Bakers Pride
{{Short description|American commercial appliance manufacturer}}
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| type = Commercial ovens
| currentowner = Middleby Corporation
| origin = United States
| introduced = {{start date and age|1945}}
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| website = {{URL|http://www.bakerspride.com/}}
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Bakers Pride Oven Company is an American manufacturer of commercial baking, cooking and broiling equipment. The brand was founded in 1945 in The Bronx, New York. Bakers Pride works in partnership with foodservice dealers and awards dealerships who maintain a commercial showroom, engineering department, or warehouse.
History
Bakers Pride was founded in 1945 and began offering the Y-602 Double Pizza Oven. Many New York pizzerias purchased this oven for creating chef quality pizza. Some original models are still in operation.{{cite book|title=Restaurants & Institutions: 1986:Sept.-Oct.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EJEnAQAAMAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Cahners Publishing Company}} The brand offers a full line of deck ovens and gas counter top ovens such as the VH-1828 series.{{cite book|author1=Shri L. Henkel|author2=Douglas R. Brown|title=How to Open a Financially Successful Pizza & Sub Restaurant|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vfxreABYeawC&pg=PT294|year=2007|publisher=Atlantic Publishing Company|isbn=978-0-910627-80-1|pages=294–}} The GC182 oven features two separate 18 inch conveyors.{{cite book|title=Restaurant Business|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JsQgAQAAMAAJ|date=July 1987|publisher=Restaurant Business.}}
Chef Jeff Pond of A4 Pizza stated he always used Bakers Pride ovens which, along with Blodgett and Marsal & Sons, are the most popular pizza ovens in the New York region.{{Cite web| title = Boston Chefs & Pizzeria Owners Talk About Their Ovens| author = Rachel Leah Blumenthal| work = Eater Boston| date = 2014-03-21| accessdate = 2018-01-24| url = https://boston.eater.com/2014/3/21/6257191/boston-chefs-pizzeria-owners-talk-about-their-ovens}} The company also offers electric ovens which can produce up to four pies in 15 minutes.{{Cite web| title = This Couple Dropped Everything to Open a Pizza Boat in the Caribbean| author = Hancock, Noelle| work = Bloomberg.com| date = 2015-09-03| accessdate = 2018-01-24| url = https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2015-09-03/this-couple-dropped-everything-to-open-a-pizza-boat-in-the-caribbean}}
Acquisition
The brand was a subsidiary of Standex International. It was acquired by Middleby Corporation in 2019.
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External links
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- {{official website|http://www.bakerspride.com/}}
Category:Home appliance manufacturers