CookTek Induction Cooktops

"Using Cooktek's induction burners allows me not only the speed, precision and control I require, but with no ambient heat coming off the burners, the kitchen stays much cooler than it would with traditional burners firing."

CHEF GRANT ACHATZ
ALINEA, CHICAGO

"We love our pair of MCD-3500 cooktop induction ranges. On our real busy days they are running full blast for about 8 hours. They are great not only for their sleek looks, but also because they help keep the kitchen heat to a minimum. They are reliable, and they cook our sugar mixture up faster than gas or electric could ever dream of. Thank you CookTek!"

Karen Speck, Sugar Sugar / Handmade Lollies
www.handmadelollies.com

"Cereality Cereal Bar and Café relies on the Cooktek MC-3500 to make our Quaker Oatmeal Signature recipes. For up to 15 hours a day, our three cafes use these fantastic induction burners to create individual orders of oatmeal for our customers in under 2 minutes. We've tried other burners, but they were not as fast or reliable as the Cooktek burners."

Brian Giacobbe, VP of innovation, Cereality Operators Inc.

"We have gone exclusively with the Generation III Cooktops and we have no complaints. All sixteen of our kitchens are commercial and we use them in all of them, especially the pastry department...classes starting at 6am through 11pm. I use them in the café servery also, for the action stations, eggs to order, omelets, pasta, and sautéed items. The students like the responsiveness of the stoves and the non messy stations. We are most happy."

Mike Artlip, Chair AAS Culinary Arts / Kendall College

"We use the Hotel Flashpak 15-30 times a day, from 6am to 11pm....and have had no problems!"

Chef Meng, Holiday Inn

"The CookTek Cooktop is one of those amazing 21st-century kitchen appliances that is as wondrous as the microwave was in the 1980s."

Andy Walker
Columnist
The Vancouver Province
4/2/03

"We need more of them. They're one of my favorite things because you can control the low temperatures and the kitchen itself doesn't get hot, which is so important for pastry. I don't miss gas at all."

Executive Chef Christine McCabe Tentori
Sugar: A Dessert Bar
Chicago, IL

"When we started using drop-in cooktops from another manufacturer in our grocery store, we had continuous problems with the glass tops breaking. But once we replaced them with CookTek's "built like a tank" cooktops, we haven't had any problems!"

"The CookTek induction cooktops allowed us to create a satellite cooking station that not only increased our production (we would not have been able to do this with any other traditional cooking method), but also generated additional sales by providing a more exciting and attractive presentation to customers who were previously buying from vending machines, and sources. We are replacing all of our old units with CookTek induction cooktops!"

Dan Andrews
Director of Food Services
Seminole County Public Schools
Florida

"From an employee standpoint, the benefits of CookTek's cooktops by far outweigh the equipment cost because the cooktops produce no heat; even when we're doing mass volume for our sauté station, heat still isn't generated. This is phenomenal for employees because they can produce much more for longer periods of time. From an employer standpoint, I value their increased safety and productivity."

Marilyn Shomake
Chef/Owner
Great Beginnings
Englewood, CO

"As a consulting chef, I've had the opportunity to use many different brands of induction cooktops. With CookTek's induction cooktops, I've experienced time-tested reliability, safety, lightening speed heating capability and ease of operation (no training needed)...We will demand the CookTek level of service and reliability from now on with all of our remote cooking responsibilities. Thank you, CookTek!"

Chef John L. Csukor
Executive Chef/Chicago Culinary Director
Creative Food Solutions
Chicago, IL

"CookTek's induction woks produce incredible heat in a very short amount of time. I was impressed with their performance from my very first use of one of the initial production models. The 3500-Watt unit will be a great addition to my own kitchen."

Chef Warren Mah
Executive Chef/Instructor
Florida Culinary Institute
West Palm Beach, FL

"CookTek cooktops are an excellent product and we're using them for applications that I hadn't even planned on when we initially purchased them. They're very energy-efficient, which I'm extremely interested in for my bottom-line profitability. I have plans to grow the business and open up other locations, and I look forward to designing them using CookTek's cooktops for my soup lines."

