Pressure induced heat transfer cooking apparatus

Abstract

Abstract IN AN APPARATUS FOR COOKING FOODS, PARTICULARLY MEATS, POULTRY, AND FISH, A PRESSURE IS PROVIDED WITH ATTACHMENTS ALLOWING FOR THE SELECTIVE CONVEYANCE OF THE ELEMENTS OF HEAT, PRESSURE, AND A COOLANT INTO THE VESSEL, WITH A CONDUIT ALSO PROVIDING FOR THE TIMELY DISCHARGE OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING. THE APPARATUS INCORPORATES MEANS FOR INDUCING A CIRCULATION OF THE HEAT ENERGY ENCLOSED THEREIN SO THAT UNIFORMLY OF TEMPERATURE IS MAINTAINED. HYDRAULIC OR PNEUMATIC LIFT MEANS IS PROVIDED FOR ELEVATING OR SEALING THE CLOSURE UPON THE VESSEL, AND A REMOVABLE RETAINER IS SUPPORTED WITHIN THE INTERIOR OF THE APPARATUS TO ACCOMMODATE AND SUPPORT A QUANTITY OR FOOD DURING THE COOKING PROCESS. THE PROCESS FOR COOKING FOODS ESSENTIALLY COMPRISES SUBJECTING THE ENCLOSED FOODS TO A QUANTITY OF THERMAL ENERGY, INTRODUCING GASEOUS PRESSURE TO INDUCE TRANSFER OF THE HEAT INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE FOODS THEREBY ACCELERATING THE COOKING OPERATION, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY CIRCULATING THE HEAT ENERGY, COOLING THE COOKED FOODS AND DISCHARGING THE HEAT AND PRESSURE.

Inventors

• 👤 Paul M Denk

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