MIDDLEBY RESIDENTIAL DEBUTS ADVANCED INNOVATION
AND NEW PRODUCT DESIGNS AT KBIS 2024

Elgin, Illinois (February 26, 2024)—Middleby Residential, the esteemed collection of globally recognized culinary brands, is thrilled to announce a captivating array of design-forward innovations spanning its diverse product portfolio at the prestigious 2024 Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS). This unveiling of groundbreaking advancements across all Middleby Residential brands will empower these highly respected indoor and outdoor labels to broaden their market reach and elevate their offerings in both design and technology solutions.

Renowned for their commitment to innovation through a blend of modern and classic design, Middleby Residential’s impressive lineup includes La Cornue, AGA, Viking, Novy, U-Line, Marvel, Trade-Wind, and Brava for indoor spaces. For the outside chef, Middleby Outdoor, a division of Middleby Residential, caters to the open-air kitchen enthusiast with offerings from Josper, Viking, Lynx, Evo, Masterbuilt, and Kamado Joe. Each of these brands is set to showcase new designs and innovations, aligning with contemporary consumer trends and anticipating the needs of the future.

Najib Maalouf, President of Middleby Residential, expressed his enthusiasm, stating, “Our global brands have long been recognized as industry leaders in design and innovation. KBIS 2024 provides us with an exciting platform to showcase the best of Middleby Residential. Each brand has its own storied history and tradition, contributing to its esteemed status over decades and even centuries. Visitors can expect to immerse themselves in the world of Middleby Residential, where technical innovation and inspired design take center stage. Our dedicated team is eager to present a wide spectrum of leading innovations in both design and technology from every brand, revolutionizing the aesthetics and functionality of the residential kitchen, whether indoor or out. We lead beyond the expected.”

Middleby Residential invites all KBIS attendees to experience the meticulously curated Middleby space designed by world-renowned designer Matthew Quinn. Find the Middleby Residential showcase at Booth #1601 in the West Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. The stunning 5,000-square-foot gallery will serve as a backdrop for hundreds of exceptional products within the Middleby Residential portfolio.

Details on the products and brands in the Middleby Residential space at KBIS 2024 include:

Viking
A fundamental pillar of Middleby Residential, Viking proudly introduces a myriad of new product and design options. The highly anticipated launch of the new RVL Collection boldly lays claim to the contemporary consumer with the new comprehensive built-in series, along with a collection of new induction products and an enhanced color and finish selection. Viking highlights advanced connected cooking and innovative control technologies in the RVL Collection, coupled with sleek, modern styling. Users will transform their kitchens with dynamic new product offerings featuring accelerated cooking, steam and convection ovens, cooktops, and built-in refrigeration. Additionally, the extensive Viking color palette will be richly augmented with new hues and trim finishes, offering customers more options to customize their space. With more than 40 years of innovation, Viking is a trusted brand as the originator of commercial-style ranges for the home kitchen. Today, Viking offers the latest in cooking, ventilation, refrigeration, and cleanup in its product line, delivering in-home technology and commercial-grade performance with design integrity.

La Cornue
Since 1908, La Cornue has been known for its exquisite detail and beauty. Built in France by expert craftsmen, the La Cornue kitchen is one to be aspired to, and immediately recognized worldwide. The brand delivers timeless styles and embodies the essence of French culinary tradition with unmatched sophistication. Among the highly anticipated new introductions from La Cornue at KBIS 2024 are an elegant Château Built-In Oven featuring the patented vaulted oven, known for unrivaled cooking performance. Additionally, the Castel 60, the smallest induction range in the iconic Château series, is now equipped with a Maison first touch control induction hob—a true gem tailored for urban apartments. Four new, elegant CornuFé Hoods have been introduced, offering a variety of stunning designs to suit any home and style. The Château cabinetry has been enhanced, showcasing a refined design with incomparable craftmanship and customization options. La Cornue is rooted in a rich heritage dating back to the creation of the first convection oven in 1908. Today, La Cornue builds bespoke ranges and kitchens available in millions of customized combinations.

