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| 20080196594 | Doner Kebab Slicing Robot - The Doner Kebab Slicing Robot comprises of two linear slide assemblies preferably made of metal. The linear slides consist of track plate and wheel plate components. The vertical slide assembly contains a blade head ( | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080282901 | Laser Cooking Apparatus - An apparatus and method for cooking food directly with a CO | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080295702 | Cooking Device with a Predetermined Parameter, Program and/or Mode of Operation - A cooking device has at least one pre-set parameter for at least one predetermined program, such as a cooking program, and/or cleaning program, and/or for at least one predetermined mode of operation, such as a cooking mode of operation or a cleaning mode of operation. The preset parameter can be modified by means of at least one modification function element of a control element of the cooking device. During a particular time period, the modification can be confirmed, accepted and/or stored by means of at least one confirmation and/or storage function element of the control element of the cooking device, and after a particular time period has elapsed, the modification can be confirmed, accepted and/or stored automatically by the cooking device. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080302253 | Vacuum cooking apparatus for household use - A vacuum cooking apparatus for household use, comprising, on a supporting structure which has a column-like extension, at least one unit for packaging in pouches in vacuum food products to be cooked, at least one unit for cooking the food products arranged in pouches and at least one unit for quick refrigeration of the food products arranged in pouches and cooked, the at least one unit for packaging food products in pouches in vacuum comprising a vacuum packaging machine which is mounted on a drawer-like element which is supported so that it can slide by the supporting structure in order to pass from a retracted position, in which the vacuum packaging machine is arranged within the outer peripheral contour of the supporting structure, to an extracted position, in which the vacuum packaging machine is positioned at least partially outside the supporting structure, and vice versa. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090266241 | COOKING UTENSIL USING STEAM - A cooking utensil using a steam is disclosed, which is characterized in that said steam inlet part and said steam outlet part includes a steam inlet tube and a steam outlet tube connected with a steam supply tube and a steam collection tube of the steam generator, respectively, and an inlet engaging part and an outlet engaging part for engaging the steam collection tube and the steam discharge tube, respectively, and said steam accommodating part includes an inner space for storing a certain amount of the steam, and is made in a flat tube shape having an upper surface and a lower surface. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20100000417 | COUNTERTOP APPLIANCE COOKING CONTROL UNIT WITH EJECTION FEATURE - A cooking control unit for a kitchen-countertop appliance is configured to selectively engage the body of the appliance in operation and to selectively disengage from the appliance body for cleaning. The control unit includes an ejection mechanism that is operable to force the control unit away from the appliance body to cause the disengagement. The ejection mechanism can be related to a cooking selector configured to select a cooking parameter of the food to be prepared. For example, the ejection mechanism can include displacement members such as pins or cams and the cooking selector can include an ejection position. As the cooking selector is adjusted to the ejection position, the control unit is forced away from the body of the countertop appliance by the displacement members. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100192784 | COOKING APPLIANCE, CONTROLLING SYSTEM FOR COOKING APPLIANCE AND CONTROLLING METHOD FOR COOKING APPLIANCE - Provided is a controlling system for a cooking appliance. The controlling system includes a cooking appliance, a server and a network. The cooking appliance includes at least a heating unit. The server receives reception information from the cooking appliance and is connected with the cooking appliance to send transmission information processed with reference to the reception information to the cooking appliance. The network includes at least one node to connect the cooking appliance with the server, accordingly, the cooking appliance is controlled properly so that user's satisfaction can be improved. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100199854 | Method For Adjusting An Operating Program By Means Of Visualized Parameters Relating To The Product To Be Cooked, And A Cooking Appliance Therefor - A method relates to adjusting a parameter of a process to be executed in a cooking appliance. The parameter has a range of values. The method includes displaying a set of pictorial depictions on a display. Each pictorial depiction represents one of the values in the range. A manual selection from among the pictorial depictions is input. The process is executed in accordance with the value represented by the manually selected pictorial depiction. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100313768 | SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING FOOD PREPARATION - A system for facilitating the preparation of food comprising a database, a database storing recipe information regarding the process for preparing a particular food item in accordance with the recipe, and the database storing a visual cue corresponding to the performance of a server communicating with the database. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100326286 | MULTI-PURPOSE COOKING DEVICE THROUGH HEATING OF A WATER BATH - The device of this invention is a multi-purpose cooking device through heating of a water bath. It comprises means arranged so as to contain a water bath, means for heating the bath water and means for controlling the heating power, arranged so as to provide for cooking foodstuffs through immersion or steam cooking. The device further comprises means for controlling the temperature of the bath water and means for homogenizing the bath water for providing for a low temperature cooking operation. According to this invention, a single device could be used both for cooking through immersion into a (boiling) water bath, for steam cooking and for low temperature cooking. