CHICAGO – The National Restaurant Association recently announced winners of this year’s Kitchen Innovations awards for new and interesting/creative equipment. Judges were comprised of distinguished industry experts from across the foodservice industry. Check out the video at https://vimeo.com/138804492 The winners, selected after many months of vetting new equipment by the judges, are:
Alto-Shaam -Vector Multi-Cook Oven H Series
Antunes – Dual Good Egg Station
Blend-Tec – Nitro Blending System
Ecolab – Stealth™ LED Fly Light
Garland – Xpress Grill
Hobart – CLeN conveyor ware washer with drain H2O Energy Recovery
Meiko – M-i clean up with GIO module
Merco – MercoMax visual holding cabinet
Middleby – Middleby CTX WOWZ
Panasonic – Met-ALL induction system
Qui Qsilver – Roll-o-Matic™ silverware rolling machine
Rational USA – Self-Cooking Center® XS Model 6 2/3
Standex Refrigerated Solutions Group – Keg Management System (Norlake and Master-Bilt)
Royal Range of California – RHEF-U5 High Efficiency Fryer
Southbend – Tru Vapor
Turbo Coil® – DualZone Mega Top Prep Table
Turbo Chef – Double Batch
Vulcan – VC56 Gas Convection Oven
Check them out at the 2017 NRA Show May 20-23 at McCormick Place, Chicago.