History and Products

Phil McKee, founder and chief executive of Appliance Innovation, has a remarkable 28-year history creating marketplace-changing products. From his original invention, the revolutionary TurboChef ^® oven through the newest creations, each has received the National Restaurant Association’s Kitchen Innovation Award^®.

The revolutionary product lines include: Planar Plume technology for Merrychef; Precision Impingement^® Ovention^® ovens; Structured Air Technology^™ in the Alto-Shaam Vector^™ Ovens, and the modular 3-in-1 Plexor cooking appliance.

Appliance Innovation technologies emerge as category changers.