The woody aroma, the smoky taste, the sense of tradition… It’s often said that there’s nothing quite like cooking over charcoal. Early humans were producing food over open fires for more than a million years. The emergence of modern humanity, about 200,000 years ago, saw the development of stone hearths and, eventually, rudimentary ovens.
More recently, cooking over coals – on a barbecue grill – has become a backyard and campground staple around the world. For Australians and New Zealanders, though, stocking up on briquettes is the exception rather than the rule. This is a nation where two out of three households own a barbecue, yet the majority are fuelled by gas rather than charcoal.
That means a whole lot of people miss out on a whole lot of flavour. And, as summer approaches, now’s the perfect time to give them what they’ve been missing. With Comcater’s Mibrasa charcoal oven, you don’t need a large-scale outdoor barbecue set-up to achieve this – you can produce it all in a commercial kitchen. This is an oven that’s been designed to reproduce the elemental nature of cooking, using pure fire and its embers to elevate natural flavours, while adding a healthy lick of that enticing smoky aroma. If you have an open kitchen, all the better, with diners able to experience the enchanting atmosphere of food being cooked over fire.
Functioning as both a grill and an oven, the Mibrasa enables you to offer barbecued meats and vegetables with all the convenience of controlled indoor cooking. You’ll also find it’s easier for braising than traditional ovens. The true beauty of the unit lies in its mix of tradition and technology, boasting a design that allows you to accurately control the airflow through the grill, changing the intensity of the heat generated by the burning charcoal embers. In short, with the Mibrasa you can offer an authentic barbecue taste to diners, opening up a new world of flavours and possibilities in a controlled kitchen environment. And all this while taking inspiration from a cooking method that’s nearly as old as humankind itself.
