Envision Visual Cooking

Envision Visual Cooking

Meeting your needs - worldwide HOUNÖ is the leading Scandinavian manufacturer of combi ovens and bakeoff ovens. Our broad range of ovens is sold worldwide through an extensive network of well-respected business partners. As part of the American group Middleby Corporation, which is one of the global leaders within the commercial cooking equipment industry, HOUNÖ has sister companies in 17 countries in addition to a subsidiary in Sweden. Know-how, product quality and innovation combined with our highly qualified staff and business partners make HOUNÖ your first-class alternative to mass-producing oven manufacturers. 2

Envision Visual Cooking Envision a combi oven that merges design with functionality. A Scandinavian top-of-the-range oven that places utmost priority on quality, flexibility and reliability. A highly productive combi oven that ensures culinary excellence and easy operation. Matched exactly to your kitchen and your needs. Envision Visual Cooking by HOUNÖ. Your combi oven specialist HOUNÖ has more than 30 years of experience in successfully providing oven solutions to demanding customers all over the world. We specialise in manufacturing high-quality ovens, paying particular attention to design and functionality. The result is Visual Cooking. Based on your need for efficient and safe preparation of all kinds of food, our goal is to manufacture the most flexible ovens that provide optimum results and high reliability, year after year. 3

Visionary design and functionality The elegant and functional design of Visual Cooking is based on the wellknown Scandinavian design traditions which combine user-friendliness with great attention to smart details. For instance, the curved front panel of our ovens adds contrast to the front and eases the programming of the oven. With a host of features and functions, Visual Cooking is designed to give you optimum results in terms of taste and nutrition as well as time and energy consumption. In other words, you achieve culinary excellence with minimum effort in a Visual Cooking oven. Superior quality inside out Visual Cooking is made exclusively of quality materials to ensure long life and low energy consumption. From the smooth stainless steel surfaces to the long-lasting components inside the oven. All Visual Cooking ovens are made at our production facilities in Randers, Denmark. Based on the proud traditions of Danish craftsmanship, we manufacture the great majority of the components ourselves. Before leaving our production facilities, each individual oven is tested thoroughly. This assures superior quality and makes Visual Cooking the reliable choice that serves you year after year. 4

Wide range of ovens At HOUNÖ, we take great pride in developing oven solutions that give you freedom of choice. Visual Cooking offers the widest range of ovens in the industry, and as a result we are always ready to present an oven solution without you having to compromise. In our wide range of combi ovens and bake-off ovens, you have the choice of more than 50 different ovens. Add to this, a vast selection of accessories for you to create your very own customised solution. Choose oven model, oven size and equipment according to your kitchen. The choice is yours. Return on investment Visual Cooking is a long-term investment. The choice of quality materials and our continuous product development are your assurance of a reliable oven that provides optimum results, year after year. Preheating Energy consumption Temperature fluctuation 200 C kwh/24h 220 C 160 C 50 210 C 40 120 C 30 200 C 80 C 20 190 C 10 40 C 1 2 3 4 5 Minutes HOUNÖ 2 3 4 5 Brand 180 C Time Recent tests from the independent Technological Institute of Denmark scientifically document that Visual Cooking uses up to 30% less kwh than comparable ovens from leading competitors. This way, you save energy as well as money every single day. In addition, tests showed that Visual Cooking has the lowest temperature fluctuation at only 4.4ºC. As a result, Visual Cooking ensures the greatest accuracy during preparation. 5

6 Specialised business areas

Hotels & Restaurants Visual Cooking is the choice of chefs worldwide. Hotels, restaurants and cafés use Visual Cooking to meet the high expectations of their guests for remarkable and delicious food that is ready in no time. The possibility of preparing food for one or 2,000 makes Visual Cooking an obvious choice to match your need for flexibility and efficiency. Institutions Companies, schools, hospitals and nursing homes choose Visual Cooking as their reliable and economical partner in the kitchen because Visual Cooking makes it easy to prepare large quantities of food every day. A Visual Cooking oven easily prepares everything from vegetables, potatoes, rice, meat and fish to bread and desserts. Convenience Hypermarkets, supermarkets and convenience stores use the high productivity of Visual Cooking to their advantage. In the hot deli, Visual Cooking makes it easy to prepare delicious convenience food all day: from chickens, spareribs, roasts and fish to French fries, vegetables and pizzas. No matter what you prepare, Visual Cooking is easy to operate without extensive training. Bake-off Supermarkets, petrol stations, kiosks and sandwich shops increasingly offer a vast selection of bread, rolls, pies and pastry. With minimum effort, you achieve uniform and delicious results using a Visual Cooking solution. The pleasant smell of freshly-baked products attracts customers and increases your turnover. Marine Visual Cooking prepares meals by the hundred onboard cruisers, ferries, freighters and naval ships worldwide. The solid construction and simple operation make Visual Cooking a safe choice for preparing food on board. The Visual Cooking range includes a special marine solution that caters for the special needs at sea. 7

