Kitchen Innovation focused on operational success & guest satisfaction
Kitchen Innovation focused on operational success & guest satisfaction
The National Restaurant Association® announced the recipients of the 2017 Kitchen Innovations (KI) Awards, honoring forward-thinking equipment and technologies that increase efficiencies and productivity for back-of-the-house operations and benefit restaurant operators.
The 2017 KI Award recipients reflect the trends and topics most important to foodservice operators today. The selected innovations address operator concerns from labor, energy and water efficiency to food safety, sanitation, cross-functionality and space-saving. New software and new materials continue to make new solutions possible.
Welbilt, Inc. is proud that two of our best-in-class brands, Garland and Merco, have received this important recognition.
Garland XPress® Grill
Garland’s XPress Grill takes energy and temperature management to the next level with a controller that automatically adapts to either 208V or 240V. PID software continuously modulates power to maintain set point, unlike conventional on/off cycling. Cooking lanes are independently controlled, separated with grooves under the grill plate to prevent heat migration. Each lane can be set at a different temperature or even turned off when not needed. hear more
Garland’s XPress Grill takes energy and temperature management to the next level with a controller that automatically adapts to either 208V or 240V. PID software continuously modulates power to maintain set point, unlike conventional on/off cycling. Cooking lanes are independently controlled, separated with grooves under the grill plate to prevent heat migration. Each lane can be set at a different temperature or even turned off when not needed. hear more
Merco
MercoMax™ Visual Holding Cabinet
The MercoMax offers a new answer to the age-old challenge of visual QSR style hot holding with a combination of radiant heat beneath the shelves and forced-air convection from fans above each holding zone. A bright 7” touchscreen display, visible from across the kitchen, shows what’s being held and status. hear more
MercoMax™ Visual Holding Cabinet
The MercoMax offers a new answer to the age-old challenge of visual QSR style hot holding with a combination of radiant heat beneath the shelves and forced-air convection from fans above each holding zone. A bright 7” touchscreen display, visible from across the kitchen, shows what’s being held and status. hear more
