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Energy savings

If your business is feeling the pinch of today’s rising commodity prices – from product ingredients to paper goods – you can offset those costs by installing a Duke Flexible Batch Broiler. With a unique design that requires less gas and electricity than older broilers, the Duke broiler will make a positive impact on your bottom line… today, and even more so down the road as utility rates increase.


Broiler Gas Savings

The old technology broilers are designed to run all of the time, constantly burning gas, even when not cooking in standby mode. This wasted gas is money out the door. Great for the utility company " not great for your bottom line.

The Duke Flexible Batch Broiler is different. The burners cycle on and off during idle and cooking modes. The cooking chamber is sealed, so there is little waste heat. In fact, there are times when the Duke broiler is cooking with all burners turned off.


Broiler Electric Savings

In addition to natural gas, the old technology broilers rely on 208-240 V, 18 to 24 amp electricity to cook all items. Very little electricity is used in the Duke Flexible Batch Broiler. In fact, electricity is used only to turn the cook chain at the end of each cycle, and to power the control panel. The Duke Flexible Batch Broiler requires only a standard 110 volt 4 amp outlet.


Vent Hood Electric Savings

All broilers need a vent hood to expel gas fumes and smoke generated from cooking. How hard the vent hood has to work to effectively do its job will affect your utility costs. The old technology broilers require more air flow through the vent hood because the broilers use more gas and produce more waste heat than the Flexible Batch Broiler " 10 to 35%, according to some studies.


Add it all up

  Nieco Duke Flexible Batch Broiler
Gas $9,034.00 $6,309.00
Electric $1,736.00 $164.00
Annually $10,770.00 $6,473.00

(Based on Burger King Corporate average of 9 cents per kilowatt and $1.62 per therm)

The utility savings per year from the Duke Flexible Batch Broiler when compared to Nieco broilers range from $3,582 for a Nieco 960 to $7,732 for a Nieco 9025. Even when matched against Nieco's new MPB94, the Duke Flexible Batch Broiler saves $4,297.

In many instances the energy saving from the Duke Flexible Batch Broiler will pay for the broiler in just one year! View the video for more details on utility cost comparisons.


Cleaning efficiency

Another cost-saving feature of the Duke Flexible Batch Broiler is in the reduced labor required for daily, weekly and monthly cleanings. The Duke Flexible Batch Broiler is much easier to clean than Nieco broilers, including the new Nieco MPB94. That's because the Duke Flexible Batch Broiler is designed to be easier to clean.

Let's start with the removable parts required to be cleaned on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.

Removable parts required to be cleaned:

  Daily Weekly Monthly
Nieco 17 19 23
Flexible Batch Broiler 11 19 ZERO

View the video for a demonstration of cleaning disassembly and parts to be cleaned.

Combine these design features and you'll find that the Duke Flexible Batch Broiler is faster to clean than any other broiler; on average a crew saves 30 minutes per day when compared to other restaurant broiler cleaning operations " or more time, depending on broiler model.

And less easily calculated is the increased job satisfaction the crew experiences when a long, hard day is not topped off with a more difficult, dirty, time-consuming cleaning procedure.


Increased capacity

Batch broiling, a Duke exclusive, is bringing a new dimension to Burger King restaurants system wide. With the Duke Flexible Batch Broiler, you can now respond quickly to spikes in demand during key dayparts.

A single cook delivers 8 Whoppers® or 12 burgers in two minutes or less. This is a production rate of 240 Whoppers®/hour and 360 burgers/hour;

The Flexible Batch Broiler flame broils a batch of product directly from a frozen state -- no need to thaw.

It has been tested and delivered proven performance at $1,000/hours " the capacity of 97% of the Burger King system worldwide -- to ensure capacity for peak periods.


Work environment

You want to give your crew a work enviroment that makes them productive, safe and committed to their jobs. The Duke Flexible Batch Broiler plays an important role in creating a favorable work environment for your crews.

  • The Duke broiler reduces kitchen temperatures from 10 to 15 degrees
  • A more comfortable (cooler) work environment means less employee turnover
  • Because of the broiler's unique design, crews don't have to face the radiant heat when they're loading Whoppers® and other broiler items
  • Crews have increased job satisfaction when a long, hard day is not topped off with a more difficult, dirty, time-consuming broiler cleaning procedure