Cooking method and apparatus
AssigneeVos Fry Systems Australia Ltd.
InventorsPeter M. Vos, David J. Vos
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Abstract
Cooking apparatus characterized in that it comprises reservoir means (66) for cooking fluid, cooking fluid spray means (76), means (78, 80, 82) for transferring cooking fluid from said reservoir means (66) to said spray means (76) wherein said spray means (76) is positioned such that food to be cooked is contacted by cooking fluid sprayed from said spray means (76). The food to be cooked may be held on tray means (144), in container means (140) in an annular space (214) defined by concentric wall means (184) or may be fed to the apparatus along conveyor means (14).
Claims22
Cooking apparatus comprising a housing, reservoir means for cooking fluid, spray means positioned in said housing, means for transferring cooking fluid from said reservoir means to said spray means, conveyor means for conveying food through said housing in a direction of passage from a feed end to a discharge end, said conveyor means being provided with aperture means, said spray means positioned such that, when said cooking apparatus is in operation, cooking fluid sprayed therefrom contacts and cooks food being conveyed by said conveyor means and said cooking fluid is able to pass through said aperture means of said conveyor means, said conveyor means comprising at least a first and a second set of elongate members extending longitudinally in the direction of passage of said food through said housing with at least one of the elongate members of said first set of elongate members being undulating and movable, in operation, to advancingly convey food placed on said conveyor means in a tumbling manner.
A method of cooking food comprising:
- providing a cooking apparatus comprising a housing;
- storing cooking fluid in reservoir means;
- positioning spray means in said housing for spraying said cooking fluid therefrom;
- transferring said cooking fluid from said reservoir means to said spray means via cooking fluid transfer means;
- conveying food in a direction of passage from a feed end to a discharge end of said cooking apparatus along conveyor means which comprises at least a first and second set of elongate members extending longitudinally in the direction of passage of said food through said housing with at least one of the elongate members of said first set of elongate members being of undulating form and movable;
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- spraying cooking fluid from said spray means onto said food to cook said food as it is conveyed from said feed end to said discharge end while advancingly conveying said food from said feed end to said discharge end in a tumbling manner by said conveyor means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.