A roasting and glazing apparatus includes a housing having a top peripheral surface with an opening defined by an interior edge, a roaster bowl movable from within the housing, through the opening, to an elevated position above the housing, and a pour tray configured to detachably couple to the interior edge, and to receive and guide a fluid exiting the roaster bowl when the roaster bowl is in the elevated position. The pour tray has a bottom surface and a mounting bracket extending from the bottom surface. The mounting bracket is configured to detachably couple to the interior edge of the housing defining the opening. In an assembled configuration, the bottom surface of the pour tray is oriented at an angle relative to the top peripheral surface of the housing and supported by a shoulder or side peripheral surface of the housing.

The invention discloses a carrot drying and crushing integrated apparatus, which includes a working box and a feeding port located in the working box, the feeding port is opened upward, and the working box is fixedly provided with the feeding box. A shattering cavity under the mouth, a shattering device is provided in the shattering cavity, and a stirring and drying cavity located under the shattering cavity is fixed in the working box, and the stirring and drying cavity is provided in the working box. There is a stirring and drying device. The working box is provided with a pulverizing cavity located below the stirring and drying cavity. The present invention simplifies the processing and drying of carrots by using an integrated device in one step. This step saves processing costs. For the problem that the inside of the carrot is difficult to dry and the drying degree is inconsistent, the device solves the above problems by cutting and drying, and grinds the carrot directly through the pulverizing device. It is powdered to realize the integration of carrot drying and crushing.

A method and system for preparing coffee includes roasting green coffee beans, thereby resulting in roasted coffee beans; grinding the roasted coffee beans, thereby resulting ground coffee; and degassing carbon dioxide from the ground coffee.

Apparatus for roasting coffee beans, the apparatus comprising: a casing that defines an internal void, a baffle for dividing said internal void into first and second zones that are in fluid communication with one another; a heater for heating air to temperatures suitable for roasting coffee beans, said heater being located in said second zone; a control system for controlling the apparatus; said control system being located in said first zone; and a fan operable to draw ambient air into said first zone and drive said air from said first zone past said baffle into said second zone for heating by said heater, the arrangement being such that in use said first zone is cooler than said second zone.

An apparatus for drying, roasting, and cooling loose products includes a housing; a roaster drum configured to receive the loose products; a heat source disposed in an interior of a heat exchange chamber and configured to heat a gas circulated through the housing; a gas distribution grid reversibly coupled to a bottom of the roaster drum; a tilting hatch disposed below the gas distribution grid and configured to rotate between a raised position when the gas distribution grid is coupled to the bottom of the roaster drum and a lowered position when the gas distribution grid is uncoupled from the bottom of the roaster drum; an insulated channel configured to allow air to circulate from the heat exchange chamber to the gas distribution grid; and a cooling table configured to receive and cool the loose products, wherein the tilting hatch in the lowered position allows the loose products to slide down the gas distribution grid.

A roasting drum has a main body and at least one opening formed through the main body. The main body has a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and multiple drums. The multiple drums are mounted around one another in sequence, are fastened to one another, and communicate with one another. Each one of the multiple drums has a blending blade formed on an inner surface of the drum. The blending blade is spiral and extends from the first end toward the second end. The blending blade of one of the multiple drums twists along a clockwise direction from the first end toward the second end. The blending blade of another one of the multiple drums that is mounted around the drum twists along a counter-clockwise direction from the first end toward the second end.

A method of acclimatizing dates includes placing a plurality of dates into a vacuum chamber, heating the dates to a first temperature, and increasing a vacuum pressure of the vacuum chamber with the dates in the vacuum chamber. The first temperature is below a boiling point of water at an initial pressure within the vacuum chamber and the increase in vacuum pressure modifies the boiling point to below the first temperature. The method includes adjusting a relative humidity of the vacuum chamber towards a target relative humidity until the plurality of dates reach an equilibrium relative humidity, the target relative humidity corresponding to a target moisture content of the dates on an isotherm of the dates at the first temperature. The method includes cooling the dates to a second temperature to stop transpiration of water within the plurality of dates and decreasing the vacuum pressure of the vacuum chamber.

A bean roasting system includes a roasting chamber, a blower, a variable diverter and a controller. The roasting chamber, the blower and the variable diverter each is disposed at least partially within a recirculating gas flow path. The blower is configured to provide a flow stream of gas through the recirculating gas flow path. The variable diverter is configured to split the gas flow path into at least two flow paths including a treated flow path and a bypass flow path. The treated flow path includes a series arrangement of a gas heater and a catalytic converter. The variable diverter is configured to control a percentage of a flow stream of gas that is diverted into the bypass flow path. The controller is configured to activate different predetermined operating modes for the bean roasting system by controlling a state of the variable diverter and a state of the heater.

Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for illumination roasting. A lighting attribute may be determined based on an indication that a food product is within a chamber and a type of the food product. Based on an illumination of the food product according to the lighting attribute (e.g., a wavelength value, a lumens value, a wattage value, etc.), a change to the temperature profile of the food product may occur. The change in the temperature profile operates to roast the food product.

A roasting and glazing apparatus includes a roaster, an agitator mounted within the roaster bowl for mixing a mixture of nuts and sugar during a roasting or glazing operation, a heater controlled to heat the roaster bowl during the roasting or glazing operation, and a cover removably mounted to the roaster bowl. The cover includes a reservoir for receiving water from a user and restricting water flow from the reservoir into the mixture of nuts and sugar in the roaster bowl. The cover and the roaster bowl together define a vent on a side of the cover opposite the reservoir. The vent is configured to direct steam out of the roaster bowl in a direction away from the reservoir.