Why We're the Best

Consumers are looking for products that perform extremely well at a very low cost. That was the design criteria used for the XLT ovens. By using fewer components of a higher quality, XLT ovens out-perform other ovens, in terms such as initial purchase price, performance, and durability.

Standard Features

The XLT ovens have all of the same basic features found in other popular designs, including:

Front-loading sandwich window
Stainless Steel front, sides, and top. (We actually have inside, outside, front, back, top, and bottom stainless steel)
Digital microprocessor controlled bake time and temperature
Adjustable air jet fingers
Air impingement process delivering consistent heat to the chamber
Reversible conveyor direction
Customer-specific adjustable jet fingers that allow control of heat delivery

Enhanced Features

With the customer in mind, XLT continually puts forth the effort to improve their products. Doing this ensures our customers receive the most efficient and highest quality product. The XLT design has additional features that make this design superior to all other ovens on the market because we use (click on a feature to view the explanation):

Standard Parts
Most manufacturers will use special motors, valves, or controls so that nobody else can use them. When you need parts and/or service, there is only one place to get them, and that is the original manufacturer of the appliance.

Many of our parts are off-the-shelf components that are available from industrial suppliers such as Grainger. We still use parts made by Baldor, Honeywell, and other top brands, but at a fraction of the cost because they are standard.

Conveyor Motor and Control
The XLT conveyor system uses a conveyor motor, which does not require the use of brushes. This system enhances the reliability and serviceability of each XLT oven.

Fan Filters
In 2009 XLT began using fan filters that will allow for easier replacement and cleaning, saving the end user both time and money.

Conveyor and Burner Controls
XLT has shifted all conveyor and burner controls to one control box (for dual burner ovens) for of operation.

Stainless Steal
The US Commerce Department defines a "Durable Good" as a manufactured item, such as a car or an appliance that typically lasts at least 3 years. The Pizza industry is approximately 40 years old and has used conveyor ovens only in the last 20 years.

There are many pizza chains that use rebuilt ovens that have rust and cracks. In the very near future we believe, these ovens will be in the scrap yard, their value reduced to almost nothing. The XLT oven bake chamber is 100% Stainless Steel. These ovens should last many times longer and be worth more money than ovens that rust and crack.

Stainless Steel vs. Aluminized Steel
Aluminized steel is similar to galvanized steel. Both are carbon steel sheets that have a thin layer of either aluminum or zinc applied to the surface to protect against rust. Most other oven manufacturers use aluminized steel for the interior and back of their ovens.

This is less expensive, but not nearly as durable. Most oven cleaners contain a caustic solution that will literally dissolve the soft aluminum coating quickly. Also, scrapers or brushes will remove the thin layer of aluminum. Once this aluminum coating is gone, then rust (cancer) will form and the value and performance of the oven will diminish.

XLT bake chambers, fronts, control boxes, and fingers are constructed of 100% 304 stainless steel. The backs and conveyors are constructed of about 99% stainless steel. This material will not succumb to oven cleaners, brushes, or scrapers. Stainless steel can be made to look like new even after many years of service and cleaning.

Once any "durable good" starts rusting, its value becomes questionable. XLT ovens are designed and built to out-last and out-perform all other ovens on the market. XLT ovens are worth more in the long term at a fraction of the price.

Bearing
We have rebuilt hundreds of Lincoln and Middleby Marshall ovens. The conveyor bearings we have seen are 1/2", 5/8", or 3/4" in diameter. Of the 1/2" bearings, we have seen about a 90% failure rate. The 5/8" bearings experience about a 50% failure rate. We have not seen a failure yet on a ¾" bearing.

XLT ovens use 3/4" diameter bearings on the conveyor shafts. Clearly these will out-last and out-perform other oven designs. They will require less maintenance and will have less downtime. Another reason why XLT ovens are worth more in the long term at a fraction of the price.

Circuit Breakers
XLT changed from fuses to circuit breakers in the control panel. This was done to remove the downtime associated with the replacement of fuses. NOTE: these circuit breakers cannot be manually tripped.

Clean-ability
The entire front panel comes off in seconds with just 4 stainless steel knobs (no tools required). The fingers come out the front even faster.

And since we use 100% 304 Stainless Steel, you can use more aggressive oven cleaners to shorten the cleaning time involved.