Patent ID: 6105485
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: A23B,A23L,A23N,A47J

Abstract:
A rotary blancher for cooking or blanching a food product by heating comprising:a) a blancher housing defining a chamber inside the housing for receiving the food product;b) a food product inlet carried by the housing and in communication with the chamber;c) a food product outlet carried by the housing and in communication with the chamber;d) a heat transfer medium inlet in fluid flow communication with the chamber for enabling a heat transfer medium to be introduced into the chamber to heat the food product received in the chamber;e) a rotary food product transport mechanism in operable cooperation with the housing for urging the food product received in the chamber toward the food product outlet; andf) wherein the housing, the food product inlet, and the food product outlet are sealed such that an atmosphere in the chamber can be maintained at a pressure greater than the pressure of an atmosphere outside of the blancher.