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TurboChef ECO Bandido Rapid Cook Oven with Panini Press

Original price $23,906.06 - Original price $23,906.06
Original price
$23,906.06
$23,906.06 - $23,906.06
Current price $23,906.06
SKU SPTC.ECO.BANDIDO.BL

The TurboChef ECO Bandido takes the compact ECO platform and adds dedicated upper and lower press plates for fast toasted sandwiches, panini and pressed breakfast products. It combines rapid internal heating with direct surface contact, producing a more deliberate pressed finish than a standard open tray.

Key Features

  • Integrated anodised aluminium upper and lower press plates
  • Compact 440 mm-wide body
  • 230V, 15A connection
  • 7-inch touchscreen with unlimited recipe storage
  • Microwave plus impingement rapid-cook technology
  • Integral catalytic converter for model-certified ventless operation

Why Choose This Product

Choose Bandido when pressed sandwiches are a core revenue line, not an occasional menu item. The press creates the contact, compression and presentation customers expect from a panini while the rapid-cook system heats the filling quickly enough to support a busy service.

Simply Hospitality Notes

Choose this over the standard ECO only when the press is genuinely useful to the offer. It is excellent for a sandwich-led café, but the press occupies chamber space and adds a cleaning task, so it is less flexible for operations that mainly need open-tray rapid cooking.

Product Guide

Designed around panini, toasties, wraps and pressed breakfast products. Standardise portion size and build height before programming recipes; inconsistent filling temperature or overfilled sandwiches will undermine both speed and presentation.

Brand Guide

About TurboChef: TurboChef develops specialist high-speed commercial ovens for operations where service time, consistency and throughput matter. Its rapid-cook models combine controlled impingement airflow with microwave energy, while the High h range turns a validated recipe into a continuous conveyor process. The best model is selected around the actual food format, chamber or belt capacity, peak-order pattern and available electrical supply. Ventless capability is model-specific and still requires confirmation against the menu, site conditions and local approval requirements.

Purpose-Built Pressed Food Production

The Bandido uses the ECO's microwave and impingement platform but adds anodised aluminium press plates above and below the product. This improves contact across the bread surface and gives the operator a repeatable pressed result without using a separate contact grill and reheating appliance.

Menu Development

It is particularly well suited to panini, toasted sandwiches, wraps and pressed breakfast products. Test the complete build—including bread density, filling temperature, moisture and finished compression—because the press changes both chamber clearance and the way heat reaches the product. The touchscreen stores repeatable programmes for different builds.

Cleaning and Installation

The press plates and food-contact areas require a specific close-down routine. Cleaner and guard, two solid aluminium pans and an oven paddle are supplied. Electrical requirements remain practical for many existing sites at 230V, 15A, with the specified D-type breaker. Confirm ventless suitability for the intended menu and local requirements.

Technical Specifications

ModelSPTC.ECO.BANDIDO.BL
External dimensions440 W × 648 D × 546 H mm
Chamber318 W × 267 D × 183 H mm; 15.3 L
Weight54 kg
Electrical2.6 kW; 230V 1 phase; 15A plug
PressAnodised aluminium upper and lower plates
IncludedCleaner and guard kit, 2 solid aluminium pans, oven paddle

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CAD & BIM Files

  • Models SPTC.ECO.BANDIDO.BL
  • Configuration Rapid Cook Oven 7 capacitive touch screen with intuitive one-touch controls and Panini press Chamber 318W x 267D x 183H (mm)
  • Dimensions SPTC.ECO.BANDIDO.BL: 440 x 648 x 546 Weight: 54kg
  • Electrical SPTC.ECO.BANDIDO.BL: 2.6kW 1 + N + E 230V* 15A plug & lead fitted

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