Soak tank overflow management

A system for managing fluid overflow in a food cooking system, the system comprising:

• one or more kettles configured to contain a fluid for cooking a food product;
• one or more soak tanks comprising a first inlet, a first outlet, and overflow piping, wherein the first inlet is fluidly connected to an outlet of the one or more kettles and configured to receive a cooked food product mixture, and wherein the first outlet is fluidly connected to the overflow piping;
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• an overflow tank comprising a first inlet, a second inlet, a first outlet, a second outlet, a debris monitor, and one or more agitation nozzles fluidly coupled to the second inlet, wherein the first inlet is fluidly connected to the overflow piping and configured to receive an excess amount of fluid from the one or more soak tanks via the overflow piping, wherein the excess amount of fluid comprises the fluid and debris, and wherein the overflow tank is configured to separate the fluid from the debris;
• a first valve comprising an inlet, a first outlet, and a second outlet, wherein the inlet of the first valve is fluidly connected to the first outlet of the overflow tank, the first outlet of the first valve is fluidly connected to the second inlet of the overflow tank;
• a second valve fluidly connected to the second outlet of the first valve, wherein a first outlet of the second valve is fluidly connected to an inlet of the one or more kettles, and a second outlet of the second valve is fluidly connected to the overflow piping;
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• wherein the first valve is configured to selectively deliver the separated fluid to the one or more agitation nozzles.