Conveyor

A spray cooking apparatus comprising:

• a housing;
• a cooking chamber located within said housing and having longitudinally spaced inlet and outlet ends;
• a conveyor means to convey food to be cooked through said cooking chamber, said conveyor means being substantially linear and longitudinally disposed between said inlet and outlet ends;
• said conveyor means further comprising a grid like mesh capable of allowing liquid cooking medium to pass therethrough;
• loading means to load food into said cooking chamber without entrainment of said food in a liquid;
• spray means for delivering liquid cooking medium longitudinally disposed along the length of said cooking chamber, spraying said food with a cooking liquid as said food passes through said cooking chamber to cook said food;
• means to collect excess cooking liquid for reuse in cooking of food;
• and
• wherein said conveyor means comprises a conveyor belt means, having a portion of said conveyor belt means arranged to convey items, wherein said portion comprises at least one dip in said conveyor belt means such that in use food items fall at said at least one dip from a first level of the conveyor belt means to a lower level of said conveyor belt means, which changes the spacing of the food items relative to the spray means, said conveyor belt means returning to substantially said first level after each said at least one dip.