The Duravant family of operating companies serve the food processing, packaging and material handling segments.

Plant-Based Food Processing Equipment


We add value to your wholesome plant-based food products with our searing, grilling, roasting and grill marking solutions for formed meat alternatives and veggies. Our industrial dehydraters are also in demand for jerky style products while our automatic shredders are perfect for BBQ pulled alternative meats such as jackfruit. Come collaborate with our highly experienced team of food scientists, product line specialists, and culinary experts at any of our world-class solution centers located in the US, Europe and Thailand. Whether you’re optimizing current processes or perfecting a winning recipe, our team will put our equipment solutions to the test.

Equipment that fits your needs


  • Fermented Vegetables
  • Fruits & Vegetables
  • Jerky Style Snacks
  • RTE Meat Alternatives
  • Carruthers 1-PAK-Filler

    1-PAK Filler

    Our Carruthers single-station rotary volumetric filler is designed for filling food products into a wide range of container types - up to 5 lbs per portion. Our Carruthers 1-PAK filler is ideal for...
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  • Carruthers 12-PAK-Filler

    12-PAK Filler

    Our Carruthers 12-station high speed rotary volumetric filler is designed for filling food products into cans, jars, cups or bottom fill. Speeds up to 300 CPM with fill weights up to one pound...
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  • Carruthers 12-PAK-Filler

    24-PAK Filler

    Our Carruthers 24-station high speed rotary volumetric filler is designed for filling food products into cans, jars, cups or bottom fill. Speeds up to 600 CPM with fill weights up to one pound...
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  • Image of Marlen 4-PAK Filler

    4-PAK Filler

    Our Marlen four-station rotary volumetric filler is designed for filling food products into cans, jars, pre-formed trays or form-fill-seal pockets. With fill weights up to 3 lbs (1.3 kg) per portion, our 4-PAK...
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  • Carruthers 6-PAK-Filler

    6-PAK Filler

    Our Carruthers six-station rotary volumetric filler is designed for filling food products into cans, jars, cups or form-fill-seal pockets. With fill weights up to 1.5 lbs per portion, our 6-PAK filler is ideal...
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  • Afoheat Select Flame Searer

    Afoheat™ Select Flame Searer

    Our Afoheat™ Select Flame Searer is a continuous grill equipped with gas-powered direct flame technology. A safe CE Compliant design has led to installations around the world for a variety of applications including...
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    Afoheat™ Dual-lane Infrared Pasteurizer

    Our Afoheat™ Infrared Pasteurizer is a continuous grill equipped with patented electric infrared technology. The flexibility of our design has led to installations for a variety of applications including pre-package pasteurization and surface...
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  • Image of the Afoheat Select Infrared Roaster

    Afoheat™ Select Infrared Roaster

    Our Afoheat™ Select Infrared Roaster is a continuous grill equipped with gas-powered infrared technology. Safe CE Compliant design has led to installations around the world for a variety of applications including roasting and...
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  • Afoheat Mini Infrared Roaster

    Afoheat™ Mini Infrared Pasteurizer

    Our Mini Afoheat™ Infrared Pasteurizer is a continuous grill equipped with patented electric infrared technology. The flexibility of the design has led to installations for a variety of applications including pre-package pasteurization and...
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  • Afoheat Select Grill Marker

    Afoheat™ Select Grill Marker

    Our continuous Afoheat™ Select Grill Marker is equipped with gas-powered direct flame technology. Safe CE Compliant design has led to installations around the world for a variety of applications including roasting and searing...
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  • Carruthers Automatic Meat Shredder

    Automatic Meat Shredder

    Our innovative and uniquely designed Carruthers automatic meat shredder is a continuous flow machine with throughput exceeding 2,000 pounds (907 kg) per hour without the expense of intensive manual labor. This is our...
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  • Afoheat Micro-Flame Grill

    Afoheat™ Flame Grill – 12″ Micro

    Our Afoheat™ Micro Flame Grill is designed for processors moving from batch to continuous processing or with low-capacity requirements, ranging from 225-450 lbs/hr. From grilled burger patties to roasted mushrooms, our Micro Flame...
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  • Afoheat Mini Flame Grill

