Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
099447000 | With heat distributor | 35 |
20080210102 | REMOVABLE BLOWER FOR CONVECTION OVEN - An convection oven with a removable blower wheel system is provided. The oven includes motor with a corresponding motor shaft, a first hub engageable with the motor shaft, a blower wheel, and a second hub. Each of the first hub, blower wheel, and second hub include corresponding radial apertures formed in consistent positions on each component. A plurality of shafts extend through each of the first and second hubs and the blower wheel to cause the three components to rotate together. | 09-04-2008 |
20080223223 | COOKING EXTRUDER WITH ENHANCED STEAM INJECTION PROPERTIES - An improved extruder ( | 09-18-2008 |
20090025574 | COOKING APPARATUS AND METHODS OF USE - Outdoor cooking apparatus including a basin, a grate within the basin, a pedestal including a housing having a chamber and a container for a heat generating source. The container is preferably an insertable starter unit that is removably secured within the chamber and remains in place during cooking. The outdoor cooking apparatus is particularly useful for wok cooking as a wok may be placed on the grate such that a small diameter of very hot air is delivered from the insertable starter unit to the wok. The outdoor cooking apparatus may further be modified for other cooking purposes requiring a broader diameter of lower heat. This embodiment further includes a diffuser, preferably including a plate having apertures therein and a second larger planar grate placed within the basin above the diffuser. | 01-29-2009 |
20100071566 | SMOKING GRILL PAN - The present invention relates to a grill pan, which comprises a main body, an electrothermal tube disposed on the lower surface of the main body; wherein the electrothermal tube comprises an normal-temperature area for grilling food and an high-temperature area for burning smoking materials to generate smokes; the normal-temperature area and the high-temperature area are connected integrative, and the two ends of the electrothermal tube have an adapter connected to exterior power supply; there is a smoking box for containing smoking materials disposed on the main body corresponding with the high-temperature area. The present invention achieves the functions of roasting and smoking by only one heating source. That can reduce the cost of production and is convenient for use. | 03-25-2010 |
20100089249 | Portable cooking unit - Described here is a rectangular, parallelepiped shaped, portable cooking device that consists of a rigid Stand, with attached lid and flaps, that supports multiple food heating containers. A dual purpose transport case/cooking cover, made of heat resistant materials, is a key feature to the design utility by securely transporting the device and acting as a heat efficiency Cover during the food heating process. When used in conjunction with the Stand flaps and lids, this Cover provides many innovations over prior art by preventing heat escape and weather intrusion. Various burner and fuel devices ( i.e.: Sterno, Propane, Electric, Coal, Wood . . . ) can be used to provide the heat for this device. The combination of these multi-functional components, in a single compact, portable, modular unit provide significant improvements over current conventional devices by offering multiple options for food heating and serving with increased efficiency in space usage, heat efficiency and transportability. | 04-15-2010 |
20100263554 | GRILL PAN - The present invention provides a grill pan comprising a main body, plural ribs parallel disposed on the main body, characterizes in that each rib comprises multiple integral segments and is respectively disposed axially on said main body and one end of each segment forms a crest portion along the radial direction and the other end of each segment forms a trough portion along the radial direction and connects to the crest portion of adjacent segment. It forms a new appearance and acquires a pleasing aesthetic effect by applying such structure, at same time, the food will be effectively prevented from slipping on the rib when it is grilled by the grill pan, so the grill degree of the grilled food is more uniform and delicious, moreover, the transverse rib marks will be formed by the crest structure by each rib besides the vertical rib marks formed by the original vertical ribs, so the juice will be sealed from the surface of the grilled beef, thus the delicious flavor is kept. | 10-21-2010 |
20100275791 | Food Heating Arrangement - A liquid distribution arrangement ( | 11-04-2010 |
20110146503 | PACKING AND STEAM COOKING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STEAM COOKING DEVICE - An insertion hole ( | 06-23-2011 |
20110259208 | STEAM GENERATING DEVICE AND COOKER - A steam generating device comprising: a housing ( | 10-27-2011 |
