【正文】 ervisor or the Human Resources Department. We know you39。ll find your stay with CHARBROIL a happy and rewarding experience. We are glad to have you working with us! Alan Shaw CEO CharBroil Employee Handbook 4 4 The History of CharBroil Corporation CHARBROIL HISTORY 1948 Columbus Iron Works manufactures first CharBroil grills. The new cooker, known as the barbecue grill was the CharBroil 19. It sold in the same hardware stores that carried Bradley’s agricultural and stove supplies. An ad offering the CB for only $, delivered anywhere in the . sold more grills than even Bradley thought possible. This new cooker was a “hot item”. Early grills were made from steel drums with cast iron firegrates and cooking grates. 1953 Hooded grills were introduced. As the backyard barbecue market grew bigger and consumers demanded more choice. 1961 Cooking System: Filed patent for the 1st grease handling system for an outdoor BBQ grill 1966 The first CharBroil aluminum gas grills are introduced, followed 2 years later by electric grills. CharBroil brand products set the standards for grills and still lead the way with innovation. World’s Best BBQ Grill The CB940 was then cited in 1984 as the World’s Best BBQ Grill (Book of Bests) 1970s Firsts: ? First to package (LP) tank and grill in one box, revolutionizing the grill industry ? First major manufacturer to offer electric grills ? First to offer portable gas grills vs post mount natural gas grill ? First mass marketer of tabletop portable grills 1980s Firsts: Introduced Certified Grill Parts and Accessories174。, including Universal Fit parts. 1990s Firsts: Introduced the mass market to powder coat paint, easytoclean weather resistant plastic sideshelves, the rotisserie burner, electronic ignition and new styled Widebody174。 frame system. Created the first NO TOOLS REQUIRED quick assembly grill available in highvolume and at popular prices. Decreased assembly times from 1 hour plus, to less than 20 minutes. 2020 Firsts: The Big Easy174。 cooking system was the first mass market grill system to bine top consumer rated evenness of heat with a builtin smoker and griddle to cook breakfast, lunch amp。 dinner. CharBroil Employee Handbook 5 5 2020 Firsts: The first grill at mass to have dual charcoal/gas capability. 2020 Firsts: CharBroil was the first to introduce a builtin handle light grilling at night just got easier. 2020 Firsts: Introduced the Outdoor Stove amp。 Griddle? The first sideburner to bine high heat, a nonstick griddle and wok cooking the ultimate in sideburner use and versatility. 2020 First: The first grill to have truly easytoconvert Liquid Propane to Natural Gas grill capability fewer SKUs at retail while giving the consumer the ability to change their fuel source. TEC – INFRARED GRILLS 1961 InfraRed: Patented the first ceramic infrared burner in the . This device is now widely used in mercial cooking and is exploding into the residential gas grill scene. 1980s Accessory Firsts: The first infrared grill also had the following: ? First frying griddle attachment for a gas grill ? First deep fryer attachment for a gas grill 2020 Improvements: Introduced the first infrared grill to employ radiant glass emitters to permit cooking with virtually 100% infrared energy. TEC also introduced its innovative upscale, allmetal Ultimate Island build in enclosures and the first portable infrared gas grill for tabletop use. 2020 Mobile Technology: Introduced the first electric infrared grill in a portable, tabletop model. The 2020 Grilling Revolution: TEC began the next revolution in grilling with its introduction of a flareresistant infrared gas grill that employs a new, more durable allmetal infrared burner and distributes 100% infrared energy with plete uniformity into the cooking surface with enhanced charbroiled taste. Winner of Hearth amp。 Home magazine39。s 2020 Vesta Awards for Best New Gas Barbecue and Best New Outdoor Room Product. Company A History of Innovation An enterprising young man of twentytwo named William Clark Bradley moved to Columbus, Geia, in 1885 to work as a clerk for BusseyGoldsmith, a cotton factoring firm. Two years later he married Sarah M. Hall, daughter of famous Connecticut ship builder Henry T Hall. Shortly after, he and his brotherinlaw Samuel A. Carter purchased the cotton factoring business, changing the name to Carter and Bradley. CharBroil Employee Handbook 6 6 Immediately after buying the business, Bradley expanded by adding a wholesale grocery department and began to manufacture a high grade fertilizer for the farmers who grew cotton. In 1888, Bradley and G. Gunby Jordan founded the Third National Bank and the Columbus Savings Bank. In 1930, these banks merged to form Columbus Bank amp。 Trust Company. Today CBamp。T is the lead bank of CBamp。T Bancshares, Inc., a multibank holding pany posed of more than fifteen banks in Geia, Florida, and Alabama, a Bankcard and Bank Data Processing Company and several Broker/Dealer Companies. CBamp。T Bancshares39。 Total Systems, founded in 1983, is the second largest credit card processing pany in the nation today. In 1895, Bradley bought his brotherinlaw39。s share of the business, and changed the name of the Company to the W C. Bradley Co. Over the next five years Bradley bought Eagle and Phenix Mills and founded the Columbus Manufacturing Company, two of the largest textile mills in the South. He also built a mammoth cotton warehouse, cited in the Columbus Daily Inquirer – Sunday, July 13, 1899, as the largest in the South. This warehouse, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, today houses the corporate a