- Blentech's SteamTherm Rice Cooker - The Modern Way to Cook Rice

Blentech's SteamTherm Rice Cooker - The Modern Way to Cook Rice

The SteamTherm Cooker is the modern way to cook rice. This PLC-controlled systesm automates the cooking of all types of rice - long grained, Basmiti, or short-grained "sticky rice." The SteamTherm system can sauté ingredients for recipes to create exotic specialty rice. It can be programmed to cook sauces automatically to complement rice for ready meals. It is the complete machine for almost all rice-based products.

Range of Products & Applications:

The BlenTherm is best suited for cooking Parboiled rice, long-grain rice, sticky rice, vegetables, and sauce bases. It is also an excellent mixer for pre-mix spice and cake mixes.

Vacuum Cooling and Cooking

Rice, pasta, cooked vegetables, TVP or soy protein.

Flexible Design

Blentech can design the SteamTherm to produce hydrated rice like your existing rice cooking process. Whether you use the full-absorption cooking method or the excess water cooking method, whether the rice is hydrated in a flavored cooking liquid or colored liquid, Blentech has the technology to design the SteamTherm to your cooked rice specifications. The SteamTherm can be designed with direct steam injection heating or jacket heating. It can also be designed to vacuum chill or water-cool the product.

Fragile Rice Kernels

The basic objective of the SteamTherm design is to minimize any damage to the fragile cooked rice kernels. Cooked rice is much more difficult to handle in large production batches. The weight of the hydrated rice is more likely to crush the soft kernels during agitation and discharge. The SteamTherm is specially designed with a short, large diameter tub length, and an extra large discharge door. The agitator paddles are large to push the rice through the oversized door with fewer revolutions and minimum pressure on the fragile rice kernels.

Precise Control System

The key to quality rice is controlling the cooking parameters. Water and oil addition, cook or chill temperature, agitator rotation and RPM are all PLC-controlled. The PLC software program is designed with specific process steps that can be selected in any order to build a recipe with up to fifteen separate steps. Up to fifteen individual recipes can be stored for future production runs.

Proven Modes of Operation:

Heating
Blending
Sautéing

Direct Steam Injection
Vacuum Cooling
Vacuum Cooking

WORKING CAPACITIES:

120 gallons (454 L) to 374 gallons (1,414 L)

STANDARD FEATURES:

Single Horizontal Spiral Ribbon Agitator
Direct Steam Poppet Valves
Air-Operated Oversized Discharge Door
Air-Operated Domed, Gasketed Top Cover
Manually-Operated Safety Grate
Variable Frequency Drive
Two RTD Probes Connected to PLC
T-304 Stainless Steel Construction with Glassbead Blasted Satin Finish

OPTIONAL FEATURES:

60 or 90 PSI ASME Steam Jacket
Steam Poppets installed in end wall
Patented Bi-Directional Scrapers
Kettle Valve Discharge in Addition to Discharge Door
CIP Sprayballs
Positive Displacement Liquid Addition Pump
Water Meter Interlinked With PLC
AutoChef Multi-Recipe,PLC Control System with Touchscreen HMI Display
Process Recorder
T-316 Stainless Steel Construction
#2B Surface Finish Upgrades
Culinary Steam Package
Kitchen Cart Lift Dumper