FROZEN FOOD THAWING DEVICE AND FROZEN FOOD THAWING METHOD

To provide a frozen food thawing device and a frozen food thawing method that utilize electrical heating that can evenly and uniformly raise a temperature of the entire frozen food.SOLUTION: A frozen food thawing device 1 that includes a power supply 2 and a pair of electrodes 3 connected to the power supply, and thaws a frozen food F placed between the pair of electrodes by electrical heating includes a cooling device 4 that cools a temperature around a frozen food to a predetermined temperature equal to or above a temperature of the frozen food before thawing but equal to or below zero degrees Celsius. In a frozen food thawing method, the frozen food is thawed by current heating while the temperature around the frozen food is set to a predetermined temperature equal to or above the temperature of the frozen food before thawing and equal to or below zero degrees Celsius.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 14 【課題】凍結食材の全体をムラなく均一に温度上昇させることができる通電加熱を利用する凍結食材解凍装置および凍結食材解凍方法を提供する。【解決手段】電源２と、電源に接続した一対の電極３と、を備え、一対の電極の間に配置した凍結食材Ｆを通電加熱で解凍する凍結食材解凍装置１において、凍結食材の周囲の温度を解凍前の凍結食材の温度以上摂氏ゼロ℃以下の所定の温度に冷却する冷却装置４を備える。凍結食材を通電加熱によって解凍する凍結食材解凍方法において、凍結食材の周囲の温度を解凍前の凍結食材の温度以上摂氏ゼロ℃以下の所定の温度にした状態で凍結食材を通電加熱によって解凍する。【選択図】図１４