Storage and packaging of bulk food items and method
    1.
    发明授权
    Storage and packaging of bulk food items and method 失效
    散装食品的储存和包装及方法

    公开(公告)号:US08357412B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-01-22

    申请号:US13199997

    申请日:2011-09-15

    IPC分类号: A23L1/217

    摘要: A semi-automated food processing station, system and method is provided that allows food to be dispensed, stored and packaged in a suitable container, which may be an individual portion-sized container for serving to a customer. In one embodiment, the system includes an automated salting device, and may include a pivotable food receiving tray that automatically transfers the food items to one or more storage bins, where an infrared heater maintains the temperature of the food items by directing infrared radiation thereon. In a preferred embodiment, the infrared radiation passes through a filter that filters out the wavelengths of infrared radiation that may be irritating to an operator.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种半自动食品加工站,系统和方法,其允许将食物分配,储存和包装在合适的容器中,该容器可以是用于服务于客户的单个部分尺寸的容器。 在一个实施例中,系统包括自动盐化装置,并且可以包括可枢转的食物接收托盘,其将食品物品自动地传送到一个或多个存储箱,其中红外加热器通过在其上引导红外辐射来保持食品的温度。 在优选实施例中,红外辐射通过滤光器,其过滤可能对操作者产生刺激的红外辐射波长。

    Automated fryer filtration device and method
    2.
    发明申请
    Automated fryer filtration device and method 有权
    自动油炸锅过滤装置及方法

    公开(公告)号:US20110129578A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-06-02

    申请号:US12931704

    申请日:2011-02-07

    IPC分类号: A23L1/01 A47J37/12 B01D37/00

    摘要: A commercial device and method for cooking food product in cooking oil includes a fry vat containing an amount of cooking oil used to cook discrete batches of uncooked food in discrete batches of a weight relative to the amount of cooking oil in the range of from about 0.0375 to about 0.1, with the total amount of food being cooked at any one time relative to the amount of oil in the fry vat being about 0.1 or less. Cooking the food results in an uptake of oil by the food in an amount of from about 5.5% to about 13% by weight of the uncooked food, and an oil turnover ratio of from about 0.0026 to about 0.007 per discrete batch. Replacement oil is periodically added, and a sufficient number of batches are cooked over 60 hours of operation to achieve at least one vat oil turnover.Automated intermittent filtration is employed in the device and method that can include monitoring the elapsed time since the last filtration of the cooking oil, monitoring the amount of food by number of batches or by weight of food product cooked in the oil since the last filtration, and filtering the oil when a predetermined threshold value is reached based on the elapsed time since the last filtration and the amount of food cooked.An automated device and method for maintaining a level of oil in a fry vat having a volume includes sensing the level of oil in the vat. When the sensed level of oil in the vat is less than or equal to a first predetermined level, replacement oil is automatically added to the fry vat, typically when at ambient temperature at a low average flow rate in the range of about 0.008 to about 0.08 gallons per minute per gallon of the oil present in the vat at the first predetermined level. The low average flow rate of added oil avoids a temperature drop of more than 15° F., 10° F. or 5° F. in the bulk oil present in the fry vat as result of adding the oil as desired.

    摘要翻译: 用于在烹饪油中烹饪食物的商业装置和方法包括含有一定数量的烹饪油的油炸锅,其用于以离散批次的重量相对于烹饪油的量在约0.0375的范围内分离的不同批次的未烹饪食物 至约0.1,相对于油炸缸中的油量,任意一次烹调的食物总量约为0.1或更小。 烹饪食物导致食物摄取油的量为未煮过的食物重量的约5.5%至约13%,并且离散批次的油周转比为约0.0026至约0.007。 定期添加替代油,并且在60小时的操作中烹制足够数量的批次,以达到至少一个大桶油周转。 在该装置和方法中采用自动间歇过滤,该方法包括监测自上次过滤烹饪油以来经过的时间,通过上次过滤后在油中烹制的批次数量或重量的食品来监测食物的数量, 并且根据从上一次过滤起经过的时间和煮熟的食物量达到预定阈值时对油进行过滤。 用于在具有体积的油炸锅中保持油水平的自动化装置和方法包括感测桶中的油的水平。 当感测到的大桶中的油的水平小于或等于第一预定水平时,替代油被自动地添加到鱼缸中,通常在环境温度下以约0.008至约0.08的范围内的低平均流量 加仑每分钟每加仑在第一预定水平的大桶中存在的油。 添加油的低平均流量避免了在油脂中存在的大量油中的温度下降超过15°F,10°F或5°F,因为根据需要加入油。

