RICE COOKER/STEAMER WITH COOLER

• Main Authors: ZITTEL, Jeffrey, MAUPIN, Daniel, SCHULTZ, Steven, HUGHES, Steven, JAMESON, Eric
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 09.02.2017
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES; CHEMICAL RIPENING OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES; COFFEE MILLS; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; FURNITURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; PRESERVING, e.g. BY CANNING, MEAT, FISH, EGGS, FRUIT,VEGETABLES, EDIBLE SEEDS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; THE PRESERVED, RIPENED, OR CANNED PRODUCTS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

A method and apparatus (100) for cooking rice includes a presoak tank (102), a hydrating and cooking tank (104), and a cooling tank (106). A first transfer mechanism connected to transfer rice from the pre-soak tank to the hydrating and cooking tank. A second transfer mechanism connected to transfer rice from the hydrating and cooking tank to the cooling tank. La présente invention concerne un procédé et un appareil (100) pour la cuisson du riz comprenant une cuve de pré-trempage (102), une cuve d'hydratation et de cuisson (104) et une cuve de refroidissement (106). Un premier mécanisme de transfert est raccordé pour transférer le riz de la cuve de pré-trempage à la cuve d'hydratation et de cuisson. Un second mécanisme de transfert est raccordé pour transférer le riz de la cuve d'hydratation et de cuisson à la cuve de refroidissement.