System and Method for Cooking-Cooling Food by Immersion Under Forced and Diffuse Convection
First Claim
1. A system for cooking-cooling food by immersion under forced and diffuse convection of the type comprising:
- at least one tank for housing the food to be cooked-cooled,filling means for filling said tank with a cooking or cooling liquid,emptying means for draining said cooking or cooling liquid from the tanks,and heating means for heating the cooking liquid,wherein the tank comprises at least one lower region and at least one upper region, circulation means being arranged for taking in cooking or cooling liquid from the inside of said lower region from at least one lower outlet located in a first lower side wall of the lower region and introducing it inside said upper region by through at least one upper inlet located in a first upper side wall of the upper region and for taking in the cooking or cooling liquid from the inside of the upper region from at least one upper outlet located in a second upper side wall of the upper region and introducing it inside the lower region through at least one lower inlet located in a second lower side wall of the lower region.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a system and method for the immersion cooking/cooling of food in diffused forced convection. The inventive system comprises: a tank for housing the food to be cooked/cooled, filling/emptying means for filling the vessel with a cooking or cooling liquid and emptying same, and heating means for heating the liquid. The tank comprises a lower region and an upper region, and circulation means which are intended: (i) to collect liquid from the lower region by means of various outlets in a first lower side wall and to introduce said liquid into the upper region through various inlets in a first upper side wall, and (ii) to collect liquid from the upper region by means of various outlets in a second upper side wall and to introduce said liquid into the lower region through various inlets in a second lower side wall, thereby generating diffused forced convection in a turbulent flow.
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1. A system for cooking-cooling food by immersion under forced and diffuse convection of the type comprising:
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at least one tank for housing the food to be cooked-cooled, filling means for filling said tank with a cooking or cooling liquid, emptying means for draining said cooking or cooling liquid from the tanks, and heating means for heating the cooking liquid, wherein the tank comprises at least one lower region and at least one upper region, circulation means being arranged for taking in cooking or cooling liquid from the inside of said lower region from at least one lower outlet located in a first lower side wall of the lower region and introducing it inside said upper region by through at least one upper inlet located in a first upper side wall of the upper region and for taking in the cooking or cooling liquid from the inside of the upper region from at least one upper outlet located in a second upper side wall of the upper region and introducing it inside the lower region through at least one lower inlet located in a second lower side wall of the lower region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for cooking-cooling food by immersion under forced and diffuse convection, comprising:
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arranging the food to be cooked-cooled inside at least one tank, filling said tanks with a cooking or cooling liquid optionally heating said cooking or cooling liquid inside the tank; and draining the cooking or cooling liquid from the tanks, taking in cooking or cooling liquid from the inside of a lower region of the tank from at least one lower outlet located in a first lower side wall of said lower region and introducing it inside an upper region of the tank through at least one upper inlet located in a first upper side wall of said upper region; and taking in cooking or cooling liquid from the inside of the upper region from at least one upper outlet located in a second upper side wall of the upper region and introducing it inside the lower region through at least one lower inlet located in a second lower side wall b of the lower region. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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