JSO III Direct Gas Jet Stream® Oven Now Available for Testing

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 13, 2007 Houston, Texas, November 13, 2007 -

Low-cost direct gas oven gives flame-broiled flavor profile to red meats


The JSO III Direct Gas Jet Stream® oven from FMC FoodTech is now available for processors to test meat products in the FMC FoodTech Food Processing Technology and Training Center in Sandusky, Ohio. With a low initial cost, simple design and impingement airflow, this open-flame oven is ideal for high-temperature processing and products requiring a unique, flame-broiled flavor profile, such as burgers, sausage and other red meat products.

Unmatched in performance, the JSO III is a continuous-process, high-intensity impingement oven that utilizes vertical airflow to deliver fast cooking with excellent product browning. Dual burners and dual fans provide high-heat-intensity power to deliver the desired product color and flavor profiles on the most challenging applications.

The high-efficiency gas burners and direct-spark ignition in the JSO III oven eliminate the need for maintaining a pilot light, lowering the cost of ownership. The oven’s explosion doors increase safety, while a patented floor-cooling mechanism prevents the burning of product remnants on the oven floor. Reliable, maintenance-free, high-efficiency plug fans also offer better air circulation.

“In addition to the cost savings, the oven’s expanded temperature flexibility is a big plus for meat processors,” says Ramesh Gunawardena, manager of technology and process development for FMC FoodTech. “The adjustable impingement nozzles can cook products from 2 to 6 inches high. The modular 40- and 48-inch-wide belts are available in a variety of designs from standard flat-flex to chain-edged mesh, allowing processors to easily add cooking capacity when required.”

With the option to cook meat products in a high-humidity environment first, followed by a combination of steam and heated air at temperatures up to 500 F (260 C), processors receive a higher production yield and throughput with the JSO III oven. The patented HUMITRoL® technology for automatic steam control complements superior containment mechanisms that include a water seal between the tank and hood to maintain high moisture content in the oven box at high fan speeds. This technology ensures less than + 2 F (1 C) cross-belt air temperature variation.

The fully automated clean-in-place (CIP) system in the JSO III oven maintains the highest degree of hygiene and sanitation with a continuous belt wash system and clam-shell hood design that permits easy inspection and secondary cleaning of internal components.

For more information about the JSO III Direct Gas Jet Stream oven or to schedule product testing, call (800) 447-2630 or visit www.fmcfoodtech.com.

About FMC FoodTech

FMC FoodTech is a business of FMC Technologies, Inc. and is headquartered in Chicago, Ill., USA. A market leader in the supply of technology solutions for the global food industry, FMC FoodTech offers integrated solutions across the entire food processing continuum from meat, seafood and poultry, to fruits and vegetables, beverages, juice and milk and convenience foods.

Wherever food is cooked, frozen, packaged, portioned, preserved, processed, squeezed or sterilized, FMC FoodTech provides superior technologies and services to the world's food processors – small and large. The company represents more than 30 highly respected product brand names including Frigoscandia Equipment, Stein, DSI, Citrus Systems, Food Processing Systems and FranRica.

For more information on FMC FoodTech, visit the company’s Web site at www.fmcfoodtech.com.