1255results about "Stoves/ranges foundations" patented technology

A simultaneous multiple cooking mode barbecue grill that includes a first cooking mode unit configured to prepare food in a first cooking mode, a second cooking mode unit configured to prepare food in a second cooking mode, and a supporting structure that supports the first cooking mode unit and the second cooking mode unit so that the first and second cooking mode units can be moved securely and operated simultaneously to prepare food using multiple cooking modes.

A handle and light assembly for use on a barbecue grill. The assembly is inclusive of handle and at least one source of illumination for illuminating a cooking surface inside a hollow cooking chamber of the barbecue grill. The handle may function both as a means for opening a lid to access the cooking surface and also as a compartment for retaining the energy used to power the source of illumination. The lid includes at least one channel for the appropriate wiring to extend from the energy compartment to the illumination source. Accordingly, the handle may be located on the outside of the grill lid, and the source of illumination may be located inside the hollow cooking chamber.

An appliance is rendered self-cleaning of accumulated organic contaminants on one or more surfaces of the appliance, by coating such surfaces of the appliance with a photocatalytically-activated self-cleaning coating. Upon exposing such coated surfaces to radiation of the appropriate wavelength, for a sufficient interval of time, at least a portion of the organic contaminants present on the photocatalytically-activated self-cleaning coating are removed. The coated surface is thereby cleaned without the need of manual effort or high temperatures. The radiation is generally actinic radiation, and more particularly includes ultraviolet radiation.

A grill, such as a gas-fired grill, can employ a light assembly for illuminating a cooking area and/or a fuel gage that can be more readily and accurately read to determine an amount of fuel in a fuel tank. The light assembly includes a light source, which is mounted to an upper one of two discrete lids. The light source can be selectively illuminated via a switch. The switch may be coupled to a handle that is employed to open and close the second lid. The handle can be coupled to a side of the lid so as to position the switch in a location that can be relatively cool. The fuel gage can employ a pivoting platform, the motion of which may be employed to determine an amount of fuel in the fuel tank.

The translucent or opaque colored glass-ceramic article provides a cooking surface and has an adjustable light transmission in a visible range under 15%, as measured for a 4 mm sample thickness; a flaw-free upper surface with an impact resistance of greater than 18 cm breaking height, as tested with a 200 g steel ball in a falling ball test; a temperature difference resistance of greater than 500° C.; a high crystallinity with keatite mixed crystals as principal crystal phase in an interior of the glass-ceramic article and with a residual glass phase fraction of less than 8% by weight; a glassy upper surface layer of from 0.5 to 2.5 μm thick, which is substantially free of high quartz mixed crystals and which inhibits chemical reactions, and a content of enriched ingredients in the residual glass phase in the interior of the glass-ceramic and in the glassy surface layer of ΣNa₂O+K₂O+CaO+SrO+BaO+F+refining agents of from 0.2 to 1.6% by weight.

A cooking device having a base frame having sidewalls and a floor that at least partially define a cooking cavity; a lid assembly disposed above the base frame and comprising a cover and a heating unit; a grate disposed in the cooking cavity; a collecting pan disposed beneath the grate for collecting drippings from food being cooked; the top unit being displaceable relative to the base frame between a closed position and an open position, wherein, in the open position, the heating unit is disposed out of alignment with the grate and the top unit is disposed so as to allow access to the grate from above. The collecting pan may be disposed so as to remain below 180° F. after 20 minutes of cooking with the top unit in the closed position and the heating unit operating at a maximum setting.

An oven with a sensor positioned to detect an event that will cause a decrease in the internal temperature of a tunnel. The oven includes a controller configured to increase the thermal output of a heating element in anticipation of the upcoming decrease in the internal temperature. In some embodiments, the oven is a conveyor over and the sensor is positioned to detect a food item approach the tunnel on a conveyor. In some embodiments, the amount of current provided to an electric heating element is increased by increasing the target temperature. In some embodiments, the amount of current provided to the electric heating element is increased by a predetermined offset.

