Food smoker apparatus

摘要

This invention is a food preparation device used for imparting the flavor of smoke to foods by saturating the food with smoke in minutes, using very small amounts of wood or other smoke producing material, and upon completion of the process the food can be refrigerated, re-refrigerated, or cooked in any manner desired by the user. Efficiency of time and material is achieved by a unique design that allows a minute amount of smoke producing material to be ignited in a small ignition chamber before being transferred to a chamber containing the food in a partial vacuum created by a vacuum/compression pump, and through the unique design of valves and connector pipes the smoke filled chamber containing the food is subsequently subjected to compression by the vacuum/compression pump, thus leaving the food in the chamber smoke saturated within a few minutes of operation with little or no change in temperature.

主权项

1. A food preparation apparatus utilizing vacuum and pressurization to saturate a food substance with smoke flavor very quickly and efficiently while using very small amounts of smoke producing fuel, the apparatus comprising:
(a) an ignition and burn chamber having an ignition/burn device adapted so that a small amount of wood or other smoke producing material can be ignited to produce smoke within the confines of said ignition/burn chamber in sufficient quantities to be pulled into an adjacent and separate vacuum/compression chamber containing meat or other food and capable of holding a partial vacuum and sustaining a compressed atmosphere; (b) a vacuum pump for creating a partial vacuum in the vacuum/compression chamber containing the meat or other food and drawing smoke from the ignition/burn chamber into the vacuum/compression chamber; (c) a compressor for creating a pressurized atmosphere in the vacuum/compression chamber containing the meat or other food for pressurizing the smoke in contact with the meat or other food; (d) a smoke transfer pipe for transferring the smoke created in the ignition/burn chamber by the vacuum created in the vacuum/compression chamber containing meat or other food.