Apparatus for culturing plant materials as food product

摘要

The invention is directed to an apparatus adapted to prepare a cultured food product, such as but not limited to tempeh, from a plant material. The apparatus comprises a housing, a container and at least one heating element. The container holds the plant material, such as a soyfood substrate, and is incubated in the housing whereby the cultured food product, such as a tempeh, is formed. The housing further comprises a controlled airflow wherein the housing is adapted to allow ambient air to flow into and out of the housing during the culturing process.

主权项

1. An apparatus, comprising:
a housing including a plurality of sidewalls, an upper section, a lower section, and a central surface, wherein said central surface separates said upper section and lower section; an enclosure within said upper section comprising enclosure sidewalls and an enclosure roof, wherein said enclosure roof comprises at least one perforation; at least one upper heater within said upper section; at least one bottom heater within said lower section; and said housing comprising at least one inlet hole and at least one outlet hole for each of said upper section and said lower section, wherein said at least one inlet hole of said upper section is adapted to allow air to only enter said upper section of said housing and said at least one outlet hole of said upper section is adapted to only allow air within said upper section to exit said upper section of said housing, wherein air in each of said upper and lower sections is separated by said central surface such that air in said upper section only circulates within said upper section, and air in said lower section only circulates within said lower section, such that air within said upper section does not mix with air within said lower section within said housing.