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An apparatus and method for preparing foodstuffs, and particularly sausages and buns such as hot dogs. A reservoir containing heated water is provided and sausages are immersed in and moved through the heated water by a conveyor while buns are moved through heated vapor from the heated water to heat

An apparatus and method for preparing foodstuffs, and particularly sausages and buns such as hot dogs. A reservoir containing heated water is provided and sausages are immersed in and moved through the heated water by a conveyor while buns are moved through heated vapor from the heated water to heat the sausages and buns to a desired serving temperature.

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Apparatus for preparing foodstuffs and particularly sausages and buns such as hot dogs and comprising: housing means defining a foodstuff heating chamber having an inlet and an outlet for the introduction and discharge of foodstuffs; shared heating means for heating said chamber and both sausages an

Apparatus for preparing foodstuffs and particularly sausages and buns such as hot dogs and comprising: housing means defining a foodstuff heating chamber having an inlet and an outlet for the introduction and discharge of foodstuffs; shared heating means for heating said chamber and both sausages and buns passing therethrough and including reservoir means within said housing means for containing water and means for heating water contained in said reservoir means to an elevated temperature less than boiling; sausage conveyor means mounted in said housing means for immersing sausages in heated water contained in said reservoir means and for maintaining immersed sausages submerged while moving immersed sausages through heated water so as to heat the sausages to a predetermined internal temperature; and bun conveyor means mounted in said housing means overlying said reservoir means and adjacent and to one side of said sausage conveyor means for engaging buns and for subjecting engaged buns to moist heat including heated vapor from heated water contained in said reservoir means so as to heat the buns to a predetermined internal temperature; said conveyor means being arranged relative to said inlet and said outlet for receiving foodstuffs introduced thereinto and for discharging heated foodstuffs therefrom.