Patent ID: 6572913
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: A23L,A47J

Abstract:
A method for cooking food comprising the steps of:heating a liquid cooking medium in a cooking vessel having an open top, a bottom, and a wall having a vertical height, the height sufficient and sufficient medium added so as to attain a hydrostatic pressure in the cooking medium at a predetermined lower depth, the hydrostatic pressure substantially greater than ambient atmospheric pressure; pretreating food to be cooked with steam; placing a discrete quantity of the steam-pretreated food into a container affixed to a conveyer extending through the cooking medium from an entry area at a surface of the cooking medium to the lower depth; moving the container downward by moving the conveyer, the hydrostatic pressure facilitating a cooking of the food at a rate substantially greater than a rate at ambient pressure; upwardly conveying the cooked food in the container through the cooking medium to an exit area at a surface of the cooking medium; emptying the container of the cooked food; and returning the emptied container from the exit area to the entry area.