JP2002186413A - Smoking apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve such a problem that good smoke is not obtained and much manpower is required for generating the smoke in a conventional smoking apparatus because the smoking material is fired by a firing means for firing the food material. SOLUTION: A smoke-generating part 21 for generating the smoke S by firing the smoking material is installed separately from a firing furnace 9 having a gas burner 11 for directly firing the food material F, and a smoke-blowing head 43 is inserted into the firing furnace 9 so that the smoke S generated at the smoke-generating part 21 may be blown out from the smoke-blowing head 43 to the interior of the firing furnace 9. The smoke-generating part 21 is nearly automated by allowing the smoking material W in a silo 25 to be continuously fed to a smoking material-firing furnace 29 by a screw conveyor 27, and the air required for the combustion in the smoking material-firing furnace 29 is fed while regulating the air by a blower 35 through a dumper 39. As a result, the smoke S in a desired combustion state can be fed to the food material F, and the manpower required for generation of the smoke S is extremely reduced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a smoker apparatus, and more particularly to a smoker apparatus for burning raw or semi-fresh foods in an open flame.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in the production of smoked foods such as bonito bonito, generally, raw or semi-living (semi-dry) ingredients are used.
It is performed by burning in a smoke atmosphere and burning with a gas burning flame or charcoal. There are various kinds of smoke materials in this case,
Conventionally, finely cut straw or the like has been frequently used, and the smoke has been emitted by throwing this into a gas combustion flame or a charcoal fire for burning over an open fire.

[0003]

However, since smoke materials such as straw are burned out at once, only burnt aromas after the odor components and other components contained in the smoke have disappeared adhere to the food materials. There are many. For this reason, at the site of this type of smoking, it has been practiced that a skilled technician puts the smoke material into the baking pot, carefully measuring the input amount and timing, etc. It was practically impossible to control the combustion state to an appropriate level, and there were variations in quality among people, and it was quite difficult to provide an ideal flavor. In addition, since the introduction of the smoke material needs to be performed almost without breaks, there is a large cost problem that a number of personnel are required to be attached to the apparatus.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and it is possible to almost certainly adhere smoke in a desired combustion state to foodstuffs, and to deal with the generation of smoke. It is an object of the present invention to provide an epoch-making smoker device capable of greatly reducing manpower.

[0005]

In order to achieve this object, a smoker according to the first aspect of the present invention comprises a baking oven in which a combustion section for burning foods is placed, and an inside of the baking oven. And a smoke emitting section having a smoke emitting furnace for generating smoke by burning the smoke, and supplying the smoke generated by the smoke emitting section to the smoke emitting head. And a flue pipe.

That is, in the smoking apparatus according to the present invention, a smoke generating section for generating smoke is provided separately from the cooking furnace for baking food, and the smoke generated in the smoking section is supplied to the cooking furnace. It is like that. Therefore, it is possible to freely adjust the amount of smoke to be supplied to the baking oven and the degree of combustion, etc., regardless of the degree of fire for baking the food, and the smoke is blown out to the baking oven. Since it adheres to the food while being burned again by the fire for baking the food, it is possible to give the food a smoke in an ideal combustion state that is neither raw nor burnt. And, in the present invention, regardless of the size of the baking oven, basically only one smoking section is required, so that the number of persons involved in smoking can be greatly reduced.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the smoking apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein the smoke generating section includes a silo for storing the smoke material, and a smoke material burning furnace for storing the smoke material in the silo. And a blower for supplying air to the smoke-burning furnace. Therefore, smoke can be generated continuously and almost unattended.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the smoldering apparatus according to the second aspect, air amount adjusting means for adjusting an amount of air supplied from the blower to the smoke-burning furnace is provided. It is characterized by having. This makes it possible to relatively easily control the degree of combustion and the amount of smoke to be supplied, so that the flavor of smoke and the like can be easily adjusted.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a smoker 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The smoking apparatus 1 includes a baking machine main body 3 and a smoke generating section 2 for generating smoke.
1, a smoke tube 41 and the like.

