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8420983 Vapor cooker  
A steam cooker 1 has: a steam generation heater 52 generating steam; and a steam heating heater 41 heating the steam generated by the steam generation heater 52 to generate overheated steam and...
8418684 Catalytic converter unit and method for treating cooking emissions  
A catalytic conversion unit treats emissions emanating from a cooking event. The unit comprises a housing to contain the other components that connects either directly or through the use of...
8367979 Cooking platform and related method  
A household range includes a first oven having a first electric cooking element, and a second oven includes a second electric cooking element. A power management system is used to distribute power...
8304695 Priority controlled multi-fan convection oven  
A cooking appliance includes an oven provided with bake, broil and multiple convection heating elements, as well as plural, multi-speed fans, for cooking a wide range of food. The various heating...
8263907 Method of baking and an oven  
A baker's oven 10 and a method of operating the baking oven 10. The baking oven 10 including heating means 50 arranged to underlie baking trays 31 to provide a substantial proportion of the heat to...
8258436 Heating device  
The present invention provides a heating device including a heating compartment for holding an object-to-be-heated, an oven heater for heating the heating compartment, a circulation fan for...
8247741 Dynamic system for variable heating or cooling of linearly conveyed substrates  
A system is provided for heating or cooling discrete, linearly conveyed substrates having a gap between a trailing edge of a first substrate and a leading edge of a following substrate in a...
8109263 User activated grease tray drain  
An outdoor cooking grill includes a removable grease drip pan. The grease drip pan has a drain hole and a drain assembly having a plug that is selectively moveable to seal the drain hole. The user...
8053707 Barbecue grill  
A barbecue grill for cooking an object. The barbecue grill includes a first resistive element subassembly energizable for generating heat to cook the object, and a second resistive element...
8049142 Convection preheat system and method for radiant baking  
A cooking appliance includes a cabinet forming an oven cavity, a broil heating element, a bake heating element, a convection heating system and a controller. The convection heating system develops...
8035062 Combination speed cooking oven  
A combination cooking oven is disclosed comprising a cooking cavity, a controller, thermal heating source, blower assembly, air directing means, deflecting means and a vent assembly wherein speed...
8030598 Electric grill  
An electric cooking assembly includes a main body portion that defines a cooking area. First and second cooking surfaces are contained within the cooking area. A first electric heating element...
7921767 Automatic broiler for variable batch cooking  
A flexible automatic broiler and method of use for variable batch cooking for particular use in quick serve and fast food service restaurants. The automatic cooking devices include a conveyorized...
7812287 Method for controlling a pyrolysis cleaning process in an oven  
A method for controlling a pyrolysis cleaning process in an oven includes the steps: a) heating an oven cavity of the oven by switching on a heat source; b) measuring, using an oxygen sensor, an...
7781702 Cooking apparatus  
A cooking apparatus is disclosed. The cooking apparatus includes a housing having a cooking chamber and a heating unit. The heating unit includes a partition plate detachably installed in the...
7442900 Chamber for uniform heating of large area substrates  
Embodiments of the present invention generally provide an apparatus for providing a uniform thermal profile to a plurality of large area substrates during thermal processing. In one embodiment, an...
7378617 Heating systems and methods for a cooking appliance  
A heating system for a cooking appliance includes a first upper heating element and a second upper heating element positioned within a cooking cavity defined by a cabinet of the cooking appliance....
7368686 Apparatus and methods for operating an electric appliance  
An electric cooking appliance is provided. The electric cooking appliance includes a plurality of surface heating elements and a plurality of sensors configured to monitor an operational status of...
7348519 Multi-zone griddle and grill  
A multi-zone griddle with an upper substantially continuous layer of metal adapted for cooking a food product thereon. The upper substantially continuous layer of metal is positioned adjacent to a...
7342202 Electric grill  
An electric cooking assembly includes a main body portion that defines a cooking area. First and second cooking surfaces are contained within the cooking area. A first electric heating element...
7304270 Integrated warmer drawer and warmer zone controls  
A range for heating foods having a body comprising a top surface, a first chamber located within the range, a second chamber located within the range, multiple heating elements arranged on the top...
7196291 Food oven  
An improved food oven apparatus and related methods for preparing food utilizing digitally controlled heating elements and a smoker unit. User-operable controls in communication with a digital...
7053337 Roaster  
A roaster includes an upper pan including an upper side wall and an upper pan heating element inside the upper tub. The roaster further includes a lower pan connected to the upper tub, the lower...
6936793 Oven apparatus and method of use thereof  
A solder reflow oven with horizontal cyclonic convection air flow for enhancing equalized heating of printed circuit boards conveyed therethrough. Air circulation apparatus can include a first air...
6928379 Apparatus and method for sensing temperature  
An apparatus and method for measuring the temperature in an oven includes a circuit and software algorithm that reads the voltage across a standard resistive temperature device (RTD) or thermistor...