    Food tray device and method
    3.
    发明申请
    Food tray device and method 有权
    食品托盘装置及方法

    公开(公告)号:US20100129502A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-05-27

    申请号:US12315019

    申请日:2008-11-25

    IPC分类号: A47J39/00 G01N33/02 A47G23/04

    CPC分类号: A47J39/02

    摘要: A food tray device for maintaining food warm or cold is disclosed. The food tray device has a support and a disposable tray portion or container. The container generally does not need to be sturdy enough to reliably carry food without the support. Optionally the support and container may have holes for limited venting of the tray interior while maintaining the moisture content of the food.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于保持食物温暖或冷的食物托盘装置。 食物托盘装置具有支撑件和一次性托盘部分或容器。 容器通常不需要足够坚固以可靠地携带没有支撑物的食物。 可选地,支撑件和容器可以具有用于托盘内部的有限通风的孔,同时保持食物的水分含量。

    Automated fryer filtration device and method
    4.
    发明授权
    Automated fryer filtration device and method 有权
    自动油炸锅过滤装置及方法

    公开(公告)号:US07885521B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-02-08

    申请号:US11712784

    申请日:2007-03-01

    IPC分类号: F24H9/20

    摘要: A commercial device and method for cooking food product in cooking oil includes a fry vat containing an amount of cooking oil used to cook discrete batches of uncooked food in discrete batches of a weight relative to the amount of cooking oil in the range of from about 0.0375 to about 0.1, with the total amount of food being cooked at any one time relative to the amount of oil in the fry vat being about 0.1 or less. Cooking the food results in an uptake of oil by the food in an amount of from about 5.5% to about 13% by weight of the uncooked food, and an oil turnover ratio of from about 0.0026 to about 0.007 per discrete batch. Replacement oil is periodically added, and a sufficient number of batches are cooked over 60 hours of operation to achieve at least one vat oil turnover.Automated intermittent filtration is employed in the device and method that can include monitoring the elapsed time since the last filtration of the cooking oil, monitoring the amount of food by number of batches or by weight of food product cooked in the oil since the last filtration, and filtering the oil when a predetermined threshold value is reached based on the elapsed time since the last filtration and the amount of food cooked.

    摘要翻译: 用于在烹饪油中烹饪食物的商业装置和方法包括含有一定数量的烹饪油的油炸锅,其用于以离散批次的重量相对于烹饪油的量在约0.0375的范围内分离的不同批次的未烹饪食物 至约0.1,相对于油炸缸中的油量,任意一次烹调的食物总量约为0.1或更小。 烹饪食物导致食物摄取油的量为未煮过的食物重量的约5.5%至约13%,并且离散批次的油周转比为约0.0026至约0.007。 定期添加替代油,并且在60小时的操作中烹制足够数量的批次,以达到至少一个大桶油周转。 在该装置和方法中采用自动间歇过滤,该方法包括监测自上次过滤烹饪油以来经过的时间,通过上次过滤后在油中烹制的批次数量或重量的食品来监测食物的数量, 并且根据从上一次过滤起经过的时间和煮熟的食物量达到预定阈值时对油进行过滤。

    Low oil volume frying device and method
    5.
    发明申请
    Low oil volume frying device and method 有权
    低油量油炸装置及方法

