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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2008
Applicants:
Byron M. Falgout, River Ridge, LA (US);
Brent A. Ledet, River Ridge, LA (US);
Inventors:
Byron M. Falgout, River Ridge, LA (US);
Brent A. Ledet, River Ridge, LA (US);
Assignee:
Laitram, L.L.C., Harahan, LA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23P 1/00 (2006.01); A47J 27/00 (2006.01); A47J 37/08 (2006.01); A47J 37/04 (2006.01); A23L 1/01 (2006.01); A23B 4/005 (2006.01); A23L 1/015 (2006.01); A23L 1/33 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 1/0121 (2013.01); A23B 4/0053 (2013.01); A23L 1/0151 (2013.01); A23L 1/33 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for steam-cooking food products to improve their appearance and decrease yield loss. A steam cooker includes a low-temperature, forced-convection cooking region in series with a high-temperature, steam-impingement cooking region. The food product is conveyed through both regions atop a foraminous conveyor belt. The temperature in the high-temperature cooking region is greater than the temperature in the low-temperature cooking region and less than or equal to 100° C.