| 摘要 |
There is provided a continuous feed oven (10) for heating and cooking a food product (15), and including a conveyor (30) for continuously moving product (15) through the oven along a substantially longitudinal path (35). A plurality of spaced high velocity impingement zones (50) are located along the longitudinal path (35) of the oven, with each such zone having a plurality of spaced air jets (52, 52a) for impinging gases at predetermined elevated temperatures, humidity and at predetermined high velocities against the outer surfaces of products being conveyed along such conveyor (31). A relaxation zone (70) is integrally interposed between each adjacent impingement zone (50), with the relaxation zone (70) effectively isolating adjacent impingement zones (50) from one another and providing an equilibration space having a temperature substantially equal to the predetermined elevated temperatures of the preceding impingement zone (50). The velocity of movement of gases within the relaxation zone (70) is substantially lower than in adjacent impingement zones (50), whereby a product (15) passes through a series of alternating high velocity impingement (50) and low velocity relaxation zones (70) such that an effective thermal pulsing heat application is provided to the product (15) at predetermined elevated temperatures substantially above the desired finished temperature of the product (15). |
