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US 2003/0140847 A1Published application
Apparatus for coating meat
AssigneeHoney Baked Ham, Inc.
InventorsRichard E. Gore, Allen Mottershead
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for coating hams is provided. Sugar is uniformly dispensed on an inclined plate that is heated to melt the sugar. The sugar flows into a reservoir from which it is poured onto hams passing below the reservoir on a conveyor. Spices are poured onto the melted sugar that sticks to the ham to form a glaze. Jets of water can cool the glaze to increase retention on the ham. The process can be repeated.
Claims7
An apparatus for coating a piece of meat, comprising:
- a source of unburned but melted sugar in sufficient amount to coat at least one piece of meat;
- and
- a trough reservoir in fluid communication with the source of melted sugar and sized to contain a sufficient volume of melted sugar to coat a surface of the at least one piece of meat with the melted sugar, the reservoir being configured to dispense the melted sugar by gravity onto the at least one piece of meat.
An apparatus for coating a piece of meat, comprising:
- a source of melted sugar in sufficient quantity to coat at least one piece of meat;
- and
- a reservoir in fluid communication with the source of melted sugar, the reservoir being configured to dispense the melted sugar onto the at least one piece of meat;
- wherein the quantity of melted sugar at said source is supplied in an on-demand manner.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.