    Afoheat™ Flame Grill – 24″ Mini

    Our Afoheat™ Mini Flame Grill is a continuous grill equipped with gas-powered direct flame technology and an interchangeable grill marker. Our Mini Flame Grill is designed for a variety of applications including roasting,...
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    Afoheat™ Flame Grill – 40″

    Our Afoheat™ Flame Grill is a continuous grill equipped with gas-powered direct flame technology and an interchangeable grill marker. The Flame Grill is designed for a variety of applications including roasting, searing and...
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  • Afoheat Flame Grill - 60-inch

    Afoheat™ Flame Grill – 60″

    Our Afoheat™ Flame Grill is a continuous grill equipped with gas-powered direct flame technology and an interchangeable grill marker. The Flame Grill is designed for a variety of applications including roasting, searing and...
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  • Afoheat Mini Flame Grill

    Afoheat™ Flame Peeler – 24″

    Our 24" Afoheat™ Flame Peeler, designed for processors requiring 6,500-11,000 lbs/hr, is the perfect flame roasting solution for the peeling of peppers and onions with little to no damage to the product, while...
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    Afoheat™ Flame Peeler – 40″

    As your operations scale, our 40" Afoheat™ Flame Peeler scales alongside, with an energy-efficient way to increase throughput while maintaining product quality. Designed for processors requiring 11,000-20,000 lbs/hr, the Flame Peeler is the...
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  • Afoheat Flame Grill - 60-inch

    Afoheat™ Flame Peeler – 60″

    As the largest member of our 60" Afoheat™ Flame Peeler enables large, industrial processors to achieve repeatable, high-quality roasting and peeling results in short residence times. With a comparatively small footprint for its...
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    Afoheat™ Infrared Tunnel – Dual-lane

    Our Afoheat™ Dual Lane Infrared Tunnel offers large processors the opportunity to convert batch smoking and browning operations to continuous systems, with capacities ranging from 20-40 pieces/minute. Utilizing the Infrared Tunnel to surface...
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  • Afoheat Mini Infrared Roaster

    Afoheat™ Infrared Tunnel – Mini

    Our Afoheat™ Mini Infrared Tunnel offers growing processors the opportunity to expand their operations and offerings without significantly expanding their footprint, suitable for capacity targets of 4-8 pieces / minute. Utilizing the Infrared...
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  • Image of Marlen Large Spiral Oven

    Large Spiral Belt Pasteurizer

    Our Large Spiral Belt Pasteurizer allows expanding operations dependable equipment that can expand along with you and still offer the precise control and high quality you’re accustomed to. With real-time data tracking and...
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  • Image of the Marlen Medium Spiral Chiller Infeed with Control Panel and CIP

    Large Spiral Chiller

    Our Large Spiral Chillers improve efficiency by reducing both chill time and evaporative yield losses. To maximize your productivity, pair our Large Spiral Chiller with our Large Spiral Oven. The two machines have...
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  • Image of Marlen Large Spiral Oven

    Large Spiral Oven

    With our Large Spiral Oven, you can achieve high-capacity production without sacrificing quality and efficiency. This model provides the throughput you need while maintaining consistency and quality. Marlen Spiral Ovens are engineered to...
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  • Image of Marlen Medium Spiral Oven

    Medium Spiral Belt Pasteurizer

    Our Medium Spiral Pasteurizer is ideal for mid-sized processors looking to grow their business in the RTE product sector. This market is expanding as consumers seek more convenient options, and a Medium Spiral...
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  • Image of the Marlen Medium Spiral Chiller Infeed with Control Panel and CIP

    Medium Spiral Chiller

    Marlen’s Medium Spiral Chillers are ideal for processors looking for a scalable solution that is fully welded, mechanical, and compact. Use as a standalone solution or build multiple lines with this industrial production...
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  • Image of Marlen Medium Spiral Oven

    Medium Spiral Oven

    As a medium-sized processor, you know how important it is that your equipment is not too big, not too small, but just right. Our Medium Spiral Ovens give you all the cooking power...
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  • Image of a Marlen Micro Spiral Oven

