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AHG EXPO SHOWCASE<br />
EFFICIENT SPACE UTILISATION<br />
WITH SMALL FOOTPRINT<br />
Stoddart are Australia’s premier metal fabricators,<br />
engineers and suppliers of food service equipment.<br />
Founded in Queensland in 1959, Stoddart now<br />
manufacture and import a large range of equipment<br />
for food service applications in their 22,500 m2<br />
manufacturing facility in Brisbane. In addition,<br />
Stoddart’s warehouses and sales teams in Sydney,<br />
Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth ensure all regions<br />
of Australia are covered. With over 50 years in the<br />
marketplace, it is incredible to see that Stoddart are<br />
still innovating and leading the industry forward.<br />
In the modern catering and food service sector,<br />
there is a capital element to be considered: space<br />
organisation. To reduce operational costs, allocated<br />
space has been getting smaller. To address this issue<br />
requires a new way of thinking about equipment: multifunction,<br />
efficient, space saving.<br />
In one word: Kompatto.<br />
Being launched by Stoddart in March, the Kompatto<br />
comprises all the cooking modes of a great<br />
professional oven, while packing them into a 519mm<br />
wide footprint. This is space optimisation at its finest,<br />
utilising 40% less space than a conventional combi<br />
oven, allowing more work space without any loss<br />
in production.<br />
Although considered to be of superior quality, “dry”<br />
steam is not always suited to every food type and<br />
desired result. When cooking large food items or<br />
food with particularly dense fibres, it is advisable to<br />
use steam with the proper degree of hydration and<br />
penetration, which will cook the food faster while<br />
preserving the tenderness. So far, the only patented<br />
Steam Tuner system provided by the Kompatto oven<br />
can deliver options for steam.<br />
Kompatto ovens allow the user to determine both the<br />
quantity and the quality of the steam in the cooking<br />
chamber. The Steam Tuner system allows the user to<br />
adjust the degree of steam hydration to the precise<br />
level of dryness or humidity to provide the desired<br />
result.<br />
Also, the Kompatto’s unique Meteo humidity<br />
control system allows for precise and efficient water<br />
consumption with minimal waste. Additionally, the<br />
water needed to reduce steam condensation is used<br />
in a more economical way, reducing consumption<br />
even further.<br />
Like all Stoddart products, the Kompatto is a robust<br />
unit that is built to last and has therefore been<br />
confidently backed with a solid 24-month warranty.<br />
To discover more about this unique product, or to<br />
see a demonstration in one of Stoddart’s operational<br />
demonstration kitchens in each state office,<br />
call 1300 79 1954 or email info@stoddart.com.au<br />
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