Rational
RATIONAL invented the world’s one and only SelfCooking Center®.
Our company's primary objective is to offer our customers the maximum possible benefits. Our close links with our customers mean that we are part of your world. We know what our customers want and need, and so are able to find the best solutions to your problems and continuously improve your working environment.
RATIONAL is the chefs' company and for many years has had the largest development team in our market. This team is made up of chefs, food scientists, physicists and engineers.
As the leader in terms of innovation we have a special position on the market. This is underlined very impressively by our numerous patents and international prizes. For example, RATIONAL took 1st place in Europe’s most demanding company comparison - “The best factory”. RATIONAL is European Champion having scored Excellent in all the assessment criteria.
With over 400,000 RATIONAL units in use around the world. Practically every second combi-steamer installed worldwide is a RATIONAL. Over 100 million meals are prepared every day with RATIONAL. RATIONAL is the world market leader by far.
> The SelfCooking Center® can give you Savings of up to 22 % on the use of raw materials are possible compared to traditional preparation methods.
> The SelfCooking Center® automatically detects the type of meat, the size of the products and the load size and makes all the necessary settings itself.
> The SelfCooking Center® even takes account of your country’s typical cooking and eating customs fully automatically.
> The RATIONAL special accessories are the perfect addition to the SelfCooking Center®. Only with the right accessories are perfect cooking results possible.
> Around 90 % of all the cooking challenges that arise in a kitchen can be overcome with the SelfCooking Center®. Poaching, steaming, braising, frying, grilling, deep-frying and baking – the SelfCooking Center® does them all, just as you would yourself.
> Cooking time can be reduced by half compared to traditional preparation. Whole chickens can be cooked in just 30 minutes, for example. And they are up to 15% faster compared to traditional combi-steamers.
> SelfCooking Center® are much healthier. Fries, for example, contain 80 % less fat and thus have 36 % fewer calories. What is even better is that you can save money since you will not be buying, storing and disposing of oil for frying.
> SelfCooking Center® does not simply clean itself automatically – it also optimises the cleaning process just in time. CareControl®, intelligent cleaning, automatically detects the current level of soiling and general care status.