[A. Baking Machine Body] (FIGS. 1, 3, and 4) Reference numeral 5 denotes a machine frame of the baking machine body 3, and an upper end portion 5a of the machine frame 5 extends horizontally in the left-right direction. Numeral 7 denotes a food conveyor, and the food conveyor 7 carries a food F to be smoked and burned, for example, a bonito in a semi-dried state. As the foodstuff conveyor 7, a bar conveyor having a structure in which a number of round bars are stretched between two traveling chains is used. The portion of the food conveyor 7 extending horizontally along the upper end 5a of the machine frame 5 is the upper traveling path.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a baking pot. The baking pan 9 has a rectangular tunnel shape that is long in the left-right direction and passes through the foodstuff conveyor 7 substantially at the middle in the height direction. Pot 9
Is closed except that the mouth necessary for the food on the food conveyor 7 to pass through the left and right end walls is open. Ingredient F
Enters from the right end of the foodstuff conveyor 7 into the boiler 9
It is smoked while passing here. A smoke outlet 9a protrudes from the upper surface wall of the baking oven 9, and the smoke supplied into the baking oven 9 is discharged outside through a chimney (not shown) connected to the smoke exhaust opening 9a.

A portion below the food conveyor 7 in the baking oven 9 is a combustion section 9b, and a large number of gas burners 11 (see FIGS. 3 and 4) are arranged at equal intervals in the left-right direction in the combustion section 9b. Have been. The food F which is transported on the food conveyor 7 is burned by the combustion flame of the gas burner 11.

[B. Smoke emitting section] (FIGS. 1 and 2) The smoke emitting section 21 is arranged beside the grilling apparatus main body 3. The smoke generating section 21 is based on a vertically long frame 23, on which a large silo 25 for storing a large amount of smoking material W such as straw is supported. The lower end of the silo 25 is a dropout 25a. A screw conveyor 27 is disposed below the silo 25. The screw conveyor 27 has a casing inlet 27a having a silo 25.
Is provided in a state of being connected to the dropout 25a.

Below the screw conveyor 27, a smoking material combustion furnace 29 is disposed. The smoking material combustion furnace 29 is formed in a vertically long box shape by using a refractory brick or a metal plate. A net 3 made of a material having good heat resistance is provided at a substantially intermediate position in the height direction inside the smoking material combustion furnace 29.
1 is provided horizontally, and a gas burner 33 is disposed immediately below the net 31. The upper end of the smoking material combustion furnace 29 is a box-shaped charging section 29a, into which the discharge port 27b of the screw conveyor 27 is inserted.

Therefore, when the screw conveyor 27 is driven, the smoke material W in the silo 25 is continuously and substantially quantitatively dropped onto the net 31. The smoke material W dropped on the net 31 emits smoke by being burned by the combustion flame of the gas burner 33. A smoke exhaust port 29b and two upper and lower cleaning ports 29c are formed in one side wall of the smoking material combustion furnace 29, and an air intake port 29d is formed in a lower portion of the other side wall.
The smoke S generated by the burning of the smoke material W flows from the smoke outlet 29b to the smoke tube 41.

Reference numeral 35 denotes a blower. The tip of a blower tube 37 extending from the blower port is connected to an air inlet 29d of a smoke material combustion furnace 29, and a damper 39 is disposed in the blower tube 37. I have. The inclination of the damper 39 can be adjusted by operating a handle (not shown). Therefore, the air required for burning the smoke material W in the smoke material combustion furnace 29 is actively supplied by the blower 35, and the amount of air supplied can be adjusted by the inclination of the damper 39. Therefore, by adjusting the air supply,
Since the degree of combustion of the smoking material W can be adjusted, it is possible to adjust various components contained in the supplied smoke.

