Improved belt cooking apparatus.

摘要

A belt grill is described herein for continuously cooking fast food products on a conveyor formed of counter-rotating heat conductive belts. The belts (10,12) are heated by platens (14,16) disposed above and below whereby a run of the belts passes in heat conductive relationship between the platens, and the food to be cooked is placed in the nip between the rotating belts. The device further includes means (32,34) for tensioning the belts which can be automatically released by increasing the distance between the platens whereby when the distance exceeds a predetermined maximum, all tension on both belts will be released so that the belts can be quickly removed for cleaning or replacement. The belts are preferably Teflon (RTM) coated fiberglass and may be disposed at an angle to the horizontal to facilitate grease removal from the cooking process.