Cuisinart Receives 2014 Good Design Award for Combo Steam + Convection Oven

Cuisinart, a renowned leader in cutting-edge kitchen electrics, professional quality cookware and other culinary products, has been recognized with a 2014 Good Design Award from the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design.

Cuisinart’s Combo Steam + Convection Oven was selected from among thousands of submissions from the world’s leading manufacturers and industrial and graphic design firms, representing the most important and influential corporations worldwide in the design industry from over 48 countries.

Cuisinart’s winning entry, the Combo Steam + Convection Oven, incorporates the many functions of a professional steam oven in a countertop footprint. By using steam heat, cooking time is cut by as much as 40 percent. Users have the ability to choose from nine different single and combination functions, enabling them to steam or poach any type of vegetable, fish, poultry or rice, or use steam in combination with both broil or bake functions to create roasts, breads, rolls, homemade pretzels, or donuts.

“We are extremely proud to receive this honor from an organization as prestigious as the Chicago Athenaeum,” said Mary Rodgers, Director of Marketing Communications for Cuisinart. “The Combo Steam + Convection Oven is a great example of the product and design innovation for which Cuisinart has become known.”

Now in its 64th year, Good Design is the oldest and one of the most distinguished design awards programs in the world. Founded in Chicago by former MoMa curator Edgar Kaufmann, Jr. along with such pioneers in modern design as Charles and Ray Eames and Russel Wright, Good Design honors the annual achievements of the best industrial and graphic designer, and world manufacturers for their pursuit of extraordinary design excellence.