• With over 30 years of experience in the profile industry, the Italian company Bake Off produces ovens adapted both to the demands of professionals in the field and to market trends.
In 1984 Giorgio Borghi starts a small business for the production of modular ovens, in perfect accordance with the Italian economic development of that period. This business is enjoying real success, the founder deciding to expand the premises and introduce some innovations that immediately gave a remarkable boost to his business.
After consolidating his position on the Italian market, in 1986, Giorgio Borghi founded the company Bake Off Italiana, inspired by the famous method "bake-off", which consists of quickly baking bread or heating frozen bread.
The range of Mistral ovens appeared in 1995, being an important innovation for the bakery market. Technical specifications and performance combined with design and taste, turning baking into a real spectacle. The Bake Off company thus becomes known throughout the world, the range of Mistral ovens being still preferred by professionals in the field.
Top technology, ease of use
A combination of tradition, research and innovation, the Mistral range offers the niche market compact, flexible and high-tech ovens for artisanal, frozen or pre-baked breads and pastries.
A line of modular ovens, Mistral ovens can be stacked and combined with fermenters or other accessories to increase their potential, being equipped with temperature control inside the baking chamber, programmable baking cycles up to 10 steps, the possibility of adjusting the fan speed and an automatic washing system .
Mistral ovens have incorporated a 7-inch color TFT LCD screen, protected by a 5 mm thick glass, with multi-touch functionality, long-lasting in most environments, resistant to contact with water, dust and grease. It is equipped with a simple, intuitive and customizable interface, quick management of user recipes, 500 programmable recipes, in more than 30 languages, also equipped with preheating programs.
The precision of the electronics, the simplicity and clarity of the icons of the VISION control panel, the freedom to set and change the baking parameters at any time: time, room or probe temperature, delta T, dry/vapor balance and fan speed combine for optimal results in the production process every time, even through remote commands.
Five baking options
Mistral ovens are available in five baking options: convection, steam, convection and steam mixed cycle, convection and dry air mixed cycle and convection and humidification mixed cycle baking.
The guarantee of top technology "Made in Italy" it also makes possible the automatic management of the chimney with the possibility of partitioning and scheduling the opening time. This is to always have the steam/dry balance in the room under control.
At the same time, the automatic preheating of the oven can be programmed, an essential function to guarantee perfect baking. Bringing the oven to the ideal temperature before baking in the Mistral range is easy, it is enough to choose and start the desired program, and the oven will automatically reach the optimal temperature, signaling when it is ready and maintaining the temperature until the moment of baking.
Moreover, everything that happens inside the oven is continuously monitored and recorded. Date and time, program completed, baking chamber temperature, dry/vapor balance, ventilation, product core temperature, elapsed time, alerts and error signals can be viewed on the oven screen and exported for further processing or printing via via the USB connection.
Attention to energy efficiency
And to avoid accidental or erroneous changes to the stored baking programs, it is possible to enter a protection password that blocks access to the programming, while leaving the program free to use.
The attention of the Italian company's specialists is also focused on energy efficiency and the increasingly restrictive European standards, which cause the demand for low-emissivity glass to increase. Thus, the ovens in the Mistral range have low-emissivity glass thanks to a layer that effectively counteracts heat loss. K Glass™ offers significantly higher thermal insulation performance as well as good energy saving results, thus reducing costs. The inner window can be opened and cleaned easily.
Last but not least, the intelligent washing system guarantees perfect cleaning and complete sanitation of the baking chamber. The BakeCLEAN washing system allows you to choose the washing mode that best suits your needs; Mistral models have 4 washing modes: delicate, normal, intensive and super intensive.
The special blue LED light positioned inside the door allows the identification of the most persistent dirt residues. For this reason, the use of blue LED lights installed on Mistral ovens guarantees greater control of the cleaning and sanitizing processes. In addition, due to its high efficiency, it guarantees very low consumption and high performance.
The complete range of ovens developed by the Italian company Bake Off is offered to you in Romania by Nova Pan from Brasov.
Article written by Gabriela Dan, Editor of Arta Albă.
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