



About Us - Why We Do What We Do
We’ve been building commercial kitchen equipment for over five decades. Certainly, things have changed through the years. But one thing remains constant: we understand the foodservice industry and our customers.
Winston Industries began as a partnership with a famous Colonel. We developed a fryer to meet his specific needs. Consequently, our founder, Winston Shelton, left a solid engineering career at General Electric in the late 1960s to launch Winston Industries. Certainly, it was because of his entrepreneurial spirit and drive to create. Subsequently, he developed a whole new class of cooking and holding equipment.
We build upon this legacy because we believe in developing customer partnerships. Certainly, there is an entrepreneur in each of us. Accordingly, it’s the reason we’ve expanded our business – with innovation, new products, and geographical growth. Because we want to perpetuate our entrepreneurial spirit and provide the opportunity for others to do the same.
About Us - Who We Are
A lot of companies will tell you they “think outside the box.” But that’s not us – we never actually fit in the box to begin with. We’ve always enjoyed the position of being just a little different in our approach.
Foodservice Leadership Team
With over a century of combined experience in foodservice, the Leadership Team at Winston keeps the future’s vision in the forefront, while leaning on the heritage and tradition the company was founded on over 50 years ago. Read more about us and our team.
Our History

Engineering Prototype Services Begins

Winston Meets Colonel Harland Sanders

The Invention of the Collectramatic® Fryer

Commercial Appliances Established

Company Renamed Collectramatic Inc.

Norman Rockwell Paints Colonel Sanders

New Headquarters is Completed

Going Worldwide: Collectramatic® Receives International Orders

Controlled Vapor Technology (CVap®) is Developed

Winston Industries is Established

CVap® Technology Expands to Cooking

Patent Obtained for CVap®

Winston's Restaurant

New President/CEO

CVap Book Published

Distinguished WVU Alumni

ENERGY STAR® is Achieved

AKFCF Supplier Award

Educator of the Year

James Beard House

StarChefs Innovation Award

IACP Award

New President/CEO

Kitchen Data Systems

Best in Class

A&W Award of Excellence

Salvagnini Equipment Purchased

Win2uit Division

Culture Club

Winston Shelton Steps Down

Divisions Created

Development Begins

Four Divisions

CVap® Gets A New Design

Winston Shelton Honored

Ventures Division Discontinued

Winston Shelton Passes
