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Next Challenge: What is your idea for a sustainable and cost-effective alternative to mineral oil? |
American eating patterns are shifting towards convenient meals based on “heating” rather than “cooking”. Currently, grocery store freezer isles are a jumble of options to address this need. One of the fastest growing freezer categories focus on delivering familiar comfort foods with fried organoleptic attributes (crispy, flaky, crunchy).
Your task is to propose how you would develop an alternative to conventional frying process for a food application. Modifications to a current immersion (frying by full immersion in oil) process or new technologies are acceptable. Please include designs or product specs if applicable. Solutions must address the following variables in the criteria.
Criteria:
Winners will be selected based on how well they address the following criteria
• Energy Usage – Current systems require intensive heat sources.
• Safety – Commercial vat fryer are among the most dangerous unit operations in food processing. Attempts to reduce this risk will be welcome.
• Commercialization Potential – The idea should be suitable for industrial implementation
Currently, it is known that several food companies have patents for low oil frying processes. If the submitter chooses to include ideas from a current patent, they should also include an explanation of differentiation.
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Submissions will be graded on the following criteria:
- Meets Deliverables
- Creativity
- Clarity
will receive $150 each
will receive $50 each
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David Barron University of Texas at Austin | |
| $150.00 |
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Zhuohong (Kenny) Xie University of Maryland | |
| $150.00 |
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Andrea Leung University of Texas at Austin | |
| $150.00 |
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Michael Yu University of Toronto | |
| $150.00 |
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Daniel Recht Harvard University | |
| $50.00 |
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Hogan Bernreuter University of Central Florida | |
| $50.00 |
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Pat Polowsky Purdue University | |
| $50.00 |
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David Choi Indiana University | |
| $50.00 |
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Neil O'Donnell Cornell University | |
| $50.00 |
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Akhil Arunkumar Arizona State University |