CONVEYOR-TYPE GRILLING APPLIANCE FOR COOKING OR RE-THERMALIZING FOOD WITH MULTIPLE INDEPENDENTLY CONTROLLED SETS OF CONVEYORS DEFINING MULTIPLE INDEPENDENTLY CONTROLLED COOKING LANES

摘要

A grilling appliance is disclosed for preparing various different types of food wherein the food is conveyed through the appliance, from a food insert end of the appliance to a food removal end of the appliance, by means of continuously movable flow-through upper and lower cooperating conveyors operatively associated with platen-type heating members over which the upper and lower conveyors are conveyed so as to be heated by the platen-type heating members and thereby, in turn, heat, brown, or carmelize the food as desired or required. Multiple independently controlled conveyor sets define multiple independently controlled conveyor cooking lanes within the appliance.

主权项

1. A conveyor-type grilling appliance for cooking or re-thermalizing food, comprising:
a housing; a food insert entrance portion defined within a first end portion of said housing for inputting food, to be cooked, into said housing; a food extraction exit portion defined within a second opposite end portion of said housing for extracting food, that has been cooked, out from said housing; a plurality of endless conveyor belt sets disposed in a side-by-side arrangement within said housing, wherein each one of said plurality of endless conveyor belt sets defines a separate cooking lane for cooking food within said housing and comprises an upper endless conveyor belt and a lower endless conveyor belt cooperating with each other for propelling the food, to be cooked, from said food insert entrance portion of said housing to said food extraction exit portion of said housing; and a heated platen respectively associated with each one of said upper and lower endless conveyor belts of each one of said plurality of endless conveyor belt sets for heating said upper and lower conveyor belts of said plurality of endless conveyor belt sets whereby said heated upper and lower conveyor belts cook the food within said housing while the food is transported through said housing from said food insert entrance portion of said housing to said food extraction exit portion of said housing.