A hundred and twenty meatballs randomly selected from each
treatment were placed on the oven tray (twelve meatballs at a
time) and were cooked in the BECK FCV 4 EDS steam-convection
oven (BECK GmbH, Jagsthausen, Germany) with a measuring
probe. Steam and hot air were used for heat treatment (air temperature
180 C, steam saturation – 30%).