RU2335908C1 - Compact device for smoking food products - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: food products.

SUBSTANCE: device for smoking food products comprises a housing and a tray for food products. The housing is made out of thin-walled heat resistant material and is presented in the form of a box hermetically sealed on the three sides and with inner chamber. The tray is made in the form of a flexible heat resistant sheet with through holes. Its dimensions are smaller than those of the inner chamber. Open side of the box can be hermetically closed after smoking material and the tray with a prepared for smoking product are placed inside the chamber.

EFFECT: decreasing transport dimensions, increasing smoke-air mixture efficiency coefficient, reducing smoking time and providing possibility of regulating quantity and composition of smoking substance.

7 cl, 3 dwg

Description

The invention relates to the food industry, in particular to the smoking of food products in domestic conditions, and may find application for smoking fish, meat, poultry or various processed foods both at home and in camping conditions, on picnics, etc.

Smoked food preparation in domestic conditions is in high demand, especially recently, in connection with the rapid development of tourism, fishing, outdoor activities, etc.

A device for smoking and curing food products is known, comprising a housing inside which a smoke chamber is located, an energy source and a fan that use the smoke-and-gas mixture obtained in the smoke generator (SU 925292 A from 05/07/1982).

A disadvantage of the known device is the inability to use it at home and the cumbersome design.

A device is known, disclosed in US 5048406 A from 09/17/1991, which is a container filled with aromatic substance. When a product is smoked, the proposed container heats up, emitting aromatic smoke used for smoking.

A disadvantage of the known device is the impossibility of changing the composition and quantity of the smoking substance.

The closest in technical essence is a disposable product for smoking food products, containing a housing made of heat-resistant material and having two cavities located one above the other, formed by the upper and lower walls and a partition between them. Holes are made in the partition. The upper cavity is designed to accommodate food products, and the lower - to place organic material that forms aromatic smoke for smoking. The total area of the holes is 0.01-17% of the total area of the partition. Each wall and partition of the housing is made of 1-5 layers of foil with a thickness of 0.01-0.9 mm and interconnected around the perimeter by folding edges and / or clamps with the possibility of sealing the cavities (RU 43438 U1 from 01.27.2005).

The disadvantages of the known device include large transport dimensions, poor penetration of smoke in the cavity for the preparation of the product and the limited ability to change the composition and quantity of the smoke substance.

The present invention is the creation of a compact device for smoking food products in domestic conditions, combining the advantages of a flexible package for smoking and a stationary smokehouse, devoid of the above disadvantages.

The technical result achieved by the implementation of the present invention is to reduce the transport dimensions, increase the efficiency of the use of the smoke-air mixture, increase the quality of smoking and reduce the cooking time by ensuring non-flat contact of the product with the pallet, and also the possibility of controlling the quantity and composition of the smoking substance.

The specified technical result is achieved due to the fact that the device for smoking food products contains a housing and a pallet for food products. The case is a package made of thin-walled heat-resistant material and hermetically sealed on three sides with the formation of an internal cavity. A sheet of flexible heat-resistant material with through holes is provided as a pallet for food products, the overall dimensions of which are smaller than the overall dimensions of the inner cavity of the package. The open side of the bag is made with the possibility of tight closing after placement in the inner cavity of the bag of smoke material and a pallet with a product prepared for smoking.

The design of the pallet and the casing in the form of a bag of thin-walled flexible material allows multiple bending of the product, folding into a roll to ensure compact storage and transportation.

Free access to the internal cavity of the package provides the ability to control the quantity and composition of the smoke substance, depending on the quantity and type of food.

The implementation of the pallet with dimensions smaller than the overall dimensions of the inner cavity of the package, allows you to refuse to divide the internal cavity of the package into two parts, as with the known devices. Such a technical solution allows to increase the efficiency of using the smoke-air mixture and to reduce the smoking time, because a common cavity provides maximum concentration and uniform distribution of smoke from the bag. Enhances the solution to this problem, the implementation of the pallet with corrugations to accommodate the food product, which also contributes to improving the quality of smoking due to the fact that the product is in contact with the pallet not in the plane, but in contact at individual points.

