University of Richmond. Richmond, VA, USA.

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Everything is managed on the RATIONAL ConnectedCooking app: the entire kitchen workflow and all their custom recipes. They update and upload new recipes whenever they need to and retain all their HACCP data in one place. As the university continues to upgrade kitchen equipment and replace conventional kettles with the iVario Pro, Betzhold reflects on what is perhaps the most valuable benefit to him: the ability to move from one task to another quickly and efficiently, turning items faster in his high-volume kitchen.

“Some people refer to us as a cafeteria. We are not; we are a dining facility providing very high quality for the student body and the population here,” he says. “This is the equipment to do that. This is the technology to do that. This equipment is built to help bloom flavors, to caramelize, to add these components that are so imperative to making food taste right and taste good. And especially in a high-volume setting.”