Cadco CAPO-203 User Manual - Combi Basics

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Combi Basics 

How do I select the correct amount of humidity when I use my new Cadco Line Chef™ Combination 

Oven?  

IMPORTANT! You are not destined to failure if you chose 40% humidity where it may have been better 

choosing 20%. When in doubt, 20% humidity is a good place to start. 

RELAX…….. Keep it simple, and enjoy the results. 

Let’s first see what steam does in a roasting or baking application. 

•  Steam makes heat hotter, so a 325°F. oven with steam injected into the cooking chamber 

performs more like a 350°F. oven, as far as cooking time is concerned. It is much the same as 

when you changed from a conventional oven to a convection oven, and you had to drop your 

temperatures by about 25°F.  

•  Steam will also reduce the amount of shrinkage you will get when roasting meats, as well as, 

increase the moisture in your finished product. Combi won’t add moisture to your products 

during the cooking process but it will increase the amount of moisture retained in your cooked 

foods. 

•  The higher the percentage of steam programmed into the cooking chamber, the more time it will 

take for your food to brown. Humidity slows the browning process. 

In a few weeks, after you become the “ol’Pro”, you’ll probably want to fine tune the Line Chef™ 

Combination Oven settings to your customers tastes.  

We have never used a Combi before, are these controls easy for my staff to use? 

Many of the complicated “Old Generation” combi ovens need to be told what function to perform. They 

need to be told whether to “Steam, Combi, or Convection” cook. Each time you switch functions you 

have to re-enter all your cooking values before you can begin to cook. 

The New Generation Cadco Line Chef™ Combination Oven knows from the information you enter into 

the controls what it’s supposed to do without you pushing a lot of confusing extra buttons.  

The Line Chef™ Combination Oven controls work the way your mind works.  

For example; we want to tell one of the cooks how to bake a pan of Kaiser Rolls, so we think…: 

•  How long will I bake the rolls?  

•  Will I need a dry or moist climate?  

•  What temperature will I bake the rolls at?  

And we tell the cooks “Bake those Kaiser rolls for twenty minutes with 20% humidity, at 350°F.”  

•  How long will I bake the rolls?  

•  Will I need a dry or moist climate?  

•  What temperature will I bake the rolls at?  

The Line Chef™ Combination Oven controls work the same way your mind works. 

These are the same simple steps you follow to cook in the Line Chef™ Combination Oven: 

•  Set the time or probe. 

•  Set the humidity. 

•  Set the temperature. 

•  Press the “Start” touch pad 

 You are able to cook by either time or temperature [probe] with your Line Chef™ Combination Oven.