Cooking a food product in a process vapor at progressively varying rates
US4949629A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 13, 1987 |
| Grant date | Aug 21, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 13, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA21B3/04
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An oven and method for cooking solid foods. The oven comprises an elongated housing divided into tandem cooking zones each with separate cooking and heating chambers. Food products are carried on a vapor pervious conveyor through the cooking chambers as a distinct cooking process vapor is recirculated in each zone at different rates between the heating and cooking chambers. In one zone, the process vapor is circulated generally laterally of the conveyor over the food in a turbulent mode and then recirculated for reheating in a path parallel to the conveyor.
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