Contact cooker for poultry and meat products
Optimize your processing line with dual-side contact cooking, ensuring perfectly seared and evenly cooked portions every time, whether it’s poultry, meats, or seafood. This technology seamlessly integrates into your production line to enhance product yield and quality.
Performs Two-Sided Contact Cooking
The Stein PG Series ProGrill® Contact Cooker from JBT offers a specialized solution for poultry, meat, seafood, and ready meal producers seeking efficient, high-capacity two-sided contact cooking. Utilizing either electric or thermal fluid heat sources, this equipment continuously cooks products between heated platens, ensuring even searing and cooking throughout. Designed with a non-stick Teflon® belt, it prevents product adherence and incorporates automatic belt tensioning and tracking systems for streamlined operation. Available in modular lengths and with belt widths of 600 mm or 1000 mm, the ProGrill® integrates seamlessly into production lines, enhancing throughput with options for PLC controls. The stainless steel enclosure ensures durability, while the modular design allows easy cleaning and maintenance, facilitated by an automatic belt wash system. An ideal choice for processors aiming to maintain high cook yields and product quality in a continuous operation setting.
Benefits
- Enhances product consistency with precise two-sided searing and cooking.
- Increases production efficiency with continuous operation and minimal manual intervention.
- Minimizes maintenance efforts with an automatic belt wash and tracking system.
- Offers flexibility with electric and thermal fluid heating options.
- Ensures long-term durability with a robust stainless steel enclosure.
- Applications
- Seafood,Meat,Ready meals,Poultry
- End products
- Grilled chicken sandwiches,Grilled chicken fillets,Seared beef patties,Cooked salmon portions
- Steps before
- Portioning,Injection,Marination
- Steps after
- Freezing,Chilling,Packing,Labeling
- Input ingredients
- boneless products,low profile products,products with flat horizontal surface areas
- Output ingredients
- seared products,cooked products,surface-seared low profile products
- Market info
- JBT is known for manufacturing innovative industrial machinery and solutions, particularly in the food processing and air transportation sectors, renowned for their advanced technology, reliability, and customer-focused engineered-to-order solutions tailored to specific industry needs.
- Heat Source
- Electric or Thermal Fluid
- Belt Width
- 600 mm or 1000 mm
- Modular Length
- 1.2 m
- Automation
- Optional PLC Controls
- Belt Type
- Non-stick Teflon®
- Belt Tensioning
- Automatic
- Belt Tracking System
- Automatic
- Belt Washing
- Automatic
- Contact cooking method
- Two-sided heated platens
- Heat source
- Electric / Thermal Fluid
- Automation level
- Optional PLC controls
- Belt system
- Non-stick Teflon® belt
- Belt cleaning
- Automatic belt wash
- Belt tensioning
- Automatic belt tensioner and tracking system
- Operation type
- Continuous cooking
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Machine footprint
- Modular design in 1.2 m lengths
- Usable belt width
- 600 mm / 1000 mm
- Available heat methods
- Electric / Thermal Fluid
- Belt type
- Non-stick Teflon®
- Enclosure material
- Stainless Steel
- Heat Source Type
- Electric / Thermal Fluid
- Belt Width
- 600 mm / 1000 mm
- Modular Length
- 1.2 m
- Control System
- Optional PLC Controls
- Belt Material
- Non-stick Teflon®
- Automated Features
- Belt Tensioner and Tracking System