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STAR-K and BASF
Euroscope Magazine
An article that appeared in Euroscope Magazine - for BASF employees in Europe [No. 2/2007]. The essay discusses the STAR-K Kosher certifcation program at numerous BASF facillities worldwide.
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November 2005
Kosher Today
TMIO™ Award Winning Connect Io™ Intelligent Oven® at KOSHERFEST 2005
KOSHER TODAY
Cleveland, OH, August 23, 2005, TMIO, LLC, the leader in intelligent kitchen appliance innovation, is redefining high-end luxury home appliances with the Connect Io™ (pronounced, “eye-oh”) Intelligent Oven®, the new 30” stainless steel Professional Series electric double wall oven. The Connect Io™ Intelligent Oven® even lets you control your oven from any computer or phone to get dinner started or change your dining time. The award-winning Connect Io™ is a completely new appliance and is the first to feature both built-in refrigeration to keep food fresh, and Internet control allowing you to change any cooking function at work or on-the-go. Dinner is ready when you are.
Maintaining tradition and having delicious, warm meals for your family during the Sabbath and Holidays is made easy with the Connect Io™ Intelligent Oven®. The Connect Io™ provides more cooking options, including multiple meals on the same day during Holiday periods, than any other oven. All cooking and warming functions are set before the Sabbath/Holiday begins and then all controls, lights, and tones are automatically disabled.
Star-K certified Connect Io™ offers the safest, most advanced, most convenient, and easiest to use Sabbath/Holiday cooking modes available from any electric oven. TMIO works diligently with Star-K in order to make Connect Io™ the most kosher consumer friendly cooking appliance possible for your Sabbath needs.
The Connect Io™ Intelligent Oven® features an industry-first, dynamic 3M® Clear Tek™ touch screen control panel for intuitive operation and a high level of comfort in command and control of the appliance from both inside and outside the home. Advances in structural design have resulted in safer as well as more energy-efficient cooking and self-clean cycles. High end redefined. TMIO has a strong commitment to responsible and innovative engineering, giving the consumer a choice for a high-quality product that meets their needs as well as eco-conscience with Connect Io™ Green Clean™ eco-friendly self-clean cycle.
TMIO Connect Io™ Intelligent Ovens® have appeared on CNBC’s Power Lunch, Good Morning America, The View as well as HGTV and ESPN’s “Cold Pizza”. According to Sue Herrara of CNBC’s Power Lunch, “It’s perfect! It doesn’t get any better than that [Bill] and it goes with my kitchen. I’m happy!”
Brett Larson, Technology Editor of WCBS-TV, New York, says of the Connect Io™ Intelligent Oven®, “This is a great example of bringing together of technology and ideas for a reason, and to actually do what tech should do, which is help us live better.”
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Wolf Appliance Company's Products
Now Certified By Star-K
KOSHER TODAY
Wolf Appliance Company, a leading manufacturer of luxury cooking instruments and corporate companion of Sub-Zero Freezer Company announced that the majority of its products are now certified as Sabbath - and holiday - compliant by Star-K Kosher Certification. All of the models of Wolf's gas range top, gas cooktop, pro-range, dual fuel range, electric cooktop, and built-in electric single and double oven are approved for use in acordance with the rules spcified by Star-K. "We have worked hard to receive this certification," said Jim Bakke, president and chief executive officer for Sub-Zero/Wolf. "We strive for product design that is aesthetically innovative and ergonomic, as well as beneficial to the specific needs of the Jewish faith." |
Star-K - Local Kashrus Agency with National Impact
By Staff Reporter
KOSHER TODAY
...Remarkably, the Star-K strives to maintain a healthy balance between its role as a local kashrus service agency and as a national symbol. This past summer, some 2000 Jewish athletes saw the local hospitality side of the Star-K. Baltimore was the host city for the North American Maccabi Games. As a result of the Star-K's supervision, the athletes, housed at the state university in suburban Towson, were able to eat kosher throughout the 4 days of the competition. The big hit for the athletes, who came from 20 cities and several foreign countries, were the tens of dozens of kosher-certified Krispy Kreme donuts made available to them during breaks in the games. |
Companies Cashing in on Demand for Kosher
By Dan Mayfield
adapted from SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE
Three years ago, Eagle Ranch Pistachios of Alamogordo, N.M., got a request from one of its best customers. "We were requested to get a kosher certification from a customer we have a real good relationship with, a diamond broker in New York," Eagle Ranch co-owner Marianne Schweers said. "We do a lot of corporate gifts through the company. It’s home-based in Israel and decided it wasn’t going to do business with anyone that wasn’t kosher. So we said we’ll give it a shot."
Like most people in New Mexico, Schweers had no idea what kosher really meant. The diamond broker gave her a list of five kosher-certification organizations that put the familiar kosher symbols on food products: the circle with a "U" in it, the circle with a "K" in it, the star with a "K" in it, among others.
"We had no idea how easy it would be," Schweers said. Schweers went with "Star-K." "They’re the easiest to work with. Their rabbi comes out of Arizona and they realize we’re a mom-and-pop," she said. Now, on every package of Eagle Ranch pistachios is a star with a "K" in the middle. Since certification, Schweers said, her business has increased, although she’s not sure how much, if any, is directly related to that.
Eagle Ranch’s kosher certification is part of a growing trend in the specialty food business. Kosher foods are a $6 billion market in the United States and are expected to grow to a $7.5 billion market by 2005, according to Integrated Marketing Communications Inc., producers of the annual Kosherfest trade show.
In Schweers' case, her pistachios were certified as "pareve," which means meat and dairy free.
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Appliances that help Jews Keep Kosher
By Annie Groer
WASHINGTON POST
WASHINGTON - In the beginning, strict biblical edicts governed cooking during the Jewish Sabbath and holy days.
These days, appliance-makers are adding features to help Jews cook yet comply with bans on work during the day of rest and starting fires on holidays. Dacor (since 1989), KitchenAid (since 1996) and General Electric (beginning this week) offer ovens and stoves equipped with what all call a “Sabbath mode.”
“There are two time periods when observant Jewish people cannot cook food in the regular manner,” said Rabbi Avrom Pollak, president of STAR-K, a Baltimore organization that certifies food as kosher. “On the Sabbath, you cannot cook, but you can keep food warm. On the holiday, one may actually cook food to be used on the holiday, but one cannot start a fire or turn a fire off.” All three companies have added switches that deactivate lights, beepers and electronic icons. GE and KitchenAid have added a switch to override their 12-hour safety shutoffs so food can be warmed for 24 hours or longer. GE’s new entry in the category also has included a time-delayed temperature change device. All three manufacturers have STAR-K certification for the Sabbath-mode appliances. The additional features are included in the standard prices.
Rabbi Pollak estimated that 500,000 U.S. households keep kosher, and their occupants represent a desirable target market. “They tend to place a lot more emphasis on their kitchens than the population at large. They tend not to eat out a lot. Family meals are an important part of life, so they put a lot of emphasis on what’s in their kitchen. They tend to spend a lot more when they remodel or buy new appliances.” |
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