8 Specialised product lines

Freedom of choice The range of Visual Cooking ovens consists of 3 main lines of ovens. Choose the line that matches your kitchen. Each line, furthermore, comprises a standard model and a top model. Choose oven model according to your need for features and functions. Each oven model is available in 9 sizes to suit your capacity requirement. Which oven do you choose? Combi ovens C line The Visual Cooking C line consists of universal combi ovens that are suitable for steaming, roasting and baking almost any kind of food. Use Visual Cooking C line for preparing roasts, chickens, vegetables, fish, bread, pastry, etc. Combi ovens K line In addition to the functions of the C line ovens, the powerful steam generator of the K line ovens satisfies even the highest demand for steaming fast and efficient. Choose the K line to steam potatoes, root crops, fish, eggs, etc. 3 lines of ovens 9 oven sizes 2 levels of equipment Bake-off ovens B line With a Visual Cooking oven from our B line, it is easy to achieve perfect baking results with minimum effort. Our bake-off ovens may be used for traditional baking as well as bake-off. Use B line ovens to bake bread, rolls and all kinds of pastry. 9

Selected references For more than 30 years, HOUNÖ has matched the needs of demanding customers all over the world. Our broad range of ovens has created optimum results in terms of delicious food and increased turnover for a vast number of customers. One of the ingredients of our success is without doubt that we focus on creating long-lasting relationships with our business partners and customers according to the motto: your success is our success. As a result of HOUNÖ s business conduct, major chains worldwide choose HOUNÖ over and over again as their preferred combi oven partner. Worldwide users of Visual Cooking Hotels, restaurants, hospitals, schools, staff canteens, supermarkets, petrol stations and naval ships worldwide have already made HOUNÖ their first choice when it comes to providing the most flexible combi and bake-off ovens. 10

Hotels & Restaurants Søllerød Kro (Michelin restaurant) Sjömagasinet (Michelin restaurant) Radisson SAS hotels Sydney Opera House Sheraton Hotel Institutions Regional Hospital of Viborg University of Aarhus Texas Instruments Royal Melbourne Hospital NOKIA Bake-off Shell Statoil Jesters Pies Caltex Sunset Boulevard Marine The A.P. Moller Maersk Group China Shipbuilding Corporation The Danish Royal Yacht of M/S Dannebrog The submarine Saelen Convenience Morrisons Tesco Sainsbury ASDA (Wal-Mart) Pick & Pay COOP ICA www.houno.com For more references and details on HOUNÖ s combi ovens and bake-off ovens, please visit www.houno.com. At our website, you can find brochures, product descriptions, dimensional sketches, recipes, etc. Moreover, you can even try programming Visual Cooking ovens. 11

Meeting your needs worldwide With more than 30 years experience in the manufacture of innovative oven solutions, HOUNÖ is one of the world s leading manufacturers of combi ovens and bake-off ovens. As oven specialist, we meet your needs for efficiency, flexibility and reliability. Through the years, HOUNÖ has grown from a small Danish company into a leading manufacturer of combi ovens worldwide. Today, Visual Cooking is supplied to selective customers all over the world through an extensive network of sales and service partners. HOUNÖ A/S Alsvej 1 DK 8900 Randers Denmark Tel. +45 87 11 47 11 Fax +45 87 11 47 10 houno@houno.com www.houno.com As part of the US based group of companies, the Middleby Corporation, which with its more than 1,500 employees is one of the market leaders in the commercial cooking equipment industry, HOUNÖ has 17 sister companies and a subsidiary in Sweden. HOUNÖ s top motivated staff is behind Visual Cooking. With the widest range of combi ovens in the industry, we are able to create customised solutions that suit your needs exactly. Visit www.houno.com and be inspired!