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An expanded Web version of segments seen on CNN High-tech oven cooks food faster than a microwave
October 23, 1997
Web posted at: 5:08 p.m. EDT (2108 GMT)DALLAS (CNN) -- A high-tech oven that cooks pizzas in less than two minutes and cinnamon rolls within six seconds may soon be available for kitchens nationwide.
As seen on CNN
The maker of the oven, known as TurboChef, hopes to begin marketing a home version sometime next year, and boasts that its product will revolutionize cooking in the next century.
"Our technology is shattering every preconception about how good food is served," its Web site says.
Currently, the TurboChef is only available for restaurants and other culinary insiders.
The oven cooks food 10 to 15 times faster than conventional ovens, grills and microwaves. A 16-inch pizza, which normally takes 8 to 12 minutes to cook, is ready in only 75 seconds. Roasted chicken takes 85 seconds. A juicy steak cooks in 60 seconds.
The shiny stainless steel oven can even cook raw meat, seafood and chicken simultaneously without mixing flavors, the TurboChef company boasts. And it uses less electricity than a typical oven.
The oven features nine different cooking systems that allow the chef to broil, bake, roast, grill, steam, fry or poach without affecting quality or taste. Chefs can pre-set up to 108 food items, and even customize their own cook settings.
"It makes (the chef's) job a whole lot easier, and it makes the customer happy because the product coming out is consistent and good every single time," said chef Mark Lomberg, whose kitchen has a TurboChef.
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The oven's secret is the way in which the oven transfers heat from moving air to the food. By drawing energy when needed and managing air internally, the oven is highly efficient.
Demonstrating the oven's advantages
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"The nice part about cooking chicken in this type of technology is that it cooks from within," explained Steven Leipsner, the company's former CEO. "You will have a temperature well over 160 degrees (Fahrenheit) for over 30 minutes after you take it out."
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