Alto-Shaam QC-100 REMOTE OP E R ATI on, Oper Ating Introduct IO N, Full COOK-CHILL Operation S

OP E R ATI ON

	OPER ATING			INTRODUCT			IO N
		The Alto-S haam ® Quic kchiller ™					is a proces sing refri gera tion
	system		design ed to rapidly			and unifo rmly decrease the
	tempe ratu re of hot foods				to eit her a chi lled or frozen			state.
	This proce ss provides enhan ced safe ty, longer storage							life and
	bet ter produ ction efficienc y.
		Rapid reduction in the temper ature of hot foods inhibit s the
	growth of bacte ria and provides a safe, five -day chille d food
	refrig erated storage			period from the time of preparation to the
	time of service . Enha nced storage time offers the food service
	opera tion consider able production efficien cy. As an example, a
	dail y menu item can be reduc ed from daily preparation to a
	prepara tion schedule consist ing of two days per week.
		The Alto-S haam Qui ckchille r can be effectively util ized in
	sever al type s of food servic e programs:
1.		TRADI TIONAL		COOK-SERVE			KITC HENS —
			Qui ck chilling can be used to help stream lin e produ ction in oper ations where foods are prepared for
			imm ediate ser vic e.			Prepara tion of labo r int ensive			entrées can be sch edul ed for production sever al
			days before service.			Chi lling foods provides the abil ity to reth ermali ze thes e items at a later date
			whi le maintaining		bot h safe ty and prod uct qualit y.
2.		MODI FIE D COOK-CH ILL OPERATIONS —
			whe re a significa nt porti on of food is cooked for imm ediate ser vic e and a sma ller por tion of more labo r
			intensi ve, hot food items are prepared in advan ce, chille d and reheated when requ ired for ser vic e.
3.		FULL COOK-CHILL			OPERATION S —
			whe re all hot food product ion is prepar ed in advan ce of service requiremen ts and held in refr igerat ed
			prepared food inven tories . Hot food prepar ation						takes place over a five -day production	schedu le.
		The Qui ckc hille r cooli ng or freezing process is							Quickch iller will convert to a holding	mode at a
accomplishe d with				the uti liz ation of large					temperature specified for eithe r refriger ation or
compressors and fan s that are ele ctro nicall y									frozen produ ct mainten ance. The Quickch iller
cont rolled through the param eters ente red by the									control maintains a recor d of the len gth oper ating
operator on the control panel locate d at the front									time used for each current cycle. After the chill
of the cabine t. The Quickc hiller prov ides the									cycle has ende d and the unit is maintain ing a
operator with the ability					to chill foo d produc ts to				holding temp erature mode , the chiller	con trol will
a set cav ity temperatu re by time or by internal									initiate an automa tic def rost cyc le when required.
produ ct tem perature using one or more foo d
probes.			Whe n the specified chill time has elaps ed
or the probe temperatu re(s) has been reached the

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