    Micro Spiral Belt Pasteurizer

    Our Micro Spiral Belt Pasteurizer provides efficient and effective protection against pathogens to ensure the safety of your RTE products. Whether you’re pasteurizing ready meals in trays, cooking rice in a bag, or...
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  • Marlen Micro Spiral Chiller

    Micro Spiral Chiller

    Our Micro Spiral Chillers are ideal for processors looking for a scalable solution that is fully welded, mechanical, and compact. Use as a standalone solution or build multiple lines with this industrial production...
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  • Image of a Marlen Micro Spiral Oven

    Micro Spiral Oven

    Perfect for small processors and those just starting to move from a batch process to a continuous one, our Micro Spiral Ovens can replace up to three batch rack ovens. They provide all...
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  • Marlen Mini Spiral Oven

    Mini Spiral Belt Pasteurizer

    Our Mini Spiral Belt Pasteurizer is perfect for expanding operations or growing product lines. The Mini Spiral Pasteurizer gives growing processors access to high-level control of cross-contamination in an economical footprint.
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  • Image of the Marlen Medium Spiral Freezer Infeed with Control Panel and CIP

    Mini Spiral Chiller

    Our Mini Spiral Chillers are ideal for processors looking for a scalable solution that is fully welded, mechanical, and compact. Use as a standalone solution or build multiple lines with this industrial production...
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  • Marlen Mini Spiral Oven

    Mini Spiral Oven

    Our Mini Spiral Ovens are ideal for processors looking to upgrade their operations or expand their product line and maintain scalability for the future. The oven ships in one piece, so it’s ready...
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  • Image of a Marlen Tall Mini Spiral Oven

    Tall Mini Spiral Oven

    Our Tall Mini Spiral Ovens are ideal for processors looking to upgrade their operations or expand their product line and maintain scalability for the future. The oven ships in one piece, so it’s...
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  • Marlen OptiServ 340 Vacuum Stuffer & Pump

    OptiServ 340 Vacuum Stuffer & Pump

    With the pumping process powered entirely by servo motor technology, Marlen's OptiServ series pumps deliver exemplary high quality output while dramatically reducing the complexity and cost of operating at peak performance levels. With...
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  • Marlen OPTI 100 Vaccum Stuffer & Pump

    Opti 100 Vacuum Stuffer & Pump

    Features a twin-piston vacuum stuffing and pumping system with a variety of hopper options designed to match product requirements. Maximum capacity 10,000 lbs per hour, 250 psi pumping pressure. Ideal for smaller application...
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  • Marlen OPTI 120HP Vacuum Stuffer & Pump

    Opti 120 HP Vacuum Stuffer & Pump

    Features a twin-piston vacuum stuffing and pumping system with a variety of hopper options designed to match product requirements. Available in three models with maximum capacity of 20,000 lbs per hour, 500 psi...
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  • Marlen OPTI 200 Vacuum Stuffer & Pump

    Opti 200 Inboard Vacuum Stuffer & Pump

    Features a twin-piston vacuum stuffing and pumping system with a variety of hopper options designed to match product requirements. Maximum capacity 20,000 lbs per hour, 250 psi pumping pressure. Ideal for applications requiring...
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  • Marlen OPTI 120HP Vacuum Stuffer & Pump

    Opti 200 Outboard Vacuum Stuffer & Pump

    Features a twin-piston vacuum stuffing and pumping system with a variety of hopper options designed to match product requirements. Maximum capacity 20,000 lbs per hour, 250 psi pumping pressure. Ideal for applications requiring...
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  • Marlen Opti 280 Vaccuum Stuffing & Pumping System

    Opti 280 Vacuum Stuffer & Pump

    Features a twin-piston vacuum stuffing and pumping system with a variety of hopper options designed to match product requirements. Maximum capacity 28,000 lbs per hour, 500 psi pumping pressure. Ideal for all applications....
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  • Marlen Opti-340 Vaccum Stuffer & Pump

