Industrial double spiral oven for flexible cooking solutions

Enhance the quality of your food products with an advanced double spiral oven that integrates impingement and horizontal airflow, offering superior cooking versatility and efficiency for diverse and challenging recipes.

Cooks, Roasts, Grills, and Smokes Diverse Products

The GEA CookStar Turbo, by GEA, is a double spiral oven renowned for its unique combination of impingement and horizontal airflow, delivering exceptional cooking versatility and product quality. Designed for the food processing industry, it expertly handles applications from cooking and roasting to grilling and smoking. Capable of processing up to 50 tons per hour, it accommodates products like chicken nuggets, roast pork loin, and grilled salmon fillets. This automated system supports continuous operations and integrates seamlessly into your production line with a PLC-controlled interface. The oven achieves superior energy efficiency through its turbo impingement function, reducing overall energy consumption. Available with options for inline smoking, it offers advanced climate control for perfect product consistency while ensuring easy maintenance with its sediment removal system belt wash. GEA provides comprehensive engineering support and customization options, enhancing the CookStar Turbo’s capacity to meet specific production demands.

Benefits

  • Enhances product quality with versatile cooking options, ensuring consistent flavor and texture.
  • Increases operational efficiency with continuous, high-speed production capabilities.
  • Minimizes energy costs through optimized airflow and turbo impingement functionality.
  • Simplifies maintenance and reduces cleaning time with an advanced sediment removal system.
  • Provides flexibility for future product developments with customizable configurations.

General


Applications
Pork,Roasted products,Meat substitutes,Coated products,Poultry,Beef,Uncoated products,Fish
End products
Chicken nuggets,Beef jerky,Roasted chicken breasts,Barbecue ribs,Plant-based burger patties,Breaded chicken tenders,Grilled salmon fillets,Seasoned potato wedges,Roast pork loin,Grilled vegetable skewers
Steps before
Preparation,Marinating,Seasoning,Battering,Coating
Steps after
Smoking,Cooling,Packing,Chilling
Input ingredients
poultry,pork,beef,fish,meat substitutes,coated products,uncoated products,natural products
Output ingredients
roasted products,cooked products,smoked products,grilled products,brown products
Market info
GEA is known for its expertise in engineering innovative and sustainable equipment and solutions, focusing on sectors such as food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, and energy, with a reputation for quality, efficiency, and advanced technological applications in industrial processing.

Technical Specifications


Belt length
60 to 86 m / 117 to 160 m*
Belt width
600 mm / 1000 mm
Max. cooking / grilling temperature
250°C / 210°C
Min. product height
15x15x15 mm
Max. product height
75 to 130 mm / 90 to 140 mm*
Dimensions L x W x H
9288x4481x4855 mm / 12910x6350x5830 mm
Machine weight
18000 kg / 50000 kg
3-phase cooking concept temperature difference
up to 100°C / 180°F
Dewpoint difference between zones
up to 45°C

Operating Characteristics


Airflow method
Horizontal and impingement
Automation level
PLC / SCADA
Batch vs. continuous operation
Inline Continuous
Cleaning method
CIP
Cooking method
Spiral roasting and grilling
Energy efficiency
High throughput
Flexibility
Steam,cook,brown,roast
Process control
Dewpoint measurement

Product type Characteristics


Viscosity
Low to Medium
Food type
Poultry,pork,beef,fish,meat substitutes
Product form
Natural,grilled,roasted

Physical Characteristics


Machine footprint
9288x4481x4855 mm
Machine footprint
12910x6350x5830 mm
Belt length
60 to 86 m
Belt length
117 to 160 m
Belt width
600 mm
Belt width
1000 mm
Machine weight
18000 kg
Machine weight
50000 kg
Infeed,outfeed height
1000 mm
Infeed,outfeed height
1150 mm

Custom Options


Control panel type
Touchscreen HMI
Integration possibilities
SCADA / PLC
Inline cooking and smoking
SuperHeatSmoke / HotSmoke options
Sediment removal system
Belt wash for sticky products