Hi Sspizza
Dewar stated above:" Depending on the age of the oven and the depth of your pockets, you may want to sell the MM and replace it with one of his great XLT ovens."
Just for you to consider:
Note XLT takes MM ovens in on trade.
The main reasons for trading in old Middleby’s and other ovens are, vastly reduced operating costs, ease of cleaning, two year parts and service warranty, lower replacement parts cost and most XLT users report much better bakes.
Older ovens Only burn, at best, 80% of the gas you pay for. The XLT converts 98% or better of the gas to heat. The electrical system is 110 volts rather then 220 and amps are also lower reducing electrical cost by almost 50%, Older ovens have a flue or exhaust pipe, required because they expel so much unburned gas. A vast amount of heat is expelled without doing any baking through those flue pipes. XLT ovens have no flue pipe all gas burned is used to bake product.
Middleby ovens are a bear to clean, They require substantial disassembly and often about 3 hours to complete the cleaning cycle. Due to the difficulty in cleaning they are rarely cleaned often enough and that effects the quality of the bake. XLT and most modern ovens can be cleaned in a few minutes thus can be cleaned more often for top performance.
The point is when an operator buys a used oven he shortly pays in increaser operating cost what he could have purchase an XLT for, plus continuing to pay higher operating cost as long as he continues to operate the old ovens.
George Mills
