AccuTemp Products Revenue and Competitors

AccuTemp was founded in the early 1990s on an idea to use vacuum technology to cook and hold foods. This first commercially successful vacuum-based cooking technology was christened the Steam'N'Hold™. By incorporating a vacuum pump, which could lower the pressure inside a reinforced steamer cavity, this unit could boil water and generate steam at temperatures as low as 150 ° F. The result was that foods traditionally steamed at 212 ° F could now be prepared better and held for hours, without over-cooking or loss of quality. While low temperature steaming was a plus for many operators, the real groundswell of interest came from the simplicity of this unique steamer design. Steam'N'Hold™ produces steam in the bottom of the cooking compartment, with heating elements clamped underneath the compartment bottom, NOT submerged in water. This means it doesn't need a water line, doesn't need a drain line, doesn't require periodic deliming/descaling, doesn't need a water treatment system or costly replacement cartridges and eliminates the water-related headaches that came with traditional convection steamer ownership. The Steam'N'Hold™ established an entirely new category of steamers…now commonly called "connectionless" steamers. Like all true category leaders, AccuTemp continues to improve and raise the bar with continuous product improvements. Today the Steam'N'Hold™ is available in both three-pan (S3) and six-pan (S6) models. The original S6 Steam'N'Hold™ is now available with a choice of five different power inputs, including: 6-kW, 8-kW, 10-kW, 12-kW and even powerful 17-kW models. Both S3 and S6 models now have a Quick-Release door design, which allows the operator to open the door at any time, even when cooking or holding under vacuum. In 2005, AccuTemp completed a major redesign and introduced the SUPER-DUTY Steam'N'Hold ™. This next-generation Steam'N'Hold was engineered to be even quieter, more water resistant and more dependable, with fewer component parts and fittings. Today connectionless and boilerless steamers are used throughout the industry. AccuTemp continues to dominate the category and is still the only manufacturer to offer vacuum steaming capabilities. Getting Steamed Over Griddle Technology! With our understanding of the efficient heat transfer properties of steam, we began developing a steam-heated griddle in the late 1990s. Rather than directly heating the bottom of a thick griddle plate, we developed a hermetically sealed flat steam jacket that could withstand the pressures needed to deliver surface temperatures as high as 400 °, typical for griddle frying operations. The AccuTemp R&D Team developed a flat steam jacket reinforced with hundreds of stainless steel posts; and the AccuTemp Manufacturing Team adapted robotic manufacturing technology to precisely and economically weld those posts to the plates.