JP2003061570A - Low voltage smoking device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problems of conventional smoking devices, such as the enlargement of the device due to the necessity of a high voltage, the elongation of a cooking time, and further the impossibility of the direct smoking treatments of powder, liquid or gel-like food materials. SOLUTION: This low voltage smoking device is disposed with electrode plates 21 on both the sides of a smoking chamber 20 in a housing 1, disposing a shelf 22 for loading a food material 25 to be processed thereon, disposing a smoke-producing device 30 at a place near to the smoking chamber 20 in a state communicating with the smoking chamber 20, and applying a direct current or alternating current low voltage of 1 to 200 V between the electrode plate 21 and the shelf 22 used as the counter electrode to adhere the produced positively or negatively ionized smoke to the food material 25.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to agricultural products, marine products,
The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing flavored foods and smoked foods by allowing smoke to adhere to and permeate livestock products, or processed foods, powders, liquids, and gels thereof.

[0002]

The purpose of smoked products is mainly to extend the shelf life, improve the flavor, or improve the aesthetics of the appearance of food. As a method of manufacturing this smoked product, conventionally, smoke is generated from the fire bed and this smoke is introduced into the smoke chamber and the smoke is attached to the object for a long time, or it is immersed in the smoke solution for a certain period of time. There was a way to do it.

However, at present, a smoking apparatus and a smoking method for generating smoke using electric power are widely used.
For example, in the smoking method disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-83632, a plurality of works made of processed foods are housed in a chamber, a pair of electrode plates are arranged so as to sandwich the works, and 7 kV to the electrode plates. It applies a high voltage of 15 kV.

[0004]

In the conventional smoking apparatus as described above, the voltage applied to the work is 7 kV to 15 kV.
The high voltage necessitates a high voltage generation circuit, which causes a problem that the entire device becomes large.

In general, in the field of food, the conventional smoking apparatus has been capable of directly processing the solid smoke, but
It was not possible to directly smoke the food in liquid or gel state. Further, since the smoked work takes a long time of 2-3 hours or one day, there has been awaited a technique of uniformly flavoring and smoking the work in a short time.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, in which electrode plates are arranged on both sides of a smoke chamber inside a housing and a shelf on which food to be processed is placed. A smoke generator is placed in the vicinity of the smoke chamber in communication with the smoke chamber, and a low DC or AC voltage of 1 to 200 V is drawn between the smoke plate and the electrode plate with the shelf as one electrode. It is characterized by adding smoked and ionized smoke to the food material. Further, a cleaning tank for smoking is arranged in the vicinity of the smoking chamber, the cleaning tank and the smoking chamber are communicated with each other, and the smoke in the smoking chamber is circulated through the cleaning liquid in the cleaning tank. Characterize. In addition, a tray in which the flavoring material is placed and a heating portion thereof are placed inside the smoke generator, and the food is flavored by heating the flavoring material.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same, and FIG. 3 is a front view illustrating an internal state. In this embodiment, the smoke chamber 20 is provided inside.
A rectangular parallelepiped casing 1 is provided. This case 1
In the present embodiment, the height is about 60 cm, the width is about 45 cm, and the depth is about 40 cm, and is made of stainless steel, but the size and the material are not limited to this and can be selected. A door 2 having a window 3 in the center is attached to a front portion of the housing 1 by a handle 4 so as to be openable and closable. A smoke generator 30 for producing smoke, which will be described later, is installed on the side of the housing 1, and a pipe 6 for exhausting air from the smoke chamber 20 and a suction fan (not shown) are installed on the upper part. ing. Reference numeral 31 is an operation panel.

Inside the smoke chamber 20, the side walls have a thickness of 1 to 1
The electrode plate 21 is fixed via a 5 mm insulator (not shown). Further, a plurality of shelves 22 are installed inside the smoking chamber 20. The shelf 22 is for placing food materials to be smoked but also has a function as an electrode, and is fixed to the electrode plate 21 via an insulator 23 having a thickness of 1 to 15 mm.

The above-mentioned four shelves 2 installed in the smoking room 20
Reference numeral 2 is made of stainless steel and is configured to be attachable to and detachable from the smoking chamber 20. Food products to be smoked are placed on these shelves 22. Of these ingredients, the solid ingredients 25 may be placed on the shelf 22 as they are, but the ingredients in the powder / liquid or gel state may be placed on the shelf 22 in a conductive container 26 made of a metal tray. Place it. The smoking room 20
A smoke generator 30 for producing smoke is installed in the vicinity of and is connected to the smoking chamber 20 by a pipe 31.

Here, the solid means seafood, shellfish, seaweed, meat, dairy products, eggs, shells, beans, potatoes, vegetables, fruits, mushrooms, industrial crops, etc. Say. The powder means salt, pepper, wheat flour, bread crumbs, curry powder, sesame, fresh powder, starch and the like, and the liquid means soy sauce, sauce, mirin, sauce etc. Further, the gel form means butter, margarine, cheese, cream and the like.

Next, the operation of the low-voltage smoking apparatus having the above structure will be described. First, the shelf 22 installed in the smoking room 20
The foodstuff 25 or the electrically conductive container 26 containing the foodstuff is placed on each. Next, smoke chips are put in the smoke generator 30 and burned to generate smoke.

Next, the smoke generated by the smoke generator 30 is sent into the smoke chamber 20 through the pipe 31. In parallel with this, a DC voltage of 1 to 50 V or an AC voltage of 1 to 50 V is applied to the electrode plate 21 and the shelf 22 which is an electrode plate.