AGA
AGA, a brand trusted for dependability and durability throughout the centuries, is proud to feature contemporary designs and modern features at KBIS 2024. Today, AGA highlights digital controls, expanded fuel options, higher efficiency, and greater versatility. The iconic brand is launching several new products including the AGA ERA Range, a brand-new innovation utilizing glass to create a striking, unified aesthetic. While beautiful and contemporary and a perfect fit for a modern kitchen, the range boasts the centuries-beloved cast iron cooking performance. AGA product also featured are the new and updated Mercury and Elise Induction Rangetops and a stunning expanded Hood collection in new exclusive designs, colors, and trims. AGA is a storied brand has built a solid reputation through its long-standing commitment to unmatched excellence, unmatched reliability, and recognizable style. They bring this commitment to their latest designs.

Novy
A leading manufacturer of premium residential ventilation, cooktops and lighting based in Belgium, Novy takes kitchen performance and versatility to new levels. Recently joining the Middleby Residential portfolio, Novy is a specialist in induction cooking technologies (including vented induction), ventilation, and proprietary lighting, making its U.S. debut at KBIS. Novy has many new products of interest including an induction cooktop with ventilation, gesture control lighting systems and an in-ceiling ventilation offering. Driven by craftsmanship while bringing industry-changing innovation to the marketplace, Novy is a prestigious brand with the highest standards in design, ease of use, sustainability, and silence.

U-Line
U-Line has built a reputation for refrigeration reliability, while constantly innovating, which allows them to constantly introduce modern products for current lifestyles. At KBIS 2024 U-Line introduces the first of its kind, Craft Clear Ice Machines that have the capability to produce up to120 large clear ice cubes per day, perfect for bourbon, cocktails and more. U-Line is best known for combining sleek beauty and high functionality in premiere food, beverage, and wine refrigeration. Founded in 1962 with a focus on seamless integration and designer-driven features, U-Line is known for its refined aesthetic and dependability.

Marvel
Marvel provides premium undercounter products designed for daily life. At KBIS 2024 Marvel showcases a variety of products featuring Middleby exclusive BrightShield® antimicrobial lighting, ensuring a clean environment for beverages, food, and ice. With roots in American manufacturing dating back to 1892, Marvel is the longest-standing refrigeration company in North America. Today, Marvel continues to be a leader in the industry providing premium undercounter products designed for daily life.

Trade-Wind
Trade-Wind combines beaty and the beast. Ventilation is critical in the home kitchen and Trade-Wind ventilation hoods and liners offer long-lasting, reliable performance while aesthetically pleasing to any home kitchen. Their hood designs give a home kitchen a unique flair. Trade-Wind in debuting incredible new hood styles providing even more options for ventilation to be a cornerstone of kitchen design. Consumers view Trade-Wind as not just ventilation, but a design element for indoor and outdoor use in many sizes and styles. The long-lasting, reliable performance of Trade-Wind and its highly durable systems are built for long-term use. Trade-Wind is continuing to build upon its a distinguished collection of kitchen hoods, liners, and outdoor BBQ solutions,

Lynx
A leader in the design and innovation of premium outdoor kitchens, Lynx is a premiere brand used by both veterans and beginners for open-air grilling. Known for its sleek craftsmanship, engineering excellence and dedication to innovation, Lynx is excited to debut eight bold outdoor color options, as well as exciting new categories in outdoor cooking. These include a stunning, customizable outdoor cabinetry line showcasing a restyled Lynx Professional Grill, redesigned companion products and a ceramic cooker.

Josper
The best restaurants in the world use Josper in their kitchens for elevated charcoal cooking. Now, the Josper brand and their world-famous product is available for home use through Middleby Residential. Josper is proud to launch its signature collection of products including charcoal ovens, basque grills, rotisseries, robata grills and mangals. With KBIS 2024 being its debut in the residential market, visitors will experience the elegant combination that is Josper: a grill and a charcoal oven made with high-tech steel alloys and top-quality components. The best restaurants in the world trust Josper, and residential chefs should too.

