Patent ID: 9198443
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: A23B,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A food preparation apparatus utilizing vacuum and pressurization to saturate a food substance with smoke flavor very quickly and efficiently while using very small amounts of smoke producing fuel, the apparatus comprising: (a) an ignition and burn chamber having an ignition/burn device adapted so that a small amount of wood or other smoke producing material can be ignited to produce smoke within the confines of said ignition/burn chamber in sufficient quantities to be pulled into an adjacent and separate vacuum/compression chamber containing meat or other food and capable of holding a partial vacuum and sustaining a compressed atmosphere; (b) a vacuum pump for creating a partial vacuum in the vacuum/compression chamber containing the meat or other food and drawing smoke from the ignition/burn chamber into the vacuum/compression chamber; (c) a compressor for creating a pressurized atmosphere in the vacuum/compression chamber containing the meat or other food for pressurizing the smoke in contact with the meat or other food; (d) a smoke transfer pipe for transferring the smoke created in the ignition/burn chamber by the vacuum created in the vacuum/compression chamber containing meat or other food.