    公开(公告)号:US20080213448A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-09-04

    申请号:US11712711

    申请日:2007-03-01

    IPC分类号: A23L1/01 A23L1/217 A47J37/12

    摘要: A commercial device and method for cooking food product in cooking oil includes a fry vat containing an amount of cooking oil used to cook discrete batches of uncooked food in discrete batches of a weight relative to the amount of cooking oil in the range of from about 0.0375 to about 0.1, with the total amount of food being cooked at any one time relative to the amount of oil in the fry vat being about 0.1 or less. Cooking the food results in an uptake of oil by the food in an amount of from about 5.5% to about 13% by weight of the uncooked food, and an oil turnover ratio of from about 0.0026 to about 0.007 per discrete batch. Replacement oil is periodically added, and a sufficient number of batches are cooked over 60 hours of operation to achieve at least one vat oil turnover.Automated intermittent filtration is employed in the device and method that can include monitoring the elapsed time since the last filtration of the cooking oil, monitoring the amount of food by number of batches or by weight of food product cooked in the oil since the last filtration, and filtering the oil when a predetermined threshold value is reached based on the elapsed time since the last filtration and the amount of food cooked.An automated device and method for maintaining a level of oil in a fry vat having a volume includes sensing the level of oil in the vat. When the sensed level of oil in the vat is less than or equal to a first predetermined level, replacement oil is automatically added to the fry vat, typically when at ambient temperature at a low average flow rate in the range of about 0.008 to about 0.08 gallons per minute per gallon of the oil present in the vat at the first predetermined level. The low average flow rate of added oil avoids a temperature drop of more than 15° F., 10° F. or 5° F. in the bulk oil present in the fry vat as result of adding the oil as desired.

    摘要翻译: 用于在烹饪油中烹饪食物的商业装置和方法包括含有一定数量的烹饪油的油炸锅,其用于以离散批次的重量相对于烹饪油的量在约0.0375的范围内分离的不同批次的未烹饪食物 至约0.1,相对于油炸缸中的油量,任意一次烹调的食物总量约为0.1或更小。 烹饪食物导致食物摄取油的量为未煮过的食物重量的约5.5%至约13%,并且离散批次的油周转比为约0.0026至约0.007。 定期添加替代油,并且在60小时的操作中烹制足够数量的批次,以达到至少一个大桶油周转。 在该装置和方法中采用自动间歇过滤,该方法包括监测自上次过滤烹饪油以来经过的时间,通过上次过滤后在油中烹制的批次数量或重量的食品来监测食物的数量, 并且根据从上一次过滤起经过的时间和煮熟的食物量达到预定阈值时对油进行过滤。 用于在具有体积的油炸锅中保持油水平的自动化装置和方法包括感测桶中的油的水平。 当感测到的大桶中的油的水平小于或等于第一预定水平时,替代油被自动地添加到鱼缸中,通常在环境温度下以约0.008至约0.08的范围内的低平均流量 加仑每分钟每加仑在第一预定水平的大桶中存在的油。 添加油的低平均流量避免了在油脂中存在的大量油中的温度下降超过15°F,10°F或5°F,因为根据需要加入油。

    Automated fryer refilling device and method
    6.
    发明申请
    Automated fryer refilling device and method 审中-公开
    自动油炸锅补充装置及方法

    公开(公告)号:US20080213446A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-09-04