EVO
Gather round the grill for an experience with friends and family. Developed through a merger of innovation and creativity addressing a passion for cooking and entertainment, EVO introduces its all-new EVO Centre™. This outdoor electric built-in griddle was designed to revolutionize outdoor cooking with an easy to maintain 23-inch diameter ceramic-clad cook surface. This culinary masterpiece combines cutting-edge technology with user-friendly features including a digital display for temperature setting and status monitoring and a high-performance 120V electric heater for those cooler days outside. The EVO Centre brings the joy of outdoor cooking to a new level, where innovation meets functionality for both seasoned chefs and outdoor cooking enthusiasts.

Masterbuilt
A pioneer in outdoor grilling and smoking, Masterbuilt has a reputation for delivering grill excellence including vertical barbecue smokers, digital charcoal grills and more. Taking outdoor charcoal cooking to the next level and unleashing culinary innovation with new connected grills and smokers, Masterbuilt introduces its new Gravity Series® XT Digital Charcoal Grill and Smoker, the largest and most advanced Masterbuilt to date. This durable and high-performing 1,260 square inch grill and smoker uses Wi-Fi and a digital fan control to perfectly manage the GravityFed™ Hopper, which can fuel up to 24 hours of controlled grill time. The advanced control panel now features graphing and alerts and the FuelSaver™ body design provides more heat and moisture retention to deliver a significant longer burn time than any other Gravity Series® grills.

Kamado Joe
Kamado Joe embodies the essence of and outdoor culinary master or a novice building cooking confidence. Its unrivaled innovation can elevate any backyard cooking experience. Recently released, the Konnected Joe is a first-of-its-kind digitally connected ceramic grill that blends all the benefits of traditional ceramic cooking with modern technology, while solving the common frustration points of lighting and temperature control. The digital controls and convenient app-enabled features enable griller users to experience the benefits of kamado cooking with greater ease from lighting the charcoal to maintaining a desired grill temperature.

Fontana
Designed and built in Italy to last a lifetime, Fontana has been building wood and gas fired ovens for more than 50 years. Producing 100% Italian made pizza ovens since 1978, the Fontana tradition of excellence and craftsmanship dates back decades. The first and only indirect combustion, metal, wood-fired oven on the market, the technology combines the finest old-world Italian craftsmanship with the best of modern technology. Widely recognized as a leading manufacturer in portable metal ovens, Fontana offers a wide range of products for residential use. All pizza ovens feature heavy-duty construction, innovative design, handcrafted tradition and experience, precise temperature control, maximum insulation and exceptional performance and options. Middleby Residential distributes Fontana product.

Brava
A technology company changing the way people cook at home, Brava introduces its newest innovation, Brava Glass. Brava Glass features a glass window on the front of the oven, allowing users to see the light for a fully immersive cooking experience, also with a new wireless TempSensor. Meeting long-awaited consumer demand, the Brava evolution enables a full and transparent view of the appliance interior and lamps as food cooks to perfection with its patented Pure Light Cooking™ technology. Brava Glass has traditional Brava cooking capabilities and modes, including Air-Fry, Roast, Bake, Sear, Toast, Reheat, Rice Cook, Slow Cook, Dehydrate and Keep Warm. This new iteration is also equipped with the Brava staple, the popular heat-resistant internal camera and machine vision to monitor cooking progress, with remote viewing access on smartphones via the Brava Home app.

ABOUT MIDDLEBY RESIDENTIAL
Middleby Residential is a global leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of premium residential kitchen appliances and solutions for outdoor cooking enthusiasts. Home to renowned brands including Viking®, La Cornue®, AGA®, Novy®, U-Line®, Marvel®, Trade-Wind®, Lynx®, Josper®, EVO®, Masterbuilt®, Fontana®, Brava® and more, Middleby Residential is dedicated to transforming kitchens into extraordinary spaces of culinary innovation, quality, design, and luxury in homes worldwide. Explore the art of cooking reimagined with Middleby Residential and its iconic portfolio of brands. Middleby Residential is part of The Middleby Corporation, a global leader in commercial, residential, and industrial, large-scale foodservice and solutions. For more information, visit www.middlebyresidential.com or www.middleby.com.