Press release
Starting now, RATIONAL customers have access to the world’s most state-of-the-art networking solution for professional kitchens: ConnectedCooking. Networking RATIONAL units opens up numerous possibilities for making everyday kitchen work safer, simpler, and more convenient. Chain operations can also manage all connected units centrally and control production processes effectively.
With ConnectedCooking, RATIONAL has expanded its already extensive range of services to include a networking solution specifically developed for the needs of professional kitchens. For Canadian kitchen specialists, the system represents another step along the path toward even greater customer benefit through the progressive digitalization of kitchen processes. To use ConnectedCooking, customers need only connect one or more RATIONAL units to a network, and then register for free under ConnectedCooking.com. The connected units can then be conveniently displayed and managed through ConnectedCooking’s Device Management screen.
“Network integration through ConnectedCooking lets cooks and chefs view all of their production processes at any time, in central facilities and all branch stores, even if they are not personally present,” explains Louis-Philippe Audette, President & CEO RATIONAL Canada. “They can quickly check up on processes remotely while doing their weekly purchase orders, monitor overnight cooking from home, or even call up error notifications while on the go. Users can retrieve all of this information quickly and easily using any computer with Internet connection, smartphone or tablet—anytime, anywhere. This service helps us give our customers more flexibility at last, which represents real added value in the gastronomy industry.”
Networking also makes it easy to distribute new cooking programs, receive push notifications in real time, or transmit preferred unit settings to all connected RATIONAL units. ConnectedCooking allows automatic software updates, and makes administrative work quick and easy as well: all key HACCP data can be captured, documented and exported completely automatically. If desired, the system can also automatically contact service partners and request the correct replacement parts directly for quick on-site troubleshooting. Separate user profiles with individual permissions settings mean all employees can have easy system access, simplifying work with the SelfCookingCenter even more.
ClubRATIONAL provides inspiration, recipes and tips from all over the world, and with ConnectedCooking, it’s always available where it’s needed: right in the kitchen. Users can select recipes and transmit the settings to one or more units in no time at all. ClubRATIONAL is one of the world’s most extensive databases of recipes especially for professional kitchens, with new national and international dishes being added every day. “With ConnectedCooking, we are offering our customers the world’s most cutting-edge networking solution for professional kitchens. Now our customers will always have everything at their fingertips, even when they aren’t on location, says Audette in summary. “Chain restaurants and companies with satellite kitchens, in particular, now have an easy, centralized solution for doing quality assurance and monitoring unit functions.”
All RATIONAL SelfCookingCenters come equipped with Ethernet interfaces as a standard feature, so units manufactured before 03/2017 can easily be retrofitted to use ConnectedCooking. ConnectedCooking is free to use on up to three units. Data is transmitted using state-of-the-art encryption technology, in order to prevent misuse.
For more information, see rationalcanada.com or ConnectedCooking.com.
