Abstract: A process for combined smoking and cooking of foodstuffs involves feeding a mixture of superheated steam and liquid smoke vapor into a treating medium which is circulated in a treatment chamber. The mixture is produced by an arrangement of mixing nozzles that are connected to a superheated steam duct and a liquid smoke duct.

Abstract: A system for the processing of products, in particular for smoking and refrigeration of cold meats and sausages, based on stillages (20) with two parallel skids (28) at the bottom. The stillages (20) are moved outside the processing compartment (12) by a floor conveyor such as a lifting truck (66) running on roller tracks (30) arranged on either side of the processing compartment. A chain conveyor (38) including drive dogs (50), actuating driven dogs (62) suspended from the bottom of the stillages (20) to move the stillages (20) intermittently into and out of the processing compartment (12).

Abstract: A system for processing products, particularly food, has a treatment chamber (10) which is closed by a door (30, 32) in leak proof manner, so that product carriers (42) can be moved through the treatment chamber (10) by trolleys (44) suspended from a conveyor rail (36, 58, 62), and the conveyor rail comprises a pivotable rail section (62) arranged outside of the treatment chamber and which is movable into a park position (74), wherein the door (30, 32) of the treatment chamber can be closed.