John Bean Technologies Corporation

Stein, Inc.

Erie Instruments, LLC

James E Randall

Ramesh M Gunawardena

Owen Eugene Morey

Scott M Kane

Robert M Stacy

Charles McVeagh

Ronald D Lemke

Peter Liljegren

Robert A Mesteller

A device for positioning a temperature sensor includes a support structure and a lower platen supported by the support structure. The lower platen includes an upper surface, and at least a portion of the upper surface is located in a horizontal plane. The device further includes a sensor guide structure that includes an aperture having a centerline axis. The aperture is oriented horizontally and is configured to receive a temperature sensor. The sensor guide structure is vertically movable relative to the upper surface of the lower platen in proportion to a thickness of a food product supported on the upper surface of the lower platen, as measured in a direction perpendicular to the horizontal plane.

Device for positioning a temperature sensor

A method of cooking in a continuous cooking oven system generally includes transporting food products on a continuous, pervious conveyor through a helical path within a cooking chamber, directing a substantially vertical flow of a heated gaseous cooking medium into either a top end or a bottom end of the helical stack and through the plurality of superimposed tiers, and selectively reversing the substantially vertical flow of heated gaseous cooking medium on a user defined interval.

Methods of cooking in continuous cooking oven systems

An adjustable oven for mass cooking of food products comprising an essentially sealed enclosure having a conveyor received therethrough for conveying food through the oven. A heated gaseous cooking medium is applied to the food product during conveyance through the oven by impingement of the cooking medium at high velocity through spaced duct fingers disposed above and below the conveyor system. The gaseous cooking medium is heated and circulated through the oven at high velocity and subsequently recirculated for continuous cooking of food products in the oven. The cooking oven enables optimization of the cooking process by allowing at least certain of the duct fingers to be vertically adjustable relative to the food product so as to maximize heat transfer therefrom for any particular food product. The elevation of the duct fingers from the food product may be continuously varied automatically during operation of the oven or during a cooking cycle giving the food processor great flexibility in use of the oven.

Adjustable cooking oven

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James E Randall