless culinary variety 		 
With the CombiMaster you can relax in the knowledge that the demanding daily kitchen routine is under control. With 5 cooking modes - Hot Air, Steam, Combination, Vario-Steam and Finishing® - the limitless culinary variety of the RATIONAL CombiMaster is at your disposal. Baking, roasting, grilling, steaming, braising, blanching, poaching and much more, all in a single unit.

The CombiMaster replaces or relegates to minimal floor space 40-50 % of all conventional cooking appliances such as hot air ovens, stoves, boiling pans, steamers and deep-fryers. The CombiMaster cooks up to 15 % faster than conventional Combi- Steamers, saving you both time and money.

There is no taste transfer, even when widely differing products are loaded at the same time. Vitamins, minerals and nutrients are conserved. Outstanding, consistently high food quality inspires confidence day after day.
 
Five cooking modes selected using only one knob  

 

Moist Heat at 100 ºC

Moist Heat mode is ideal for blanching, boiling, steaming, simmering und soaking. The powerful fresh steam generator constantly produces hygienic fresh steam - and with extremely short heating-up times. The constant cooking cabinet temperature and maximum possible steam saturation ensure an even, very gentle cooking process, thus guaranteeing appetising colour, firm bite and the conservation of important nutrients. There is absolutely no taste transfer, even when widely differing products are loaded at the same time.

Vario Steam 30 °C-99 °C

Gentle cooking below 100 °C with maximum steam saturation. Effortlessly successful, even for large quantities of extremely sensitive foods such as crème caramel, vegetable flans, delicate fish or mousselines. The cabinet temperature ismaintained to within one degree accuracy, important for perfect food quality, excellent consistency, and for conserving the intrinsic taste of the food. Vario-Steam is the cooking mode for poaching, simmering, scalding and even vacuum cooking.

Dry Heat 30 ºC-300 ºC

Dry heat is best suited to roasting, grilling, gratinating or baking. You can cook tender fillets, crispy cutlets and even light bakery products with an evenness which sets new standards. At the same time the temperature range up to 300 °C gives you the necessary reserve power, particularly for the preparation of frozen convenience foods.

Finishing®-Function

Today it is standard practice to keep food warm. This frequently leads to loss of quality, with unwanted cell fusion being the inevitable consequence. Finishing® with the CombiMaster does away once and for all with the need to keep food hot. Finishing® allows you to prepare food to perfection in a relaxed, stress-free atmosphere - whether it's 1, 5, 20 or several thousand meals. You start with the mise en place of all the requisite products whenever you have the time. Shortly before serving Finishing® finishes the food off to your requirements.



Combination 30 ºC-300 ºC

The combination of Moist Heat and Dry Heat prevents food drying out, minimises cooking shrinkage and at the same time ensures even browning. You get up to 50 % less cooking shrinkage compared with traditional cooking methods, with considerably shorter cooking times. You use the combination of Moist Heat and Dry Heat for roasting, stewing, braising and glazing. Even dense-textured vegetables like carrots can be force-steamed at 130 °C.

 

Low rack height for maximum working safety

  
Working above eye level with full, hot containers can be very dangerous. That's why trade associations and insurers stipulate a height restriction for the top rack.

RATIONAL is already setting new standards with his SelfCooking Center®:
the top rack in every RATIONAL SelfCooking Center® is at a height
of only 1.60 m (5' 3").

 
Significantly less space requirement - maximum capacity/minimum footprint    

RATIONAL engineers have achieved a breakthrough in the reduction of space required for both electric and gas models. Enjoy the same large oven capacity along with greatly improved performance in a smaller footprint.

The RATIONAL SelfCooking Center® fits into any space. Now it couldn't be easier to replace old convection ovens, steamers, etc.

Overall height is so low that you can conveniently install either the floor model or the Combi-Duo under your existing ventilation hoods.
 

RATIONAL Combi-Duo -
double the flexibility with no extra space

  
Simply combining two table-top RATIONAL SelfCooking Center® one above the other opens up tremendous additional potential, particularly if space is at a premium in your kitchen.

You will be able to work simultaneously in different modes with no need for extra space - giving you maximum flexibility. For instance, you can produce your roasts automatically in the bottom RATIONAL SelfCooking Center® and in parallel can steam the vegetables for your side dishes in the top one.

For your safety the maximum rack height in the Combi-Duo is only 1.60 m (5' 3").
 
Cleanliness and hygiene  
Descaling made easy

Now you can even descale the steam generator yourself. The automatic descaling program ensures perfect results - at the touch of a button.

Cleanliness and hygiene - at the touch of a button

It's child's play to clean the RATIONAL CombiMaster and takes next to no time. The automatic cleaning program gives no quarter to even the toughest dirt. You simply spray the cooking cabinet with RATIONAL Cleaner and start the cleaning program. After the program has run you just rinse the cabinet with water and that's it. The hand shower, available as an optional extra, adds further to the convenience.  .
 
The "Mini's" among professionals
in gas or electric 		 



Gas and electric RATIONAL SelfCooking Centers® have absolutely identical dimensions, features and performance.
 
Special versions are available for ships and prisons, and there is a SelfCooking Center® with integralfat drainage. Please use the reply card on the last page to send for our special brochure.