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United States Patent | 3,559,564 |
Turner , et al. | February 2, 1971 |
Methods and apparatus for cooking meat products confined in casings which utilize the application of controlled intense infrared radiation. In the cooking process an intense infrared radiation source heating the product is impulsed by rapidly turning the source on and off in a cyclic manner. This enables a commercially good product to be obtained in significantly less time than is normally required in the prior art.
Current U.S. Class: | 99/332 ; 219/388; 219/411; 392/411; 392/416; 426/243; 99/443R |
Current International Class: | A23B 4/005 (20060101); A23B 4/01 (20060101); A47J 37/04 (20060101); A47j 027/62 (); F27d 011/00 () |
Field of Search: | 219/411,410,388--389,553,353 99/223,217,1,107,109,427,332,443 165/12 120/41R |
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