Prediction of cooking times and weight losses during meat roasting

In this work, a meat oven cooking model is developed, and its ability to predict three main process variables – evaporative loss, dripping loss and cooking time – is evaluated. Heat transfer is modelled by Fourier’s law, while the internal moisture content variation is modelled as a function of wate...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Goñi, Sandro Mauricio, Salvadori, Viviana Olga
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/131623
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/131623
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:DRIPPING LOSS
EVAPORATIVE LOSS
MEAT COOKING
SIMULATION
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2.11
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2
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Sumario:In this work, a meat oven cooking model is developed, and its ability to predict three main process variables – evaporative loss, dripping loss and cooking time – is evaluated. Heat transfer is modelled by Fourier’s law, while the internal moisture content variation is modelled as a function of water demand, which depends on the water holding capacity of beef. Experimental cooking of semitendinosus muscle samples was carried out in a convective oven to obtain general information about the process and to assess the model accuracy. Simulations were done by means of the finite element method, using three-dimensional irregular geometries as simulation domains. The model predictions were in good agreement with the experimental ones; the average absolute relative error was 3.91% for cooking time prediction, and 7.96% for total weight loss prediction.