    申请号:US11712817

    申请日:2007-03-01

    摘要: A commercial device and method for cooking food product in cooking oil includes a fry vat containing an amount of cooking oil used to cook discrete batches of uncooked food in discrete batches of a weight relative to the amount of cooking oil in the range of from about 0.0375 to about 0.1, with the total amount of food being cooked at any one time relative to the amount of oil in the fry vat being about 0.1 or less. Cooking the food results in an uptake of oil by the food in an amount of from about 5.5% to about 13% by weight of the uncooked food, and an oil turnover ratio of from about 0.0026 to about 0.007 per discrete batch. Replacement oil is periodically added, and a sufficient number of batches are cooked over 60 hours of operation to achieve at least one vat oil turnover.Automated intermittent filtration is employed in the device and method that can include monitoring the elapsed time since the last filtration of the cooking oil, monitoring the amount of food by number of batches or by weight of food product cooked in the oil since the last filtration, and filtering the oil when a predetermined threshold value is reached based on the elapsed time since the last filtration and the amount of food cooked.An automated device and method for maintaining a level of oil in a fry vat having a volume includes sensing the level of oil in the vat. When the sensed level of oil in the vat is less than or equal to a first predetermined level, replacement oil is automatically added to the fry vat, typically when at ambient temperature at a low average flow rate in the range of about 0.008 to about 0.08 gallons per minute per gallon of the oil present in the vat at the first predetermined level. The low average flow rate of added oil avoids a temperature drop of more than 15° F., 10° F. or 5° F. in the bulk oil present in the fry vat as result of adding the oil as desired.

    摘要翻译: 用于在烹饪油中烹饪食物的商业装置和方法包括含有一定数量的烹饪油的油炸锅,其用于以离散批次的重量相对于烹饪油的量在约0.0375的范围内分离的不同批次的未烹饪食物 至约0.1,相对于油炸缸中的油量,任意一次烹调的食物总量约为0.1或更小。 烹饪食物导致食物摄取油的量为未煮过的食物重量的约5.5%至约13%,并且离散批次的油周转比为约0.0026至约0.007。 定期添加替代油,并且在60小时的操作中烹制足够数量的批次,以达到至少一个大桶油周转。 在该装置和方法中采用自动间歇过滤,该方法包括监测自上次过滤烹饪油以来经过的时间,通过上次过滤后在油中烹制的批次数量或重量的食品来监测食物的数量, 并且根据从上一次过滤起经过的时间和煮熟的食物量达到预定阈值时对油进行过滤。 用于在具有体积的油炸锅中保持油水平的自动化装置和方法包括感测桶中的油的水平。 当感测到的大桶中的油的水平小于或等于第一预定水平时,替代油被自动地添加到鱼缸中,通常在环境温度下以约0.008至约0.08的范围内的低平均流量 加仑每分钟每加仑在第一预定水平的大桶中存在的油。 添加油的低平均流量避免了在油脂中存在的大量油中的温度下降超过15°F,10°F或5°F,因为根据需要加入油。

    Food tray device and method
    7.
    发明授权
    Food tray device and method 有权
    食品托盘装置及方法

    公开(公告)号:US08960488B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-02-24

    申请号:US12315019

    申请日:2008-11-25

    IPC分类号: A47J45/00 A47J39/02

    CPC分类号: A47J39/02

    摘要: A food tray device for maintaining food warm or cold is disclosed. The food tray device has a support and a disposable tray portion or container. The container generally does not need to be sturdy enough to reliably carry food without the support. Optionally the support and container may have holes for limited venting of the tray interior while maintaining the moisture content of the food.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于保持食物温暖或冷的食物托盘装置。 食物托盘装置具有支撑件和一次性托盘部分或容器。 容器通常不需要足够坚固以可靠地携带没有支撑物的食物。 可选地,支撑件和容器可以具有用于托盘内部的有限通风的孔,同时保持食物的水分含量。

    Low oil volume frying device and method
    8.
    发明授权
    Low oil volume frying device and method 有权
    低油量油炸装置及方法

    公开(公告)号:US08133520B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-03-13

    申请号:US11712711

    申请日:2007-03-01

    IPC分类号: A23L1/01

    摘要: A commercial device and method for cooking food product in cooking oil includes a fry vat containing an amount of cooking oil used to cook discrete batches of uncooked food in discrete batches of a weight relative to the amount of cooking oil in the range of from about 0.0375 to about 0.1, with the total amount of food being cooked at any one time relative to the amount of oil in the fry vat being about 0.1 or less. Cooking the food results in an uptake of oil by the food in an amount of from about 5.5% to about 13% by weight of the uncooked food, and an oil turnover ratio of from about 0.0026 to about 0.007 per discrete batch. Replacement oil is periodically added, and a sufficient number of batches are cooked over 60 hours of operation to achieve at least one vat oil turnover.

