Food Automation-service Techniques, Inc.

Technology Licensing Corporation

Micro-technology Licensing Corporation

Mario Pasquini

Bernard G Koether

William M Schreyer

Lance M Albrecht

Allan E Witt

Andrew B Macri

Kathie A Breen

A food-temperature control system includes apparatus for controlling the temperature of the food in a cooking vat and for providing an output signal representative of the status of the food. A holding station for the food is disposed remotely from the apparatus, A remote status indicator adjacent the holding station is coupled to the apparatus for indicating the status of the food at the holding station.

Food temperature control system

A parameter control system for an oven which may, for example, be a baking oven or a convection oven having the capability of injecting steam into the cooking cavity. The parameter control system precisely controls cooking temperature, cooking time, humidity and air flow in the oven. The parameters can be easily and repeatably set.

Heating system for oven zone location

Parameter control system for an oven

Apparatus for prompting an operator to stir a cooking medium in a cooking appliance, for example, shortening in a fryer vat. The apparatus prompts the operator to stir the shortening vigorously during a cold start. The apparatus may utilize a timer which counts down the time and at time out causes a stir alarm to sound and a message to be displayed to alert the operator that a stir time has occurred. Also, the shortening temperature may be checked to determine whether a specific stir temperature has been reached. When a stir temperature has been reached, the alarm may be sounded and the meassage displayed to prompt the operator to stir the shortening.

Stir prompt apparatus

A cooking computer communication system in which a control computer controls one or more cooking appliance computers. The control computer may, for example, be a local store computer or may be a remote corporate mainframe computer. The system also may include an interface microprocessor between the cooking appliance computer and the local computer and the control computer may include the interface processor. The local store computer or the remote computer may also act as a monitor computer.

Plural cooking computer communication system

Apparatus for averaging the temperatures of a plurality of temperature probes in an oven automatically eliminates the temperature readings of probes outside a predetermined temperature differential from the probe temperature average. The apparatus utilizes a microcomputer to provide high energy load minimization for an oven with multiple heating capabilities.

Control apparatus for cooking apparatus

Cooking apparatus controlled by a programmed digital microcomputer for determining whether the cooking process is complete and for filtering the cooking medium when, for example, only one cooking process is complete. The apparatus also determines whether the cooking medium has been filtered and locks out the initiation of a cooking process after, for example, the completion of only one cooking process at least until the apparatus determines that the cooking medium has been filtered.

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Mario Pasquini