Patent ID: 6023055
Filing Date: 2000-02-08
Classification: A23L

Abstract:
A heating apparatus for prepackaged foods comprising:a closed chamber in which said prepackaged foods are disposed:said closed chamber having two structural parts each forming an electrode, each of said electrodes having generally flat inner electrode faces which are parallel to and spaced from one another, said closed chamber having a height measured between said two spaced inner electrode faces and extending perpendicular to said two inner electrode faces, said height corresponding to the height of the prepackaged foods measured perpendicular to said two inner electrode faces such that the prepackaged foods disposed in said closed chamber are sandwiched between and in contact with said two spaced inner electrode faces;a pressure controller for controlling the pressure inside said closed chamber; andhigh frequency electric power generating apparatus connected to said electrodes such that said electrodes are operable to heat said prepackaged foods in said closed chamber.