Patent ID: 6619189
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: A23L,F24C

Abstract:
A device for rethermalizing food products comprising:a) a chamber having side, top and bottom walls, at least one of which is provided with a door to provide access into the chamber, and spaced-apart supports on the side walls for supporting trays in the chamber for containing the food products; b) a steam generator for generating steam; c) a plenum adjacent one of the walls and having spaced-apart inlets and outlets between the plenum and the chamber; d) a fan in the plenum for mixing air with the steam and moving the mixture from the inlets, through the plenum, to the outlets, across each tray, and back to the inlets; and e) a controller for controlling the temperatures of the air and steam mixture to temperatures below 212Â° F. to rethermalize the food products by, in part, steam condensing thereon.