Magnetic Resonance Temperature Mapping of Microwave-Fried Chicken Fingers

2009-06-01
Barutcu, Isil
Mccarthy, Michael J.
Seo, Young-Seob
Şahin, Serpil
The main objective of this study was to compare the heating patterns of chicken fingers deep-fried conventionally and using a microwave. Two dimensional internal temperature maps of fried chicken fingers with rectangular geometry were measured post frying using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Frying was performed in a microwave oven at 365 W power level for 0.5 and 1.5 min after bringing the oil temperature to 180 +/- 1 degrees C. Samples were also fried in a conventional fryer at 180 degrees C for 2 and 5 min for comparison. Variations in internal temperature distribution increased proportionally to frying time in both microwave and conventional frying. Internal thermal equilibrium is reached in all samples after 13 min of holding time. Internal structural changes, void formation, were also visualized in the images. Void formation did not significantly impact cooling rates.
JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE

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Citation Formats
I. Barutcu, M. J. Mccarthy, Y.-S. Seo, and S. Şahin, “Magnetic Resonance Temperature Mapping of Microwave-Fried Chicken Fingers,” JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE, pp. 0–0, 2009, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/48811.