![]() ![]() Whitbread PLC, a brewer which operated more than 6,500 pubs, ordered a few hundred ovens in mid-1995. ![]() EARLY ORDERSĮarly commercial success came from the United Kingdom. The ovens' air circulation and cooking patterns were controlled electronically hardly any training was required to operate the machines. Their speed -they could cook a steak in a few minutes -meant that restaurants could keep the orders flowing with a smaller number of ovens. They were also very easy to use and were very energy efficient. Since the ovens used a catalytic converter to filter the air, they could be installed in places without vents. However, unlike microwave ovens, they did not leave food soggy and were capable of browning and searing. TurboChef's ovens could cook more than ten times faster than conventional ones, while retaining more moisture in the food. ![]() Microwave energy sources cooked the food from within infrared elements added radiant heat. The company's ovens were based on an improved form of convection technology, which circulated air at up to 60 miles per hour to penetrate the thermal barrier that normally surrounded foods in an oven. Early versions of the oven, produced at the Custom Manufacturing operation of Texas Instruments Inc., sold for less than $15,000. It has been said that speed is one factor that adds value in any industry and TurboChef first intended the ovens to help the foodservice business reduce turnaround times. Winkelmann then assembled a contraption from hair dryers and microwave ovens. The company's first president, Philip McKee, is credited with spurring the invention of the technology when he dared engineer Earl Winkelmann to build an oven that could cook a pizza in a minute. "Technologies" was added to the name in 1998. A Delaware corporation was established on July 9, 1993, and the company went public in 1994. was formed in Dallas, Texas, around 1991 by Jeffrey Bogatin, a New York investor who would be the company's chairman. Once primarily a technology licensing company, in 2001 TurboChef transitioned into a manufacturing and marketing organization, securing a production partner in China. TurboChef has also aimed for the higher end of the home market. One of the company's most visible customers is the 22,000-unit Subway sandwich chain, which in 2004 signed TurboChef to be its exclusive provider of high-speed ovens. The products have primarily been marketed to convenience stores, sports arenas, movie theaters, restaurants, and others seeking easy-to-use, compact, high performance cooking solutions. The company's products cook food in a fraction of the time taken by conventional ovens, with quality said to be suitable enough for the finest restaurants. TurboChef Technologies, Inc., produces high-speed ovens using a combination of cooking technologies. NAIC: 333294 Food Product Machinery Manufacturing 335221 Household Cooking Appliance Manufacturing ![]()
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