6917017 Counter-top cooker having multiple heating elements  
A counter-top cooker includes a base, a cooking chamber having a top end and a bottom end supported on the base, and a power head attached to the top end of the cooking chamber. The power head...
6815644 Multirack cooking in speedcook ovens  
A multirack speedcook oven includes a cooking cavity, a plurality of racks within the cooking cavity, an RF generation module operationally coupled to the cooking cavity and configured to deliver...
6809296 Electrical energy conserving kiln method and apparatus  
This is an electrically heated ceramic kiln and a method for varying the size of the kiln chamber by moveable top and/or bottom walls which can be moved vertically within the kiln chamber, together...
6753510 Methods and systems for quickly heating items  
A device that heats food quickly by using more than one power level during a heating cycle, and a method of toasting including the step of heating a food item at more than one power level during a...
6730879 Self-cleaning systems and methods  
A self-cleaning oven includes a cooking chamber, a first heating element inside the cooking chamber, and a second heating element inside the cooking chamber. The first and second heating elements...
6723962 Double deck toaster oven  
An oven having a cooking chamber which has a pair of opposing sidewalls and a rear wall member having a pair of end portions and a protruding portion between the end portions. First and second...
6698418 Oven door latch assembly having side mounted motor  
A motorized door latch assembly for locking an oven door in a locked and sealed position for purposes of cleaning the oven. A motor and cam cause a latch rod extending from side to side to...
6570136 Top-heat oven with selective browning  
A dual-heating element oven comprising a bake heating element and a broil heating element in combination with a control system that permits the selective alteration of the output of the broil...
6570135 Kitchen stove for preparing food, and an oven for preparing food  
There is now provided a kitchen stove for preparing food, and an oven for preparing food. The stove or oven has a heating arrangement to make the cleaning of the stove or oven easier for a user...
6545251 Cooking oven  
A cooking oven comprises a cavity having a separating and insulating plate which can be inserted horizontally in the cavity in order to split it in two sub-cavities. Each sub-cavity has heating...
6541738 Portable food container with incorporated heaters  
A portable food container with incorporated heaters including a container portion. The container portion includes a first cover member hingeably coupled with the back wall for covering the open...
6465760 Rotisserie grill  
A rotisserie grill includes a control device that alternates heat generation by a plurality of heating elements disposed at the periphery of a cooking chamber. The alternating heat evenly cooks...
6362458 Food grilling system for oven cavity with byproduct removal  
A grilling system for an oven includes a removable grilling platform defined by a food supporting rack, a basin, and a heating element positioned between the rack and the basin. The basin includes...
6355914 Programmable oven with menu selection  
The oven includes a housing and a support member located in the housing for supporting food to be cooked. A lower electrical heating element is located below the support member. Two laterally...
6316749 Self-cleaning system for a cooking appliance  
A self-cleaning system for a convection cooking appliance controls the activation and deactivation of multiple heating units, as well as a blower, throughout an initial preheat and subsequent...
6221203 Apparatus and method for controlling temperature of a chamber  
An apparatus for controlling temperature of a process chamber which includes a plurality of heating elements mounted juxtaposed to a cylindrical chamber sidewall of the process chamber for heating...
6168064 Method and apparatus for controlling a time/temperature profile of a reflow oven  
The present invention relates to controls for a multi-zone reflow oven. In the present invention a plurality of infra red thermal scanners are located at critical points along the path which a...
6127659 Food warmer  
A heating plate for a food warmer is disclosed. The heating plate has a surface for supporting an article to be heated and a plurality of heating clusters attached to the surface. Each heating...
6114663 Programmable convection oven  
The oven comprises a housing and a ceramic support member located in the housing for supporting food to be cooked. A lower electrical heating element is located below the support member. Two...
6097000 Control panel ventilation system for electrical food cooking appliances comprising a cooking hob and an oven  
A ventilation system for electrical food-cooking appliances comprising a cooking hob and an oven with a fan positioned in a compartment between the two in order to generate air flow for cooling...
6079401 Single knob rotary oven control apparatus providing continuous and discrete control information  
In an appliance such as an oven for cooking food, the invention contemplates a user rotatable, single knob oven control device which provides both discrete and continuous control signals to the...
6054681 Cooking apparatus  
A domestic electric stand alone cooking apparatus has a lower part and upper part that hingably close together in use to provide a cylindrical cooking chamber. Each part has a separate heating...
5981912 Electrothermal atomization means for analytical spectrometry  
An electrically heatable hollow-body furnace with a secondary surface on which an analyte of a sample can be condensed prior to being atomized. The furnace is constructed in two sections which are...
5708255 Prepared meal system with lower hotplate having a plurality of heating zones and an upper radiant heating element and operated in accordance with pre-programmed cooking programs selected by a user  
A prepared meals system has at least one food container and cooking unit. The food container has at least two compartments for different foods to be heated at different temperatures and/or times....
5571433 Low temperature self clean for ovens  
A temperature control system for a self-cleaning oven and a method for operating in a clean mode for a self-cleaning oven are provided. The control system and the method allow for cleaning of the...
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