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RETAILOBSERVER.COM MAY 2015 18 THERMADOR LAUNCHES PROFESSIONAL GRILL ACCESSORY Innovative new accessory offers exceptional indoor grilling performance on Thermador professional style rangetops and ranges Thermador, an American luxury kitchen appliance brand that provides real innovations for real cooks, now offers more ways to personalize the cooking experience with the introduction of the Professional Grill. Now available, these new models bring the next generation of surface cooking to life for the Pro Rangetop, Pro Harmony ® Ranges and Pro Grand ® Ranges. This easy-to-clean, indoor grilling feature boasts industry-leading design, featuring ceramic briquettes and grill plates that fully cover the heating elements to offer exceptional grilling performance and genuine smoky flavor while minimizing flare-ups. "Thermador is committed to continually providing real cooks with innovative products that offer true performance and options to personalize the culinary experience to how they prefer to cook and entertain," said Zach Elkin, director, brand marketing for Thermador. "The new Professional Grill offers a wide range of innovative features that will allow culinary enthusiasts to enjoy the ultimate indoor grilling experience." FEATURES OF THE PROFESSIONAL GRILL INCLUDE: • Two independently controlled heating elements that empower home cooks to place foods such as vegetables on one half of the grill at a lower setting, and meats or fish on the other half at a higher heat setting. • Intelligently designed grates that are placed in direct contact with the heating elements to produce fast preheat and excellent searing that performs like an outdoor grill. • Uniquely designed grates that completely cover and protect the heating elements underneath, to help prevent flare-ups as well as oils and sauces from getting onto the elements. • Ceramic briquettes that collect juices that drip down from the grill plates to provide genuine smoke flavor, with excess drippings collected in a grease tray underneath. • The entire grilling unit can be disassembled for easy cleaning, and the grill grates and drip pan can be placed into the dishwasher. Culinary enthusiasts may now select the Professional Grill among the surface cooking options offered on Thermador professional style rangetops and professional style ranges, based on which cooking surface configuration best suits how they cook. Available configurations include: • 36-inch Pro Rangetop, Pro Harmony ® Range and Pro Grand ® Range with six Star ® Burners • 36-inch Pro Rangetop, Pro Harmony ® Range and Pro Grand ® Range with four Star ® Burners plus griddle plate I N D U S T R Y [ N E W S ]

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