    Opti 340 Vacuum Stuffer & Pump

    Features a twin-piston vacuum stuffing and pumping system with a variety of hopper options designed to match product requirements. Maximum capacity 34,000 lbs per hour, 250 psi pumping pressure. Ideal for higher volume...
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  • Image of Marlen Large Spiral Oven

    XL Spiral Belt Pasteurizer

    Designed for the largest processing operations, our Unitherm XL Spiral Pasteurizer provides high-throughput post-process, post-packaging pasteurization of ready meals, pouches, bowls, and other RTE products. With a capacity of up to 20,000 lbs/hour,...
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  • Image of the Marlen Medium Spiral Chiller Infeed with Control Panel and CIP

    XL Spiral Chiller

    Our XL Spiral Chillers provide high-throughput processing in a small footprint compared to linear alternatives. Designed for elite RTE suppliers who chill pre-packaging these machines work in concert to provide an efficient cook-chill...
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  • Image of Marlen Large Spiral Oven

    XL Spiral Oven

    The XL model is the largest of our Spiral Ovens and can easily handle capacities up to 17,000 lbs/hr. From roasting chickens to smoking hams and turkeys, this oven provides maximum performance in...
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  • Carruthers DuraKut 6000 2D Dicer

    DuraKut™ 6000 2D VFD (or) Servo Dicer

    Just like our AdvantEdge dicer series, our DuraKut™ series dicers are designed and built in the USA for complete cutting versatility of fresh, vacuum tumbled, crust frozen or cooked products into cubes or...
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  • Carruthers DuraKut Horizontal Slicer

    DuraKut™ Horizontal Slicer

    Our horizontal slicer is designed to be paired with our DuraKut™ 6000 series 2D dicers, or can be used as a standalone unit, for 3D cuts of the highest quality. The system’s continuous...
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  • Image of a Marlen Food Processing Oven

    Industrial Dehydrator

    Custom designed around your product, process and facility. Our industrial dehydrator provides a more uniform product, precise and repeatable results, complete data reporting, and easy access to serviceable areas. Visit our Riverside facility...
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  • Carruthers AE5000 1D Slicer

    AE 5000 1D Slicer

    AE 5000 1D slicer is a one-dimensional slicer for continuous slicing of whole muscle, cooked or fresh log meats and other products.
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  • Carruthers AE 5000 2D 20″ Twin Dicers

    AE 5000 2D 20″ Twin Dicers

    Do you need to one- or two-dimensionally dice or strip-cut hot cooked meats after exiting a 40" spiral or linear oven belt? If so, Marlen has the solution for your plant! By combining...
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  • Carruthers AE 3D Dicing System

    AE 5000 3D Dicer

    AE 5000 3D Dicer is designed for three-dimensional cubing. A combination of the 1D Slicing and 2D Dicing models provides complete versatility for cubing of whole muscle, cooked or fresh log meats and...
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  • Afoheat Select Flame Searer

    Afoheat™ Select Flame Searer

    Our Afoheat™ Select Flame Searer is a continuous grill equipped with gas-powered direct flame technology. A safe CE Compliant design has led to installations around the world for a variety of applications including...
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  • Afoheat Dual-Lane Pasteurizer image

    Afoheat™ Dual-lane Infrared Pasteurizer

    Our Afoheat™ Infrared Pasteurizer is a continuous grill equipped with patented electric infrared technology. The flexibility of our design has led to installations for a variety of applications including pre-package pasteurization and surface...
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  • Image of the Afoheat Select Infrared Roaster

    Afoheat™ Select Infrared Roaster

    Our Afoheat™ Select Infrared Roaster is a continuous grill equipped with gas-powered infrared technology. Safe CE Compliant design has led to installations around the world for a variety of applications including roasting and...
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  • Afoheat Mini Infrared Roaster

    Afoheat™ Mini Infrared Pasteurizer

    Our Mini Afoheat™ Infrared Pasteurizer is a continuous grill equipped with patented electric infrared technology. The flexibility of the design has led to installations for a variety of applications including pre-package pasteurization and...
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  • Afoheat Select Grill Marker

