TICKET #001
5:42 PM
LOAD 1
Roast chicken supreme
Core 157°F at pull
FIRST LOAD · CALM KITCHEN
RX 10 combi oven · Ridgeway Foodservice
The 400th plate looks like the first.
Same plate at 5:42. Same plate at 9:17.
A 10-pan combi oven that makes the same plate, the same way, all service long, whoever is running it.
Pricing through your Ridgeway dealer · Training to run locked programs: one shift · 2 years parts and labor
TICKET #400
9:17 PM
LOAD 4
Roast chicken supreme
Core 157°F at pull
FOURTH LOAD · RAIL FULL
Same program. Same pan. Same spot on the pass. Only the clock changed.
Spring launch · Service log: 400 plates · 4 loads · 5:42 PM to 9:17 PM
The mechanism
Why the plate doesn't drift. Four things the oven holds so the line doesn't have to.
HUMIDITY
Measured and held.
Humidity is measured in the cabinet and held, not just injected, so skin browns the same on load 4 as on load 1.
CORE PROBE
The probe ends the stage.
A 6-point probe reads the coldest point and ends the stage on it, not on the clock. A crowded pan or a slammed door doesn't change the result.
FAN
The fan reverses.
The auto-reversing fan cooks the back of level 10 like the front of level 1.
PROGRAM
The program is locked.
Programs are locked by PIN, so nobody adjusts it a little at 9 PM.
±2°F
Core temperature at pull, across all 10 levels and across 4 consecutive full loads.
Sample test, Ridgeway test kitchen: 480 chicken supremes, 4 loads of 120, same locked program, three different operators. Illustrative figure for this sample campaign.
The program
One program. Four loads. The 5:42 batch and the 9:17 batch ran this, unchanged.
PREHEAT
Combi · 400°F
Cabinet to set point.
Ends on ready signal (~6 min)
1 · ROAST
Combi · 375°F
50% humidity.
Ends at core 150°F (about 18 min)
2 · CRISP
Convection · 450°F
Fan high.
Ends at core 157°F (about 4 min)
3 · REST / HOLD
Hold · 150°F
60% humidity.
Plated within 15 min; carryover to 165°F
12 supremes per hotel pan, 10 pans: 120 portions per load
About 22 minutes door closed to door open
About 240 portions an hour possible; 400 plates took about 3½ hours
The rush strains the line, not the oven.
Why it matters
Your best cook sets the standard once. The RX 10 holds it all night.
Your best cook writes the program once. Anyone on shift runs it.
Every kitchen has one cook who can hold a roast right from the first ticket to the last on a 400-cover Saturday. Locked programs, picture buttons and probe-ended stages mean that standard doesn't depend on who's working the oven tonight. It frees your best cook to run the pass.
Typical training to run locked programs: one shift with your dealer's demo chef (sample figure).
The numbers
Four numbers worth saying out loud.
10 pans.
120 portions a load.
Within 2°F
Core temp, rack to rack, load to load.
85 to 575°F
Humidity set in 10% steps.
Once.
Your best cook writes the program once. Anyone on shift runs it.
Full specifications ›
Sample specifications. Illustrative only.
Built for the rush, not the photo.
See the supreme on load 1 and load 4, side by side, and judge the plates yourself.