EXHIBIT 5

                [LETTERHEAD OF BLANK ROME TENZER GREENBLATT LLP]







                                      January 11 , 2002




TurboChef Technologies,  Inc.
10500 Metric Drive
Suite 128
Dallas, Texas 75243

Gentlemen:

     You have requested our opinion with respect to the offering by you,
TurboChef Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), pursuant
to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") to be
filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), of up to
2,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock (the "Plan Shares") issuable upon
exercise of options granted or to be granted under the Company's 1994 Stock
Option Plan, as amended (the "Plan").

     We have examined and relied upon originals, or copies certified or
otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents and corporate and
public records as we deemed necessary as a basis for the opinion hereinafter
expressed. With respect to such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of
all signatures appearing on all documents presented to us as originals, and the
conformity to the originals of all documents presented to us as conformed or
reproduced copies. Where factual matters relevant to such opinion were not
independently established, we have relied upon representations of executive
officers of the Company.

     Based upon the foregoing, it is our opinion that the Plan Shares, when
sold, paid for and issued as contemplated by the Plan, will be validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable.



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January 11, 2002
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     We hereby consent to the use of this opinion as Exhibit 5 to the
Registration Statement, and to the use of our name as your counsel in connection
with the Registration Statement and in the Prospectus forming a part thereof. In
giving this consent, we do not thereby concede that we come within the
categories of persons whose consent is required by the Act or the General Rules
and Regulations promulgated thereunder.

                                   Very truly yours,

                         /s/ Blank Rome Tenzer Greenblatt LLP

                           BLANK ROME TENZER GREENBLATT LLP