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Industry News  /  May 20, 2020

National Restaurant Show Kitchen Innovation awards

by Jodie Jacobs
National Restaurant Show Kitchen Innovation awards

Even though the National Restaurant Show couldn’t take place at Chicago’s McCormick Place due to COVIC-19 restrictions, award judging and other activities have taken place remotely including the 2020 KI awards.

The judges came up with eight awardees for their products’ different approaches to back-of-the-house challenges based on flexibility, space-saving and versatility.

Click on each awardee for the National Restaurant Show link to the product.

Antunes is an Infinistream Seven-Drawer Steamer.

AyrKing is a MixStir.

Beverage-Air has a cross-temp refrig to freeze storage container.

Blodgett/Middleby has a ventless convection oven

Electro-Freeze Fuzionate is a nine flavor dispenser

Vario-Cooking-Center can automatically adjust to boil, fry, steam and other processes.

MultiServ is a dispensing system for up to five products from NATIONAL.

Star Manufacturing has a ventless induction downdraft.

 

Feature photo: The National Restaurant Show celebrated at McCormick Place last year but couldn’t open in 2020 due to COVID-19. (J Jacobs photo)

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