Ted Sweetland
Owner
Big City Soup
Salt Lake City, UT

"CookTek's cooktops are really quick and very efficient. I love working with the cooktops!"

Chef Lilia Jordan
Professional Chef and Independent Culinary Consultant
Darien, CT

"Our workspace is at a premium and the portable CookTek gives us the ability to handle overflow whenever and wherever we need it. In a fine dining establishment, where the menu changes daily, having that flexibility is important."

Christopher Koetke
Executive Chef
Les Nomades
Chicago, IL

"Simply put, the value of CookTek units in a kitchen is a no-brainer; they're a must-have. Some very important features to me are their safety and versatility -- we can take them from station-to-station in the test kitchen, and they follow us to demos and outside training appointments. Also, their precise temperature control is critical to our chefs and food scientists when blooming starch, for example, which occurs at very specific temperatures. I also value the fact that they are so much faster than gas stoves and offer extremely low maintenance."

Chef Eric Carre
President
ErdaTek, Inc.
Wheeling, IL

"The CookTek Pizza Thermal Delivery System has entirely improved our operations since we first implemented the system in our stores 2 years ago; since that time, we've had just 2 complaints about pizzas not being hot--and they were due to driver mistakes, not because of the PTDS! Business is great, and the PTDS has a lot to do with our happy customers."

Eric J. Bueter
President
Bueter Corporation/Marco's Pizza
Napoleon, OH

"We love CookTek's Pizza Thermal Delivery System and are excited about having a heated system that finally works! My drivers especially appreciate their easy handling and during peak dinner hours, we couldn't keep our customers happy without them. On top of the PTDSs themselves, CookTek's Customer Service is tops-- I've never had the type of response they provide compared with any other Domino's vendor. I'll definitely be purchasing more units."

Ray Montez
Domino's Franchise Owner, 14 stores
Illinois -- Northern and Western Suburbs

"We've been using CookTek's Pizza Thermal Delivery System in several of our stores for about a year, and I have more confidence now in my drivers leaving stores with hot pizzas than I ever have. With the PTDS, we don't have any plugs, outlets or cords that go bad. We used a very fragile system in the past, which made us fearful every time we handled it; the PTDS's heated discs, however, are so durable we could take them out back and play Frisbee with them if we wanted to. Same with the pizza bags; they'd stand up to a game of football without a problem. I love the system."

Tim Brown
Domino's Franchise Owner, 13 stores
Michigan -- Detroit area

"It really IS as easy as you said it would be!"

Dennis D'Angelo
Operations Manager
Lou Malnati's
Chicago, IL

"Our cold pizza complaints have gone away! I'll put the CookTek system in all our stores, the drivers love it."

Rod Staiger
Northern Ohio Pizza
Pizza Hut Franchisee

"Since we have installed the CookTek hot pouch system in our stores, we have experienced a significant drop in cold pizza complaints."

Alan Henlsey
Rage Inc.
Pizza Hut Franchisee

"We have been very pleased with the performance of CookTek's FlashPak system. In fact, CookTek's superior product and customer service is helping pave the way for our Pizza Hut stores to improve delivery satisfaction and see a steady upswing in delivery sales."

Roger Karolick
Daland Corporation
Pizza Hut Franchisee

"The CookTek heated pouch system allows us to deliver a hotter, better quality pizza to the customer."

Chris Hotze
Andy Purvis
Texas Pizza Corporation

"CookTek's heated delivery bags provide a far superior product. Heat retention is simply wonderful."

Ed Sapp, Jr.
CMK Enterprises
Pizza Hut Franchisee

"The heated pouch system has been very easy for our Pizza Huts to implement and CookTek's customer service has been great."

John Addis
Moss Management
Pizza Hut Franchisee

"The system eliminates cold pizza complaints and it's very simple for the drivers to use."

Dan Morris
Emerald City Pizza
Pizza Hut Franchisee

"Yeah, right. Like I want my competition to know that CookTek's system gives me a huge advantage over them and allows me to stay ahead of the pack. I can't give my name or my pizza company's name, but I will tell you this: I haven't had any customer complaints about cold pizza since I started using the CookTek system and it outperforms any other heated delivery system on the market."

Owner/Anonymous
"XXXX's" Pizza
Joliet, IL