DISPOSITIVO PARA A PREPARACAO DE OVOS DE GALINHA

PCT No. PCT/EP97/03705 Sec. 371 Date Mar. 15, 1999 Sec. 102(e) Date Mar. 15, 1999 PCT Filed Jul. 11, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO98/02073 PCT Pub. Date Jan. 22, 1998The invention relates to a process for preparation of hen's eggs during which the eggs are put into a cooking chamber of an egg-cooking container (2) closeable by a cover (8), which chamber contains a liquid heat-supplying medium, preferably water. The preparation temperature during a first preparation stage is below the boiling temperature of the water, and during a following second preparation stage is held below the temperature of the first preparation stage but above 55 DEG C. During the first preparation stage, the water starts at a temperature of approx. 55 DEG C. and is heated at a high heating rate to a temperature of at least 90 DEG C. during a first period with the result that the eggs rapidly reach a core temperature of approx. 58 DEG to 75 DEG C. At the start of the second preparation stage, the water temperature is reduced at a high cooling rate to a final temperature of between 80 DEG C. and 55 DEG C. The eggs are cooked at this final temperature for a predetermined second period to destroy remaining salmonella The cover (8) is opened automatically to remove the eggs not until after the end of the second period.