Thawing & tempering

Bailey, C. & James, S. J. (1974) Air-, water- and vacuum-thawing of frozen pork legs and meat blocks. pp42.1-42.13. Meat Freezing: Why and How?  Meat Research Institute Symposium No. 3, edited by Cutting, C. L.

Bailey, C. & James, S. J. (1974) Predicting thawing times of frozen pork legs. ASHRAE Journal.  Vol. 16:3, pp68-69.

Bailey, C., James, S. J., Kitchell, A. G. & Hudson, W. R. (1974) Air-, water- and vacuum-thawing of frozen pork legs.  Journal of the Science of Food & Agriculture. Vol. 25, pp81-97.

James, S. J., Bailey, C. & Ono, S. (1976) Determination of freezing and thawing time in the centre of blocks of meat by measurement of surface temperature.  Journal of Food Technology.  Vol. 11, pp505-513.

James, S. J., Creed, P. G. & Roberts, T. A. (1977) Air thawing of beef quarters.  Journal of the Science of Food & Agriculture.  Vol. 28, pp1109-1119.

Creed, P. G., Bailey, C., James, S. J. & Harding, C. D. (1979) Air thawing of lamb carcasses.  Journal of Food Technology.  Vol. 14, pp181-191.

James, S. J. & Bailey, C. (1980) Air and vacuum thawing of unwrapped boneless meat blocks.  Refrigeration and Air Conditioning.  Vol. 83:985, pp75,76,79.

James, S. J. & Bailey, C. (1980) Air and vacuum thawing of unwrapped boneless meat blocks. Proceedings of the Institute of Refrigeration. Vol. 76, pp44-51.

James, S. J. & Creed, P. G. (1980) Predicting thawing time of frozen beef fore and hindquarters.  International Journal of Refrigeration.  Vol. 3:4, pp237-240.

Creed, P. G. & James, S. J.  (1981) Predicting thawing times of frozen boneless beef blocks.  Fleischerei (Germany).  Vol. 32, ppVII-VIII.

Creed, P. G. & James, S. J. (1981) Predicting thawing times of frozen boneless beef blocks. International Journal of Refrigeration. Vol. 4, pp355-358.

Creed, P. G. & James, S. J. (1982) Predicting thawing times of frozen boneless beef blocks. Food Technology and Hygiene Review.  Vol. 4:1, pp3-8.

Creed, P. G. & James, S. J. (1982) Predicting thawing times of frozen boneless beef blocks.  Meat Trades Annual & Dairy, Wheatland Journals Ltd., Rickmansworth, Surrey, UK.  

Creed, P. G. & James, S. J. (1982) Predicting thawing times of frozen boneless beef blocks. Meat processing (USA).  Vol. 21:3, pp48, 51, 52.

James, S. J. & Bailey, C. (1982) Changes in the surface heat transfer coefficient during meat thawing. Proceedings of the 28th European Meeting of Meat Research Workers, Madrid, Spain.  Vol. 1, Section 3.16, pp160-163.

James, S. J. & Bailey, C. (1982) The measurement of product load during cooling, freezing and thawing of meat and meat products. Proceedings of the Institute of Refrigeration.  Vol. 77, pp44-51.

James, S. J. (1983) Tempering bacon middles for high speed slicing.  Appendix to MRI Biennial Report, 1981-1983: Some practical research applications, pp29-31.

James, S. J. & Bailey, C. (1983) Air and vacuum thawing of unwrapped boneless meat blocks.  Australian Journal Refrigeration and Air conditioning.  p37.

James, S. J. & Bailey, C. (1983) The theory and practice of food thawing. pp566-578.  Thermal Processing and the Quality of Foods, edited by Zeuthen, P. et al., 1st Ed., Elsevier Applied Science Publishers, London & New York.

James, S. J., Nair, C. & Bailey, C. (1983) The effects of freezing and thawing rates on the drip loss from frozen beef.  pp807-813.  Thermal Processing and the Quality of Foods, edited by Zeuthen P. et al., 1st Ed., Elsevier Applied Science Publishers, London & New York. 

James, S. J. (1984) Thawing meat using microwaves under vacuum.   Proceedings of the 30th European Meeting of Meat Research Workers, 9-14th September 1984, Bristol, UK.  Vol. 2.6, pp61-62.

James, S. J. (1986) Microwave thawing and tempering of frozen meat.  Proceedings of BNCE Conference on Heating and Processing 1-3000 MHz, St John's College, Cambridge, 7.4

James, S. J. (1986) Thawing and tempering: principles and system.  Meat Thawing/Tempering and Product Quality, AFRC Institute of Food Research - Bristol Subject Day, IFR-BL, Langford, UK.

James, S. J. (1986) Thawing of foods.  Preparation Processing and Freezing in Frozen Food Production, Food Engineering Forum, Institute of Mechanical Engineering (IMechE), 7-8th October 1986, London.

James, S. J. & Bailey, C. (1986) Thawing and tempering. Section 4.5, pp206-233.  Recommendations for the Processing and Handling of Frozen Foods, 3rd Ed, International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR). 

