Abstract: Cooking apparatus and method for preparing meats to suit individual tastes of different consumers. The meat is subjected to electric current heating to cook the meat and to radiant broiling to char its surface. The cooking current passing through the meat is regulated in response to a comparison of an input corresponding to the desired degree of cooking and an indication of the interior temperature of the meat as it is being cooked. The apparatus and method are particularly suited to handle effectively a variety of individual orders at substantially the same time.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 3, 1980
Date of Patent:
November 1, 1983
Assignee:
Three Rivers Development Corporation
Inventors:
David B. Flavan, Jr., Merrill M. E. Jenkins, Sr., James S. White, James E. Pate
Abstract: Cooking apparatus and method for preparing meats to suit individual tastes of different consumers. The meat is subjected to electric current heating to cook the meat and to radiant broiling to char its surface. The cooking current passing through the meat is regulated in response to a comparison of an input corresponding to the desired degree of cooking and an indication of the interior temperature of the meat as it is being cooked. The apparatus and method are particularly suited to handle effectively a variety of individual orders at substantially the same time.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 3, 1980
Date of Patent:
October 12, 1982
Assignee:
Three Rivers Development Corporation
Inventors:
David B. Flavan, Jr., Merrill M. E. Jenkins, Sr., James S. White, James E. Pate
Abstract: Cooking apparatus for preparing meats to suit individual tastes of different consumers. The meat is subjected to electric current heating to cook the meat and to radiant broiling to char its surface. The cooking current passing through the meat is regulated in response to a comparison of an input corresponding to the desired degree of cooking and an indication of the interior temperature of the meat as it is being cooked. The apparatus are particularly suited to handle effectively a variety of individual orders at substantially the same time.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 29, 1979
Date of Patent:
January 13, 1981
Assignee:
Three Rivers Development Corporation
Inventors:
David B. Flavan, Jr., Merrill M. E. Jenkins, Sr., James S. White, James E. Pate