Meet the Middleby Great Eight KI Recipients

Middleby Brands are showcasing the latest in innovation at the 2024 National Restaurant Show. A panel of judges with deep industry knowledge selected eight Middleby products to receive the prestigious 2024 Kitchen Innovations Award which will be on display in the KI Pavilion at the Show.

Middleby was recognized throughout its many product categories and well-known brands for innovation in cooking, mixing, robotics, ventless technologies, frying and beverage dispense.

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The Middleby Honorees are:

The Blodgett ImVection ventless oven provides a selection of either convection or impingement cooking in its four chambers. Cooking is selected manually or through menu programming with a single touchscreen controller. A sophisticated patent-pending motorized “shuffling jet plate” system aligns air holes for the cooking selected.

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The Evo EVent® Open Canopy Hood has redefined the limits of ventless cooking by using ozone and cyclonic separation to remove grease in the cooking process. The hood removes laden vapors so effectively that it can accommodate high volume ventless frying and cooking proteins simultaneously. The unit is UL-approved for use with electric cooking equipment.

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The Lab2Fab PizzaBot™ automates the pizza making process from formed dough with the application of sauce and toppings then to baking. PizzaBot™ adds toppings such as sauce, cheese, pepperoni, sausage and more accurately and quickly. The result is a better and more consistent pizza pie with less food waste and reduced labor needs.

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Newton Discrete CFV ends wear and tear on drink systems and required adjustments that lead to incorrect ratios, poor taste and pour outs. The Newton new Discrete CFV (Constant Flow Valve) is a new plug and play retrofit for conventional ceramic-based flow control valves providing a fixed flow rate, a factory set ratio that does not require calibration and does not drift.

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The Pitco TorQ fryer offers industry leading innovation including a continuous filtration system with an advanced pivoting filter tank and pivoting filter arm for quick, effortless filter changes and reduced downtime. The unit has forced convection creating efficient heating and reduced recovery and cook times.

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The Varimixer ERGO Series is a mixer where efficiency meets comfort and high-quality, consistent mixing is repeatable in the reliable unit. The Ergo Series is ergonomic, innovative and easy to maintain with a touch screen display, customizable recipes and a waterproof IP rating.

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Cervizi from Wild Goose Filling transforms the beer dispensing experience for bartenders, customers, and bar owners. Alleviating inefficiencies of traditional draft beer systems, Cervizi reduces product waste, improves service efficiency and offers data to streamline business operations and increase revenue.

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The M5 Bargun from Wunder-Bar is lighter weight with ergonomic contours, faster flow rates, and accurate no-drift controls. The unit increases performance 67% to 2.5 oz/second over the typical 1.5 oz pour. The M5 manifold incorporates CFV technology for factory set consistent ratios and eliminates the need for adjustment.

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