Food or edible material: processes – compositions – and products – Direct application of electrical or wave energy to food... – Heating by electromagnetic wave
Patent
1988-09-02
1990-12-18
Corbin, Arthur L.
Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
Direct application of electrical or wave energy to food...
Heating by electromagnetic wave
426438, 426523, A23L 101
Patent
active
049785427
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for the preparation of what is commonly known as "fast foods" such as french fried potatoes. The method of the present invention pre-cooks food in a non-fat environment such as a microwave oven. Thereafter, the food is transported by a conveyor system through different cooking stations, at least one of which sprays the pre-cooked food with closely monitored quantities and concentrations of heated oil. The sprayed oil may be mixed with water or air and sprayed under pressure at elevated temperatures. In this manner, the prepared food has the appearance, taste and texture as though it were cooked in the traditional way, but is not saturated with oil as it would be if it were immersed in a heated vat. In other aspects of the invention, the conveyor system may provide an oscillating or lateral movement to the food that it is transporting to uniformly distribute the sprayed oil over the surface of the food, and to shake excess oil from the food. The conveyor system includes a wire mesh food support so that the sprayed oil may penetrate the under surface of the food and any excess sprayed oil may drip from the conveyor system to avoid over-saturation of the sprayed food.
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Corbin Arthur L.
Munson Eric Y.
Stone Mark P.
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