Operate or tend cooking equipment, such as steam cooking vats, deep fry cookers, pressure cookers, kettles, and boilers, to prepare food products.

Other names for Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders: Blanching Machine Operator, Boiler, Brine Maker, Casing Cooker, Chip Frier, Chocolate Temperer, Coconut Boiler, Confectionery Cooker, Cook, Cook Box Filler, Cook-Box Filler, Cooker, Cooker Mechanic, Cooker Operator, Cooker Tender, Corn Cooker, Cottage Cheese Maker, Deep Fat Fry Cook, Dextrine Mixer, Dog and Cat Food Cook, Doughnut Fryer, Doughnut Machine Operator, Doughnut Maker, Draw Machine Operator, Food Cooking Machine Operator, Food Production Worker, Frier, Fryer Operator, Gum Cook, Gum Machine Operator, Gum Maker, Industrial Cook, Instant Potato Processor, Kettle Cook, Kettle Fry Cook Operator, Kettle Operator, Kettle Tender, Manufacturing Assistant, Manufacturing Associate, Manufacturing Operator, Mash Tub Cooker Operator, Masher, Master Cook, Meal Cook, Meal Cooker, Meal Temperer, Mexican Food Cook, Mogul Operator, Molasses and Caramel Operator, Nut Steamer, Ordering Machine Operator, Pickle Maker, Pierogi Maker, Popcorn Candy Maker, Potato Chip Frier, Potato Chip Fryer, Potato Chip Maker, Potato Pancake Frier, Process Cheese Cooker, Process Technician, Processor, Retort Operator, Sanding Line Operator, Sausage Cooker, Scalder, Soybean Specialties Cook, Steak Sauce Maker, Steam Box Hand, Steam Box Tender, Steam Conditioner Operator, Steam Conditioning Operator, Steam Oven Operator, Steam Tender, Steamer, Sterilizer Operator, Sugar Boiler, Syrup Maker, Thermo Processor, Thermoscrew Operator, Tripe Cooker, Vacuum Conditioner Operator, Vacuum Kettle Cook, Vat Skimmer, Vegetable Cook, Wine Pasteurizer, Yeast Distiller,

• Record production and test data, such as processing steps, temperature and steam readings, cooking time, batches processed, and test results.
• Listen for malfunction alarms, and shut down equipment and notify supervisors when necessary.
• Collect and examine product samples during production to test them for quality, color, content, consistency, viscosity, acidity, or specific gravity.
• Observe gauges, dials, and product characteristics, and adjust controls to maintain appropriate temperature, pressure, and flow of ingredients.
• Read work orders, recipes, or formulas to determine cooking times and temperatures, and ingredient specifications.
• Clean, wash, and sterilize equipment and cooking area, using water hoses, cleaning or sterilizing solutions, or rinses.
• Set temperature, pressure, and time controls, and start conveyers, machines, or pumps.
• Tend or operate and control equipment such as kettles, cookers, vats and tanks, and boilers, to cook ingredients or prepare products for further processing.
• Measure or weigh ingredients, using scales or measuring containers.
• Admit required amounts of water, steam, cooking oils, or compressed air into equipment, such as by opening water valves to cool mixtures to the desired consistency.
• Remove cooked material or products from equipment.
• Notify or signal other workers to operate equipment or when processing is complete.
• Turn valves or start pumps to add ingredients or drain products from equipment and to transfer products for storage, cooling, or further processing.
• Place products on conveyors or carts, and monitor product flow.
• Pour, dump, or load prescribed quantities of ingredients or products into cooking equipment, manually or using a hoist.
• Activate agitators and paddles to mix or stir ingredients, stopping machines when ingredients are thoroughly mixed.
• Operate auxiliary machines and equipment, such as grinders, canners, and molding presses, to prepare or further process products.

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• Bucket conveyors
• Filling machinery
• Hoists
• Sifting machinery
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• Conveyor feeders
• Commercial use food grinders
• Hand trucks or accessories
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• Roasting machinery
• Floor or platform scales
• Forming machine
• Forming machine
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• Roasting machinery
• Smoking machinery
• Smoking machinery
• Steaming machinery
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• Water hoses
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