Combi steamer

A combi steamer (or combi-steamer) is a professional cooking appliance that combines the functionality of a convection oven and a steam cooker. That is, it can produce dry heat, moist heat or a combination of the two at various temperatures. Therefore it is fit for many culinary applications including baking, roasting, grilling, steaming, braising, blanching, and poaching. Advantages of this technology are very short cooking times and a gentle preparation method, which leads to better preservation of vitamins and nutritional value of foods than with traditional cooking methods.