Scalding device for slaughtered animals

Scalding device for scalding slaughtered animals, especially pigs (22), which are moved suspended through a scalding chamber, by the said slaughtered animals being rinsed in heated scalding water. The scalding chamber (10) is closed off to the side (6) and at the top (8), except for an inlet aperture (24) and an outlet aperture (26) for the slaughtered animals (22), and a slot (20) to permit the passage of slaughtered animal suspension parts (18) which move with the said slaughtered animals (22) is provided in the upper end (8) of the scalding chamber. To permit rinsing with the scalding water, a row of upright scalding water pressure tubes (28) is provided which are open at the top and which have at their upper ends a scalding water distributing device (30) for distributing each stream of scalding water in the direction of the slaughtered animals (22).