Patent ID: 7984672
Filing Date: 2011-07-26
Classification: A23B

Abstract:
1. A smoking system for cooking food products, said smoking system comprising: a controller; a smoke generator electrically coupled to said controller; a smoke chamber including first and second trolleys juxtaposed side-by-side, said first and second trolleys being in fluid communication with each other; a first duct having opposed ends directly coupled to said smoke generator and said smoke chamber, said first duct being provided with an first damper situated along a travel path thereof for regulating a volume of smoke entering said smoke chamber; a plurality of circulation motors seated on respective top surfaces of said first and second trolleys respectively; second and third ducts directly coupled to said circulation motors and said trolleys respectively such that air flow is directed into said smoke chamber from said respective top surfaces; a cleaning section in fluid communication with said first and second trolleys in such a manner that an external water source directs water into said smoke chamber from said respective top surfaces of said first and second trolleys and downwardly towards a bottom of said smoke chamber; a ventilation motor directly connected to said cleaning section and located upstream thereof such that said water does not enter said ventilation motor; and a fourth duct extending outwardly from said ventilation motor and including a second damper coupled thereto for regulating said air flow outwardly from said smoke chamber; a fifth duct provided with a third damper, said fifth duct being directly coupled to said second trolley and spaced from said first trolley for directly exhausting smoke outwardly from said second trolley, wherein said fifth duct is situated adjacent to said first duct so that excess smoke is quickly exhausted out from said second trolley prior to reaching said first trolley; wherein said smoke generator is seated exterior of said smoke chamber.