Home style drum breader for meat and poultry
Achieve consistent, high-quality breading on diverse food products with this drum breader, designed for precision coating and handling even irregular shapes like drumsticks, ensuring your products maintain their signature crispy texture across every batch.

Applies Consistent Home-Style Breading to Food Products
The alco Home Style Drum Breader – ADB from alco food-machines excels in efficiently applying home-style breading to various food products, particularly those with irregular shapes, such as bone-in chicken, plant-based tenders, and seafood. It employs an innovative breading flour distribution and sprinkling system that ensures even coverage and minimizes waste, crucial for maintaining desired textures across diverse cuisines.
Designed for continuous, high-speed operation, the drum breader accommodates applications in bakery, confectionery, pet food, and ready meals, offering exceptional versatility. The integrated PLC control system enables precise recipe management and operation through an intuitive touch panel, facilitating seamless integration into existing production lines.
Energy efficiency is enhanced via a gentle flour circulation and innovative blower air system, reducing spotting and maintaining consistent coating quality. With its hygienic design, the machine supports easy cleaning, ensuring top product safety and compliance with stringent food industry standards. For enhanced ergonomics, optional features like lateral supply and refill funnels are available, allowing customization to meet specific production requirements.
Benefits
- Ensures consistent breading quality with minimal waste through an optimized flour distribution system.
- Enhances production efficiency with high-speed, continuous operation, reducing labor intervention.
- Versatile application capabilities support a broad range of products, expanding market offerings.
- Maintains hygienic standards with an easy-to-clean design, promoting food safety compliance.
- Customizable features allow adaptation to specific production needs, optimizing throughput and quality.
- Applications
- Seafood,Ready meals,Potatoes,Pet food,Bakery,Confectionery,Meat,Plant-based protein,Vegetables,Poultry
- End products
- Chicken nuggets,Breaded zucchini slices,Crispy tofu bites,Breaded fish fillets,Vegetable stir-fry kits,Tempura shrimp,Plant-based chicken tenders,Potato croquettes,Breaded chicken drumsticks,Breaded cheese bites
- Steps before
- Grinding,Mixing,Injection,Marination
- Steps after
- Frying,Cooking,Packing,Freezing
- Input ingredients
- chicken drumsticks,chicken thighs,irregularly shaped products,bone-in products,vegetables,fish,flour,dried spices,herbs
- Output ingredients
- homestyle coated chicken,crispy breaded products,textured breaded fish,golden exterior coated vegetables,evenly coated food products
- Market info
- JBT is known for manufacturing industrial ETO equipment, specializing in food processing and airport ground support systems. They are reputed for innovative solutions and reliable service in industries requiring sophisticated automated systems and machinery.
- Coating method
- Drum breading
- Breading type
- Fine or coarse grains,spices,herbs,flour
- Drum size
- Variable
- Automation
- PLC-controlled
- Batch size
- Small and large batches
- Variable drum speed
- Adjustable
- Integrated filter system
- Clump sifting and residue separation
- Optional features
- Lateral supply and refill funnel,spindle height adjustment
- Automation level
- PLC-controlled with touch panel
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch
- Cleaning method
- Manual / Easy cleaning design
- Changeover time
- Quick due to easy operation
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Product type adaptability
- Chicken,fish,vegetables
- Breading grain size
- Fine or coarse
- Drum Size
- Adaptable for small and large batch sizes
- Control Panel Type
- Touch panel with PLC operating system
- Spindle Height Adjustment
- Handwheel controlled,tool-less
- Control panel type
- PLC touch panel
- Integration possibilities
- Recipe management
- Drum speed adjustment
- Variable speed
- Height adjustment
- Handwheel spindle
- Product filling system
- Optional lateral supply and refill funnel