GEA CookStar

GEA CookStar 600

Unchallenged cooking performance

The CookStar offers the best of both worlds by combining horizontal and vertical airflow. This allows the CookStar to efficiently balance the critical elements of time, temperature, humidity and air circulation to provide efficient cooking for a wide range of applications. It is this ability that makes GEA CookStar the Master of Industrial Cooking.

25 years of innovation with GEA CookStar

Main applications

The GEA CookStar is versatile, handling a wide range of products such as poultry, pork, beef, fish and meat substitutes, coated and uncoated, formed and natural, at high production throughputs.

Flexibility now and in the future

Master of versatility: steam – cook – brown – roast, in one oven
Patent-pending for the unique SuperHeatSmoke option for cooking and smoking products
Fastest change over between processes

Proven performance

Shorter cook time for more efficient cooking
More available heating capacity gives higher throughput
More equal color development and more consistent core temperature
Setting the industry standard with the longest cooking length – up to 25 m/min belt speed and up to 25 kg/m belt load

Ultimate reliability

More than 25 years' experience and countless millions of tons of food products produced
99% uptime with proven installations around the globe
Global service coverage with support programs for better-operating efficiency

Specifications

Advanced technology

Three-phase cooking concept in double spiral oven

The GEA CookStar is the world's only three-phase cooking concept in a double spiral. Its patented design combines horizontal airflow with impingement airflow in the turbo zone. This provides excellent cooking efficiency at new industry standards for yield and quality compared with purely horizontal airflow ovens.

Process control and efficiency

Cooking flexibility with up to 100°C /180°F difference in cooking temperatures between the zones. Process control via dewpoint measurement – know how to cook. Dewpoint measured independently in each cooking chamber. Dewpoint differences of up to 45°C between the two zones. The oven accurately controls the conditions in each zone with balanced airflow, active climate control and moderated exhaust control.

GEA InsightPartner

A cloud-based solution, InsightPartner delivers transparency in machine condition and performance based on real data monitoring. Some of the typical parameters tracked are production time, operation modes, technical uptime, meantime between failure, alarm analysis and maintenance suggestions. InsightPartner allows maintenance managers to easily track key performance indicators that are critical for the business as well as keep a close eye on the health of the machines and to gain insight into its downtime, breakdowns, and maintenance needs.

Technical details of GEA CookStar

Product specifications	GEA CookStar 600	GEA CookStar 1000
Belt length	60 to 86 m*	117 to 160 m*
Belt width	600 mm	1000 mm
Max. cooking / grilling temperature	200 °C	200 °C
Min. product height	15 x 15 x 15 mm	15 x 15 x 15 mm
Max. product height	75 to 130 mm*	90 to 140 mm*
Climate control & modarating exhaust control	standard	standard
Infeed and outfeed height	1000 mm	1150 mm
Dimensions L x W x H	9288x4481x4855 mm	12910x6350x5830 mm
Machine weight	18.000 kg	50.000 kg

Add-ons

Options GEA CookStar

GEA CookStar with SuperHeatSmoke application

Inline cooking and smoking

GEA CookStar in-line smoking solutions, SuperHeatSmoke and HotSmoke, combine double spiral oven technology with the atomization of condensed natural smoke, to produce attractive fully cooked and smoked products. It uses condensed natural smoke from the market-leading specialist in smoke condensates, Red Arrow.

GEA sediment removal system belt wash

For heavily-marinated applications or sticky products, the sediment removal system belt wash simplifies the belt washing operation and improves efficiency for the operator.

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GEA SuperHeatSmoke & HotSmoke

GEA CookStar in-line smoking solutions combine double spiral oven technology with the atomization of condensed natural smoke, to produce attractive fully cooked and smoked products. It uses condensed natural smoke from the market-leading specialist in smoke condensates, Red Arrow.

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