Patent ID: 8778436

Claim:
A method of making a confectionary frozen product, comprising: (a) supplying liquid gas through an intermediate vessel; (b) setting a controller with a desired consistency level for said confectionary frozen product; (c) said controller initiating movement of an agitator or a receiving container, wherein said agitator is movable relative to said receiving container and wherein said receiving container contains a confectionary mix; (d) said controller initiating the release of a predetermined initial volume of said supplied liquid gas into said receiving container; (e) said controller subsequently initiating the release of a predetermined sequence of pulses of said supplied liquid gas into said receiving container, wherein each of said pulses in said sequence of pulses have a predetermined pulse length or volume of the liquid gas; (f) sensing a predetermined setting corresponding to the desired and set consistency level of the confectionary frozen product and discontinuing said release of said sequence of pulses by said controller when the sensed predetermined consistency setting reaches the desired and set consistency level, wherein (i) the predetermined initial volume of the liquid gas, (ii) the predetermined sequence of pulses and (iii) the predetermined pulse length or volume of pulses of liquid gas are determined by said controller and from the consistency level set for the confectionary frozen product; and (g) ensuring, using said controller, the maintenance of a level of supplied liquid gas such that the intermediate vessel can supply the liquid gas needed to facilitate said release steps (d) and (e).