PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR RAPID PREPARATION OF DRIED SAUSAGE

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15295284

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A process for manufacturing dry sausage. The process includes preparing a dry sausage meat mixture, stuffing the mixture into a casing or mould, fermenting the mixture, heat treating the mixture, cooling the mixture to a temperature sufficiently low to permit slicing, slicing the sausage, placing the sausage onto a conveyor, and passing the conveyor and sausage through a chamber. The process also includes introducing a supply of conditioned air into the chamber, the air having a relative humidity below about 60% and a temperature in the range of at least about 40° F. to 130° F., and introducing a supply of microwaves into the chamber. The air supply and microwaves are selected to reduce the moisture content of the meat to a predetermined moisture to protein ratio.

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SMITHFIELD FOODS INC200 COMMERCE STREET SMITHFIELD VA 23430

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
GLOWSKI, Dan Saint Charles, US 3 6
HAND, Larry De Soto, US 3 6
KAFER, Paul Carrollton, US 7 10
ROBERDS, James Holt, US 8 62
TAYLOR, Dave Smithfield, US 13 73

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