[C. Smoke tube] (FIGS. 1 to 4) The smoke tube 41 has one end connected to the smoke outlet 29b of the smoke material combustion furnace 29. The tip of the smoke tube 41 extends to the back of the boiler 9 of the baking machine main body 3, and two smoke blowing heads 43 branch forward from this tip. The smoke blowing head 43 has a pipe shape, most of which is horizontally inserted into the baking oven 9, and a number of blowing holes 43 a are formed in the portion inserted into the baking oven 9. Accordingly, the smoke S supplied through the smoke pipe 41
Is blown into the boiler 9 through a large number of blowing holes 43a of the smoke blowing head 43.

The smoke blowing head 43 is disposed right above the gas burner 11, as can be seen from FIGS. Therefore, the smoke blown out from the smoke blowing head 43 is burned by the combustion flame of the gas burner 11, and the food F is exposed to the smoke in this state. The smoking apparatus 1 is configured as described above.

[D. Operation] The food F placed on the food conveyor 7 is burned directly by the combustion flame of the gas burner 11 in the baking oven 9 and is exposed to the smoke S supplied from the smoke generating section 21 through the smoke tube 41. You can add flavor such as smoke. Then, the degree of combustion can be adjusted by adjusting the amount of air when the smoke S is generated in the smoke generating section 21, and after being blown out in the baking oven 9, it is finally burned by the gas burner 11 for baking. And adheres to the food F while being processed. Thereby, the smoke adhering to the foodstuff F can be made almost ideal without being smelled or burnt.

Since the supply of the smoking material W in the smoke generating section 21 is performed continuously and automatically, the generation and supply of the smoke can be performed almost unattended, thereby achieving a significant cost reduction.

The embodiment of the present invention has been described above.
The specific configuration of the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and any change in design or the like without departing from the spirit of the present invention is also included in the present invention. For example, in the embodiment, an example of an automatic type in which ingredients processed in a baking oven are continuously transferred by a conveyor has been described. However, the present invention is directed to a batch type in which smoking is performed for each lot of ingredients. Can also be applied.

Further, the combustion means used for baking food or burning smoke is not limited to a gas burner, but may be a charcoal fire or an electric heater. In addition, the present invention is not limited to bonito bonito, and can be widely applied as a smoked apparatus for producing various smoked foods.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to freely adjust the amount of smoke to be supplied to the baking oven and the degree of burning, irrespective of the degree of fire for baking food. In addition, it is possible to provide foodstuffs with smoke in an ideal burning state that is neither smelling nor scorching. And, in the present invention, regardless of the size of the baking oven, the number of smoke emitting units is basically one, so that the number of people involved in smoke emission can be greatly reduced.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, smoke can be generated continuously and almost unattended.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the degree of combustion of smoke and the supply amount can be controlled relatively easily, so that the flavor of smoke and the like can be easily adjusted.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall front view of a smoking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway front view in which a smoke generating portion of the smoking apparatus shown in FIG. 1 is enlarged.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged horizontal cross-sectional view of a part of the boiler in the smoking apparatus shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a main part taken along line AA of FIG. 3;

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Smoker apparatus 9 ... Baking pot 11 ... Combustion part
Reference Signs List 21 smoke emitting part 25 silo 27 smoking material supply means 29 smoke smoking furnace 35 blower 39 air amount adjusting means 41 smoke pipe 43 smoke blowing head F food ingredients W smoke material
S ... smoke

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A baking oven provided with a combustion section for burning foods over an open flame, a smoke blowing head arranged in the baking oven, and a smoke generating smoke by burning the smoke material. A smoker, comprising: a smoke generating section having a smoke burning furnace; and a smoke pipe for supplying smoke generated in the smoke generating section to the smoke blowing head. 2. The smoking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the smoke generating section includes a silo for storing the smoke material and a smoke material supply means for continuously supplying the smoke material in the silo to the smoke material combustion furnace. And a blower for supplying air to the smoke-burning furnace. 3. A smoldering apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising an air amount adjusting means for adjusting an amount of air supplied from the blower to the smoking material combustion furnace. .