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Document | Title | Date |
20080216668 | Detector for Electric Cooking Appliance Detecting Presence of a Bowl and Its Temperature - An electric cooking appliance comprising heating means ( | 09-11-2008 |
20080236405 | Heat detecting device and cooking apparatus using the same - A heat detecting device and a cooking apparatus using the same, in which the operation of a heating unit is appropriately controlled according to the presence or absence and/or type of cooking container (e.g., pan or pot) on the cooking apparatus. When there is no cooking container on the cooking apparatus, the duty cycle of the heat source is reduced, thereby preventing unnecessary operation of the heat source. Accordingly, power consumption is reduced. On the other hand, when there is a cooking container on the cooking appliance, the duty cycle of the heat source is increased, thereby making faster more efficient cooking possible. | 10-02-2008 |
20080264269 | Cooking Appliance Comprising at Least One Gas Sensor Array, Sampling System for Such a Cooking Appliance, Method for Cooking Using Said Cooking Appliance and Method for Cleaning Said Cooking Appliance - A cooking appliance comprises at least one cooking compartment, at least one installation compartment, at least one gas sensor array for detecting the atmosphere within the cooking compartment, the atmosphere within the installation compartment, and/or the atmosphere surrounding the cooking appliance. The gas sensor array(s) have at least two separate, different individual sensors and/or at least one coherent sensor field including at least two different sensor segments. The cooking appliance additionally includes at least one storage unit for storing signals detected by the gas sensor array(s), at least one evaluation unit for processing the detected signals, at least one control unit for controlling cooking or cleaning processes, at least one first feed line for transporting the atmosphere from the cooking appliance to the gas sensor array(s), and at least one valve at the inlet and/or in the area of the first feed line. | 10-30-2008 |
20080264270 | BABY FOOD MAKER - A baby food maker ( | 10-30-2008 |
20080282902 | Automatic cooking appliance shutoff apparatus - The invention relates to an apparatus used for automatically shutting off cooking appliances, such as ovens, stoves, hot pots, toasters, grills, and others. More specifically, the apparatus is secured to a cooking appliance, e.g. to its control panel, and may prevent a cooking appliance from being turned on before a timer is set. The apparatus can also increase the ease with which a cooking appliance knob or other actuator may be used. To automatically shutoff the cooking appliance, the apparatus uses a timing mechanism with a spring. Pressure is exerted on a spring when the timer is set, storing enough force in the spring to enable it to turn the cooking appliance to the OFF position when time has expired. A mechanical stop is in place to keep the spring energy from releasing until the timer reaches the OFF position. | 11-20-2008 |
20090064867 | STIR COOKER - A stir cooker ( | 03-12-2009 |
20090101023 | FRYER - A fryer is provided which, during a standby for cooking, can keep the temperature of a cooking oil slightly lower than a cooking temperature and, during cooking, can quickly raise the oil temperature to the cooking temperature. The fryer also has capabilities of easily performing a heat exchange operation on the cooking oil, preventing degradation of the cooking oil, securing a good kitchen environment and enhancing a work efficiency. The fryer comprises a fryer tank having oil and water for cleaning the oil stored in two layers one upon the other; and a heater installed in the oil layer; wherein the water in the water layer is drawn out from a water suction opening at a bottom of fryer tank, cleaned by a filtering water tank and then delivered into the fryer tank almost horizontally in an off-centered direction from a water supply opening formed in a lower, side wall of the fryer tank, thus rotating the water in the fryer tank in a swirl. The fryer also has a device for discharging impurities collected in the filtering water tank. | 04-23-2009 |
20090120301 | Cooking Device - A cooking device for making candy. The device includes: a U-shaped base member, a heating module, a container, a mixing module, a temperature indictor module, and a control module. The heating module includes a heating surface coupled to an interior surface of a first arm of the U-shaped base member. The container contains ingredients. The mixing module mixes ingredients in the container. The temperature indictor module indicates a temperature. The control module includes a heating temperature control module, and a mixing speed control module. The heating temperature control module controls a temperature of the heating module. The mixing speed control module controls a speed of the mixing module. A second arm of the U-shaped base member is hingedly coupled to the U-shaped base member member. | 05-14-2009 |
20100064901 | ROTATING INDUCTION FOOD WARMING DEVICE - Improved induction heating systems are provided for the cooking/heating of food products requiring stirring during preparation thereof, such as chilis or stews. The stems include an induction heating device ( | 03-18-2010 |
