Smoking device
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroaki Nitta, Taku Kiriishi
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Abstract
Smoking device includes smoking chamber, smoke generating chamber, smoking heater, communication path, and fan. Smoking chamber houses raw material of a smoked food product. Smoke generating chamber is disposed below smoking chamber. Smoking heater generates smoke in smoke generating chamber by heating smoking material housed in smoke generating chamber. Communication path communicates smoking chamber with smoke generating chamber. Cooling fan cools smoke passing through communication path. According to the present aspect, a desired smoked product can be manufactured by using a sufficient amount of smoke at any smoking temperature.
Claims8
A smoking device comprising:
- a smoking chamber housing a raw material of a smoked food product;
- a smoke generating chamber disposed below the smoking chamber;
- a smoking heating unit configured to generate smoke in the smoke generating chamber by heating a smoking material housed in the smoke generating chamber;
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- a cooling unit configured to cool smoke passing through a communication path for communicating the smoking chamber with the smoking generating chamber, wherein the cooling unit is disposed between the smoking chamber and the smoke generating chamber, and wherein the communication path extends through the cooling unit.
A smoking device, comprising:
- a smoking chamber housing a raw material of a smoked food product;
- a smoke generating chamber disposed below the smoking chamber;
- a smoking heating unit configured to generate smoke in the smoke generating chamber by heating a smoking material housed in the smoke generating chamber;
- a communication path communicating the smoking chamber with the smoke generating chamber;
- a cooling unit configured to cool smoke passing through the communication path;
- a fermentation bacteria injecting unit configured to inject fermentation bacteria into the smoking chamber;
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- a controller configured to control the fermentation bacteria injecting unit and the smoking heating unit,
- wherein the controller is configured to cause the fermentation bacteria injecting unit to inject fermentation bacteria into the smoking chamber,
- and the smoking heating unit to generate smoke in the smoking chamber after a predetermined wait time has elapsed since completion of the injection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.