The subject of the invention is a gastronomy roller heater used for cured meat products mainly for the purposes of small gastronomy.

Already established are hot dog heaters equipped with rotating heating rolls inside of which heaters are mounted. The heaters are equipped with a thermostat and a control lamp. The heated cured meat products are usually wieners or kabanos sausages for hot dogs and the heater allows the simultaneous heating of from a few to a dozen or even several dozen of such sausages. During the sale of hot dogs it is impossible to predict the quantity and types of sausages that will be ordered by the customers. This causes a situation in which some sausages are heated for a long time while others are heated on a regular basis. This requires the observation of the device and paying special attention to the heated products which, in the case of selling hot dogs at petrol stations, for example, where the staff provides various sale services under time pressure, can lead to the issue of selling hot dogs with insufficiently heated sausages.

The gastronomy roller heater having a cuboid base fitted with a socket for connecting the electric current, and equipped from the front with a thermostat, a power switch and an operating indicator over which, between the side walls, rotating heating rollers are mounted, is characterized according to the invention by the fact that the upper parts of the side walls is formed in the shape of a ventilation hood, fitted with non-contact temperature sensors, with the temperature sensors being directed at the inter-rows of the heating rollers, and on the upper side of the side walls with temperature displays presenting the temperature measured by individual temperature sensors.

Beneficially the temperature sensors are non-contact infrared sensors.

The sausages rotate in the inter-rows of the rotating rolls, and the displays indicate temperature measured with temperature sensors. The sensors are directed at the inter- rows of the rollers, that is at the places where the heated sausages are located. By using the solution of this invention it is possible to monitor the temperature of the heated sausages on an ongoing basis, which allows the proper quality of the served hot-dogs as well as meeting the terms of food safety requirements, ensuring the protection of human health and consumer interests.

The invention is explained in greater detail in the exemplary embodiment drawing which shows the device in perspective view from the front.

The gastronomy roller heater has a cuboid stainless steel base fitted with a socket for connecting the electric current, is equipped from the front with a thermostat 6, a power switch 7 and an operating indicator 8. Above the base, between the side walls 1, rotating heating rollers are mounted 4. The upper parts of the side walls 1 are formed in the shape of a ventilation hood 2, fitted with non-contact infrared temperature sensors 3. Temperature sensors 3 are directed at the inter-rows of the rollers 4. On the upper side of the side walls 1 temperature displays 5 showing the temperature measured by individual temperature sensors 3 are placed. The temperature of each of the sausages heated in the inter-rows is presented on the corresponding temperature display.