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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4224863 | Donut making devices A portable device for making donuts and the like which includes a batter extruder, a cooking scroll into which the extruded batter is received, a heating element underlying the scroll for heating the cooking medium introduced therein for cooking the extru... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4224862 | Apparatus for transferring heat to food articles This invention provides novel apparatus for transferring heat to food articles. Basically, the novel apparatus of the present invention comprises: a chamber; support means for supporting food articles within the chamber; reservoir means for containing a l... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4195667 | Solenoid valve with safety control circuit Frying apparatus including a fry pot and a filter system operable during a cleaning cycle for dislodging food particles which cling to the fry pot and for removing food particles suspended in the cooking oil is disclosed. The filter system includes a show... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4170932 | Electronic toaster control An electronic control for controlling the degree of toasting of a bread slice in a toaster. The control includes a thermocouple located within the passage of the toaster for the bread slice and responsive to the temperature of the toaster casing, the slic... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4167585 | Method for heating and cooking foods in a closed treatment chamber by maintaining the temperature and moisture content The cooking process comprises the steps of providing a food treatment chamber equipped with a vapor pervious conveyor; preparing a moving stream of a process vapor at a temperature having a lower range of between 165° F. to 212° F.; circulating the stre... | 09/11/1979 |
| 4165682 | Sandwich griddle An individually heated top griddle plate for a sandwich griddle which is attachable to standard flat griddles to convert the same to a two-sided sandwich griddle. The top griddle is attachable to a back or side splash wall and has a projecting hinged arm ... | 08/28/1979 |
| 4157060 | Viscosity controlled egg cooker An apparatus for cooking eggs is described in which the control of cooking is based upon indirect measurement of viscosity of the contents of one of the eggs being cooked. Viscosity is measured by oscillating the egg in rotation at a frequency determined ... | 06/05/1979 |
| 4109129 | High frequency energy apparatus having automatic final temperature compensator A high frequency energy apparatus for heating an object contained in a heating chamber by high frequency energy which is supplied to the chamber. The temperature of the air in the heating chamber or flowing out thereof is detected. When the temperature of... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4102330 | Liquid vat heating apparatus Food products are cooked by immersing them in a body of hot liquid contained in a vat, and in order to maintain the liquid at a temperature level suitable for cooking purposes a gas burner underneath the vat is turned on periodically. Gas consumption is c... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4070670 | Automatic shut-off and alarm for stove heating unit The invention relates to a safety control shut-off device for the heating element of a cooking stove. In one embodiment of this safety device, a burner plate of the stove is provided with several declining U-shaped grooves for collecting any spillage or o... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4048473 | Food cooking machine A food cooking machine comprises a generally cylindrical vessel having liquid impervious walls, a closed end and an open end. A removable cap having a central axial vent opening closes the open end. The vessel is detachably supported on a base having a dr... | 09/13/1977 |
| 3977390 | Heated oil cooking apparatus for comestibles Cooking apparatus is provided which, in use, continuously circulates cooking oil from a cooking pot, where a removable basket for comestibles to be cooked is disposed, through a heating unit and then back to the cooking pot. The heat input of the heating ... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3965806 | Apparatus for boiling, cooking, steaming and sterilizing liquid, porridge-like or lumpy food Apparatus for boiling, cooking, steaming, simmering and sterilizing liquid, porridge-like or lumpy food, in which a material that is to be treated is fed into a cooker in the form of a cylindrical vessel. The vessel has entry and exit openings for the sai... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3960137 | Apparatus for frying food by immersing it in boiling oil The invention provides a method of frying food by immersing it in a bath of boiling oil, wherein at the same time as cold food is introduced into the bath, oil which has cooled in contact with the food is withdrawn from the bath and separately reheated be... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3943841 | Conditioning the air of a smokehouse or the like Air withdrawn from a food smokehouse is divided into two branches. The air in one of the branches enters a chamber in which is a bladed air agitator. The chamber includes two water sprays with the water contacting the air and the blades. From that chamber... | 03/16/1976 |
