Electric Foodservice Council Announces Prestigious Award Recipients
Every year the Electric Foodservice hosts their Excellence Breeds Excellence Awards Banquet, designed to recognize and acknowledge outstanding individuals and companies that have made significant contributions to the EFC mission and have improved or advanced the foodservice industry. The banquet was held Monday, November 5, 2007 at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi.  This year Frymaster, LLC received the Innovation of the Year Award for its new Protector™ fryer.

Innovation of the Year – Frymaster, LLC’s Frymaster Protector Fryer
The Frymaster Protector fryer with SMART4U technology, introduced at the October 2007 NAFEM Show, offers the next generation in ultra-high performance commercial frying, combining oil savings and energy conservation with labor-saving technological features.  These innovative features generate measurable cost savings as well as environmental benefits.  A smaller frypot that has the same production capacity and food quality as a fryer almost twice its size, the Protector’s 30-pound frypot generates a 40 percent savings each time the frypot’s oil is changed when compared to current 50-pound fryers.   The revolutionary Oil Attendant™ automatically monitors frypot levels, and replenishes oil as needed from a Jug-In-Box (JIB) conveniently located inside the fryer cabinet.  This automated feature minimizes the labor time involved with handling oil by eliminating the need to periodically retrieve bulky oil containers from storage to manually top off the frypot, thereby reducing labor costs and promoting worker safety.

The Oil Attendant also automatically monitors the JIB’s oil level; a flashing, front-mounted orange light alerts workers to replace the in-cabinet oil supply when its level gets low.  By removing this guesswork in maintaining oil levels, the Protector maintains a constant supply of fresh oil to the frypot, which maximizes oil life.  Documented in research by ESCA Enterprises, Inc of Glen Mills, PA, a smaller frypot and longer oil life can generate over 50 percent annual savings in oil costs and introduces less used oil into the waste stream.  The smaller frypot also uses less energy to operate, earning it an industry-leading federal ENERGY STAR® rating of over 85 percent.  These cost savings can in turn help operators transition to healthier, but higher-cost, trans fat-free oils, meeting customer demands for great-tasting, healthier fried foods and protecting profits by reducing both energy and oil usage costs.

The Electric Foodservice Council Mission:
To provide energy efficiency information and customer solutions for the foodservice industry.
The Electric Foodservice Council members provide education on energy efficiency, advertising, advocacy and promotional activities in cooperation with foodservice manufacturers and trade allies to advance the foodservice industry. We work to assure a consistent industry approach to foodservice and take advantage of available synergies by developing partnerships, and coordinating with other industry organizations. 

Frymaster, an Enodis company, is the world's leading manufacturer of commercial fryers for the foodservice industry. For more than 70 years, the company has manufactured superior-quality fryers that leverage design and performance innovation, setting industry standards for cooking quality, energy efficiency, safety and unmatched quality control backed by the STAR® Service program. Marketed under the Frymaster and Dean brand names, the company offers a wide variety of fryer options designed to fit the needs of operators. Frymaster also provides filtration systems, computers, water-bath rethermalizers and pasta cookers. For more information, visit www.frymaster.com.

Enodis plc (www.enodis.com) is a worldwide company focused on the design, manufacture, and supply of food equipment. Through its two operating groups, Global Food Service Equipment and Food Retail Equipment, it has 29 factories in nine countries and a large portfolio of premium brands, including Delfield, Scotsman, Frymaster, Lincoln, Cleveland, Garland, US Range, ICE-OMatic, Jackson, Merco, Savory, Dean, Varimixer and Merrychef in foodservice, and Kysor/Warren and Kysor Panel Systems in food retail equipment.