20100132566 | Thermostat for sandwich press and grill - There is provided a toaster grill having a lower housing that supports a lower cooking surface and an upper housing that supports an upper cooking surface. The upper housing pivots with respect to a “U” shaped frame that is hinged with respect to the lower cooking surface. A locking hinge allows the pivoting motion of the frame to be automatically arrested in an intermediate orientation between the fully closed and fully open grill orientations. The locking hinge automatically resets when the upper housing is rotated from the fully open grill orientation to the fully closed orientation. | 06-03-2010 |
20100206178 | COOKING DEVICE - There is provided a cooking device which can easily carry out heating setting when performing heating control according to a set temperature. A cooking device includes a heating unit ( | 08-19-2010 |
20100212510 | FRYER HAVING AN ANGLED FRYPOT BOTTOM - The present disclosure provides a fryer comprising a frypot having a burner, at least one air passage, and a blower in fluid communication with the air passage. The blower can circulate air through the air passage, to either enhance the heating of a cooking medium within the frypot, or to help regulate and control the temperature of the cooking medium and/or a temperature of the frypot. A controller can also be in communication with the blower and burner, to control the fryer to enter various cooking modes. The controller can control the fryer to enter a filtration mode to when the cooking medium needs to be filtered and/or cleaned. | 08-26-2010 |
20100326287 | ENERGY SAVING APPARATUS OF GRILLING DEVICE - The present invention relates to an energy saving apparatus of grilling device, comprising an upper grilling plate\a lower grilling plate\an upper electric heating tube disposed on the upper grilling plate and a lower electric heating tube disposed on the lower grilling plate, a control switch series connected on the upper electric heating tube. Compared to the conventional technique, the energy saving apparatus of grilling device of the present invention applies a control switch series connected to the upper electric heating tube, the upper electric heating tube will be automatically disconnected when the upper grilling plate is opened. | 12-30-2010 |
20110005402 | HEATING CONTROL STRUCTURE OF FOOD PROCESSOR - A heating control structure of a food processor includes a cup body, a cutter disposed in the cup body, a heating disk, a heating tube, a temperature sensor, a temperature switch and a fixing seat. The temperature sensor and the temperature switch are attached to an upper surface of the fixing seat. A lower surface of the fixing seat is connected with power connecting feet and temperature transmitting feet. Upper ends of the power connecting feet are connected to the temperature switch. Upper ends of the temperature transmitting feet are connected to the temperature sensor. The temperature sensor, the temperature switch, the power connecting feet and the temperature transmitting feet are fixed to the fixing seat. To assemble the present invention, they are first mounted on the fixing seat and their connecting wires are also connected with each other. After that, the fixing seat is mounted in the cup body, so that a modular assembly is completed. This is beneficial to simplify production, enhance efficiency and lower fraction defective. | 01-13-2011 |
20110017075 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TOASTING AND BAKING - Device for controlling toasting and baking that comprises, at least: means ( | 01-27-2011 |
20110048244 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A COMBUSTION BLOWER IN A GAS-FUELED CONVEYOR OVEN - A conveyor oven including a main blower, a modulating gas valve, and a combustion blower, and a method for operating the same. A conveyor moves food through a main cooking chamber. The modulating gas valve provides fuel to a gas burner, while a combustion blower provides air to the gas burner to aid in combustion of the fuel from the modulating gas valve. The main blower moves heated air into the main cooking chamber to cook food on the conveyor. In some embodiments, a controller adjusts the setting of the modulating gas valve and the speed of the main blower and the combustion blower, and determines an appropriate speed setting for the combustion blower based at least in part on the speed of the main blower and the measured temperature inside the conveyor oven. | 03-03-2011 |
20110048245 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CONVEYOR OVEN - A conveyor oven includes a controller configured to change the operation of a first set of burners and a second set of burners from a cooking mode to an energy saving mode based at least in part upon detection of the absence of food in the oven chamber. The first set of burners operating at a first intensity during the cooking mode and are off during the energy saving mode. The second set of burners operating at a first intensity during the cooking mode and being adjustable to a different intensity during the energy saving mode, where the second set of burners produce heat during the different intensity. | 03-03-2011 |
20110120318 | FOOD COOKING OVEN - A food cooking oven includes a cooking chamber, two heaters located in the cooking chamber for cooking food in the chamber, and a control circuit for controlling operation of the heaters, individually, in terms of at least one of time of operation and power supplied to the heaters. A conveyor in the cooking chamber conveys food successively past the heaters for cooking. Also included is a user control device for entering a cooking control signal for the control circuit to control the operation of the heaters as the conveyer conveys food past the heaters, thereby determining how the food is cooked. | 05-26-2011 |