    Afoheat™ Select Grill Marker

    Our continuous Afoheat™ Select Grill Marker is equipped with gas-powered direct flame technology. Safe CE Compliant design has led to installations around the world for a variety of applications including roasting and searing...
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  • Image of a Aquaflow-Double-Stack Water Chiller

    Double-zone Aquaflow Water Pasteurizer

    Our Double-Zone AquaFlow Pasteurizer expands both the capacity and the flexibility of your product line. This machine allows you to pasteurize two times the deli products as our Mini AquaFlow. Alternatively, you could...
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  • Carruthers DuraKut 6000 2D Dicer

    DuraKut™ 6000 2D VFD (or) Servo Dicer

    Just like our AdvantEdge dicer series, our DuraKut™ series dicers are designed and built in the USA for complete cutting versatility of fresh, vacuum tumbled, crust frozen or cooked products into cubes or...
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  • Carruthers DuraKut Horizontal Slicer

    DuraKut™ Horizontal Slicer

    Our horizontal slicer is designed to be paired with our DuraKut™ 6000 series 2D dicers, or can be used as a standalone unit, for 3D cuts of the highest quality. The system’s continuous...
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  • Afoheat Micro-Flame Grill

    Afoheat™ Flame Grill – 12″ Micro

    Our Afoheat™ Micro Flame Grill is designed for processors moving from batch to continuous processing or with low-capacity requirements, ranging from 225-450 lbs/hr. From grilled burger patties to roasted mushrooms, our Micro Flame...
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  • Afoheat Mini Flame Grill

    Afoheat™ Flame Grill – 24″ Mini

    Our Afoheat™ Mini Flame Grill is a continuous grill equipped with gas-powered direct flame technology and an interchangeable grill marker. Our Mini Flame Grill is designed for a variety of applications including roasting,...
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    Afoheat™ Flame Grill – 40″

    Our Afoheat™ Flame Grill is a continuous grill equipped with gas-powered direct flame technology and an interchangeable grill marker. The Flame Grill is designed for a variety of applications including roasting, searing and...
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  • Afoheat Flame Grill - 60-inch

    Afoheat™ Flame Grill – 60″

    Our Afoheat™ Flame Grill is a continuous grill equipped with gas-powered direct flame technology and an interchangeable grill marker. The Flame Grill is designed for a variety of applications including roasting, searing and...
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  • Image of Marlen Large Spiral Oven

    Large Spiral Belt Pasteurizer

    Our Large Spiral Belt Pasteurizer allows expanding operations dependable equipment that can expand along with you and still offer the precise control and high quality you’re accustomed to. With real-time data tracking and...
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  • Image of the Marlen Medium Spiral Chiller Infeed with Control Panel and CIP

    Large Spiral Chiller

    Our Large Spiral Chillers improve efficiency by reducing both chill time and evaporative yield losses. To maximize your productivity, pair our Large Spiral Chiller with our Large Spiral Oven. The two machines have...
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  • Image of Marlen Large Spiral Oven

    Large Spiral Oven

    With our Large Spiral Oven, you can achieve high-capacity production without sacrificing quality and efficiency. This model provides the throughput you need while maintaining consistency and quality. Marlen Spiral Ovens are engineered to...
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  • Image of Marlen Medium Spiral Oven

    Medium Spiral Belt Pasteurizer

    Our Medium Spiral Pasteurizer is ideal for mid-sized processors looking to grow their business in the RTE product sector. This market is expanding as consumers seek more convenient options, and a Medium Spiral...
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  • Image of the Marlen Medium Spiral Chiller Infeed with Control Panel and CIP

    Medium Spiral Chiller

    Marlen’s Medium Spiral Chillers are ideal for processors looking for a scalable solution that is fully welded, mechanical, and compact. Use as a standalone solution or build multiple lines with this industrial production...
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  • Image of Marlen Medium Spiral Oven

    Medium Spiral Oven

    As a medium-sized processor, you know how important it is that your equipment is not too big, not too small, but just right. Our Medium Spiral Ovens give you all the cooking power...
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  • Image of a Marlen Micro Spiral Oven