    摘要翻译: 用于在烹饪油中烹饪食物的商业装置和方法包括含有一定数量的烹饪油的油炸锅,其用于以离散批次的重量相对于烹饪油的量在约0.0375的范围内分离的不同批次的未烹饪食物 至约0.1,相对于油炸缸中的油量,任意一次烹调的食物总量约为0.1或更小。 烹饪食物导致食物摄取油的量为未煮过的食物重量的约5.5%至约13%,并且离散批次的油周转比为约0.0026至约0.007。 定期添加替代油,并且在60小时的操作中烹制足够数量的批次,以达到至少一个大桶油周转。

    Storage and packaging of bulk food items and method
    9.
    发明授权
    Storage and packaging of bulk food items and method 失效
    散装食品的储存和包装及方法

    公开(公告)号:US08051795B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-11-08

    申请号:US11413233

    申请日:2006-04-28

    IPC分类号: A23G3/00

    摘要: A semi-automated food processing station, system and method is provided that allows food to be dispensed, stored and packaged in a suitable container, which may be an individual portion-sized container for serving to a customer. In one embodiment, the system includes an automated salting device, and may include a pivotable food receiving tray that automatically transfers the food items to one or more storage bins, where an infrared heater maintains the temperature of the food items by directing infrared radiation thereon. In a preferred embodiment, the infrared radiation passes through a filter that filters out the wavelengths of infrared radiation that may be irritating to an operator.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种半自动食品加工站,系统和方法,其允许将食物分配,储存和包装在合适的容器中,该容器可以是用于服务于客户的单个部分尺寸的容器。 在一个实施例中,系统包括自动盐化装置,并且可以包括可枢转的食物接收托盘,其将食品物品自动地传送到一个或多个存储箱,其中红外加热器通过在其上引导红外辐射来保持食品的温度。 在优选实施例中,红外辐射通过滤光器,其过滤可能对操作者产生刺激的红外辐射波长。

    Thin film cooking and food transfer devices and methods
    10.
    发明申请
    Thin film cooking and food transfer devices and methods 审中-公开
    薄膜烹饪和食品转移装置及方法

    公开(公告)号:US20090049996A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-02-26

    申请号:US11895391

    申请日:2007-08-24

    IPC分类号: A47J36/04 A47J37/06 A47J37/10

    摘要: Improved cooking devices and methods of achieving good adherence contact between a low-friction, non-stick release sheet material and a heated food-supporting platen or cooking surface are provided. The adherence of the release sheet to the lower platen is sufficiently good to permit removal of cooked items such as hamburger patties with a spatula without significantly adversely disturbing the release sheet. In addition, good heat transfer is achieved to permit good sear (good carmelization and good browning) on the bottom surface of foods, including hamburger patties. In addition, inventive cooking utensils and methods are provided that incorporate or use release sheets in the utensils themselves, so that the benefits of a release sheet on the food-supporting platen or cooking surface are achieved.

    摘要翻译: 提供了改进的烹饪装置和在低摩擦不粘剥离片材和加热的食物支撑压板或烹饪表面之间实现良好粘附接触的方法。 剥离片粘附到下压板足够好以允许用刮铲除去诸如汉堡包馅饼的烹饪物品,而不会明显地不利地影响剥离片。 此外,实现良好的热传递以允许在食物的底部表面上包括汉堡包馅饼的良好的烙印(良好的开化和良好的褐变)。 此外,提供了在餐具本身中并入或使用剥离片的发明性烹饪器具和方法,从而实现了在食品支撑台板或烹饪表面上的脱模片的益处。