20120055347 | COOKING PAN PROVIDED WITH EXHAUST DEVICE - A cooking pan provided with an exhaust device is capable of reducing smells or smoke generated when food is cooked. The cooking pan includes a distribution plate that is installed at the center of a lower surface of a bottom part of the cooking pan with a predetermined gap to form an exhaust space part, and an exhaust pipe that connects the exhaust space part with an interior of the cooking pan. Thus, the smells and smoke of the interior of the cooking pan are forcibly discharged and burnt by a pressure difference between the interior and exterior of the cooking pan and by flowing flames applied to the distribution plate of the lower surface of the cooking pan, so that the unpleasant smells and smoke are remarkably reduced, as is the emission of carbon dioxide. | 03-08-2012 |
20120152129 | FOOD ROASTING DEVICE - Food roasting device comprising three detachable pieces ( | 06-21-2012 |
20120167780 | INSERTABLE COOKING ENCLOSURE - Embodiments of an insertable cooking enclosure disclosed herein include a top portion, one or more side portions, and one or more flame-retarding baffle structures integrated into the cooking enclosure. Embodiments herein may be inserted into or placed onto a heat source such as a barbecue grill, an oven, and/or a stove top to convect heated air and accumulate the heated air in a baking chamber bounded by the insertable cooking enclosure. The baffle structures retard flames and hotspots to avoid excessive temperatures within the baking chamber and to promote even cooking. | 07-05-2012 |
20120192726 | CONVECTION GRILL - A convection grill including a body having a base and a lid, and defining a cooking chamber, and a convection system coupled to a wall of the base. The convection system includes an air conduit defined at least in part by a front panel and a back panel, the air conduit including an intake aperture, a duct, and an exhaust vent. The convection system also includes a fan assembly including a convection fan positioned within the duct proximate to the intake aperture, and a motor coupled to the convection fan by a motor shaft. The back panel includes a first end distal from the wall, a second end proximate the wall, and a cross section having a substantially continuous curve between the first and second ends. | 08-02-2012 |
20120222563 | LOW PRESSURE, LOW VELOCITY STEAM INJECTOR - A direct steam injector for use in cooking food products by injecting live steam directly into the product to heat the food to cook temperatures. The injector operates under relatively low source steam manifold pressure while urging the valve return spring wide open, thus reducing the pressure of the steam flowing into the product. In addition to reducing the pressure of the steam, the steam injector reduces the velocity of the steam and better distributes it as the steam exits the injector, thereby reducing damage to the food product. | 09-06-2012 |
20130180413 | APPARATUS FOR PREPARING FOOD - The present invention relates to an apparatus for preparing food by moving a flow of hot air over items of food to heat the food. An apparatus for preparing food according to the invention includes a food preparation chamber ( | 07-18-2013 |
20130276643 | PORTABLE BAKING OVEN - A portable baking oven for a pizza or other food item includes a food item heating plate, a base having a heating chamber, and a top cover having a moisture vent and a heat reflector structure extending across the inside of said top cover. When placed on said base, the top cover forms a baking chamber above the heating plate. Heat produced in the base's heating chamber circulates up through air passageways in the base into the baking chamber above the food item heating plate. This circulated heat is reflected back down toward the food item heating plate by the top cover's heat reflecting structure to accelerate baking of the top of a food item placed on the heating plate. The top cover's moisture vent can be located above the heat reflector structure in the top cover, and openings can be provided in the heat reflector structure which allow moisture emitted by a food item being baked in the oven to pass through the reflector structure and out through the top cover moisture vent. | 10-24-2013 |
20130298781 | Portable Passive Convection Cooking Oven - Disclosed is a portable, passive-convection oven having a base containing a heat-distributing plate. A grill-plate is placed over the heating plate and a lid put on top. The lid, grill-plate and base each have a handle. A circular hole in the bottom of the base is sized to fit over a domestic stove heating element. A catchment rim running along the perimeter of the hole prevents liquid spilling into the hole. The convection plate has a convex heating surface elevated above the hole by a gap that allows heated air to flow up over the top of the heating surface. The heating surface extends out over the catchment rim. The grill-plate is positioned above the heat surface, and has a number of holes through it that allow heated air to rise through it and heat the items that are being cooked while supported by the grill-plate. | 11-14-2013 |
20130312622 | Heat Transfer Element for Barbecue Grill - A heat transfer element includes two wings extending from a ridge. The ridge includes a first end and a second end. Each of the wings includes an edge. The first end of the ridge is placed at a higher elevation than the second end of the ridge when a plane defined by edges of the wings is placed horizontally. | 11-28-2013 |
