Article: Full steam ahead. (high-pressure steamers)(Column)

FROM HIGH-PRESSURE TO VACUUM, STEAMERS ARE THE KEY TO SPEEDY, EFFICIENT AND HEALTHFUL COOKING.

Picture orders like this streaming into your kitchen: eggs Benedict for 800; hot dogs for 20,000; Southwestern spaghetti for 3,800; dim sum dumplings for 2,000. By the way, there's only an hour window to serve it all.

"When you need to get a huge amount of hot food out in a short period of time, steamers are the only way to go," says Sarah Ferranto, a menu-concept development specialist for the Well Bread Division of Buffalo, N.Y.-based Sportservice.

Many operators find it hard to beat steam for flexibility. It defrosts, warms and cooks without ...

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