Patent ID: 6168818
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: A21D,A23G,B65B

Abstract:
A method for producing non-refrigerated cheesecake having extended shelf-life comprising: a conveyor continuously moving individual cups containing cheesecake batter from the entrance of an open ended oven to the exit of said oven; baking said batter while in said oven and creating a positive vapor pressure out of both the entrance and the exit of the oven; thereafter, in an unbroken sequence, continuously passing the cups from the oven onto a cooling table, said cooling table being covered with a hood arranged in line with the exit of the oven at a distance from the exit of the oven to form a gap; introducing sterile air into said hood so as to create a downward laminar sterile flow enveloping and thereby cooling the cheesecake on the cooling table; and maintaining the flow of sterile air from the cooling table and the flow of heated vapor from the oven so that the flow of sterile air and the flow of heated vapor interact at said gap to create a vacuum and maintain the baked cheesecake cups under constant sterile conditions as said cups move from the oven to the cooling table.