As a result, the positive and negative ions in the air, which are the gap insulating material between the pair of electrodes of the electrode plate 21 and the shelf 22, cause a polarization action due to the Coulomb phenomenon and form an electric field. Therefore, the positive and negative ionized smoke can be uniformly attached to the food material 25 and the food material inside the conductive container 26 placed on the shelf 22 in a short time of, for example, 20 to 60 minutes. The used smoke is then discharged to the outside by the pipe 6 on the upper side.

The above-mentioned low voltage is most preferably 1 to 50 V in the present embodiment for reasons such as economy, but this voltage is a condition such as the size of the smoking room or the quality and quantity of food materials. According to this, it is possible to select and use a DC / AC voltage within the range of 1 to 200V.

As described above, according to the low-voltage smoking apparatus of the present embodiment, it is possible to process smoke in a short time and at room temperature. It has become possible to process foods such as. In addition, the amount of chips used is 40g to 30 compared to conventional products.
Very small amount of 0g, smoked food can be processed in a short time,
Mass production has become possible.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the second embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, the smoke chamber 20 has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment, and the description thereof will be omitted. In the present embodiment, the pipe 51 that communicates with the smoke generator 50.
Is arranged at the tip of the blower pipe 61 of the blower motor 60. The tip of the blower pipe 61 opens inside the smoke chamber 20. On the other hand, the upper part of the smoke chamber 20 and the upper part of the smoke generator 50 are connected by a pipe 54.

On the other hand, the smoke chamber 2 on the opposite side of the pipe 51
The end of the pipe 52 is open in the 0, and the other end of the pipe 52 communicates with the blower pipe 65 of the blower motor 65. A large number of holes are formed at the tip of the blower pipe 65 to form an air diffusing pipe 71, which opens into the cleaning tank 70. Further, similarly to the above, the upper part of the smoke chamber 20 and the cleaning tank 7
The upper part of 0 is connected by a pipe 53.

The operation of this embodiment will be described. First, smoke chips are put in the smoke generator 50 and burned to generate smoke. This smoke is sent into the smoke chamber 20 by the blower action of the blower motor 60 through the pipe 51. In the smoke chamber 20, after the smoke processing is performed on the food material, it is sent to the cleaning tank 70 through the pipe 52 by the suction operation of the blower motor 65.

The smoke that has been sent to the cleaning tank 70 is sent into the cleaning liquid 72 through the air diffuser 71. This cleaning liquid 7
The second component is a nonionic surfactant, a percarbonate, a carbonate, and an organic chelating agent, so that the smoke is decomposed by the active oxygen generated in the cleaning liquid as it passes through it. The Rukoto. After that, the smoke is guided to the pipe 53 that is open at the upper part, and returns to the smoke chamber 20 again. By circulating the smoke in this manner, there is an effect that it is not necessary to exhaust the smoke to the outside.
Further, the function of the pipe 54 allows the amount of chips to be used by circulating the smoke.

FIG. 5 shows another example of the smoke generator. This smoke generator 80 has "fragrance" inside.
A metal tray 81 on which a fragrance material such as a liquid fragrance or herb or smoked chips, which is a raw material of the above, is placed, and a heater 82 for heating the fragrance material is arranged below the tray 81. According to the smoke generator 80, the scent material on the metal tray 81 is heated by the heater 82, so that the liquid scent material is vaporized and the solid chips and the like are burned to generate scent. As a result, not only the smoked flavor but also the fragrance can be added to the food in the smoke chamber 20 at the same time.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the first
In addition to the effects of the embodiment, there are the following effects. That is, the cost can be reduced with a small amount of chips. further,
Since the smoke is not exhausted outdoors, it can be used without annoying the surroundings or as a source of pollution even in a kitchen or the like in a city center or a densely populated residential area, or even when exhaust equipment is not equipped. In addition, when the fragrance material is arranged inside the smoke generator and the heating portion thereof is provided, not only the smoked flavor but also the fragrance can be added to the food material at the same time.

[0022]

As described above, the low-voltage smoking apparatus of the present invention does not require a high-voltage generating circuit as in the conventional smoking apparatus, and the apparatus can be miniaturized. Further, it is possible to directly smoke a solid food material, and smoke a food material in a powder / liquid / gel state. Furthermore, since the smoked work time can be greatly shortened, the foodstuffs can be uniformly flavored and smoked in a short time.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view illustrating an internal state of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing another example of a smoke generator.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 case 2 doors 6 pipes 20 Smoke chamber 21 electrode plate 22 shelves (electrode plates) 23 Insulator 25 solid ingredients 26 Conductive container 30 smoke generators 31 pipes 50 smoke generator 51, 52, 53, 54 pipes 60,65 blower motor 70 washing tank 72 Cleaning solution 80 Smoke Generator 81 trays 82 Heating unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An electrode plate is arranged on both sides of the smoke chamber inside the casing, and a shelf for placing foodstuffs to be processed is constructed, and a smoke generator is connected to the smoke chamber in the vicinity of the smoke chamber. , And the shelf is used as one of the electrodes to apply a DC or AC low voltage of 1 to 200 V between the electrode plate and the shelf,
A low-voltage smoking device that attaches ionized smoke to the above food materials. 2. A smoky cleaning tank is arranged in the vicinity of the smoky chamber, the smoky chamber and the smoky chamber are communicated with each other, and the smoky smoke in the smoky chamber is circulated through a cleaning liquid in the scrubbing chamber. The low voltage smoking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein 3. The low-voltage smoked product according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a flavoring material and a heating portion thereof are arranged inside the smoke generator, and the flavoring material is heated to flavor the food. apparatus.