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COVID-19: The New Normal

COVID-19 turned business-as-usual on its ear. Consumer preferences have changed. And labor remains extremely tight. Our CVap® equipment is uniquely suited to reduce labor in your kitchen.

Our products give you the flexibility you need to adapt to The New Normal, whatever that is.

Grab and Go

Contactless food products are at the forefront of Grab and Go. Prepacked foods, single-serve items, and wrapped items for boxed meals are must-haves. CVap technology’s vapor heat can cook food inside its packaging. CVap is versatile enough to assure that every customer's grab and go food is hot and fresh.

Carry Out

CVap equipment ensures that carryout orders are just-cooked fresh, even if the customer isn’t there when their order is ready. You’ll know that the food they carry out is as fresh as if you’d served it inside your restaurant.

Drive Thru

CVap technology was originally developed in the 1980s as a way to help restaurants with their drive-thru windows. The technology has evolved through the years to keep up with industry changes. But at its core, CVap is still the technological trailblazer. Simply put, no other technology is as effective at keeping food just-cooked fresh.

boxed touchless food because of COVID-19

Social Distancing

Over and over we heard it from the experts, we’ve got to social distance. CVap equipment is a great solution to moving your operation to where it’s needed. Heavy-duty casters make it easy to move. Because CVap equipment doesn’t require a vent hood or permanent drain plumbing, they can be rolled to where they are needed. Roll a holding cabinet right into the classroom. Shift your ovens to a satellite facility. Y’all keep your distance, we’ll help you do it.

Mobile Feeding

CVap equipment doesn’t have to be parked under vent hoods and doesn’t have to be plumbed to drains. They’re easy to move on heavy-duty casters. Add a transport kit to make them even more mobile. Need to shift to a satellite operation or a commissary? CVap helps you roll on.

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Foodservice Holding Cabinets

Ghost Kitchens

Ghost kitchens require maximum productivity in a minimal space. CVap ovens pack a lot of capacity in a small footprint. Serving sous vide? There’s just no comparison. A single CVap oven does the work of a countertop full of circulators. Whatever space you have, there’s a CVap oven or cabinet that is perfect for it, and perfect for your needs.

Safety

At a time when keeping one another safe is critical, CVap equipment makes food safety a lot easier to achieve. CVap technology is unique in its ability to directly control food temperature. FDA guidelines are integral to its programming. You’ll know that food served from a CVap oven or cabinet has stayed at a precise temperature. With Series 7 and Series 5 models, you can record up to two years of data, making HACCP plan compliance simple to achieve and document.

CVap can cook food inside its packaging

Individually Wrapped Items

CVap equipment’s primary thermal source is heated water vapor, one of the most efficient thermal transfer mediums there is. In plain English, this means that you can cook packaged foods inside their packaging. Go from freezer to oven, to serving without ever touching the food itself. Simply load up the oven and go. It’s a great solution.

Overnight Cooking

Labor is a big uncertainty. The reality is that you may need to keep operations going with fewer people. A great tool for this challenge is overnight cooking. Load up your CVap ovens with the foods needed for the next day. The morning crew will clock in to find perfectly-cooked food, holding precisely at the selected temperature and texture. CVap really is an extra hand in the kitchen.

Outdoor

Many locales made the prospect of outdoor dining much more attractive, for both operators and patrons. Social distancing is easier to achieve. Air circulation is better than being inside a building. CVap equipment gives you the flexibility to move your kitchen to where you need it. No, it’s not weatherproof. But it is easy to move, and doesn’t require vent hoods or permanent plumbing. So your can shift your equipment closer to where your patrons are.

Reliable Performance

At Winston, we build our products to last in the real world. We realize they are a big investment, so we make ’em tough. Every piece is inspected before it leaves our factory. If our products under-perform, we know you’re not likely to purchase us again. We build our machines to exceed your expectations, so we can form a lifelong partnership.

Made In America

Every Winston product is produced at our factory in Louisville, Kentucky. They are designed, engineered, built, and tested by our dedicated team. And to the best of our ability, the materials we use to construct our products are domestically sourced. We even manufacture our own wiring harnesses and PCB control boards utilizing our Win2uit Electronics division. You’ll find Winston products in nearly every country on the planet, but they only come from the Bluegrass state.

Winston’s Own Measures

Winston takes the safety of our customers and our team seriously. We adhere to all federal and state guidelines. Likewise, we take precautionary measures to ensure business continuity. This includes: stringent cleaning procedures, protocols, and physical barriers to keep our team as safe as possible in our facilities. Every product is thoroughly cleaned and sanitized before it leaves our loading dock.