Abstract: Apparatus is provided for adding salt or seasonings to food being cooked in a steam cooker cooking vessel having a cooking chamber. The apparatus includes a separate collecting vessel for accommodating a salt or seasoning solution, a supply line attached to the collecting vessel for connecting the collecting vessel to the cooking vessel, and a conveying and turnover pump for conveying the salt or seasoning solution from the collecting vessel to the food in the cooking chamber through the supply line.

Abstract: A dosing device for the automatic introduction of ingredients into a vessel of an industrial cooking apparatus has a mobile stand having a space for accommodating the stationary vessel of the cooking apparatus; a cantilever member secured to the stand above the space; a plurality of ingredient containers pivotally secured to the cantilever member and a spray tube mounted in at least one of the containers. Each container has a first position in which its contents are maintained therein and a second, or inwardly and downwardly tilted position in which the contents are discharged from the container by gravity.