The Exhibitor (1959)

Variety Sparks Hot Food Equipment HOTPOINT'S SIX FOOT GRIDDLE You SELL because they SEE! Customers see corn popping in the Manley VistaPop Kettle . . . you see sales and profits soar! The all new Manley VistaPop Kettle has the new, exclusive "see-through" feature. Customers see their own corn popping. Appetites are stimulated. Impulse buying goes into action. Your sales go up. What's more, new "hot air-condi¬ tioned" warming pan keeps corn fresh, hot, crisp . . . delicious. No more For drive-in theatres handling a large vol¬ ume of food orders, Hotpoint has developed a giant griddle six feet long, which is capable of producing more than 2,000 hamburgers per hour. The grid surface measures six feet by two feet and features eight cooking areas, each independently controlled by its own thermostat. Each of the eight areas may be used alone, or in any combination of indi¬ vidually selected temperatures; or, the en¬ tire grid may be operated at the same over¬ all, edge-to-edge temperature. • A new low-priced infra-red broiler, the Roto-Red Model J222, has been introduced by Arrow Engineering Company, Inc. De¬ scribed as simple to operate, any unskilled operator need only place meat on the upper rack, buns on the lower rack. One revolu¬ tion of the racks and the meat is broiled, the buns toasted. Capacity is over 300 eight ROTO-RED BROILER Clark Industries’ new Junior Electric Broiler, suitable for smaller theatres, will broil from one to six hamburgers every 2Vz minutes without grease, smoke, or fumes, it is said, with the result that it can be adapted also to indoor theatre food preparation. The unit is described as the only “closed drawer” sanitary dispenser which has been specially developed for commercial food out¬ lets such as concession stands. The broiler cooks all kinds of meat, as well as chicken and fish. Its dimensions are MV2 inches wide, 13 inches deep, and 16 inches high, including a full -color flashing sign on top. It operates on 115 volts. CLARK JUNIOR BROILER to-the-pound hamburgers per hour. Sixteen different cooking speeds are pro¬ vided to handle different types and thick¬ nesses of meat. The broiler is suitable also for preparing hot dogs, cheese dogs, chops, small steaks, pre-baked pizza, and many other fast food items. The infra-red elements reach full heat in less than two seconds, eliminating the need for running the broiler when it is not in actual use. It operates on 220 volt, single phase current. The Roto-Red J22 is small and compact: dimensions are 21 inches wide, 26 inches deep, and 27 inches high. The stainless steel inner and outer casings are insulated with two-inch thick marinite to maintain cool outside operating temperatures. soggy popcorn. You produce a top quality product that pays off in re¬ peat sales! GET THE FACTS ON HOW YOU CAN INCREASE PROFITS WITH THE MANLEY Write Manley today for complete details on how the VistaPop can mean new sales, more repeat sales, greater profits for you. Or ask to have a Manley representative call, without obligation. Manley, Inc., 1920 Wyandotte Street, Kansas City 8, Missouri. Address Sept. EX-259 NAC Meet Features A LAS VEGAS — Four leading topics for dis¬ cussion at the National Association of Con¬ cessionaires Western Regional Conference here this week were announced. The meeting, being held in the Riviera Hotel, was slated to take up “Crowd Getting Ideas for Thea¬ tres”; “Better Merchandising Equals More Profits”; “The Pitchman’s Forum”; and “Lets Talk Shop.” Harold F. Chesler, NAC first vice-president, is general chairman. Among the speakers are Lee Koken, NAC board chairman, and president Philip L. Lowe, the latter leading a discussion of bet¬ ter merchandising methods for theatres and other recreation enterprises. Una R. Wood, a nutritionist of the American Institute of Baking, was to present a “Modern SandwichMaking Clinic,” at which she planned to dem¬ onstrate how to make beef-tacos, jumbo pizzi, cheese-ham rolls, roast beef-hot cole slaw, and other sandwich combinations. Next week, NAC will convene a South¬ western Regional Conference in the Adol Four Point Program phus Hotel, Dallas, concurrent with the seventh annual convention of the Texas Drive-In Theatre Owners Association. Union News Joins NAC The Union News Company, operating com¬ pany of the American News, has joined the National Association of Concessionaires, ac¬ cording to a joint announcement by NAC president Philip L. Lowe and first vice-presi¬ dent and membership chairman Harold F. Chesler. Henry Garfinkle, president in charge of all diversified operations for Union News stated, “Union News plans to take advan¬ tage of the facilities and services NAC has to offer in the fast growing and ever ex¬ panding concession field; we will have rep¬ resentatives attend all NAC regional meet¬ ings and the national convention, where the free inter-exchange of ideas and mutual problems will be beneficial to them, as it is to all NAC members.” PE-16 PHYSICAL THEATRE • EXTRA PROFITS DEPARTMENT of MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR February 11, 1959