Microwave apparatus for snack foods

An apparatus 2 for the manufacture of snack foods, the apparatus comprising a conveyor 4 having an upstream end and a downstream end, a flat bed microwave apparatus 10 for cooking products conveyed through the microwave apparatus by the conveyor, the microwave apparatus having a number of independen...

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Hauptverfasser:	OLIVER HERBERT, RICHARD ANDREW BAILEY
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BAKERS' OVENS BAKING EDIBLE DOUGHS ELECTRIC HEATING ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRICITY FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J HUMAN NECESSITIES MACHINES OR EQUIPMENT FOR BAKING PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Zusammenfassung:	An apparatus 2 for the manufacture of snack foods, the apparatus comprising a conveyor 4 having an upstream end and a downstream end, a flat bed microwave apparatus 10 for cooking products conveyed through the microwave apparatus by the conveyor, the microwave apparatus having a number of independent microwave zones 18,20,22,24 between the upstream and downstream ends of the microwave apparatus, the microwave zones comprising a first preheating zone located towards the upstream end of the microwave apparatus, at least one second explosive dehydration zone located downstream of the first preheating zone, and a third moisture levelling zone located downstream of the at least one second cooking zone, wherein the microwave apparatus is adapted respectively to provide first, second and third microwave power values to the respective first, second and third zones, the first microwave power value being lower than the second microwave power value.