Meat pickling machine - using circular bath and rotary agitator

摘要

The agitator shaft is vertical and the arms are curved backwards from the direction of rotation, the cross sections of shaft and arms being circular or oval. Vertical curved ribs are fixed to the inside wall of the tank/bath. Meat, esp. salt beef, tongue or liver, is injected beforehand with pickling brine and then immersed in the bath for approx 20 hours with the agitator rotating at approx 14 rpm. Improved product uniformity in short time scale with freedom from bruising etc. of the meat is obtd.