The HydraTherm is the first, truly continuous, full absorption rice cooking system that can produce authentic, high value-added rices and flavored rice dishes such as Asian 'sticky' rice, Spanish rice, flavored rice pilaf and similar grain products where precision control of hydration is crucial to cooked rice quality.

The full absorption cooking method meters sufficient hot water onto the rice to achieve a customer-defined hydration level. This essentially eliminates starch-laden effluent, a costly by-product of conventional excess water rice cooking systems. The HydraTherm mixes as it conveys, so it is possible to prepare flavored rices with liquid and particulate ingredient additions without dilution. And, full absorption cooking is the only way to prepare authentic Asian 'sticky' rice for sushi and bento meal products.

The HydraTherm is completely automated so a single operator is able to manage the entire system. The PLC controlled intermeshing agitators convey the rice forward through the cooker at an application-specific rate while gently mixing the rice so that all kernels are evenly heated - by low pressure direct steam through the trough - and hydrated - by dosing of hot cook water from the manifold mounted above the moving bed of rice. The PLC-based recipe program precisely controls the rate of water addition to achieve a wide range of user-defined cook yields.

The patented HydraTherm defines state-of-the-art performance for the continuous production of restaurant-quality rice products. The modular system can include bulk rice transfer, rice washing and soaking, metered dosing of liquid and particulate flavoring ingredients, and post-cook cooling/chilling via chilled water or evaporative, chilled air.

Range of Products & Applications:

The HydraTherm will cook raw and parboiled rices of every variety - from Arborio to Wild Rice - including Basmati, Jasmin, CalRose, Texas Long Grain and short-grain glutinous (sticky) rices; to name a few.

WORKING CAPACITIES:

Each HydraTherm system is customized to suit the specific rice(s) to be processed. Production rates range from 300-lb/hr (136-kg/hr) to 4,500-lb/hr (2,041-kg/hr), depending on the variety of rice and hydration level required.

STANDARD FEATURES:

Dry Rice Feed Hopper

Metering Feed Belt with PLC Speed Control.

Self-contained Horizontal Cooking Vessel with Drive Motor, Electrical, Steam and Water Control Components mounted on Unitized Frame.

Twin Intermeshing Agitators of Hybrid Design for Gentle Conveyance and Mixing

Modulating Steam Valve with Multi-Zone Steam Pressure Control

Hot Water Spray System with Multi-Zone Control

AutoChef PLC Multi-Recipe Control System with Touchscreen HMI Display

T-304 Stainless Steel Construction

OPTIONAL FEATURES:

Culinary Steam Filter Package for Direct Steam Injection

Hot Water Heater and Booster Pump

Upgrade AutoChef PLC Control System for Integrated System Management of Devices

Bulk Rice Unloading and Metered Transfer System

Rotary Rice Washer

Rice Soak Tank and Metering Feed Belt

Liquid and Particulate Ingredient Metered Dosing/Feeding Devices

Rice Tempering Belt

Chilled Water Rotary Rice Rinser/Cooler

Chilled Water Deluge Rice Cooling Belt

Waterless Rice Cooling System utilitizing Evaporative Cooling with Chilled Forced Air

Sticky Rice Declumper/Fluffer

CIP Upgrade Package

T-316 Stainless Steel Construction