The use of aluminum foil as a flexible thin-walled heat-resistant material, if necessary, in several layers, allows you to reuse the proposed device.

The quantity and quality of the package of smoke material placed in the inner cavity can be different and depends on the quantity and type of food products.

As a smoking material, wood can be used with a fraction from sawdust to shavings, differing in species composition, moisture and the presence of additives that enhance and / or betray the prepared product's taste, color, aroma.

Further, the invention will be disclosed in more detail with reference to graphic materials on which:

figure 1 - the basic design of the proposed device;

figure 2 - device assembly;

figure 3 - the device Assembly in the case of a pallet with corrugations.

The proposed device (figures 1, 2, 3) is a package 1 made of thin-walled heat-resistant material. Such a material may be, for example, aluminum foil in one, two or three layers. The package 1 is hermetically fastened on three sides in a way that maintains the excess pressure of the smoke-air mixture in the internal cavity of the package during smoking. Package 1 can be performed both disposable and reusable.

In addition to package 1, the device includes a pallet 2 for food. It is made of a sheet made of flexible heat-resistant material. The pallet 2 is made with through holes 3 and is used essentially to prevent contamination of the prepared product 4 with smoking material 5. The holes 3 can be varied in shape, size and quantity. The overall dimensions of the pallet 2 in working condition are smaller than the overall dimensions of the inner cavity of the package 1, which is why the pallet 2 does not divide the internal cavity of the package 1 into two parts, but performs the function of separating the smoking material 5 from product 4. Thus, a package with one common cavity providing the maximum concentration and uniform distribution of smoking smoke throughout the package.

The open side of the package 1 is made with the possibility of tight closing after placement in the inner cavity of the package 1 of smoking material 5 and the pallet 2 with the product 4 prepared for smoking.

Additionally, the device can be equipped with one or more portions of a variety of smoking materials, which can be, for example, various types of wood having a fraction from sawdust to shavings. In this case, the smoking material 5 may vary in the species composition of the wood, moisture and the presence of additives that enhance and / or betray the prepared product taste, color, aroma.

To use the proposed device, it is necessary to deploy the package and pour smoke material into it, the quantity and quality of which is selected by the user and depends on the quantity and type of food products.

On top of the smoking material, a pallet with a product prepared for smoking — fish, meat, poultry, semi-finished products, etc. — is placed in the inner cavity of the bag. Significant is the implementation of the pallet with corrugations (figure 3), which improves the quality of smoking due to the fact that the product is in contact with the pallet not on a plane, but contact at individual points without blocking the holes made in the pallet.

The open side of the bag is folded one to three times. The place of the gateway is tightly crimped.

The closed bag is placed on the coals or in the oven so that the smoke material is located below.

After the cooking time has elapsed, the bag is either cut or opened from the side from which the product was placed.

During the heat treatment, an excess pressure of the smoke / air mixture is created inside the bag. The product is baked during the preparation process, acquires a golden color and a specific smoking aroma.

Thus, the proposed device for smoking food products is simple to manufacture and use, has small transport dimensions compared to analogs and allows you to quickly and accurately prepare a variety of smoked products in the home based on the gastronomic preferences of the user.

Claims (7)

1. A device for smoking food products containing a casing and a pallet for food products, characterized in that the casing is a bag made of thin-walled heat-resistant material and hermetically sealed on three sides with the formation of an internal cavity, a sheet of flexible heat-resistant material with through holes, the overall dimensions of which are smaller than the overall dimensions of the inner cavity of the package, while the open side of the package is made with the possibility of tight closing after placement in the inner cavity of the package of smoke material and the pallet with the product prepared for smoking. 2. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the pallet is made with corrugations to accommodate a food product. 3. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that aluminum foil can be used as a thin-walled heat-resistant material. 4. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the thin-walled heat-resistant material may have several layers. 5. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the quantity and quality of the smoke material bag placed in the inner cavity can be different and depends on the quantity and type of food products. 6. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the smoke material is wood with a fraction from sawdust to shavings. 7. The device according to claim 5, characterized in that the smoking material may vary in wood species, moisture and the presence of additives that enhance and / or betray the prepared product taste, color, aroma.

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