System and Method to Improve the Efficiency and Quality of Cooking Grains
OwnerNick Ovchinnikovinventor
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Abstract
A system and method to improve the efficiency and quality of cooking grains can include soaking the grains before cooking so that cook time is reduced. Soaking can be done carefully with a continuous soaker having a conveyor belt so that the grains are not agitated, pressed upon, or scooped. The grains can be cooked on a conveyor belt in a three-phase cooker that can reduce cook time and increase the quality of the cooked grains. A first phase can include forced steam that is blown into the cooker at the first phase. A second phase can include boiling water that is sprayed onto the grains. A third phase can include forced steam along with water drizzled onto the cooking rice.
Claims10
A continuous grain soaker comprising:
- a soaking tank with water inside the soaking tank;
- a continuous conveyor belt adapted to carry grains through the water in the soaking tank;
- and
- a ramp, wherein the conveyor belt passes through the soaking tank and up the ramp, whereby the water can be drained from the conveyor belt and back to the tank.
A continuous grain cooker comprising:
- a continuous conveyor belt adapted to carry grains through the continuous grain cooker;
- a first forced steam zone;
- a boiling water zone, the boiling water zone comprising boiling water nozzles adapted to spray boiling water onto grains on the conveyor belt;
- a second forced steam zone;
- and
- one or more forced steam blowers adapted to blow steam into the first forced steam zone and into the second forced steam zone under pressure.
A method of soaking grains comprising:
- depositing grains onto a conveyor belt of a grain soaker;
- moving the grains on the conveyor belt through a tank of water of the grain soaker;
- moving the grains on the conveyor belt upwards out of the tank of water on an upward sloping ramp section of the conveyor belt;
- allowing the excess water to drain away from the grains;
- and removing the grains from the grain soaker free of agitation or scooping of the grains.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.