20110185915 | SOUS-VIDE COOKER - A sous-vide cooker is disclosed. The sous-vide cooker comprises a cooking chamber, a heating system, and a housing that houses the cooking chamber and the heating system. The cooking chamber comprises a chamber body, a multi-function lid, a passive water circulator and, optionally, a rack for holding food items during the cooking process. The heating system comprises a heating unit, one or more temperature sensors, a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller, and a control panel. The PID controller is calibrated. The sous-vide cooker maintains a constant water temperature within tolerances. | 08-04-2011 |
20110271847 | INTEGRATED APPARATUS ABLE TO CONDITION A DRY LOW-TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENT IN A BAKING PROCESS - An integrated apparatus able to condition a dry low-temperature environment in a baking process includes a baking unit, a drying unit, and at least a dry air introducing part. The baking unit has a heating unit to heat a first room at a baking period. The drying unit includes a dryer for dehumidifying a second room thereof at a dry low-temperature environment-conditioning period by providing the second room a dry low-temperature air. The dry air introducing part located between the first room and the second room is to separate the first room and the second room at the baking period, and to introduce the dry low-temperature air from the second room to the first room at the dry low-temperature environment-conditioning period. | 11-10-2011 |
20110277643 | Quick heating quartz toaster - A commercial toaster apparatus having a “quick start” feature that nearly instantly changes from a “standby” mode to a “toasting” mode. The “quick start” mode is provided by changing the circuitry of some of the quartz heating elements from a series configuration to a parallel one wherein a higher voltage can be applied for a controlled amount of time to regulate the quartz heaters without adversely affecting the life span of the heating elements. Temperature probes are used to adjust the duty cycle of the apparatus to enable a uniform toast color as the cavity chamber temperature of the toaster changes over time. A sensor is also provided that determines when a last product is placed on the conveyer and the duty cycle has been completed so that the unit will automatically switch to a “standby” mode, thus reducing the energy requirements of the toaster. | 11-17-2011 |
20120006206 | Novel Cooking Method For Porridge - A food product is provided which is efficiently prepared for eating. The food product includes a grain-based food product such as instant oatmeal. A liquid is added to the instant oatmeal and heated with a steam. The use of steam shortens preparation time to about 45 to 60 seconds. | 01-12-2012 |
20120017769 | COOKING APPARATUS | 01-26-2012 |
20120017770 | COOKING APPLIANCE - Disclosed is a cooking appliance provided with: a water tank ( | 01-26-2012 |
20120079948 | COOKING APPLIANCE - A cooking appliance is provided. An operation of a convection motor for operating a convection fan is controlled into various modes according to a cooking temperature and kind of food to be cooked within a cooking chamber. Thus, the food may be more effectively cooked according to the cooking temperature and the kind of food to be cooked. | 04-05-2012 |
20120097045 | COOKING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAMME FOR SAME - A cooking device includes: first and second heating cooking units; a mode setting unit configured to set heating modes of the first and second heating cooking units; a receiving unit; a priority managing unit configured to store priorities which are given to the first heating cooking unit and the second heating cooking unit, respectively; and a power adjusting unit configured to adjust using power of a heating cooking unit to which a lower one of the priorities of the first heating cooking unit and the second heating cooking unit stored in the priority managing unit is given when the receiving unit receives a power adjustment request signal transmitted from a power controlling device. The priorities are different values for each heating mode. | 04-26-2012 |
20120111204 | Heating cooker - A heating cooker having an infrared ray detection device. The heating cooker includes a main body, an inner case disposed within the main body such that a cooking chamber to cook food is provided within the inner case, a detection hole formed on one side wall of the inner case to discharge infrared rays generated from the cooking chamber to the outside of the cooking chamber, a path change unit disposed around the detection hole to change paths of the infrared rays having passed through the detection hole, and an infrared ray sensor separated from the path change unit by a designated distance to receive the infrared rays, the paths of which have been changed, wherein the path change unit is rotatably provided so that infrared rays generated from different regions of the cooking chamber and traveling on different paths are received by the infrared ray sensor. | 05-10-2012 |
