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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 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 a... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120017770 | COOKING APPLIANCE Disclosed is a cooking appliance provided with: a water tank (30) disposed inside a main case (10); a steam-generation device (40) that generates steam by heating water supplied from the water tank (30); a heating chamber (20) to which... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120017769 | COOKING APPARATUS Object A cooking apparatus, wherein, independent of the quantity and the temperature of the foodstuff contained in a cooking chamber of the cooking apparatus, the food stuff can be cooked in a consistent time period by initial-heating proce... | 01/26/2012 |
| 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... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110287154 | BATCH COOKER Batch cookers, as well as methods for cooking using the batch cookers, are provided. A batch cooker comprises a cooking trough configured to hold a volume of heated cooking oil. An oil recirculation system delivers heated cooking oil from an external heat source (e.g., ... | 11/24/2011 |
| 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 conf... | 11/17/2011 |
| 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 in... | 11/10/2011 |
| 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,... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110142998 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING ROTISSERIE OVEN An oven for performing a rotisserie cooking operation includes an oven cavity having a door for selectively accessing the oven cavity, at least one heating element for heating the oven cavity and a rotisserie arm adapted to support a food product within the oven cavity.... | 06/16/2011 |
| 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 ... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110070340 | Method for Controlling at Least Two Cooking Devices, Cooking Device, and System Including at Least Two Cooking Devices The invention relates to a method for controlling at least two cooking devices, an associated cooking device and an associated system consisting of at least two cooking devices. According to the invention, data is generated in a control unit of at least one cooking devi... | 03/24/2011 |
| 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... | 03/03/2011 |
| 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 provide... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110017075 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TOASTING AND BAKING Device for controlling toasting and baking that comprises, at least: means (1) for sensing toasting, such that the degree of toasting is detected as a function of the shade thereof; means (2) for processing the signal emanating from the sensing means (1... | 01/27/2011 |
| 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 upp... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110003048 | ELECTRIC RICE COOKER AND METHOD OF COOKING RICE An electric rice cooker capable of increasing the water content of rice by a simple structure. The electric rice cooker (1) has a pot (10) in which food substances to be cooked including water and rice are contained, heating device (5, 6, 19) for he... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110003039 | APPARATUS, A CONTAINER AND METHODS THEREOF FOR HEATING FOODSTUFF In today's lifestyle it is not always practical to be able to prepare foodstuff on a freshly prepared basis. Therefore partial cooking of foodstuff and preparation for heating and completion of cooking is used. An apparatus, a container and methods thereof for heating f... | 01/06/2011 |
| 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... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100303972 | Method and System for Food Preparation A system for preparation of high quality and healthy food by automatic means is provided. The system includes one or more sections for carrying out the one or more operations required for the preparation of food. The food is prepared using automated or semi-automated pr... | 12/02/2010 |
| 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 withi... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100213187 | OPERATING AN APPLIANCE BASED ON COOKING INSTRUCTIONS EMBEDDED IN AN RFID PRODUCT TAG Method and computer program product for using an RFID antenna of a cooking appliance to read a plurality of cooking instruction sets from a single RFID tag associated with a food product that is positioned to be cooked by the cooking appliance. The cooking appliance sel... | 08/26/2010 |
| 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 (4) operable to heat an object to be heated; an operation unit (8) includ... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100196572 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COOKING FOOD SUCH AS RICE A device (17) for cooking food such as rice (4) is adapted to perform a cooking process which is performed by heating the food (4) under the influence of boiling water during a period of time. The device (17) comprises means (23) for c... | 08/05/2010 |
| 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 s... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100107886 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE LIQUID LEVEL IN A BOILER The present invention relates to a method of determining a liquid level in a boiler (12) of an apparatus (10) having a temperature sensor (24) for sensing a temperature (T) which is indicative of a temperature of the liquid inside the boiler (12<... | 05/06/2010 |
| 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 (38) and an associated container-holding apparatus (3... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100051600 | COMBINATION STEAMER A combination steamer is described that has a cooking chamber which is externally delimited by a floor, walls, and a door. A steam generator and a first heater disposed on at least one of the walls are assigned to the cooking chamber. The floor is provided with a second... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100015313 | Smart Sensing Oven Smart oven allows contactless detection of surface temperature of an item being heated. The temperature of the heated object can be maintained at the specified temperature for a specified time. The program for cooking can be read automatically from a package from the fo... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20090274805 | METHOD AND COOKING APPLIANCE FOR REGULATING A COOKING PROCESS IN A COOKING CHAMBER In one embodiment for regulating a baking process in an oven, an operator introduces a product to be cooked into the oven, and a sensor detects a gas or moisture concentration release from the product cooking in the cooking chamber over time wherein The slope of the cur... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090252855 | Steam injection cooking device and method An apparatus and method are provided for steam injection heating of a bulk food product. When cooking scrambled eggs, the method includes providing a predetermined amount of liquid uncooked egg. A predetermined amount of water is injected into a heated cavity to form a ... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090238929 | COFFEE ROASTER METHOD AND CONTROL A method and apparatus for pan roasting a mass of green coffee beans at rest by heat conduction from the pan bottom to the beans mass. A glass cover and smoke filter closes the roasting chamber. A radial blower operates at slow speed to draw ambient air and vacate smoke... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090204241 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING HEATING COOKING APPARATUS Provided is a method of controlling a heating cooking apparatus that involves accurate heating processing of food by one sequence and can prevent even underheating while preventing overheating by using only a humidity sensor if the food has a weight within a given weigh... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090165778 | Energy efficient char-broiler A char-broiler for cooking a food product having a housing, a plurality of burners disposed within housing that defining a cooking zone. The char-broiler also provides for a manifold and at least one valve associated the plurality of burners in the cooking zone; and at ... | 07/02/2009 |
| 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 a... | 05/14/2009 |
| 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 ... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090064867 | STIR COOKER A stir cooker (100). Stir cooker (100) comprises a container (102) having an open top and an open bottom for holding food, a lid (104) for closing the open top of container (102), a heated bottom (106) sealingly engaged with the... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090007798 | Steam cooker After a preheating operation is performed to raise an inner temperature of a heating chamber to a target preheating temperature (first specified temperature) by a first steam superheater of a steam temperature-raising device, a cooking operation is performed to raise, b... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20080319588 | Method and Control Arrangement for Terminating Accidental Switch on of a Deep Fryer Apparatus Not Filled with Oil Method and control arrangement for terminating an accidental switch on of a deep fryer apparatus when it is not filled with oil, the apparatus comprises a vessel having closed bottom and sides, and a horizontally formed electric heating element for direct contact with t... | 12/25/2008 |
| 20080308547 | Method of Controlling Electric Kettle for "Dry" Burn Prevention A method of controlling an electric kettle for “dry” burn prevention during heating process, including the steps of: providing a temperature sensor, a microprocessor, and a control circuit; detecting the water temperature; determining the temperature rate change and... | 12/18/2008 |
| 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 ... | 11/20/2008 |
