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An infrared dehydrator unit for minced fish to produce an edible fish product. The unit is constituted by a gas-fired infrared heater provided with a refractory body having a radiation horn from which infrared rays are projected into the interior of a tank containing a load of minced fish to be dehy

An infrared dehydrator unit for minced fish to produce an edible fish product. The unit is constituted by a gas-fired infrared heater provided with a refractory body having a radiation horn from which infrared rays are projected into the interior of a tank containing a load of minced fish to be dehydrated. The tank is provided with an agitator acting to pick up and expose all pieces of the load to the rays to effect dehydration thereof. The radiation pattern of the horn is such as to confine the projected rays to the exposed pieces of the load and to avoid striking and heating the sides of the tank. In this way, scorching and sticking of the agitated pieces when they make contact with these side walls are prevented. As a consequence, the dehydrated pieces are of substantially uniform quality and waste thereof is obviated.

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The method of producing an edible fish product comprising the steps of: A. mincing raw fish to produce small pieces thereof; B. placing a load of the fish pieces in an open tank having side walls; C. projecting into the tank a beam of infrared rays having a pattern which is directed mainly on the lo

The method of producing an edible fish product comprising the steps of: A. mincing raw fish to produce small pieces thereof; B. placing a load of the fish pieces in an open tank having side walls; C. projecting into the tank a beam of infrared rays having a pattern which is directed mainly on the load and substantially avoids the side walls; and D. agitating the pieces in the tank to pick up the pieces in the load thereof and exposing them to the incident beam until such time as the pieces are dehydrated.