20120118170 | TEMPERATURE AUTO-COMPENSATION GRILL - The present invention provides a temperature auto-compensation grill, which includes an upper grilling unit, a lower grilling unit and a heating circuit. The upper grilling unit rotating connects to the lower grilling unit and rotates between a first position and a second position; the grill is in the first status when the upper grilling unit is situated in the first position; the grill is in the second status when the upper grilling unit is situated in the second position; the heating circuit includes: a heater, one end of which attaches to one electrode of the power; a first thermostat, one end of which attaches to the other end of the heater; a second thermostat, one end of which attaches to the other end of the heater; and a change-over switch, which connects to the other electrode of the power and the first thermostat in the first status, the change-over switch connects to the other electrode of the power and the second thermostat in the second status. The grill chooses different thermostat when in the first status or in the second status to regulate the temperature controlling system automatically, so as to achieve the effects of the temperature auto-compensation. | 05-17-2012 |
20120152126 | Sandwich Press and Grill Apparatus - A sandwich press and grill apparatus. The apparatus comprising a lower housing and an upper housing, each hingedly interconnected. The lower housing is adapted to releasably engage a lower cooking plate, the lower housing including a first temperature sensor adapted to be in thermal communication with an engaged lower cooking plate. The upper housing is coupleable to an upper cooking plate. A temperature controller is adapted to receive at least one temperature set point signal and to control the temperature of the lower cooking plate and the upper cooking plate. | 06-21-2012 |
20120167776 | COOKING DEVICE - The cooking device includes a top plate on which a container is to be placed, heating devices provided below the top plate, electrodes provided in a lower face of the top plate and including a boiling-over detection parts placed near an outer periphery of a portion of the top plate positioned above the heating devices contact parts for supplying an AC current to the boiling-over detection parts and contact parts for connecting the contact parts and one-side ends of the boiling-over detection parts to each other, respectively, an electrode-use capacitance detection device for detecting changes in capacitance of the boiling-over detection parts and a control device for controlling the heating devices based on changes in capacitance detected by the electrode-use capacitance detection device. The contact parts are provided at positions farther from the heating devices and on a more front side of the cooking device than the boiling-over detection parts and the connection parts run through on the outer peripheral side of the boiling-over detection parts. | 07-05-2012 |
20120186459 | GAS COOKER - The invention belongs to a gas cooker ( | 07-26-2012 |
20120192721 | TORTILLA WARMER CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THE PREPARATION AND DISPENSING OF TORTILLAS - A tortilla warmer control system is disclosed for controlling preparation and dispensing of tortillas. The control system includes a control unit capable of receiving inputs from a user, and providing outputs. The control unit receives user inputs including: a frequency of heating sessions, a number of tortillas to be heated and dispensed during each heating session; and tortilla texture. The control unit provides outputs including: a speed at which tortillas are to be conveyed through a heating sub-system of the tortilla warmer, and/or a temperature to be provided during each heating session; and a heating session initiation signal. The user inputs received by the control unit can also include a selected rate at which the tortillas are to be dispensed during the heating session. The outputs provided by the control unit can also include a rate at which tortillas are introduced into the heating sub-system. | 08-02-2012 |
20130139704 | Cooking Vessel, Heating Device and Cooking System - The disclosure relates to a cooking vessel which is of a prespecified cooking vessel type and comprises: a cooking vessel type encoding device which encodes the cooking vessel type of the cooking vessel, with the cooking vessel type encoding device being a passive, electrical resonant circuit, with a resonant frequency of the resonant circuit encoding the cooking vessel type of the cooking vessel. | 06-06-2013 |
20130269539 | Variable Temperature Cooking Method and Apparatus - The present invention deals with a variable temperature cooking method that uses a predetermined variable temperature reference profile and adapts it by mapping its datapoints to actual cooking conditions entered by the user or modified based on the readings from an internal food temperature probe. It is shown that, in order to achieve more uniform through-the-thickness doneness of foods, a continuously decreasing temperature setting from a higher initial temperature to a lower final temperature consistently performs better than applying a constant temperature or a two-step temperature profile. Use of a probe for monitoring internal food temperature enables a predictive estimate of cooking duration based on cooking score or temperature which is used to modify an initially inaccurate cooking duration. | 10-17-2013 |
20130305933 | ELECTRONIC MODULE FOR TEMPERATURE-MONITORED PREPARATION OF FOOD IN A COOKING VESSEL - An electronic module for temperature-monitored preparation of food in a cooking vessel, having a base sensor for sensing the temperature of the base of a cooking vessel, and having a communications device for signal transmission of the sensed temperature to a means for controlling or regulating the heating capacity of the cooking point for heating the cooking vessel, where the base sensor has a sensor element, which can be guided into, and out of, a mount in the base of the cooking vessel and is secured in an articulated manner on a housing of the electronic module and is connected to the communications device. | 11-21-2013 |
