Apparatus for adding salt or seasonings to food being cooked in steam cookers
AssigneeF. Kuppersbusch & Sohne Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsAlfred Lohr, Wolfgang Tschek
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Abstract
Apparatus is provided for adding salt or seasonings to food being cooked in a steam cooker cooking vessel having a cooking chamber. The apparatus includes a separate collecting vessel for accommodating a salt or seasoning solution, a supply line attached to the collecting vessel for connecting the collecting vessel to the cooking vessel, and a conveying and turnover pump for conveying the salt or seasoning solution from the collecting vessel to the food in the cooking chamber through the supply line.
Claims5
Apparatus for adding salt or seasonings to food being cooked in a steam cooker cooking vessel having a cooking chamber comprising:
- a. a cooking vessel having a support platform and food containers on the support platform for holding the food being cooked;
- b. a plurality of spray nozzles at the top of the cooking vessel for spraying the food with a salt or seasoning solution;
- c. a separate and portable collecting vessel for accommodating the salt or seasoning solution;
- d. a supply line attached to said collecting vessel for connecting said collecting vessel to the spray nozzles of the cooking vessel;
- e. a conveying and turnover pump for conveying the salt or seasoning solution from the collecting vessel to the food in the cooking chamber through the supply line;
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- f. a discharge line connected to the bottom of the cooking vessel below the support platform and which serves as a return line to the collecting vessel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.