Kombo King

Ventless Frying Anywhere Anytime Anyplace Anywhere

Save up to 60% on oil costs with Kombo King’s ventless fryer solutions. Automatically fry pre-packaged, par-cooked or fresh meals without expensive ventilation infrastructure to remove odours – council approved.

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Our Value Proposition

Save operational expenses, Consistent cooking, Healthier and safer, Save operational expenses, with automated ventless frying

The Kombo King fryer is an automated solution to revolutionize and solve the frying industry!

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Up to 60% Oil Saving

Kombo King's fryers drain oil from the product substantially more, in an enclosed environment of 80+ degrees Celsius. Less oil means a healthier diet AND reduced operational costs.

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Quick, Consistent, Quality Food

Kombo King is always having to balance three priorities, speed, consistency and freshness in delivering a meal. This while ensuring the queues are managed in a satisfactory manner for the customer. No other equipment can do it better!

Healthier and Safer

Kombo King offers exceptional health and safety features because there is no exposure to boiling oil and/or fumes. The Kombo King fryer is in an enclosed environment and the food is only exposed to the outside once in a container and so the food is made safe against the various fears, such as COVID-19 contamination.

Analytics, IoT & the Future

The Kombo King IOT connectivity uses uniquely developed hardware and software to relay useful information to cloud-based data servers.

No need for extraction

Removes the need for expensive extraction for plumes of steam.

Reduced inconsistencies

No more relying on employees to ensure consistency and quality.

No need for a constant eye

Employees will have more time in a fast-paced environment of fast foods.

Rent-to-buy

Kombo King Fryers are now available on a rent-to-buy arrangement, backed by Capital Box Asset Finance, making our fryers that much more accessible to businesses and entrepreneurs, ANYWHERE.

Our fryers

Kombo King’s automatic fryers can prepare freshly fried meals in 3 minutes, anywhere and with minimal human intervention.

The advanced software in the fryer means that the supply chain of products to the fryer can be automated, reducing supplier errors or miscommunications

Small Fryer

Perfect portable fryer for entrepreneurs, small restaurant or tavern spaces.

Single phase electricity
11L oil capacity
Two fully independent semi-auto loading chutes for rapid operation

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Large Fryer

Great for larger frying operations that need to push out greater amounts of fried food.

Completely automated
30L capacity for greater capacity
Two fully independent automated frying baskets

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Our Story - Anywhere Anytime Anyplace Anywhere

Kombo King (Pty) Ltd is a 100% black-controlled company which focuses on designing and producing smart controlled
fast food frying equipment. Kombo King aims to become a force in manufacturing; this will provide our country with much-needed, skilled
and semi-skilled jobs through the manufacturing sector and retail industry.

Humble Beginnings

Growing up in the Townships of South Africa, Kombo Kings co-founder, Zitulele “KK” Combi, understood the massive demand and gap in the market for quick, consistent and healthier fried food that is freely and easily available.

China to Africa

This all clicked into place when KK visited China ten years ago, as part of the South African economic delegation. It wasn’t fried food but noodles, the Chinese staple, as the locals lined up in front of a vending machine at an airport. The idea popped out… Africa and fried food. He was already thinking big…a vending machine for fried food.

Fried Food Innovation

Back home, KK embarked on the project with Ari Jacobson. Together, the entrepreneurs co-founded Kombo King, focusing on the drive to create consistent product out of a fryer that could be anywhere… no external extraction needed. The added element was speed… products should take just three minutes!

Kombo King can now boast customers such as PnP, Engen and King Pie whilst targeting further major retailers. While we have strong blue-chip clientele, there is still excitement for the informal sector – a business-in-a-box solution for a township trader.

The dream (and our innovation) continues…You are at the airport or train station. You see a fried chicken and chips vending machine. You put in your money and three-minutes later there is a piping hot fried meal – you don’t wake up, it’s real!