    Micro Spiral Belt Pasteurizer

    Our Micro Spiral Belt Pasteurizer provides efficient and effective protection against pathogens to ensure the safety of your RTE products. Whether you’re pasteurizing ready meals in trays, cooking rice in a bag, or...
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  • Marlen Micro Spiral Chiller

    Micro Spiral Chiller

    Our Micro Spiral Chillers are ideal for processors looking for a scalable solution that is fully welded, mechanical, and compact. Use as a standalone solution or build multiple lines with this industrial production...
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  • Image of a Marlen Micro Spiral Oven

    Micro Spiral Oven

    Perfect for small processors and those just starting to move from a batch process to a continuous one, our Micro Spiral Ovens can replace up to three batch rack ovens. They provide all...
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  • Image of the Aquaflow-Mini Water Chiller

    Mini Aquaflow Water Pasteurizer

    Our versatile, custom-built water cook and chill systems are designed to sous vide cook, blanch, pasteurize, and chill a wide range of production needs. Engineered with food safety, efficiency, and footprint in mind,...
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  • Marlen Mini Spiral Oven

    Mini Spiral Belt Pasteurizer

    Our Mini Spiral Belt Pasteurizer is perfect for expanding operations or growing product lines. The Mini Spiral Pasteurizer gives growing processors access to high-level control of cross-contamination in an economical footprint.
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  • Image of the Marlen Medium Spiral Freezer Infeed with Control Panel and CIP

    Mini Spiral Chiller

    Our Mini Spiral Chillers are ideal for processors looking for a scalable solution that is fully welded, mechanical, and compact. Use as a standalone solution or build multiple lines with this industrial production...
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  • Marlen Mini Spiral Oven

    Mini Spiral Oven

    Our Mini Spiral Ovens are ideal for processors looking to upgrade their operations or expand their product line and maintain scalability for the future. The oven ships in one piece, so it’s ready...
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  • Image of a Marlen Tall Mini Spiral Oven

    Tall Mini Spiral Oven

    Our Tall Mini Spiral Ovens are ideal for processors looking to upgrade their operations or expand their product line and maintain scalability for the future. The oven ships in one piece, so it’s...
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  • Image of an Aquaflow Triple Stack Water Chiller

    Triple-zone Aquaflow Water Pasteurizer

    Our Triple-Zone AquaFlow Pasteurizer provides maximum capacity and flexibility for large processors. Similar to the Double-Zone AquaFlow, you can use all three tanks for heating or you can combine pasteurization and cooling into...
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  • Image of the Marlen Medium Spiral Chiller Infeed with Control Panel and CIP

    XL Spiral Chiller

    Our XL Spiral Chillers provide high-throughput processing in a small footprint compared to linear alternatives. Designed for elite RTE suppliers who chill pre-packaging these machines work in concert to provide an efficient cook-chill...
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  • Image of Marlen Large Spiral Oven

    XL Spiral Oven

    The XL model is the largest of our Spiral Ovens and can easily handle capacities up to 17,000 lbs/hr. From roasting chickens to smoking hams and turkeys, this oven provides maximum performance in...
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  • Carruthers Automatic Meat Shredder

    Automatic Meat Shredder

    Our innovative and uniquely designed Carruthers automatic meat shredder is a continuous flow machine with throughput exceeding 2,000 pounds (907 kg) per hour without the expense of intensive manual labor. This is our...
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  • Carruthers Tabletop Shredder

    Tabletop Meat Shredder

    Our economical, space-saving tabletop meat shredder is designed to efficiently shred beef, poultry, pork, and alternative meats to produce "hand pulled" products without the expense of intensive manual labor. Load your product in...
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Roasting, Searing and Grill Marking

Utilizing our direct flame technoloogy, fruits and veggies can be fire roasted and/or grill marked in an environment that maintains constant temperature accuracy for product constency.

Uniform cook. Uniform color. Uniform product.

Our innovative continuous thermal processing technology delivers the highest product quality and consistency while maximizing control and productivity per square foot.