SCS 070 | Combi Ovens for Precision Cooking, Execution, and Holding
Release Date: 02/19/2021
Stella Culinary School
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Chef Jacob walks you through using a combi oven's precision steam control to perfectly cook, hold and execute any number of foods.
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We discuss prepping for successful execution, how chefs design and balance their menus, and some live listener questions answered.
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Chef Jacob walks you through how to make gnocchi without a recipe, and reviews the new Anova Combi-Oven.
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This episode goes off the rails quite a bit, but still turned out great, which I know you expect nothing less. We really hit our flow about 28 minutes in, once I figured out that the comments, ONCE AGAIN, were not loading properly! In this episode, we talk: About crypto currencies and how it will affect restaurant profit margins in the future. The biggest mistake people make when designing their home kitchens. How to create juicy, tender meats for stir fries. Why we use oils when sweating aromatics. Why I would never do a cooking competition. And finally, why I think food writers are...
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Why grandma's beef stroganoff was never that good, pressure cooked ribs test one, culinary rules you break, and the thermal tenderness curve!
info_outlineThe combi oven saga continues, with a deep dive into why I bought two more Anova Combi ovens for my professional kitchen, how we are using it to streamline our kitchen execution, and how this translates into the home cooking environment.
Topics discuss include:
- Holding and executing eggs for a busy brunch service, including how to execute a perfect eggs benedict from start to finish.
- My experiment with reverse searing a tri-tip from start to finish without opening the oven once.
- How I executed a flawless pulled pork for Superbowl Sunday.
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