Checker Spiral Ovens
In 1988 Checker Machine began manufacturing a line of low-tension, direct- inject spiral steam ovens. Between 1988 and 2014 they manufactured more Spiral steam ovens than anyone else, and shipped them to four different continents. In 2015, Anderson Dahlen acquired the Checker spiral steam oven business with the idea of combining it with their own linear steamers and expanding the total product offering. Along with that purchase Anderson Dahlen added several key Checker design, sales and manufacturing people to their staff to assist them in their new endeavor. With these additions Anderson Dahlen has over 40 years of experience in spiral steam oven manufacturing, application analysis and installation.
What are unique challenges to this industry you solve?
Our spiral cookers put more cooking power into a smaller space at a lower cost than any other system.
Typical Solutions
Spiral and linear steam ovens for cooking raw fish, meat and poultry products directing on the belt
Spiral and linear steamers for cooking pouched product in the package
Spiral and linear steam ovens for post package pasteurization
Low temperature spiral dryer for the food and non-food industry
Spiral or linear booster ovens to add capacity to the end of high temperature cooking lines
Spiral chillers, both air and Hydro, to cool packaged products
Custom engineered equipment tailored to individual customers needs
Who we serve
We serve the dairy, meat, poultry, seafood and packaged product industries with steam cookers. We serve the pharmaceutical and manufacturing industry with low temperature spiral dryers.
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We have experience with advanced manufacturing techniques
The original Checker Steam Oven team had been designing, building and installing machines for over 25 years. Anderson Dahlen has some of the most advanced manufacturing techniques in the upper Midwest. Combining these two attributes make for a winning scenario. Our customers are some of the worlds largest food companies in the world. Fortune 500 companies that have demanding applications that require the machine to run around the clock 6-7 days a week with over 99.5% up-time. Checker Spiral Steamers have performed up to their intended design criteria in every application that they have been put in, a 100% success rate. We have never had a machine removed because it did not produce the desired results. How many manufacturers can say that? We also design and build linear steamers which can stand alone or be installed as a booster.
