Filtration Monitoring Technology Helps Restaurants Optimize Fried Food Quality and Oil Usage

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Quick-serve and fast-casual restaurant customers expect consistently high-quality food. And for restaurants, clean, properly filtered cooking oil helps make this a reality. Unlike the traditional way of manually recording oil filtration practices—restaurants can now improve food quality, create consistent practices and improve oil management through Filtration Monitoring from Restaurant Technologies, Inc.^® (RTI).

“The RTI Filtration Monitoring system has helped us do a better job monitoring the maintenance of our oil. We are able to use the oil longer, and improve the quality of our fried foods”

RTI’s Filtration Monitoring technology immediately collects data from sensors in the fryer system and delivers it to the customer’s RTI Total Operations Management^® (TOM) online portal. It tracks how often the oil is filtered, when it is filtered, and for how long. Data is automatically compared to the restaurant’s ideal filtration processes, so any deviations are tracked. Managers can opt to receive mobile/email alerts that can be used to correct filtration oversights instantly or be used for staff training on standard filtration procedures.

“The RTI Filtration Monitoring system has helped us do a better job monitoring the maintenance of our oil. We are able to use the oil longer, and improve the quality of our fried foods,” said Jeff Lingel, area director, Apple American Group.

Via the TOM portal, managers can monitor data for single or multiple restaurant locations, analyzing oil quality, usage and filtration statistics. The portal provides easy to interpret graphs eliminating data analysis and enabling managers to take action quickly on SOP compliance and process improvements.

Without RTI Filtration Monitoring, employees may be visually judging when to filter and manually recording the number and length of filtration times. Consequently, staff can often report inaccurately or follow an inconsistent schedule. These errors lead to varied food quality, shorter life for oil or over usage of shortening, all impacting profits.

“Customers know when their fried foods have been cooked in old, stale oil. It has a significant impact on loyalty,” said Jeff Kiesel, chief executive officer, RTI. “But managing for proper and consistent filtration can be challenging too. The RTI Filtration Monitoring system allows restaurants to easily manage to their own standards, correct operating procedures and help employees understand the role filtration plays in food quality and loyalty.”

RTI Filtration Monitoring works with existing RTI Total Oil Management systems — a patented cooking oil delivery system that automatically delivers fresh oil and removes waste oil at each restaurant, replacing traditional practices that are more cumbersome and hazardous for restaurant employees.

RTI – Restaurant Technologies, Inc.
Restaurant Technologies, Inc (RTI) is the leader in smart, safe, sustainable oil and operations management technology for the food service industry. The company’s patented, fully automated oil storage, handling and disposal management system helps increase worker safety, improve restaurant cleanliness and minimize frying oil inconveniences. RTI data management solutions provide restaurant decision-makers with increased visibility into oil usage for better food quality and consistency. Headquartered in Mendota Heights, Minn., RTI serves more than 18,000 customers via 40 oil depots throughout the U.S. Visit RTI online at www.rti-inc.com.