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Utility
Cooking system with multiple heating elements
21 Feb 23
Examples are disclosed herein that relate to a cooking system having multiple heating elements for heating a cooking surface.
Robert A. Shingler
Filed: 31 Jan 17
Utility
Viscous food dispensing system
14 Feb 23
An apparatus for mixing and dispensing viscous food products is described herein.
Serena Carbajal, Gabriel Dial, Michael O'Donnell
Filed: 4 Dec 20
Utility
Method and apparatus for preparing food, particularly fruit
17 Jan 23
An apparatus for preparing fruit includes a main housing with a cutting area containing a cutting assembly and a drive assembly, a removable cup assembly for inserting the fruit into the apparatus, and a removable drawer and tray for removing cut pieces of fruit from the apparatus after a cutting operation.
Robert Richard Tuchrelo, Jeffrey Quint Cahoon
Filed: 4 Jun 18
Utility
Continuous cooking surface with individually controllable heating zones
27 Dec 22
Examples are disclosed herein that relate to a grill with a continuous cooking surface having individually controllable heating zones separated by one or more isolation zones.
Robert A. Shingler, Joseph R. Shaw
Filed: 11 Oct 19
Utility
Sequential broiling
13 Dec 22
Several embodiments include a cooking appliance/instrument (e.g., oven).
Shih-Yu Cheng
Filed: 31 Aug 18
Utility
Microchannel freezing cylinder assembly
15 Nov 22
A microchannel freezing cylinder assembly is disclosed that includes an inner cylinder located within an outer cylinder.
Stephen M. Wadle, James J. Minard
Filed: 6 Jan 20
Utility
Method of removing tissue from food product
15 Nov 22
A method for identifying and removing tissue from a food product that includes generating a three-dimensional model of a food product using a scanner and mapping the three-dimensional model onto the food product.
Ernest Merrill
Filed: 13 Jun 22
Utility
Latch for movable grill
15 Nov 22
A grill includes a base structure, a first platen assembly connected to the base structure, and a second platen assembly connected to the base structure.
Carl A. Pahnke, Dennis J. Nelson, Christopher P. Norris, Jeffrey L. Sands, Nathan A. Matz, Otley Dwight Freymiller
Filed: 4 Oct 18
Utility
Automated machine for unloading and transferring cut and trimmed poultry meat pieces
25 Oct 22
An automated unloading machine for unloading cut and trimmed raw poultry meat pieces from an upstream poultry meat cutting machine.
Andre G. Richards
Filed: 5 Feb 20
Utility
Two-sided grill with movable lower plate
18 Oct 22
A grill is provided including a base structure.
Dennis J. Nelson
Filed: 26 Jul 19
Utility
Food product handling device, system, and related methods
20 Sep 22
A food product handling device is provided.
André G. Richards, Thomas Ivy, Keith W. Hopkins, George E. Reed
Filed: 14 Dec 20
Utility
Product rolling arrangement
20 Sep 22
An arrangement for rolling a product is disclosed.
Charles D. Faust, Iordan Djambov
Filed: 1 Oct 19
Utility
Chilled N2 infused beverage dispensing system and method to prepare and dispense a chilled N2 infused beverage
30 Aug 22
A system and method to prepare and dispense a N2 or N2/CO2 gas infused chilled beverage is provided.
Charles Kleinrichert
Filed: 7 May 15
Utility
Temperature probe systems and methods
23 Aug 22
Temperature probe systems and methods include a probe body having a sharp end adapted to penetrate an edible substance, a plurality of temperature sensing elements distributed along a length of the probe body, electrical components operable to receive data signals from the plurality of temperature sensing elements, the electrical components disposed in the probe body between the sharp end and at least one of the temperature sensing elements, and an insertion aid.
Shih-Yu Cheng
Filed: 14 Mar 19
Utility
Ovens with metallic belts and microwave launch box assemblies for processing food products
9 Aug 22
In certain examples, a food processing machine for processing a food product includes a housing defining a cavity, a conveyor with a belt comprising metal for conveying the food product through the cavity in a longitudinal direction, and a convection heating system for heating air in the cavity such that heated air heats the food product as the food product is conveyed through the cavity.
Kenneth Ian Eke, Graham Christopher Eke, Dennis Conohan, Paul Kjorlie, Tom Sonntag, Greg Campbell
Filed: 6 Dec 18
Utility
Integrated kamado-style grill and smoker
12 Jul 22
A kamado-style grill and smoker having one or more air-intake openings and one or more exhaust openings is provided.
Adam Carter, Donald Stephen Gazdick, III, Joseph Pruitt, Daniel Mercer, Kyle Aasness
Filed: 24 Aug 21
Utility
In-oven camera and computer vision systems and methods
12 Jul 22
Systems and methods include a cooking appliance comprising a heating element disposed within a cooking chamber and operable to selectively emit waves at any of a plurality of powers and/or peak wavelengths, a camera operable to capture an image of the cooking chamber, and a computing device operable to supply power to the heating element to vary the power and/or peak wavelength of the emitted waves and generate heat within the cooking chamber, and instruct the camera to capture the image when the heating element is emitting at a stabilized power and/or peak wavelength.
Dennis Denker, Brian Williams, Shih-yu Cheng, Zinovy Dolgonosov
Filed: 9 Jul 18
Utility
Method of removing tissue from food product
5 Jul 22
A method for identifying and removing tissue from a food product that includes generating a three-dimensional model of a food product using a scanner and mapping the three-dimensional model onto the food product.
Ernest Merrill
Filed: 9 Oct 19
Utility
Pre-perforated substrate separator and insertion device for food preparation line and pre-perforated substrate
5 Jul 22
A substrate insertion system is configured for insertion of a substrate under a product being carried on a conveyor.
Andrew Ward, John Capps, Dante Pietrinferni
Filed: 27 Apr 20
Utility
Automated cleaning system for food processor and method
24 May 22
A self-contained system is provided for cleaning a food flow path in a food processor.
Robert Tuchrelo, Jeffrey Cahoon, Richard T. Aab, Alfred S. Mustardo, Nathan E. Smith, Jacob R. Parisi, Edward F. Ruppel, III, Gary M. Russotti, William Salminen
Filed: 23 Mar 20