James, S. J. & Crow, N. (1986) Thawing and tempering: industrial practice.  Meat Thawing/Tempering and Product Quality, AFRC Institute of Food Research - Bristol Subject Day, IFR-BL, Langford, UK.

James, S. J. & Gigiel, A. J. (1986) Bacon tempering.  Meat Thawing/Tempering and Product Quality, AFRC Institute of Food Research - Bristol Subject Day, IFR-BL, Langford, UK.

James, S. J. & Bailey, C. (1987) Bacon tempering for high speed slicing.  Proceedings XVIIth International Congress of Refrigeration C, Vienna, Austria, C2-1.

James, S. J. & Bailey, C. (1988) Thawing and tempering of frozen meat.  Proceedings of the International Symposium Progress in Food Preservation Processes, CERIA, Brussels, Belgium. Vol. 1, pp113-120.

James, S. J. & Fulton, G. (1988) Predictive modelling of heat and mass transfer in food processing.  pp293.  Engineering Advances for Agriculture and Food, Proceedings of the 1938-1988 Jubilee Conference of the Institution of Agricultural Engineers, co-sponsered by the Fellowship of Engineering, Robinson College, Cambridge, 12-15 September, 1988, edited by Cox, S. W. R., Butterworths, London.

James, S. J. (1997) Bacon tempering for high speed slicing.  Meat Refrigeration – Why and How? EU concerted action programme CT94 1881. 24-25th September 1997, University of Bristol, Langford, UK.

James, S. J. (1997) Thawing and tempering.  Meat Refrigeration – Why and How? EU concerted action programme CT94 1881. 24-25th September 1997, University of Bristol, Langford, UK.

James, S. J. & Schofield, I. (1997) Modelling of meat chilling, freezing and thawing.  Meat Refrigeration – Why and How? EU concerted action programme CT94 1881, 24-25th September 1997, University of Bristol, Langford, UK.

James, C., Ketteringham, L. & James, S. J. (1998) Enhanced heat transfer in food chilling, freezing and thawing using heat pipes. Advances in the Refrigeration System, Food Technologies and Cold Chain, Proceedings of meeting of IIF-IIR Commission B2 & C2, with D1 & D2/3, Sofia, Bulgaria.  Section 5, pp327-333.

James, C. & James, S. J. (1999) The heat pipe and its potential for enhancing the freezing and thawing of meat in the catering industry.  International Journal of Refrigeration.  Vol. 22, pp 414-424.

James, S. J. (1999) Food Refrigeration and Thermal Processing at Langford, UK: 32 Years of Research.  Transactions of Institute of Chemical Engineering. Vol. 77 C, pp261-279.

James, S. J. & James, C. (2002) Meat Refrigeration.  Woodhead Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1 85573 442 7.

Brown, T., Gigiel, A. J., Swain, M. V. L. & James, C. (2003) Practical investigations of two-stage bacon tempering.  International Journal of Refrigeration.  Vol. 26:6, pp690-697.

James, C., Palpacelli, S. & James, S. (2003) Optimisation of two-stage bacon tempering using mathematical modelling.  Predictive Modelling in Foods – Conference Proceedings (Eds J.F.M. Van Impe, A.H. Geeraerd, I. Leguérinel & P. Mafart), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven/BioTeC, Belgium, ISBN 90-5682-400-7, pp277-279.

Brown, T., Evans, J. A., James, C., James, S. J. & Swain, M. V. L. (2005) Thawing of cook-freeze catering packs. Journal of Food Engineering.  Vol. 74:1, pp70-77.

Swain, M. J. & James, S. J. (2005) Microwave thawing and tempering.  pp174-191.  Microwave Processing of Food, edited by Schubert, H. & Regier, M., Woodhead Publishing Limited.

Brown, T. & James, C. (2006) Tempering of frozen boneless beef blocks.  Symposium on food processing and technology, 17th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering CHISA 2006, 27-31st August 2006, Prague, Czech Republic.  CD-Rom of Full Texts, paper 1430.

Brown, T. & James, S. J. (2006) The effect of air temperature, velocity and visual lean (VL) composition on the tempering time of frozen beef blocks. International Journal of Refrigeration.  Vol. 73, pp545-552.

James, C. (2008) Chilling, freezing and thawing of meat.  Practical Meat Hygiene for the Army Environmental and Occupational Health Students, 16th April 2008, University of Bristol, UK.

James, C., Ketteringham, L., Palpacelli, S. & James, S. J. (2009) Prediction of heat transfer during food chilling, freezing, thawing and distribution. Chpt 4, pp55-78.  Predictive modelling and risk assessment, edited by Costa, R. & Kristbergsson, K.  Springer Science+Business Media.  ISBN 978-0-387-33512-4.

James, S. J., James, C. and Purnell, G. (2017) Microwave assisted thawing and tempering. Chpt 12, pp251-272.  Microwave Processing of Food, edited by Regier, M., Knoerzer, K. & Schubert, H., Elsevier.

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