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110088563 | MACHINE FOR PREPARING PASTA IN SINGLE PORTIONS - A machine for preparing pasta in single portions comprises dosing means for dosing the pasta and at least a raw material suitable for dressing the pasta, a series of cooking pots ( | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110132201 | Programmable cooking system and method - A programmable cooking system includes a controller, at least one of a cooking range and an oven interfacing with the controller, a set of scales interfacing with the controller, a timer interfacing with the controller and at least one data entry component interfacing with the controller. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110203461 | COOKING APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH PRODUCT RECOGNITION - A method for controlling a clam grill that has first and second platens, said method comprising: moving said second platen toward said first platen; providing a signal in response to a detection of an impediment to the motion of said second platen; and stopping said second platen in response to said signal. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20120012010 | PRESSURE COOKER PROVIDED WITH AN ELECTRONIC INFORMATION DEVICE - The invention relates to a household cooking utensil having firstly at least a first control member ( | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120085243 | Eco Green Cookware - An eco green cookware is provided, having a double-layered wall structure and comprising a heat transfer medium within a cavity of the double-layered wall structure. The eco green cookware comprises: a container comprising an inner shell and an outer shell, wherein upper parts of the inner shell and outer shell are rolled a number of times together to form a rolled joint, an upper part of the inner shell is provided with a concave member, a heat transfer medium is provided within said cavity, a first heat transfer member is inserted and installed at the bottom portion of said cavity, and a second heat transfer member is affixed to the bottom surface of the first heat transfer member; an inner cover comprising an inner peripheral portion in the form of an inverted “L” whose inside bend forms a round portion; an outer cover; and pressure release devices. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120118169 | COOKING DEVICE - A cooking device has an exhaust duct ( | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120174797 | Applied Disposition in Pressure Cooker - The present invention is about an innovative configuration applied in a pressure cooker, consisting of the application of visors coupled in the cover or in the body of the pan through the fencing, the installation of the lamp feed by batteries packed in the compartment in the interior's handle, the lamp connected by a button or key, or interrupter, installed in the same way in the handle's cover. The pan still can provide a chronometer or timer coupled in the same handle, and a crank made of shovels being bound on the cover for the movement during the cooking food. The equipment, described with its characteristics operation and checking, transforms what is already fast (cooking process with high pressure) into an economic process. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120291635 | AUTOMATIC BREAD MAKER - An automatic bread maker ( | 11-22-2012 |
| 20130047864 | Stock Supply Based Modifiable Selection System and Method for Ingestible Material Preparation System and Method - A computationally implemented system and method that is designed to, but is not limited to: electronically directing control of at least partial preparation of the one or more selected ingestible products subsequent to and based at least in part upon the selection of the at least one candidate ingestible product as the at least one selected ingestible product via the electronically enabled input in response to the electronically outputted one or more selection menus and prior to preparation of the one or more selected ingestible products for ingestion by the particular individual living being of the selected ingestible products, the at least partial preparation of the one or more selected ingestible products occurring within a vicinity of the electronically outputting of the electronically outputted one or more selection menus. In addition, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130092032 | INTELLIGENT HOME COOKING APPLIANCE, ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS, AND/OR METHODS - The technology disclosed herein relates to intelligent home/residential cooking appliances and interactive content that is interpretable to send instructions to such intelligent cooking appliances, as well as associated systems and/or methods for generating and/or processing the same. In certain instances, an intelligent home/residential appliance may receive and/or display the content for a user and, at appropriate times, possibly prompt a user to take actions or automatically take appropriate actions for the user. Such activities advantageously may prompt a user in some examples to more actively participate in, and/or interact with, a cooking show or program. A user therefore may be more immersed in a cooking experience and feel more comfortable trying out new recipes, given the expectation that the cooking appliance itself may help to resolve problems as they arise and/or suggest solutions to detected abnormalities. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130125763 | COOKING DEVICE - A control device for a cooking appliance, the cooking appliance including a cooking chamber designed to receive at least one predetermined food or a plurality of ingredients of a predetermined recipe, a heating component for heating the cooking chamber, the control device including a control unit arranged to determine at least one combination of predetermined cooking parameters as a function at least of the specific surface area of the at least one unitary element of the at least one predetermined food or the at least one ingredient of the plurality of ingredients of the predetermined recipe inserted into the cooking chamber of the cooking appliance, the specific surface area being estimated from descriptive parameters of the at least one unitary element of the predetermined food or the at least one ingredient from among the plurality of ingredients of the predetermined recipe. