| Job Title |
Mash-tub-cooker Operator |
| Job Description |
Controls Equipment To Cook Grain Meal To Prepare Mash For
Fermentation Process Prior To Distillation Into Alcohol, Gin, Or
Whiskey: Fills Cooker With Water And Opens Valves To Admit Steam
That Circulates Through Pipes In Vat And Heats Water To
Specified Temperature. Pumps Ground Meal From Meal Tank Into
Hopper, Balanced On Scale, To Weigh Specified Amount And Turns
Handwheels To Regulate Flow Of Meal Into Cooker. Starts
Revolving Blades In Cooker To Agitate Mixture As It Cooks.
Observes Temperature Gauges To Ascertain Temperature Of Mixture
In Cooker And Turns Valves To Increase Or Decrease Temperature.
Cooks Mash For Specified Time And Pumps Cooked Mash Into Cooling
Tub. Pumps Cooled Mash Into Fermenting Tank. Opens Valves To
Admit Compressed Air, Through Perforated Pipes At Bottom Of
Fermenting Tank, To Keep Meal In Suspension As It Flows From
Cooling Tub Into Fermenting Tank.
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