Marine. Aquatic delights.

Many unique challenges.

One flexible solution.

Two thousand guests, 900 crew members - not an uncommon sight on cruise ships. Up to 1,000 people working on an offshore oil rig. A small, sophisticated group on a yacht. A handful of researchers on an expedition vessel. Different people, different nationalities, different tastes. But they all want to be able to eat 24 hours a day. Hot, cold, meat, fish, savory, sweet. No matter the weather. Which means the galley equipment has to be flexible and durable enough to keep up. And produce food intelligently. With a system that learns, plans ahead, remembers everything, and doesn’t get seasick. One that does a lot, but takes up very little space. Like the iCombi Pro and the iVario Pro.

The goal: Become even more productive, even more flexible. Without sacrificing quality.

A flowchart showing RATIONAL consultation services, including food concept, kitchen concept, service concept, training concept, and future concept.

Food concept
Aligned to your guests, your overall culinary concept, and your competitive environment:

Who are your customers, and what’s your menu?
What’s your overall culinary concept?
What kind of local competition do you have?

Kitchen concept
The menu, the staff, the size of the kitchen– so many factors can influence your kitchen concept. For one hotel or 100.

How should food be produced? Freshly cooked or using ready-to-serve products?
Which technology do you need?
How big does the kitchen need to be?
Will trained chefs be needed?

Training concept
Tailored to the needs of your workforce.

How are kitchen employees trained and qualified?
How is standardization ensured?

Service concept
RATIONAL works with certified service partners around the world that will support you with individual concepts.

What technical prerequisites need to be in place?
Are there service partners near my hotel locations?
Could a different maintenance contract help with cost control?

Future concept
Top today, a flop tomorrow. To make sure that doesn’t happen, count on regular feedback.

What’s the best way of responding to current trends?
What kind of networking does the kitchen use?

A kitchen system displaying an iCombi Pro and an iVario Pro, both made of stainless steel, showing their control panels and interior.

Intuitive control concept

The new control panel design uses pictograms, logical work steps, and clear, interactive instructions to guide users through the production process, which means anyone can get it right the first time.

Efficient food production

The iProductionManager plans your production processes and shows you which dishes would be best prepared together. Streamlines workflow, saves time and energy

ENERGY STAR® Partner

Exceptional - there’s no other word for this level of energy efficiency. One of the world’s most stringent certification programs happens to agree.

Ultra-fast cleaning

From dirty to clean in just 12 minutes. Even the standard cleaning program saves 50%* on both cleaning tablets and time. Shorter downtime, more production time - that’s clean living.

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Thoughtful design

Additional fans, optimized cooking cabinet geometry, and more efficient dehumidification mean you can cook up to 50%* larger loads. And get even better-quality results. While working even more productively. With even easier controls.

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Speed

The optional pressure-cooking function reduces cooking times by up to 35%*. Automatic pressure buildup and release features make the iVario Pro quick, safe to use, and convenient.

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Effective energy management

The iVarioBoost heating system combines power, speed, and precision. Energy to spare and precise heat distribution across the entire surface, so every cooking process runs perfectly. Up to four times faster, using up to 40% less electricity than conventional equipment.

Intelligent functions

Excellent results with no monitoring, simple controls, faster production, efficient flexibility - that’s modern kitchen work with intelligent cooking systems.

Ideal working conditions

The iVario Pro makes kitchens safe, ergonomic, efficient, and energy-saving. Better work days. Better health.

iCookingSuite

It makes the iCombi Pro intelligent - so you’ll get the results you want reliably and automatically. Sensors detect the size, quantity, condition, and browning level of your food, and automatically adjust parameters like temperature, cooking cabinet climate, fan speed, and time. Easy to use. To save time, raw materials, and energy.

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iProductionManager

The organizational genius. It knows which products can be prepared together and the best order in which to cook them, and makes sure that everything meets the standards you’ve specified. Optimized for energy use? For speed? You decide. Set it and forget it - it’s all under control. For greater efficiency and standardization.

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iDensityControl

iDensityControl - the intelligent climate management system coordinates the sensors, the heating system, the fresh steam generator, and the active dehumidification system. So that the cooking cabinet will always be exactly right. For more productivity. 100% quality.

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iCareSystem

The cleaning and care system detects how much cleaning your unit requires, and suggests a level of cleaning along with a quantity of chemicals. It even offers ultra-fast interim cleaning in just 12 minutes. And every cleaning program uses minimal energy and phosphate-free chemicals. The result? Your appliance is hygienically clean and ready to use again in no time.

