Modular food preparation station
US5033366A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 5, 1990 |
| Grant date | Jul 23, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 5, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA23L5/15
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A modular food preparation station for storing and cooking food stuffs such as pizza comprising a base including at least one temperature controlled compartment formed therein to maintain the food stuffs within a predetermined temperature range prior to perparation and an infrared continuous conveyor oven including a thermally insulated cooking chamber having an entrance opening to receive raw food stuffs therethrough and a discharge opening to discharge cooked food therefrom formed at opposite ends thereof, and a continuous conveyor operatively disposed within the thermally insulated cooking chamber to move the food stuffs through the thermally insulated cooking chamber, infrared emitters longitudinally disposed above and below the continuous conveyor and passive emitters formed on opposite sides of the thermally insulated cooking chamber to complement the energy from the infrared emitters to uniformly cook the foodstuffs as the food stuffs pass through the thermally insulated cooking chamber.
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