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5445062 Cooker/rethermalizer  
A food cooker/rethermalizer especially suited for cooking or for reheating of prepared, packaged meat and sauce entree items, and optionally for cooking vegetables. The apparatus includes a...
5429041 Blancher with multiple heating zones  
A water tank is divided into a first heated compartment and a second heated compartment by an insulated baffle. A perforated cylinder is mounted within the tank and has a first segment which...
5427015 Drum with exterior frame for blanchers and coolers  
A cylindrical drum is rotatably mounted within a covered blancher or cooler water tank. The loads of the drum are supported entirely on an exterior frame formed of an inlet end plate and a...
5417148 Apparatus for dry-cooking food products  
An apparatus for dry-cooking food products, having a thermo-ventilated cooking chamber (35) and a rotatable container (2) for food products, internal to the cooking chamber (35), with rotatably...
5394790 Apparatus for preparing and packaging potato chips  
A self-contained potato chip manufacturing system, which is automated and capable producing a high volume of potato chips. The system includes numerous components that are mounted in a container...
5392697 Convertible gas or electric fired donut system  
A convertible gas fired or electrically heated donut cooking system is disclosed for automatic cooking of donuts featuring easy conversion from a gas fired embodiment using a low voltage battery...
5341729 Discharge for rotating drum blanchers and coolers  
A discharge chute extends between an auger and the discharge end plate of a perforated cylinder which rotates within a water-filled tank in a food processing apparatus such as a blancher or a...
5329842 Combination blancher and cooler  
A water tank is divided into a heated compartment and a cooled compartment by an insulated baffle. A perforated cylinder is mounted within the tank and has a first segment which extends within the...
5327817 Food machinery with agitating flight auger  
A food processing apparatus such as a cooler, blancher, or cooker, has a water tank with a perforated wall drum cylinder mounted to rotate within the tank. Loose or pouch-packaged food product is...
5275093 Food processing equipment  
A food processing equipment particularly adapted for frying treatment of various kinds of vegetable root, meat and marine object which are first sliced and then disposed in a drying basket for...
5275092 Carrousel basket for a cooking apparatus  
The present invention relates to a basket assembly for an apparatus for cooking and dispensing hot food products. The assembly may be incorporated into a vending machine to prepare fast food...
5205206 Food production apparatus  
This invention relates to a food production apparatus which is preferably used in the preparation of foods such as fried potatoes. In the invention, powder obtained by pulverizing and drying...
5193442 Use of fluid to agitate articles  
An apparatus for dispensing and agitating objects to be treated in a liquid is described in terms of the use of the apparatus in the processing of potato chips in cooking oil. The apparatus...
5189944 Automated french fry cooking apparatus  
A french fry cooking apparatus for deep-frying french fries includes a cooking unit having a plurality of frying baskets. Mounted above the cooking unit is a refrigeration unit which includes a...
5168797 Reciprocally vacuumized and pressurized multi-purpose food processing apparatus  
A reciprocally vacuumized and pressurized multipurpose food processing apparatus provided with a meshy basket in which all kinds of to-be-processed food can be received and that is plunged into the...
5168795 Automatic food frying and vending system  
An automatic food frying and vending system having a refrigerated storage chamber for storing food material to be fried and a frying chamber for frying material in cooking oil are installed in the...
5146841 Open-throat blancher  
A stainless steel tank has a hinged cover which closes over a cylindrical drum which is rotatably mounted within the tank. The drum has a stiff support structure with an inlet end plate and a...
5142968 Automated deep fat fryer  
An automated system for storing and cooking french fried potatoes includes a refrigeration and storage assembly and unique transport system which is easily used with fryers of a commercial type....
5133249 Steam and air injection blancher  
A stainless steel tank has an inlet for food products such as pasta and a discharge end where the food product is discharged. A perforated cylinder is mounted to rotate within the tank and an auger...
5101714 Universal cooking and baking apparatus  
Universal cooking unit wherein products to be cooked are introduced into a cooking or baking chamber by a drawer. The drawer includes joints to tightly seal the cooking chamber, which can be placed...
5097759 Sous vide reheating device  
A sous vide reheating device preferably includes at least two water heating chambers with each chamber having a heating device and a thermostat for controlling the temperature of the water in the...
5097754 Automatic air cooking system for vending machines  
A closed-loop air cooking system for use in a vending machine that vends french fried potatoes and the like, including: a) a closed-loop air duct assembly; b) a cooking basket mounted for rotation...
5085137 Equipment for the preparation of potato chips  
A low temperature continuous frying process is used to make potato chips which are similar in taste and texture to those produced by the slow-cooked batch or kettle process. Potato slices are...
5052287 Cooking apparatus for oil frying  
A cooking apparatus for oil frying comprising an outer pan, a rotational wheel and a plurality of pivotal dummy plates wherein the wheel is mounted on a pivot axis between two shaft brackets of the...
5027697 Rotating oblique basket frier for cyclic immersion cooking  
A deep fryer apparatus particularly suitable to home use with a rotatable basket rotating within tray. Both the basket and the tray can be removed from a fixed tray within the housing. The axis of...
