New Auto-Bake test oven has all the options

Media Release - April 2007

Leading baking technology group, Auto-Bake, recently ‘opened the oven doors’ on a new test oven at its Chicago area test bakery. Located at the premises of Auto-Bake Americas--a joint venture between Auto-Bake and its North American distributor, Dunbar Systems--the new ‘hybrid’ Serpentine oven features both electric radiant and gas-fired convection heating systems. This allows prospective purchasers and baking professionals to trial both radiant and convection heating options on a variety of baked goods.

“The capability to test-bake and run technical evaluations on our Serpentine systems has been a key differentiator of Auto-Bake for many years,” said Auto-Bake’s marketing director, Amanda Hicks. “We have always invited purchasers to be present for trials and test-runs; similarly, our clients have the opportunity to work with us to perfect their own recipes in our expanding network of test bakeries around the world.”

According to Michael Dunbar, executive vice president, Dunbar Systems, the new Serpentine test oven, which incorporates Auto-Bake’s latest convection heating and ‘free pan’ transport technologies, brings added dimension to the Chicago test bakery. “Now industrial baking groups have even more flexibility when trying out the Serpentine oven,” he said. “They can gain an understanding of how both the convection and radiant heating systems perform, either separately or in tandem. You can bake absolutely anything in this oven--from pastries and breads to cakes and cookies.”

In addition, said Hicks, the new Chicago test oven exemplifies all the ‘tried-and-proven’ virtues of Auto-Bake’s unique Serpentine baking technology--small footprint, flexibility, rapid throughput, and consistent results. This is the legacy of the compact Serpentine transport system, where pans are transported along multiple horizontal levels, maximizing vertical cubic capacity and occupying just one-tenth the footprint of an equivalent tunnel oven. Auto-Bake ovens are also inherently energy efficient due to this compact form-factor.

For further information, call (630) 257-2900.

Alternatively, visit Auto-Bake at IBIE 2007 to learn more about the company’s range of energy-efficient, flexible and compact Serpentine baking solutions: stand 4025, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida, October 7 to 10 2007.