20140033928 | Cooking Temperature and Power Control - A system and method for controlling the power delivered to cookware by a power control system that comprises a heating control user interface that is set by the user to a particular heating control user interface set point within an operating range. A controller derives from the heating control user interface set point a desired cookware temperature set point, and, over at least a first portion of the operating range that encompasses the boiling range, also derives from the heating control user interface set point a maximum limit of power that can be delivered to the cookware to maintain the cookware at the desired cookware temperature set point. The maximum power limit varies monotonically over the first portion of the operating range. | 02-06-2014 |
20140102316 | Grill With Safety System - An electric grill for cooking food items comprises: a receptacle for receiving fats and breakaway solids generated during the cooking of the food; and a safety mechanism configured to prevent the grill from operating without at least one movement of the receptacle subsequent to the grill being powered on. Optionally, other safety features include, a fire suppression system, temperatures sensors, proximity sensors for detecting obstructions near the grill, weight sensors, liquid level sensors and infrared photo-interrupter sensors for detecting whether the tray has been removed from the grill, since the grill's last operation. | 04-17-2014 |
20140174301 | GAS OVEN - A gas oven having a gas supplying passage to supply gas to a burner is provided. The gas oven includes an ON/OFF valve to open/close the gas supplying passage, and a flow rate modulating valve connected to the ON/OFF valve in series so as to change the cross-sectional area of a passage, thereby supplying a proper amount of gas to a cooking cavity in response to the change of a cooking area. When a cooking cavity is divided into individual cooking cavities while a divider is mounted, the flow rate modulating valve is open/closed at a smaller opening degree than the maximum operating degree, and thus may be able to prevent a cooking substance from being carbonized in the individual cooking cavities. | 06-26-2014 |
20140261005 | BARBECUE OVEN AND METHOD OF OPERATION - A barbecue oven that enables operator control of the combustion process through selective control of gas flow through and/or around a hot, oxygenated bed of coals and further enables automatic control of oven temperature through thermostatic regulation of forced draft. | 09-18-2014 |
20140311355 | Pizza Oven - This disclosure relates to the field of cooking ovens for the preparation of foodstuffs in an enclosed environment including a visual flame along with a rotating cooking plate upon which foodstuffs are placed and are transported through various cooking regions before being removed from the cooking oven for consumption. | 10-23-2014 |
20140326145 | Tabletop Cooking Assembly - A tabletop cooking assembly for preparing foods thereon comprises a cooking element having a cooking area and a vent disposed peripherally to one side of the cooking element defining an aperture for receiving smoke from the cooking element. The assembly includes a first exhaust duct, a filter assembly, an electrostatic precipitator, and a high velocity blower. The first exhaust duct is substantially unobstructed and in fluid communication with the vent for directing smoke away from the cooking element. The high velocity blower is in fluid communication with the first exhaust duct and the filter assembly for drawing smoke from the cooking element through the vent. The heating system includes a retaining plate, a plurality of heating strips, and an insulating material. The heating strips are disposed between the retaining plate and the heating surface to heat the cooking area for preparing foods thereon. | 11-06-2014 |
20140338544 | COOKING ASSEMBLY - A cooking assembly comprises: a cooking base unit having a cooking surface that is adapted to be heated by a heater; an upper platen unit pivoted to the cooking base unit; a heater controller connected to the cooking base unit, adapted to be connected to the heater, and configured to generate output signals corresponding respectively to different cooking modes for controlling the heater; a contact module secured to the cooking base unit and defining contact regions that are disposed along a contact path; and a conductive contact member connected to and driven by the upper platen unit to move along the contact path when the upper platen unit rotates relative to the cooking base unit so as to contact a selected one of the contact regions. | 11-20-2014 |
20140360380 | Heating Cooking Device - A heating cooking device | 12-11-2014 |
20140360381 | CONVEYOR OVEN APPARATUS AND METHOD - A conveyor oven according to some embodiments has a first mode and a second mode of operation and includes a tunnel in which food is cooked, a conveyor for moving the food through the tunnel, a first set and a second set of one or more burners, each set configured to generate heat for the tunnel, and a controller responsive to the detection of an absence of food in the tunnel, the controller configured to change operation of the first set of one or more burners and the second set of one or more burners from the first mode of operation to the second mode of operation based at least in part upon the detection of the absence of food product from the tunnel. | 12-11-2014 |