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130133526 | CHARBROILER AND METHOD OF CHARBROILING - A charbroiler having both heated grids and at least one radiant heater and a method of charbroiling a food product are disclosed. Each heat source of the charbroiler can be an independently regulated heat source. The independently regulated heat sources can be adjusted to each contribute to the overall cooking of a food product in a cooking cycle. Each of the independently regulated heat sources can be many types of heat sources capable of being regulated either manually or automatically by a cooking control system. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130174746 | DETECTION OF AIRFLOW IN AN APPLIANCE - The present invention provides for measuring the air flow in an appliance. An air flow measuring device, such as a vane (aka turbine) anemometer, is placed directly into an air flow passageway and provides a signal indicative of the amount of air flow. This signal can be used e.g., to undertake a remedial response in the event the amount of air flow is not sufficient to provide proper cooling or ventilation of the appliance. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130255507 | SYSTEM FOR THERMALLY CONDITIONING AN OBJECT, CONDITIONING METHOD - The invention concerns a system for hot or cold thermal conditioning a food preparation intended for all types of catering premises and comprising at least one jar-type object containing the said food preparation and comprising at least one RFID marker, and a conditioning machine equipped with conditioning means coupled to command means and comprising control means equipped with at least one RFID marker suitable for reading the data from said RFID marker the said control means being coupled to the command means and arranged so as to authorize conditioning of the food preparation only if the RFID receiver the data carried by the RFID marker and the latter data are consistent with the previously established data recorded using the said control means. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130269538 | TRANSFORMATION SYSTEM FOR NUTRITIONAL SUBSTANCES - Disclosed herein is a transformation system for nutritional substances. The transformation system obtains information regarding the nutritional substance to be transformed, the desired transformation, and the desired properties, including nutritional content, of the transformed nutritional substance, and dynamically controls the transformation in response to this information optimize the organoleptic properties of the transformed nutritional substance, while minimizing any detrimental changes to the nutritional content. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130319254 | BREAD MAKER - A bread maker has a base disposed with a power member, a container, an upper rotating shaft and a lower rotating shaft. The power member is in driving connection with the lower rotating shaft. The lower rotating shaft is in driving connection with the upper rotating shaft. The upper rotating shaft is in driving connection with a mixing and kneading blade situated inside the container. A transmitting plate is disposed in the base with an optical signal transmitting lamp and an optical signal receiver. A through hole perpendicular to an axis disposed on the lower shaft and running through the lower rotating shaft is disposed on the lower rotating shaft. The receiver is in signal connection with the power member. The transmitting lamp and the receiver are respectively located at two sides of the lower rotating shaft. The receiver is in signal connection with the power member. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20140026762 | COOKING DEVICE AND PROCEDURE FOR COOKING FOOD - Disclosed is a cooking device with optical identification means for identifying food to be cooked. A motion detector is provided to activate the optical identification means. The motion detector may also activate a light source for lighting the field of vision of the optical means. Optical identification is controlled by the outer appearance of the food. A controller accesses a physical feature database and compares previously stored picture data to the physical features of the food to be cooked. The controller calculates a matching probability rank between the stored picture data and the food to be cooked. The controller is also programmed to have a learning ability for recognizing a previously unknown food product. Based upon the identification of the food product to be cooked, the cooking device starts the recipe for cooking the food product. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140150672 | OVEN THE ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF WHICH IS REDUCED - The present invention relates to an oven ( | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140230660 | SCALABLE AUTOMATED COOKING SYSTEM HAVING SMALL FOOTPRINT AND REDUCED LABOR COST - An automatic cooking system includes a computer system that stores recipes, cooking stations each comprising a cooking container that can cook food ingredients therein to produce a first cooked food, wherein the computer system can assign and schedule a plurality of dishes to be cooked at the cooking stations, storage containers configured to hold food ingredients, mini vehicles each carrying transport containers configured to hold the food ingredients, wherein the computer system can control at least some of movements of the mini vehicles in accordance to the recipes, a loading apparatus configured to load food ingredients from the storage stations to the transport containers on the mini vehicles, and an unloading apparatus that can transfer food ingredients from the transport containers on the mini vehicles to the cooking container at one of the cooking stations. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140345474 | COOKING APPLIANCE FOR PROCESSING AND PREPARING FOODS - A cooking appliance for processing and preparing foods that includes a base structure ( | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140345475 | COOKING APPLIANCE FOR PROCESSING AND PREPARING FOODS WITH AN EXTERNAL USER INTERFACE - A cooking appliance for processing and preparing foods with an external user interface that includes a base structure ( | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140373727 | Relating to Cooking Methods - The present invention relates to a cooking control method performed by a cooking apparatus for a food item. The method comprises obtaining a unique identifier and cooking data for the food item, and checking for a record of the unique identifier in a memory of the cooking apparatus. If a record of the unique identifier is located in the memory, then the cooking apparatus will not cook the food item. Otherwise a cooking process based on the cooking data to cook the food item is performed. Accordingly, cooking data for a given instance of a food item can only be used once in order to activate a cooking process performed by the cooking apparatus. The present invention also features product recall as well as the ability to track food item sales via a cooking data communications system. