Patent ID: 8033213
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. An automatic broiler for batch cooking comprising: a conveyorized cooking surface; a lower heat source positioned below the conveyorized cooking surface; an upper heat source that includes at least an infrared emitting heating element positioned above the conveyorized cooking surface; a control means for selectively storing multiple cooking profiles of food products, the cooking profiles comprising at least a thermal output for the lower heat source and for the upper heat source, and an intensity and duration of infrared emission from the upper heat source; the control means regulating the thermal output of the upper and lower heat sources depending on the cooking profile selected; the control means pulsing the thermal output of the upper heat source independently from the lower heat source to provide the appropriate thermal output depending on the cooking profile selected, wherein the pulsed thermal output of the upper heat source includes a pre-programmed irregular sequence of upper heat source on-times and off-times; the control means timing the thermal output of the upper and lower heat sources depending on the cooking profile selected; and the control means discharging the batch of food products according to the cooking profile selected by actuating the conveyorized cooking surface.