Three-phase process and machine for cooking foods as dry pasta, rice, legumes and the like
OwnerGiulio Loriinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a new process for the quick cooking of foods such as pasta, rice, legumes and the like, and the automatic machine to carry it out. The process comprises three phases, namely pre-cooking, cooking and final cooking starting with overheated water. The process and the machine allow reduction of cooking time, improving efficiency of cooking level, avoiding excess of water hardness, reducing power consumption, avoiding or reducing scales, simplifying the machine and extending its life, having different types of heating, according to the local availability, and keeping comfortable the surrounding room where the machine has been installed.
Claims29
Automatic machine for carrying out a cooking operation in three phases, having a line comprising
- a pre-cooking chamber for performing a first of said three phases, comprising an inlet and an outlet,
- a first valve disposed in said pre-cooking chamber inlet, and a second valve disposed in said pre-cooking chamber outlet,
- a dispenser coupled to said pre-cooking chamber inlet in a manner such that feed in said dispenser cascades into said pre-cooking chamber when said first valve is open,
- a cooking chamber for performing a second of said three phases, having an inlet coupled to said outlet of said pre-cooking chamber and an outlet in a bottom thereof, with a third valve disposed in said cooking chamber outlet,
- a cooling jacket surrounding at least a part of said cooking chamber,
- an expeller pipe communicating with an interior of said cooking chamber for releasing pressurized vapor therefrom,
- a final cooking chamber for performing a third of said three phases, having a inlet coupled to said outlet of said cooking chamber through said third valve, being substantially cylindrical in shape and vertically positioned with a fourth valve closing a bottom thereof, avoiding direct connection with a surrounding area, and
- a boiler for generating over heating water for said cooking operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.