Poultry Thaw: Pad Placement and How Far Drip Travels
Poultry drip runs to the low corner of a tray, not into the pad. Placement rules, sheet sizes for 10-12 kg loads, and the stacked-lug failure to avoid.
Airflow Beats Footprint: Where to Put Pads in a Thaw Room
Still air adds four hours to a thaw and keeps pads wet. How to measure airflow, place trays, and stop blaming absorbency for a ventilation problem.
Pad Up, Pad Down or Both: Where the Pad Actually Goes Inside the Tray
Put a pad in the wrong place in a tray and it will still absorb some liquid, which is why the error survives for months. The pad ends up stuck to the product, the tray base stays wet, and someone concludes that pads do not work. Placement is a mechanical question: liquid runs downhill and follows th…
