The Hobart Corporation is an American mid-market provider of commercial grocery and foodservice equipment.

The company manufactures food preparation machines for cutting, slicing and mixing, cooking equipment, refrigeration units, warewashing and waste disposal systems, and weighing, wrapping, and labeling systems and products.

Hobart is an international company with manufacturing plants in the US, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, and the UK.

[3] KitchenAid was sold to Whirlpool Corporation in 1986[4] after the consummation of a $150 million purchase offer proposed in January 1985.

[7] In 2001, Hobart became a part of Illinois Tool Works Food Equipment Group.