5003868 Food processing apparatus  
A food processing apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus has a refrigerated compartment with a batch dispensing system for delivery of batches of frozen food to a cooking compartment. The cooking...
4977821 Automatic stirring of batch fried food products  
A food chip cooking process in which uncooked slices are propelled airborne over the cooking vat in a batch, are stirred and submerged to urge the batch from one end of the vat to the other and...
4942807 Turning mechanism  
An apparatus for stirring cooking ingredients in a vessel or for automatically turning a food item such as a steak or roast provides a stirring or turning action having horizontal and vertical...
4936201 Turner arm assembly for a doughnut fryer  
A turner arm assembly for a doughnut fryer has a pivot axle on one end that is provided with a hardened ball mounted in a cylindrical hardened bearing of the sidewall of a conveyor assembly. In an...
4920874 Method and apparatus for cooking and advertising food products  
A combination food cooking and advertising machine has a deep fat fryer, mechanical food manipulators in the fryer for dispensing, flipping and removing the food product, and motionless advertising...
4901633 Rotating oblique basket frier for cyclic immersion cooking  
A deep fryer apparatus particularly suitable to home use with a rotatable basket rotating within tray. Both the basket and the tray can be removed from a fixed tray within the housing. The axis of...
4901632 Three-phase process and machine for cooking foods as dry pasta, rice, legumes and the like  
The invention relates to a new process for the quick cooking of foods such as pasta, rice, legumes and the like, and the automatic machine to carry it out. The process comprises three phases,...
4882188 Process for preparing heat treated granular solid food  
The present invention relates generally to a batch process for preparing a heat treated granular solid foodstuff, and more particularly it relates to a process wherein a granular solid food is...
4873920 Vacuum frying and oil separating device  
A frying and oil separating device for frying raw materials and separating the absorbed oil from the fries under low pressure or vacuum through the provision of an insulated space maintained at a...
4857347 Method of dehydrating and puffing food particles  
A method and apparatus for delivering prepared wet fruit and vegetable particles into centripetal confinement under subatmospheric pressure, contacting the particles with heated edible oil until...
4854299 Deep fat food cooker having a fat pre-warmer  
A deep fat food cooker has a vat for cooking oil, a pre-warmer container on the outside of the vat for cooking oil to be pre-warmed before use in the cooker, and a thermal extractor to extract heat...
4852475 Continuous processing machine assembly for frying raw materials  
A continuous processing machine assembly for frying raw materials and separating the absorbed oil therefrom under low pressure or vacuum through the provision of a frying and oil escapement space...
4852471 Semiautomatic frying machine and air filter apparatus therefor  
Disclosed is a semiautomatic frying apparatus including a food carrying basket having a forward mounting lip and a rearward handle. The apparatus includes a basket-supporting shaft having a...
4844930 Method for making potato chips  
A low temperature continuous frying process is used to make potato chips which are similar in taste and texture to those produced by the slow-cooked batch or kettle process. Potato slices are...
4787301 Deep fat cooking apparatus and method  
A deep fat fryer, especially for potato chips, has a cradle screen with walls and lifting handles and means for supporting the cradle screen at a lower level within the cooking kettle, a cover...
4773316 Method of frying food and apparatus for the practice thereof  
The method of frying meat, poultry, sea food, vegetables and the like wherein food is fried on one side and then all such food (which may consist of a multiplicity of discrete pieces) is inverted...
4744293 Automatic continuous food frying device  
An automatic continuous food frying device comprising an oil tank adapted to be filled with a frying oil, a heating means for heating said frying oil, and a means for conveying food in a submerged...
4688476 Industrial food processing machine  
An industrial food processing machine which utilizes a closed environment to subject a food product flow to a continuous, controlled temperature treatment with water, and which provides access to...
4685386 Automatic apparatus for the continuous cooking of individual food portions by boiling or frying  
Automatic apparatus for the continuous cooking of individual food portions. The apparatus contains suspended baskets into which the food is placed, and the baskets are guided on a horizontal wheel....
4658709 Multitrack apparatus for frying food  
A double track deep fat food fryer has a cooking vat, a central divider wall dividing the vat into a pair of side-by-side elongate cooking tracks, a dispenser above an upstream end of the vat for...
4628804 Doughnut making machine for moving objects through a frying tank  
A small, inexpensive doughnut fryer has a conveyor and separate elevator that are driven from the same shaft without interference with one another. Sprockets for driving the elevator are recessed...
4594941 Food cooking machine with control mechanism  
A multiple mode deep fat food frying machine has a deep fat cooker, a hopper with structure for dropping food into the deep fat, and a multiple mode control for the food dropping structure; the...
4590361 Food frying apparatus including indirect oil heater  
A food frying apparatus includes a housing having a front side, a vessel mounted within the housing to contain oil, the vessel having an expansion zone adjacent the front side, and an oil heating...
4561346 Device for vibrating a deep frying pan  
A device is disclosed for oscillating and vibrating a deep pan so that the contents in the pan are thoroughly and evenly cooked without the chef's continual attention. The device is moved...
4510165 Taco shell forming and cooking method  
A machine forms tortillas into cooked taco shells using a conveyor with a plurality of complementary, vertically extending forming elements which shift from a nested to an open condition as the...
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