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150305555 | GRILLING APPLIANCE WITH LOWER PLATEN POSITION CONTROL - A grill is provided including a base structure. An upper platen assembly is connected to the base structure and includes an upper grilling surface. A lower platen assembly is connected to the base structure and includes a lower grilling surface. A plurality of leveling mechanisms is mounted to the base structure with a mounting bracket. A portion of each leveling mechanism is arranged in contact with the lower platen assembly. The leveling mechanisms are configured to automatically level the lower grilling surface relative to the upper grilling surface. Each of the plurality of leveling mechanisms is configured to independently move a portion of the lower grilling surface about a different axis. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150351587 | TOASTER ACTUATING MECHANISM - An actuating mechanism for a toaster, and in particular a bread identification actuating mechanism for a toaster, comprises a toast frame arranged in a housing, a sliding rack capable of moving upwards and downwards, and a control circuit, a toast rack being coupled to the sliding rack, a bracket being fixed to one end of the toast rack, the bracket being hinged to the sliding rack: wherein the toaster actuating mechanism is provided with a sensing device for identifying an angular displacement of the bracket, and the bracket drives a light barrier, the sensing device being arranged on a movement tack of the light barrier, the light barrier being capable of blocking a sensing light passage of the sensing device, the sensing device being coupled to the control circuit via a data line. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20160000095 | DUAL DRUM SPIRAL OVEN - An oven for heating food products on a conveyor includes two chambers. A conveyor belt circulates within each chamber and between the chambers. Each chamber includes a drum oriented with a vertical axis, a motor for rotating the drum about the axis, and a conveyor belt having a length helically surrounding the drum. The conveyor belt has an infeed end and outlet end. A plenum is located within the chamber along an outer extent of the chamber and is curved substantially concentrically with the drum. The plenum forms a substantially closed air pathway having an inlet at one end and an outlet at an opposite end passing air into the first chamber. A fan is arranged to circulate air within the chamber and force air into the plenum inlet, through the plenum and out of the plenum outlet. A heat exchanger is arranged in the plenum to heat the air flowing within the plenum. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160015210 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRAWING CAKES - The present invention is more particularly concerned with a liquid dispensing device which is connected to a means for capturing a design and then dispensing the liquid on to a cooking surface to form a foodstuff of said design and a means to control the flowrate of the batter and location of the batter dispenser and the batter deposit to result in a desired shape and size of the foodstuff. In preferred embodiments, the apparatus is used in connection with pancake batter to make pancakes (griddlecakes) in any design that the user would desire. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160100708 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREPARING CRISPY RICE - An apparatus for preparing crispy rice is shown and described. The rice cooker may include a lid assembly, a pan assembly, a cooking assembly and a heater assembly. The pan may include perforations configured to allow oil to flow from the pan to a rice mixture in the cooking assembly. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160172147 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND COOKING APPLIANCE HAVING THE SAME | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160183719 | BREAD MAKER AND CONTAINER TO BE MOUNTED IN THE BREAD MAKER - The bread maker includes a housing for mounting of a container, an infrared transceiving device and a determining device. The container stores bread ingredients therein and has an outer surface provided with a color symbol. The infrared transceiving device includes an infrared emitting unit and a processing unit. The infrared emitting unit is operable to emit infrared ray toward the color symbol when the container is mounted to the housing. The processing unit is configured for receiving a reflection ray reflected from the color symbol and is operable to output an identification signal according to intensity of the reflection ray. The determining device is communicatively connected to the processing unit for receiving the identification signal and is operable to determine, with reference to the identification signal, a bread-making indicator that is associated with a bread making program, which the bread maker executes automatically to make bread using the bread ingredients stored in the container. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160198885 | Intelligent Cooking Apparatuses and Methods | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160374508 | AUTOMATIC BROILER WITH AIR FLOW RESTRICTION PLATE - In an aspect, the disclosure provides an automatic broiler. The automatic broiler may include a conveyorized cooking surface, a lower heat source below the cooking surface, and an upper heat source above the cooking surface. A cooking chamber may be defined by the cooking surface, the upper heat source, and a broiler housing. A venting through passage, or flue, may extend from the cooking chamber to an opening located above the upper heat source. An air flow restriction plate may be positioned above the venting through passage. The air flow restriction plate may have a perforated flat surface extending across the opening. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20170231427 | Toolbox Grill Assembly | 08-17-2017 |
