Patent ID: 7776374

Claim:
A method of thawing one or more frozen blocks of meat ( 1 ) having a temperature T 1 , said blocks of meat ( 1 ) being composed of units of meat ( 2 ) frozen together, the method comprising: placing the frozen blocks of meat ( 1 ) in a drum ( 4 ) of a massage system ( 3 ), said drum ( 4 ) having carriers ( 5 ), supplying a liquid ( 6 ) having a temperature T 2 , in the interior of the carriers ( 5 ), said temperature being higher than T 1 , said supply liquid ( 6 ) generating a temperature T 3 , on a surface of the carriers ( 5 ), said temperature T 3 being higher than T 1 , establishing a negative pressure in the drum ( 4 ), supplying brine having a temperature T 4 , to an interior of the drum ( 4 ), said temperature T 4 , being higher than T 1 , rotating/revolving the drum, causing the blocks of meat ( 1 ) and the brine to get into physical contact with the heated carriers ( 5 ), so as to thaw the one or more frozen blocks of meat contained therein, and, reducing a boiling point of the brine to prevent overheating of the meat by providing the negative pressure within the drum during rotation thereof.