Control system and method for thermal processing equipment

A computerized method of controlling thermal processing of food product effectuated by a processor executing a set of commands stored in a storage medium, the method comprising:

• setting a multi-step process flow to a first food processing step that is conducted automatically by the set of commands in a first thermal processing device;
• reading, with a set of wireless probes inserted in the food product, a temperature characteristic of the food product in the first thermal processing device;
• wirelessly transmitting the temperature characteristic from the wireless probes to a receiver;
• communicating the temperature characteristic from the receiver to a control panel;
• controlling automatically, with the set of commands, the first thermal processing device to continue the first food processing step when the temperature characteristic is within a predetermined range associated with the first food processing step;
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• automatically incrementing, with the set of commands, the multi-step process flow to a second food processing step undertaken at a different location when the temperature characteristic is outside of the predetermined tango associated with the first food processing step, while alerting a user with an alarm, and moving the set of wireless probes inserted in the food product to a second thermal processing device when the second food processing step requires a different thermal processing device, wherein the set of commands control the thermal processing devices.