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Many restaurants are searching for ways to reduce their energy bills while increasing their sustainability. With rising energy prices and increased consumer demand for restaurants that reduce their carbon footprint, ENERGY STAR ratings are more important than ever. And with the RATIONAL iCombi Pro, which recently received the updated ENERGY STAR 3.0 rating, foodservice businesses can get food served quicker while helping the environment and their bottom line. 

Great served any time of day, grits are a staple in Southern cuisine. Save time in your restaurant or school by cooking them overnight in the RATIONAL iCombi Pro oven. 

Producing large-scale meals for schools, restaurants, and healthcare facilities can involve a lot of time and labor.  But producing large amounts of fan favorites like tacos and spaghetti meat sauce becomes much less burdensome when cooking ground beef logs overnight in the RATIONAL iCombi Pro oven.

Enjoyed in many parts of the United States, beef brisket can be cooked in a variety of ways. No matter how you serve it, making sure it’s seasoned and properly cooked can make or break your brisket meal.

Food prep and cooking consumes a lot of time in a restaurant environment. Stirring, adjusting temperatures, and preparing multiple portion sizes can eat into your kitchen's efficiency and labor costs. Help eliminate these issues and increase your kitchen's productivity with intelligent cooking from the Rational iVario Pro. By adapting to your kitchen staff's habits, adjusting cooking paths, and making sure no food boils over or burns, the iVario Pro gives your team more time for other tasks and makes sure each dish turns out perfectly.

Americans love shrimp. According to Seafood Source, shrimp is the top seafood choice for most of us, and, on average, US consumers each eat almost five pounds of shrimp per year.

Going all the way back to the days of my youth, some of my favorite memories were made while attending Chicago Cubs baseball games with my family. Like many young boys in Chicago, I had my favorite players who I loved to see play in person at historic Wrigley Field, and it was fun to see them play against other teams and other great players.

Working in a school kitchen environment can be a uniquely rewarding experience due to the opportunity to directly impact the health and well-being of K-12 students. At the same time, there’s no getting around the fact it can often include its stressors as well.

Who doesn't love a good bowl of chili on a chilly night? That's where it gets its name, right? You've got the sautéed onions and peppers, the browned meat, the aroma of spices climbing out of the pot and steaming up the windows -- all of these things contribute to one of America's best-loved dishes.