20140053739 | ROTATING GRILL PLATFORM WITH BLADE TILTING MECHANISM UTILIZING HEAT ENERGY GENERATED BY THE GRILL SOURCE OF HEAT - A rotating grill platform functional as an independent grill unit or placeable on a grill and that incorporates a stationary lower grill platform with a rotator Fan attached to it in a manner to draw air comprised of smoke and cooking vapors from the grilling chamber and to recirculate the air back to the grilling surface to provide substantially uniform heat distribution for the food being cooked, with the blade tilting mechanism designed to increase or decrease the grill platform rotational speed as per user preferences and the cooking requirements. The grill platform is compact, lightweight, versatile and does not require gas or any Electric power, but can operate in a self sustaining manner. | 02-27-2014 |
20140150673 | Smokeless Coffee Roaster - A coffee bean roasting machine of the type having a cyclone separator heating chamber and a coffee bean roasting chamber in a recirculating process stream driven by a recirculation fan is operated to air cool the roasted coffee beans in the roasting chamber, to a temperature beneath which the beans give off smoke, while at the same time incinerating smoke removed from the roasting chamber. A purge gate in ducting between the cyclone separator and the roasting chamber is opened to allow the flow of ambient air into and through the roasting chamber while blocking flow out of the cyclone separator, so that ambient air is directed through the roasting chamber. The smoke and any airborne particulate material from the roasting chamber are carried into the heating chamber and through the incineration tube, where they are incinerated. Preferably the system and process are operated automatically by a computer and programming. | 06-05-2014 |
20140196612 | COOKING DEVICE - A door is pivotably coupled to a lower portion or an upper portion on the front side of a box so as to be opened vertically to an opening. A gap having a predetermined space is present at the lower portion or at the upper portion between the box and the door with the door closed. The box has an aperture section on the side for introducing outside air blown by an air blower mechanism into a heating chamber. The aperture section is positioned adjacent to the gap on a side surface of the heating chamber. The outside air introduced into the heating chamber through the aperture section moves so as to traverse the opening to block vapor produced from an object being cooked by heating with a heating device from leaking through the gap to the outside of the heating chamber. | 07-17-2014 |
20140318385 | COOKING APPARATUS - A cooking apparatus includes a cavity unit having therein a cooking chamber and a rear wall plate with an introduction hole section and a discharge hole section; a door on or over the cavity unit, configured to open and close an opening of the cavity unit; and a convection heater unit on or behind the rear wall plate, heating air from the cavity unit through the discharge hole section, and supplying hot air to the cooking chamber through the introduction hole section, wherein the introduction hole section is in a lower part of the rear wall plate, and the discharge hole section is in an upper part of the rear wall plate, separate from the introduction hole section. | 10-30-2014 |
20140318386 | COOKING APPARATUS - A cooking apparatus includes a cavity unit having a cooking chamber, a top wall plate with an upper heater hole section, a bottom wall plate with a lower heater hole section, and a rear wall plate with an introduction hole section; a door on or over the cavity unit, configured to open and close an opening of the cavity unit; an upper heater unit on the top wall plate, configured to supply heat and/or hot air to the cooking chamber through the upper heater hole section; a lower heater unit on the bottom wall plate, configured to supply heat and/or hot air to the cooking chamber through the lower heater hole section; and a convection heater unit on the rear wall plate, configured to supply heat and/or hot air to the cooking chamber through the introduction hole section. | 10-30-2014 |
20140318387 | COOKING APPARATUS - A cooking apparatus includes a cavity unit having a cooking chamber therein, a side wall plate with a discharge hole section, and a top wall plate with an upper heater hole section; a door on or over the cavity unit, configured to open and close an opening of the cavity unit; a circulation duct unit connected to the discharge hole section, configured to guide air discharged from the cooking chamber through the discharge hole section and back to the cooking chamber; and an upper heater unit on or over the top wall plate. | 10-30-2014 |
20140318388 | COOKING APPARATUS - A cooking apparatus includes a cavity unit having a cooking chamber therein, and a rear wall plate with an introduction hole section therein; a door unit on the cavity unit, configured to open and close an opening of the cavity unit; a convection heater unit on the rear wall plate, configured to generate heat to be supplied to the cooking chamber through the introduction hole section; and an introduction opening and closing unit configured to open and close the introduction hole section and control an amount of heat to be supplied to the cooking chamber. | 10-30-2014 |
