Process and equipment for preparation and cooking of edible materials

US5193440A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• International Corporation · US

Inventor

• Peter Frank · Budapest, HU

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 7, 1990
• Grant date: Mar 16, 1993
• Expiry date: Jun 7, 2010

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A47J37/1214
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

Processes and equipment for preparation and cooking of edible materials, particularly for the automatic slicing and deep frying of vegetables, especially potatoes, to form crisps. The procedure comprises the steps of forming unwashed and undried slices of the edible material, individually feeding the slices without washing and drying into a bath of hot cooking oil, then when said slices subsequently float to the surface of the oil due to the formation of steam bubbles on the slices forcibly submerging the slices in said hot cooking oil for a further period in which cooking of the slices is substantially completed to give the slices a crisp consistency, and finally removing the cooked slices from the cooking oil and dispensing the cooked slices. The equipment comprises slicing means, a bath for containing hot cooking oil, heating means for maintaining the cooking oil at a required temperature, slice feeding means for individually feeding the unwashed and undried slices into said bath, and slice handling means for forcibly submerging slices, maintaining submersion of the slices for an appropriate period, and for finally removed cooked slides from the cooking oil and dispensing the co…