title: Combined heat transfer and kinetic models to predict cooking loss during heat treatment of beef meat.
abstract: A heat transfer model was used to simulate the temperature in 3 dimensions inside the meat. This model was combined with a first-order kinetic models to predict cooking losses. Identification of the parameters of the kinetic models and first validations were performed in a water bath. Afterwards, the performance of the combined model was determined in a fan-assisted oven under different air/steam conditions. Accurate knowledge of the heat transfer coefficient values and consideration of the retraction of the meat pieces are needed for the prediction of meat temperature. This is important since the temperature at the center of the product is often used to determine the cooking time. The combined model was also able to predict cooking losses from meat pieces of different sizes and subjected to different air/steam conditions. It was found that under the studied conditions, most of the water loss comes from the juice expelled by protein denaturation and contraction and not from evaporation.
authors.affiliation: INRA, UR370 Qualité des Produits Animaux, F-63122 St Genès Champanelle, France. alain.kondjoyan@clermont.inra.fr
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kondjoyan
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oillic
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Portanguen
authors.forename: Jean-Bernard
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Gros
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D003296:Cooking / Q000379:methods*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007700:Kinetics; D008460:Meat / Q000032:analysis*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000737:chemistry; D011489:Protein Denaturation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013227:Steam; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D009124:Muscle Proteins; D013227:Steam; D014867:Water