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Products made of batter, such as pancakes, are automatically cooked on a continuous elongated, continuously advanced heated conveyor belt. A dispenser adjacent one end of the belt dispenses individual masses of the batter onto the belt to form the individual product units. At an intermediate locatio

Products made of batter, such as pancakes, are automatically cooked on a continuous elongated, continuously advanced heated conveyor belt. A dispenser adjacent one end of the belt dispenses individual masses of the batter onto the belt to form the individual product units. At an intermediate location along the belt length, the product units are flipped. The dispenser and flipper are activated in synchronism with each other and longitudinal movement of the belt in response to the belt being continuously advanced.

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Apparatus for automatically cooking products made of batter, such as pancakes, comprising a continuous, elongated, continuously advanced conveyor belt, means for dispensing individual masses of batter onto the belt to form individual product units adjacent one end of the belt, means for applying suf

Apparatus for automatically cooking products made of batter, such as pancakes, comprising a continuous, elongated, continuously advanced conveyor belt, means for dispensing individual masses of batter onto the belt to form individual product units adjacent one end of the belt, means for applying sufficient heat to the belt to cook the batter masses dispensed from the dispensing means onto the belt, means for flipping the individual product units as they arrive at an intermediate location along the belt length so that one side of each product unit is cooked on the belt upstream of the means for flipping and another side of each product unit is cooked on the belt downstream of the means for flipping, and means responsive to the continuous belt advancement for activating the dispensing means and the flipping means in synchronism with each other and longitudinal movement of the belt, the belt having a tendency to change dimensions as it changes temperature during cooking of the units, further including first and second drums over which the belt passes, the first and second drums being respectively located at the first and second ends of the belt, and means responsive to the temperature of the belt for changing the longitudinal separation of axes of the drums to compensate for the dimensional changes of the belt so the belt remains taut on the drum despite temperature changes of the belt.