| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a flexible system for cooking potato chips of several distinct styles to a high standard of uniformity. <P>SOLUTION: Potato chip cooking process and apparatus includes controlled cooking of potato slices from the initial to the final cooking stages. Slices are deposited in hot cooking oil to develop a slice pack which is carried along a cooking path during which the pack is agitated and mixed by paddle means (24) or tumbled so that the individual slices receive maximum contact with the cooking medium. The cooking path is preferably divided into one or more stages (11, 12, 13) in each of which the cooking times and temperatures are selected and maintained to produce potato chips of different styles having a final moisture content in the range of 1.2 to 2%. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT |
