IRVINE, Calif. February 25, 2015 — Thermador, the American luxury kitchen appliance brand that provides real innovations for real cooks, now offers more ways to personalize the cooking experience with the introduction of the Professional Grill. Now available, these new models bring the next generation of surface cooking to life for the Pro Rangetop, Pro Harmony® Ranges and Pro Grand® Ranges. This easy-to-clean, indoor grilling feature boasts industry-leading design, featuring ceramic briquettes and grill plates that fully cover the heating elements to offer exceptional grilling performance and genuine smoky flavor while minimizing flare-ups.

“Thermador is committed to continually providing real cooks with innovative products that offer true performance and options to personalize the culinary experience to how they prefer to cook and entertain,” said Zach Elkin, director, brand marketing for Thermador. “The new Professional Grill offers a wide range of innovative features that will allow culinary enthusiasts to enjoy the ultimate indoor grilling experience.”

Features of the Professional Grill include:

Two independently controlled heating elements that empower home cooks to place foods such as vegetables on one half of the grill at a lower setting, and meats or fish on the other half at a higher heat setting.

Intelligently designed grates that are placed in direct contact with the heating elements to produce fast preheat and excellent searing that performs like an outdoor grill.

Uniquely designed grates that completely cover and protect the heating elements underneath, to help prevent flare-ups as well as oils and sauces from getting onto the elements.

Ceramic briquettes that collect juices that drip down from the grill plates to provide genuine smoke flavor, with excess drippings collected in a grease tray underneath.

The entire grilling unit can be disassembled for easy cleaning, and the grill grates and drip pan can be placed into the dishwasher.

Culinary enthusiasts may now select the Professional Grill among the surface cooking options offered on Thermador professional style rangetops and professional style ranges, based on which cooking surface configuration best suits how they cook. Available configurations include:

36-inch Pro Rangetop, Pro Harmony® Range and Pro Grand® Range with six Star® Burners

36-inch Pro Rangetop, Pro Harmony® Range and Pro Grand® Range with four Star® Burners plus griddle plate

36-inch Pro Rangetop, Pro Harmony® Range and Pro Grand® Range with four Star® Burners plus Professional Grill

48-inch Pro Rangetop, Pro Harmony® Range, Pro Grand® Range and Pro Grand® Steam Range with six Star® Burners plus griddle

48-inch Pro Rangetop, Pro Harmony® Range, Pro Grand® Range and Pro Grand® Steam Range with six Star® Burners plus Professional Grill

48-inch Pro Harmony® Range, Pro Grand® Range and Pro Grand® Steam Range with four Star® Burners plus Professional Grill and griddle

For more information about the Thermador Professional Grill, visit the Thermador website.

Culinary enthusiasts who select a Thermador rangetop or range for their ultimate kitchen can also save up to $6,097 through the industry-leading One-Two-Free® promotion. For more details visit: http://www.thermador.com/about/promotions.

About Thermador

Thermador has been providing real innovations for real cooks for nearly 100 years. The iconic line of cooking, cleaning, refrigeration and ventilation products remains committed to empowering culinary enthusiasts to be their best through continuous innovation breakthroughs – from the world’s first wall ovens and gas cooktops with the patented Star® Burner to the Freedom® Induction Cooktop, the first full-surface induction appliance, and the Freedom® Collection, the first modular built-in fresh food, freezer and wine preservation columns.

Thermador is part of BSH Home Appliances Corporation, a fully owned subsidiary of BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, the third largest manufacturer of home appliances in Europe and one of the leading companies in the sector worldwide. For more information, visit www.thermador.com or follow us on Facebook and Twitter at www.facebook.com/thermador and @Thermador, respectively. For Thermador customer service, call 1-800-735-4328