It all started with bagels
More than 40 years ago, we began bringing bagels into the office every Monday. It became a ritual—until the company grew and the breakroom turned into a toaster traffic jam. People lined up, productivity stalled, and every attempt to fix it with more toasters ended in blown circuits.
We became obsessed with one question...
Why does it take so long?
We needed a better heating system
Slow toast, long oven preheats, soggy microwave food—it all came back to outdated heat. We didn’t just need a better toaster, we needed a better heating system.
We would start by reinventing the toaster, but the real mission was bigger: build a platform technology company that could disrupt stagnant appliance categories and create better cooking experiences everywhere.
Revolution Cooking was born.
Tom Klaff
Tom is a successful entrepreneur and disruptor. He has founded companies in multiple industries, including enterprise software, education, media, cyber security and automotive, by solving consumer pain points with unique technologies.
Tom was introduced to the “toast problem” by his business partner, Bruce, who harbored a lifelong frustration with slow toasters and ovens. Realizing slow cooking and long preheat times can be fixed, they set out to create a better electric heat transfer system. Tom assembled a team of world class engineers, designers and product marketers in Boston, MA, where Revolution Cooking is headquartered today. Together, they are on a mission to bring joy and ingenuity to cooking, starting with the toaster.