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Lincoln Hunt Brothers Pizza speeds up service


The XpressChef high-speed oven has helped Maisie Eatery significantly


The pandemic impacted many restaurant and foodservice businesses, but two segments have fared better than others: pizza and c-stores. Hunt Brothers® Pizza straddles both and has carved out a highly successful niche, growing to 10,000 locations across 33 states. Within the last year, however, Hunt Brothers Pizza has sought to advance by testing Lincoln’s latest impinger oven model. The Hunt Brothers — Don, Charlie, Jim and Lonnie Hunt — got their start in the food business working for their father at Austin’s Drive-In. In 1991, they recognized that c-store owners needed a pizza program that was easy to operate and would keep consumers coming back. Hunt Brothers Pizza places a branded pizza program in a participating c-store with a compact equipment and design setup. Pizzas arrive at the stores semi topped. Consumers can add as many toppings as they like at no extra charge.


The equipment


package provided by Hunt Brothers Pizza can include a branded pizza shoppe, an oven, a freezer, and a refrigerator. Directly behind the pizza shoppe is the impinger oven used to cook pizzas in minutes. “Currently, [Hunt Brothers Pizza] uses the Lincoln®


DCTI 2500 oven,” says


Melinda Scheuneman, CFSP, director of product management for Lincoln, which has a 32-year relationship with Hunt Brothers Pizza. Lincoln’s latest impinger oven model is the Aperion® 1624. “This model cooks pizzas faster, and you can control not only temperature but also airflow independently from the top and the bottom to be able to make adjustments for additional menu items,” Scheuneman says. Aperion’s technology can


reduce cooking time by up to 35% with no food quality loss or noise increase. The model is also stackable up to three units


for more production capability and comes in gas, electric and ventless options. “The ventless units give the capability to open quickly in smaller stores or locations without a hood,” Scheuneman says. Hunt Brothers Pizza’s Lisa Lem, category manager, equipment and smallwares, says that their goal is to enhance speed of service as the company continues to expand. “Our convenience store


customer partners have always wanted to service their consumers in the fastest manner possible,” Lem says. “So implementing a more advanced oven that can help us increase the speed of service but still maintain quality is what we’re always looking for.”


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