20140360382 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CONVEYOR OVEN - A conveyor oven includes a controller configured to change the operation of a first set of burners and a second set of burners from a cooking mode to an energy saving mode based at least in part upon detection of the absence of food in the oven chamber. The first set of burners operating at a first intensity during the cooking mode and are off during the energy saving mode. The second set of burners operating at a first intensity during the cooking mode and being adjustable to a different intensity during the energy saving mode, where the second set of burners produce heat during the different intensity. | 12-11-2014 |
20150020692 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A GAS OVEN AND A GAS OVEN - In the method for operating a gas oven, this has a muffle with a lower gas burner and with an upper gas burner, wherein for its control, an electronic control unit is provided for actuating two gas valves and for igniting the gas burners and also for flame monitoring. For a combination operation with upper heat and lower heat in the muffle, the upper gas burner and the lower gas burner are operated alternately to each other in each case with heating phases. | 01-22-2015 |
20150027320 | Cookware with heat source under audible feedback control - A cookware article for use on an electronically controllable heat source, such as an induction stovetop, has a tight fitting lid that include a whistle that is activated by the steam pressure when water boils. The electronically controllable heat source is operative to reduce the power in response to the whistle so that the water temperature is lowered to a power setting for simmering or the appropriate cooking method after the water boils. | 01-29-2015 |
20150033949 | TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT IN A COOKING VESSEL - By performing a method for transmitting to a reading device data of a sensor that is allocated to an inductively heated cooking vessel, a high frequency control voltage is generated from a mains alternating voltage by means of a converter, wherein the high frequency control voltage is applied to an oscillator circuit having an induction heating coil in order to generate a high frequency magnetic alternating field for heating the cooking vessel. The method includes the steps: interrupting the applying of the high frequency control voltage to the oscillator circuit during a predefined first time region covering a zero crossing point of the mains alternating voltage in order to cause a self-resonant oscillation of the oscillator circuit; changing an impedance of an antenna that is inductively coupled to the induction heating coil, which antenna is allocated to the cooking vessel, in dependence upon the data of the sensor, which data is to be transmitted, during a second time region that lies within the first time region; and decoding the transmitted data of the sensor in the reading device, in that a resonant frequency, in particular a resonant frequency change, of the self-resonant oscillation of the oscillator circuit is evaluated. | 02-05-2015 |
20150053092 | TOASTING APPARATUS WITH FIXED AND ADJUSTABLE MECHANICAL THERMOSTATS - The present invention proposes a domestic appliance and specifically an electrical toaster having a pair of heating plates in thermal communication with heat sources accommodated to transfer heat to said plates. Grilling plates are typically positioned in the manner that a lower plate lies horizontally in a stationary manner and an upper plate is hinged to be rotatable relative to said lower plate to be closed upon the same in order for forming a grilling chamber enclosing a food article from below and above. The apparatus comprises a first mechanical thermostat in thermal communication with said lower grilling plate settable to power off said electrical resistance at a fixed temperature value of said plate and a second bimetal thermostat in thermal communication with said lower grilling plate settable to power off said electrical resistance at different temperature values of said plate. The minimum temperature level of said lower plate set-table by said second bimetal thermostat is greater than the temperature of said plate settable by said fixed thermostat. | 02-26-2015 |
20150082995 | Cooking Temperature and Power Control - A system and method for controlling the power delivered to cookware by a power control system that comprises a heating control user interface that is set by the user to a particular heating control user interface set point within an operating range. A controller derives from the heating control user interface set point a desired cookware temperature set point, and, over at least a first portion of the operating range that encompasses the boiling range, also derives from the heating control user interface set point a maximum limit of power that can be delivered to the cookware to maintain the cookware at the desired cookware temperature set point. The maximum power limit varies monotonically over the first portion of the operating range. | 03-26-2015 |
20150320258 | GRILL DEVICE - A grill device includes pivotally connected lower and upper grilling units, an auxiliary grilling unit, and main and auxiliary controllers. Each of the lower and upper grilling units and the auxiliary grilling unit includes a grilling plate and a heater module for heating the grilling plate. The main controller is for sensing temperatures of the grilling plates of the lower and upper grilling units, and disables the heater modules thereof when the temperature is greater than a first predetermined temperature. The auxiliary controller is for sensing a temperature of the grilling plate of the auxiliary grilling unit, and disables the heater module thereof when the temperature is greater than a second predetermined temperature lower than the first predetermined temperature. | 11-12-2015 |
