A refrigerator appliance includes an ice packer assembly including an enclosure with a rotatable door, and an ice mold slidably supported by the enclosure. The ice mold is configured to translate between a first position and a second position. The door is configured to rotate from a first orientation to a second orientation as the ice mold is translated from the first position to the second position. The enclosure defines a pass-through opening therethrough. The door opens up the pass-through opening when rotated to the first orientation, and closes the pass-through opening and defines a platform for receiving crushed ice thereon when it is rotated to the second orientation.

The present disclosure extends to apparatuses, methods, and systems for freezing a liquid suitable for use by a frozen confection machine. The apparatuses, methods, and systems include a two-piece form suitable for producing a dense ice structure.

A device for multi-serving capacity ice cream bar includes ice cream bar molds 12, a canister that receives the ice cream bar molds, a freezing fluid medium filled in the canister, an agitating device that agitates the freezing fluid medium by rotating the canister cover, a mold monitoring device that monitors freezing status of each mold, and a bar mold status display. A method of making a plurality of ice cream bars comprises steps of filling ingredients into a plurality of ice cream bar molds, placing the ice cream bar molds in a canister cover of a canister, in which freezing fluid medium is filled, and agitating the freezing medium by rotating the canister cover.

An ice cream mould table for moulding ice cream products, comprising a plate that has a plurality of mould pockets that each protrude from a bottom side of the plate, and a spray nozzle arrangement including a plurality of spray nozzles that is arranged to spray heating fluid on the exterior of the mould pockets to facilitate releasing of ice cream from the mould pockets. At least one spray nozzle comprises a first spray opening arranged to spray heating fluid towards a target mould pocket and in a first direction that is inclined by a first angle relative the vertical direction, and a second spray opening arranged to spray heating fluid towards the target mould pocket and in a second direction that is inclined by a second angle.

A tray assembly for a device for freezing a liquid, the assembly includes a frame defining an aperture. A thermally conductive tray is sized to be received within the aperture, the thermally conductive tray having a body and a lip circumferentially disposed about the body, the thermally conductive tray being seated within the aperture and defining a first surface and an opposite second surface, the first surface defining a recess and the second surface defining a plurality of receptacles. A gasket is included and sized to surround the body and to be disposed between the lip and the frame. An insulation chamber is coupled to the frame.

Apparatus, systems, and methods for forming baked goods having a filling recess for receiving a filling by a baking assembly including a base tray receiving at least one batter cup each cup defining a batter cavity therein. A cavity cup tray is nested with the base tray and receives at least one cavity cup for positioning within the corresponding batter cavity to form the filling recesses.

An apparatus and method for making frozen food products from a fruit puree, i.e. a flowable banana meat or a flowable blend of fruit meat and other edible ingredients. A composition that includes peeled bananas and at least one antioxidant may be mixed in a mixing device at ambient temperature and under less than one atmosphere of pressure, forming the puree. The temperature of the puree is reduced to a semi-frozen state by passing the puree through a heat exchanger. The semi-frozen puree is then formed into food products with a pre-determined volume, shape, and weight by a molding or extrusion process. Sticks, if desired, may be inserted, and the shaped puree is then frozen to solidified cores. The solidified cores may be coated with chocolate and treated with other edible toppings and then packaged.

A process for mass production of round portions of frozen confection. The portions are characterized by an artisanal hand-scooped appearance and distinctiveness, and surface melting characteristics comparable to the manually scooped product. These units are manufactured by hardening in molds that introduce particular features of shape and texture. Furthermore the mold composition allows preservation of subtle differences that result from variations in each portion's internal pressure when the confection expands during freezing.

An ice cream maker is provided for making filled flavored frozen confection and whose production follows specific steps, presenting for that purpose a simplified formal structure of easy fitting and handling, allowing the simultaneous production of a plurality of filled flavored frozen confection, specially designed for residential and family use, said ice cream maker being produced of thermoplastic material or other material of similar characteristics, presenting a laminar structure constituted essentially by three elements, namely at least one container, one mold internally and centrally positioned, supported at the surrounding end of the container, which creates a hollow area in the center of the flavored frozen confection mass, and finally a closing.

The disclosure relates to a method of automated on-farm production of a plurality of types of dairy products on demand, comprising the automated steps of receiving an electronic order for a dairy product from a consumer; filling a tank with milk directly from milking; filling a batch of containers from the tank; passing the batch of containers through at least one processing module configured to apply a processing step adapted to the dairy product ordered; storing the processed contents of the batch of containers in a controlled-atmosphere module; and on request from the consumer on site, conditioning the processed contents of the batch of containers in a form suitable for presentation to the consumer.