Cooking with Rational-VarioSmoker Warm Smoker
Before we had fridges, the only way to preserve food was to smoke it or salt it.
Now smoking has become popular with trendy TV chefs & cooking shows.
So Why Is Smoking Food So Big Now?
Everytime I think of a BBQ with the Smoke wafting off the hot coals it causes my mouth to salivate. The smoke deepens the beefy flavours of a juicy steak.
You can see why Restaurants want to serve Smoke enhanced food.
If you want your food to stand out then start putting Smoked Food on the menu.
So how do you Smoke food?
With a Combi Oven it's now so easy to do.
Rational designed the VarioSmoker to smoke food in their Combi Ovens.
Rational-VarioSmoker Warm Smoker
Just “Plug & Play” the new VarioSmoker and experience the new and easy way of transferring natural smoky flavor onto your high quality products.
You can create a new variety of food items without adding artificial ingredients.
The new VarioSmoker is compatible with the SelfCookingCenter® 5 Senses, but is also compatible with previous models no matter what size or option.
VarioSmoker Function
The stainless steel VarioSmoker contains electric heating elements. During the operation the box itself must be always kept completely closed.
Avoid overloading the box. Wooden chips or dust can be placed on the heating elements. This guarantees safe and consistent smoke production.
The VarioSmoker is to be added to your unit, in combination with the cooking process or program you reach cooking and smoke transfer to your chosen product in one step.
Due to the temperature that is already created by the VarioSmoker traditional cold smoking cannot be done.
The temperature should not be higher than 149°C to avoid any kind of bitter taste on your product!
Smoke Ingredients
For a nice and natural smoke taste transfer onto your products you can either use wooden chips, dust, spices (e.g. juniper berries, elder berries), or even dried herbs.
The best results are guaranteed with wooden chips.
You can get plenty of variety of wood chips for smoking in Australia. It will depend on the flavour you are looking for.
You could try these:
- Alder...
- Apple...
- Beefwood...
- Cherry...
- Hickory...
- Mallee...
- Mesquite...
- Mountain Ash...
- Peach...
- Pecan...
- Oak...
- Sheoak...
- Tasmanian Oak...&...
- More...
With Hot Smoking you should only smoke for half an hour or one hour because your meat will get too smokey.
To alternate the flavor of your meat you can add spices and dried herbs to the wooden chips for your personal smoke taste creation.
The wooden chips do not need to be pre-soaked. Make sure you only use ingredients that are suitable for traditional smoking.
Smoked Pork Spare Ribs using Rational-VarioSmoker Warm Smoker
Tips & Tricks
- Products can be placed in different ways within the internal cooking cabinet (e.g. hanging, placed on a tray or grid, etc.)...
- When loading your products into the cooking cabinet, make sure there is enough space between the products. This guarantees an intense flavour transfer...
- You can use dry or liquid marinades to prepare your products. Please make sure to dry off your products before smoking...
- When using marinades with high sugar contents, decrease the temperature in order to avoid unexpected dark colorations...
Notes On Using Your VarioSmoker
- Place the VarioSmoker on a rack level above the food in order to avoid heavy pollution...
- For the maximum load size, you must use the bottom rack level for the VarioSmoker...
- Place the VarioSmoker's power supply (transformer) always outside of the cooking cabinet...
- Always place the VarioSmoker's plug to the power supply outside of the cooking cabinet...
- Do not damage the power cable by bending at the sharp edges. Always pass the cable gently through the door seal...
- Please only use recommended wood chips for smoking...
- Place the removed VarioSmoker only on a fireproof surface...
- A drip tray should always be inserted under the food when grilling and roasting (e.g. chicken) in order to catch the fat...
- Only use genuine heatproof accessories made by the unit manufacturer...
- Always clean the VarioSmoker before and after use...
- Clean your unit and the door seal after using the VarioSmoker every time in order to avoid undesirable odor.
- Disconnect the VarioSmoker from the power during long breaks...
- The VarioSmoker must not be disposed of with general waste...
So now you can see how easy it is Smoke food with your Combi Oven.
Equipment
- RATIONAL SCC101 10 Tray Combi Oven
- Rational-VarioSmoker Warm Smoker
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