20150342391 | RAMEN COOKER HAVING CONTAINER IDENTIFICATION FUNCTION - Disclosed is a ramen cooker having a container identification function. The ramen cooker includes: an operation initiating unit that generates a purchase initiation signal showing an initiation of a ramen purchase operation in response to an external operation initiating action; a container identification unit that identifies the ramen container; a water injecting unit that injects water having a predetermined temperature into the ramen container in cases where the ramen container is determined to be purchased by the container identification unit; and a container heating unit that boils the ramen by applying heat to the ramen container injected with the water for a predetermined period of time and boiling the water in cases where the ramen container is determined to be purchased by the container identification unit. The ramen cooker according to the present invention cooks only a specific ramen container suitable for a specific ramen cooker and does not cook ramen in a non-related ramen container, and can thus prevent fires and fire-related accidents that may occur from injecting water into a non-cooking material or heating the water. | 12-03-2015 |
20150342392 | COMBINATION COOKER WITH SOUS VIDE FUNCTIONALITY - A multifunction cooking range with sous-vides functionality. Cooking ranges are found in every home and in every restaurant; with the addition of a high precision temperature controller attached to the heating elements, a fluidic temperature control device, the range can also be configured to enable sous-vide cooking. By using a pot filled with fluid located on a burner, the user would immerse a fluidic temperature control device in the pot while using the burner with a heating element that is modulated by the controller and temperature sensor. | 12-03-2015 |
20160018112 | HEATING ELEMENT CONTROL CIRCUIT - A power control circuit includes first and second electrical power terminals connected across a source of electrical power. A heating element is connected to the first terminal. A heating element controller is connected in series with the heating element, between the heating element and the second terminal. The controller is configured to control a temperature level of the element, and includes a control input configured to receive a range of temperature settings, and an OFF command for the element. The controller includes an ON/OFF switch to disconnect the element from the second terminal, and a temperature level control switch to intermittently connect/disconnect the element to the second terminal. A jumper wire series-connects the ON/OFF switch to the temperature level control switch. The ON/OFF switch, the jumper wire, the temperature level control switch, and the element are electrically connected in series. | 01-21-2016 |
20160025350 | COUNTERTOP DECK OVEN WITH ADVANCED CONDUCTION ELEMENTS - A countertop deck oven has advanced conduction elements to cook according to an optimum thermal spectral profile of a selected food by selectively using an etched foil heating element and a secondary heating technology element both disposed within the baking chamber. A controller independently controls the etched foil heating element and the secondary heating technology element according to a selected thermal profile having different levels of heating assigned to each of the heating elements. Thereby the oven heats a particular food in the baking chamber according to its associated spectral heating requirement. | 01-28-2016 |
20160029838 | COOKING APPARATUS WITH MODULAR COOKING SURFACES - A cooking system includes a first cooking apparatus including a first base and a first upper heating unit. The first base has a first lower heating plate and the first upper heating unit has a first upper heating plate. The first upper heating unit is moveable to bring the first upper heating plate towards the first lower heating plate. The first base includes a mounting surface configured to receive a plurality of interchangeable lower heating plates including the first lower heating plate and the first upper heating plate is one of a plurality of interchangeable upper heating plates. | 02-04-2016 |
20160051078 | AUTOMATED COOKING CONTROL VIA ENHANCED COOKING EQUIPMENT - Techniques are described for automated control of portions of a cooking process, such as to control activation and heating for a cooking location having a piece of cooking equipment. Such automated control may include executing an automated control recipe having defined instructions used to automatically control at least some aspects (e.g., surface temperature) of the cooking equipment piece (e.g., a pan on a stove cooking surface) as part of a cooking episode to prepare one or more dishes, and may further include coordinating actions of a human user who is participating in the cooking episode by providing instructions or other information to the user. Related food preparation systems and cookware devices and components are also provided in connection with which the described automated cooking control techniques and methods may be used. | 02-25-2016 |
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