Commercial Rotisseries Education and Training

Learn how to operate and maintain your rotisserie oven from the professionals

Within the past two decades, more restaurants than ever before have been using commercial rotisseries to prepare chicken, hot dogs, pigs and turkeys. While cooking foods in a rotisserie does not require the same amount of preparation time or culinary skill as stovetop or oven cooking requires, rotisseries are still far from being self-operating machines. Foods cooked in a rotisserie must be prepared, loaded and unloaded in a way that requires some training.

Fortunately, rotisserie manufacturers provide operator's manuals, demo videos and product specification charts that are readily available on the Internet for anyone interested. As you search for Internet sites devoted to commercial rotisseries education and training, take the following points into account:

1. Learn about the product specifications of your rotisserie.

2. Check out the operator's manuals that rotisserie equipment manufacturers provide on their websites.

3. Watch videos demonstrating how food service workers use a commercial rotisserie.

 

Get acquainted with the product specifications of your rotisserie

You'll want to know about the product's power supply, its dimensions--such as height, depth and width--as well as its total load capacity. For example, while the rotisserie may be able to cook nine chickens at once to an evenly browned exterior, it might be necessary to cook fewer than the total capacity in order to obtain a crispier crust.
Try: Tamco Food Equipment provides a chart for its commercial chicken rotisseries. The product description available from Instawares Restaurant Supply Superstore for its rotisserie-type hot dog broiler sets forth the product's voltage and the number of hot dogs that can cook in one hour. Resfab Equipment gives technical data on its rotisseries so that, when ordering, you'll know which side the doors open on and whether you want a programmable temperature control or mechanical thermostat.

Read user manuals of chicken rotisserie equipment that explain how to use the product

The user manuals take you step-by-step through the process of setting the clock, using manual or program mode and how to use the "hold" feature if the food will not be served immediately after the cooking cycle.
Try: Companies like Henny Penny, since 1957, and BKI Americas, since 1954, have been leading the industry in providing high quality commercial cooking equipment. Both companies publish the operation manuals for their rotisseries right on their websites.

Find demonstration videos created by commercial rotisserie manufacturers

Sometimes it's easier to learn how to use a piece of equipment when you watch a professional do it. That's the benefit of watching videos in which food service workers demonstrate how they operate and care for commercial rotisseries.
Try: Watch the video demo on the Rotisol website that shows a cook loading a chicken commercial rotisserie, programming for manual operation and removing various parts for cleaning. The video presented by J&R Manufacturing shows how to use the rotisserie and presents some of its test kitchen's most popular recipes.

Ask rotisserie manufacturers for training

Rotisserie oven makers may train your staff in your kitchen or theirs.
Try: Foodservice equipment maker and marketer GBS gives clients rotisserie training on- and off-site while Rotisol trains 750 students a year in European rotisserie techniques at its Leon Labroche school.

 

• Learn about the parts and attachments that go with your rotisserie commercial oven. Find out whether it comes equipped with all the tools you'll need for operation or whether you must purchase things like rod handlers, meat forks and motor mounting brackets separately.

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