Barbara Lum

Barbara Lum, BS

Representative with Cleveland Range in Cleveland, OH.

Treasurer

Barbara Lum

Cook Chill Director of Sales

1333 East 179th

Cleveland, OH 44110

(216) 481-4900

Fax: (216) 481-3782

blum@clevelandrange.com

Barbara Lum Cook/Chill Sales - Eastern U.S.

Lately , I've gotten a lot of calls from retailers , says Barbara Lum , marketing manager at Cleveland Range , Inc. , Cleveland.The volume that a retailer can get through an ice-water bath chiller is so huge for the square footage used , that's helping people a lot..

Cleveland also makes a model of tumble chillers that turns into a cook tank for slow cooking of meat products ; one machine can cook slowly and cool quickly.

The final area in which retailers have to make a concerted effort is in record keeping.Record keeping may not seem to have a direct bearing on whether a piece of meat goes bad or not , but it is essential if that bad meat gets sold and causes an illness.
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Lum explains how the devices usually work :.

We have chart recorders on the kettles and other equipment for recording the food temperatures over a 24-hour clock measuring time and temperature.That's your record of what was done on the production.You can tell the sanitation procedures and you have a good record of how the product was handled.The health departments generally like these better than a manual record..

Aside from equipment considerations , retailers are turning to design as an effective way to control potential food safety risks.

The next panelist , Barbara Lum , shared what's new in equipment technology.Lum is the Cook/Chill Director of Sales in the Eastern Region for Cleveland Range.She discussed cook-chill and steam equipment as labor-saving pieces of equipment.Lum shared information about other innovations such as ultraviolet light cleaning systems.

Lum also gave insight into the manufacturer's world.She alerted the attendees to the fact that fast food has a faster payback than other foodservice industries.It's the fastest-growing industry with limited labor resources ; in order to train staff , the work needs to be simple.Manufacturers often begin in fast food industry.Lum pointed out that manufacturers assume the risk of developing new products.For example , Boston Market ordered specially designed product and then filed Chapter 11.