20140318389 | COOKING APPARATUS - A cooking apparatus includes a cavity unit having a cooking chamber therein, a side wall plate with a discharge hole section, and a bottom wall plate with a lower heater hole section; a door on or over the cavity unit, configured to open and close an opening of the cavity unit; a circulation duct unit connected to the discharge hole section, configured to guide air from the cooking chamber through the discharge hole section, and back to the cooking chamber; and a lower heater unit on or below the bottom wall plate. | 10-30-2014 |
20150122137 | COOKING POT AND LID THEREOF - In a cooking pot ( | 05-07-2015 |
20150335190 | RETORT STERILIZATION DEVICE, HEATING DEVICE, HEAT STERILIZATION METHOD AND HEAT TREATMENT METHOD - A retort sterilization device includes a water steam generation device for generating water steam and a heating pot, connected to the water steam generation device, for accommodating retort food. The water steam generation device includes a heat exchanger for performing heat exchange between liquid flowing in a liquid path and heating vapor flowing in the vapor path. A top end of the liquid path of the heat exchanger is connected via a water steam supply pipe to a water steam ejection section located in an internal area of the heating pot. The heat exchanger is connected to a liquid container. A bottom end of the liquid path of the heat exchanger is connected to the liquid container via a communicating tube. The liquid container is coupled to the heating pot. | 11-26-2015 |
20150342387 | Apparatus for Modified Heated Air Flow to Food Holder - A food warming and cooking apparatus used over a burner of a range or similar heat source. The apparatus has a base section adapted to cover the heater and help contain heated air therein. A base unit having a plurality of spacedly arrayed louvers emit heated air into an intermediate assembly. A food holder is placed into the intermediate assembly during operation. One or more guides position the food holder for even cooking. Hot air is emitted in a manner that induces lateral and vertical motion to the air providing greater heat transfer at relatively lower temperatures than would be experienced by direct contact of a food holder or other cooking implement to reduce the risk of sticking and scorching. | 12-03-2015 |
20150374172 | Appliance for Cooking by Air Flow - Provided is an appliance for cooking and/or reheating food, which includes: a housing having a cooking vessel arranged such as to receive the food to be cooked and/or reheated, and a circuit for heating by ventilation including an air duct arranged such as to channel and direct a flow of hot air onto the food to be cooked and/or reheated, wherein the air duct has at least one cross-section in which a geometric size of the channelled air flow is limited such as to reduce a turbulence of the air flow flowing downstream from said at least one section of the air duct. | 12-31-2015 |
20160016181 | BEAN ROASTER WITH CONTROLLABLE FLUID LOFT AND ELECTROSTATIC COLLECTOR - A bean roaster with controllable fluid loft and electrostatic collector is provided. An example system reduces large industrial features into a smaller roaster, without sacrificing roast flavor. A user can select custom airflow parameters to establish a bean loft mode and fluid loft pattern for a particular roast. Airflow parameters, including air volume and pressure may be user-selected along a continuum. Selected airflow interacts with a cyclonic diffuser to create airflow streams in the roast hopper, which in turn interact with the geometry of the roast hopper itself and the beans, including their size, mass, number, and streamline properties, to create a fluid loft pattern, such as helical pattern or spray pattern. An electrostatic collector applies static charge to chaff and smoke particulates enabling these to be secured within a small machine footprint. The condensed features provide a bean roaster that can use ordinary electrical hookup and common residential venting. | 01-21-2016 |
20160051086 | COOKING MACHINE - Cooking machine of the type comprising an external casing ( | 02-25-2016 |
20160095472 | SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR BAKING A FOOD PRODUCT - Devices, systems, and methods are provided for baking a food product in a portable baking oven. The baking oven includes a main body, lower and upper stones, a heat shield suspending the upper stone above the lower stone, and a heat element emanating heat upward to a rotating flat panel having the lower stone thereon. Convection heat from the heat element moves upward from below the rotating flat panel and past a periphery of the flat panel, channeled by the heat shield to the upper stone, to move along the upper stone, and then down along the heat shield, on the opposite side. With this arrangement, the heat element heats the upper and lower stones with convection heat moving between the lower and upper stones in a side-to-side manner. | 04-07-2016 |
20160174764 | Air Fryer | 06-23-2016 |
20160183710 | Rice Cooking Insert - A rice cooking insert includes a ring shaped body with a curved bottom includes at least one stand that interacts with the bottom surface of the body and is configured to suspend the body above a heating element | 06-30-2016 |