Claims
- 1. An apparatus for the treatment of meat comprising:
at least one first vessel for agitating bodies of meat in contact with a treating solution at a predetermined elevated temperature and for maintaining said temperature substantially constant while said meat is agitated therein for a period of time sufficient to distribute the treating solution in the meat; and at least one second vessel for receiving bodies of meat from said first vessel for cooling said bodies of meat to a temperature below said elevated temperature.
- 2. The apparatus defined in claim 1 wherein at least said first vessel is a rotary paddle massager or a tumbler.
- 3. The apparatus defined in claim 1 wherein at least said second vessel is a rotary paddle massager or tumbler.
- 4. The apparatus defined in claim 1 wherein at least on of said vessels has a jacket and said apparatus includes a system for passing a heated or cooled fluid through said jacket.
- 5. The apparatus defined in claim 1, further comprising a temperature controller for regulating temperature in at least one of said vessels within ±2° F.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a division of Ser. No. 09/995,878 filed 28 Nov. 2001 which claims the benefit of Provisional Application 60/189,667 filed 15 Mar. 2000 and was a continuation-in-part of the copending application Ser. No. 09/808,398 filed 14 Mar. 2001.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60189667 |
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Divisions (1)
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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