Abstract: A system and method for cooking meat and thereafter removing liquefied fat from the cooking vessel, including a horizontally disposed cooking vessel having an interior cooking chamber, a top cover, at least one reversible ribbon agitator in an agitator trough; a plurality of steam injectors disposed in a lower portion of said agitator trough and in fluid communication with said agitator trough; a sensor system having sensors and programmed to detect and differentiate the location and depth of layers of liquified fat, emulsion, and water within said cooking chamber; a plurality of extraction funnels disposed in an overhead portion of said cooking chamber; and an extraction funnel motor and drive system for moving said extraction funnels up and down within said cooking chamber.

Abstract: A system and method for cooking meat and thereafter removing liquefied fat from the cooking vessel, including a horizontally disposed cooking vessel having an interior cooking chamber, a top cover, at least one reversible ribbon agitator in an agitator trough; a plurality of steam injectors disposed in a lower portion of said agitator trough and in fluid communication with said agitator trough; a sensor system having sensors and programmed to detect and differentiate the location and depth of layers of liquified fat, emulsion, and water within said cooking chamber; a plurality of extraction funnels disposed in an overhead portion of said cooking chamber; and an extraction funnel motor and drive system for moving said extraction funnels up and down within said cooking chamber.