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iCookingSuite

Intelligent adjustments at the push of a button. With the iCookingSuite, the iVario’s cooking intelligence. It adjusts the cooking path to fit your food, giving you perfect results every time. It learns from you, adapting to your habits, and only calls you when there’s something you need to do - turn the hamburger, for example. Nothing burns, nothing boils over. And if you want to give a dish your own personal touch, you can adjust the cooking path at any time.

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iZoneControl

The iZoneControl option gives you a lot of variety in a small space. You can divide each pan base into up to four zones of the size, shape, and position of your choice. Use one pan to cook different dishes at once, using a different temperature for each. Or prepare multiple batches of the same dish, so they’ll be ready at different times. Using a timer or a core temperature probe - with no monitoring, no additional kitchen equipment, and no wasted energy.

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iVarioBoost

The combination of ceramic heating elements and a high-performance, quick-reacting, scratchresistant pan base ensures efficiency, exceptional speed, and even heat distribution. The integrated iVarioBoost energy management system consumes up to 40% less energy than ordinary cooking appliances, while still maintaining plenty of reserve energy. That way, you can sear larger quantities of food quickly, without worrying about whether adding cold ingredients will cause the temperature to dip.

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Morning, noon, evening. Buffets, bar food, midnight snacks, staff meals. Maybe some refreshments in between? Cake? Pizza? Galley work never stops, and nothing less than perfection will suffice. Which is what makes organized, effective mise en place so important. With cooking systems that take routine jobs off your hands, producing the same quality results over and over again, working intelligently thanks to iCookingSuite. Like the iVario Pro - for pasta, stews, and puddings, just to name a few. With extraordinary precision: no burning, no boiling over. Or the iCombi Pro for casseroles, roasts, and vegetables.

The result: Great productivity, great results. No matter who’s cooking.

Hot? Cold? Hearty? Diet-friendly? Whatever your guests’ preference, a great breakfast makes a big impression. Now all you have to do is stock the buffet with exactly the right amount of fresh, crisp food that’s the perfect consistency, ideally for several hours. Sound complicated? It’s never been easier. You can do pancakes, French toast, and bacon at the same time in the iCombi Pro. Or hash browns and grilled tomatoes. Or an assortment of baked goods. iProductionManager will tell you which foods can be cooked together, manage your production processes, and only alert you when something needs to be loaded or unloaded.

With one goal in mind: A wide variety of delicious results, with minimal effort. In other words: maximum productivity.

iCombi Pro oven with a glass door, displaying various baked goods on multiple trays inside.

À-la-carte operations face a long list of challenges: food has to be good, it has to be varied, it has to be ready right on schedule. Which means your processes have to be well-organized, and you need to be flexible. By separating production and service completely, for example. While still guaranteeing great-quality results. Using the iVario Pro’s sous-vide function. Or Finishing in the iCombi Pro: plate food cold, store it chilled, and then bring it up to temperature when an order comes in. While at the same time using the iVario Pro to cook steaks to order.

How you benefit: High standard of quality, enormous flexibility, no overproduction. So things run right.

Chef adding herb sauce to rack of lamb in a professional kitchen setting.

Four hundred guests, three different multi-course meals, all served at the same time. Thanks to Finishing. Prepare your food in advance and with less stress using the cook-and-chill process, and be ready in time for any event. Plate the food cold and store it chilled. And then go about your regular working day. Shortly before the food needs to be served, use Finishing in the iCombi Pro to bring each plate up to the perfect temperature. What if you’re serving a thousand meals, or five thousand? Doesn't matter - you’ll always get the same great quality results, exactly to the standards you’ve defined. Because the iCombi Pro automatically regulates everything, only notifying you when it’s time to load or unload your food.

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Guaranteed banquet success. No stress. No extra staff. Unmatched results.

A chef carefully arranging a stack of beautifully plated dishes in a kitchen, demonstrating culinary artistry and attention to detail.

Let us help you get an idea of the savings you could enjoy by installing one or more iCombi Pro and iVario Pro units. For one, you’ll save a whole lot of space thanks to all that equipment you won’t need anymore - you’ll accomplish more in a galley that could be 60% smaller. For another, you’ll save on investment costs: the two cooking systems can cover up to 90% of all commonly used cooking applications, which makes some equipment unnecessary. And then there’s the environmental savings. The cooking systems use less energy, which means more sustainable production. And you’ll also reduce your overproduction, use less fat and oil, cut your working time, and save space. Which adds up to major pluses for the environment as well as your bottom line.

The bottom line. It significantly reduces costs. And conserves energy and water, too.