A cooking oven is configured for use with a separate heat source such as a gas grill having one or more burners. The oven includes a housing defining an interior cooking area. A grill engaging element extends from the housing for supporting the housing on the grill over the heat source. The grill engaging element defines a passage leading to an opening in a bottom of the housing, permitting heated air to flow from the heat source into the interior of the oven. The oven has a door providing access to the interior cooking area, as well as a vent leading from a top of the housing. The cooking oven is configured to be located over burners of the grill for cooking food items.

A barbeque grill having a remote to control the height of the grill surface over the firebox. In another embodiment the grill surface height is controlled automatically by a thermostat or a computer program that maximizes cooking of individual types of foods.

A portable gas cooking grill apparatus comprising a grill having a hood and a firebox. It is preferable that the hood can be received by and seated upon the firebox, thereby enclosing the grill. A burner assembly, capable of heating the interior portion of the grill, is preferably disposed underneath a substantially solid cooking surface and within the grill, thereby fully enclosing the burner assembly. The grill is supported by a frame, arranged and configured to substantially correspond to the firebox and releasably receive the grill thereon. The frame includes a leg assembly extending therefrom. The leg assembly is fixed to the frame such that the leg assembly is movable between a retracted position and an extended position.

The invention discloses a gas grill with multiple enhancements to allow for easy grilling of foods, subsequent clean-up, and replacement of parts. In lieu of a top-opening lid, the apparatus provides a plurality of removable and insertable drawers, comprising a plurality of burner units, a plurality of grill trays, and a drip tray located in a vertical configuration therein a base unit. All drawers are interchangeable as desired. A storage compartment is located on the bottom directly below the drip tray and an exhaust assembly is located on the top for directing smoke away from the apparatus. The invention is adaptable to propane or natural gas. Additional drawers and burner assemblies are provided and may be used for charcoal or wood burning, bun or food warming, and water steaming. All drawers are easily removable on slides with a safety catch system for easy care and cleaning.

The cleaning-friendly article, such as a household kitchen appliance, which is suitable for heating food and/or directly connected with this unit, has a suitable long-lasting or permanent easily cleaned coating on its surfaces that are accessible to dirt. In order to provide this easily cleaned coating a mixture is applied to these surfaces, which contains a hydrolyzable, network-forming gel and a hydrophobic substance. The gel is preferably formed from metal oxides. such as SiO₂, Al₂O₃, Fe₂O₃, In₂O₃, SnO₂, ZrO₂, B₂O₃ and/or TiO₂. The hydrophobic substance is preferably chemically combined with the gel network. The hydrophobic substance preferably includes pre-condensed fluoroalkyl-silanes.

An appliance, such as a cooking range, a clothes dryer, a clothes washer, an oven or the like, includes a console along a rear edge of the appliance which can pivot between an upright in-use position and a lower shipping, repair and/or servicing position. The console is preferably of a two-part construction including a front housing body having an integrally injection molded encapsulation or frame peripherally retaining a touch sensor control panel which can be readily accessed when the console is in its lower repair position.

The invention provides a single electrified intelligent kitchen, belonging to the filed of home appliance. The main component and structure consist of a casing, a machine cover, a chamber liner, a working chamber, a mechanical room, a liner heat-insulating layer, a chamber door, a refrigerating unit, a heating component, a food box, a food box support, an air intake pipeline, an air outtake pipeline, a cooling fan, an exhaust fan, an electromagnetic air valve, a water supply unit, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a control unit and a control panel. The invention is classified into a fundamental type and a comprehensive type; wherein, a comprehensive type can be formed by a plurality of fundamental types. The structures of the food box and the food box support cooperate with each other, and the food box is internally provided with a seasoning storing structure; the seasoning and/or water can be automatically added. The invention organically combines the refrigerator and the microwave oven, and realizes remote control; the food refrigeration storage and automatic cooking can be switched at the same physical space according to the preset parameters or the will of the user; furthermore, the invention can be configured as a general microwave oven or a general refrigerator. Besides, the comprehensive type can store and cook one meal or multiple meals at the same time.

A new and improved combination smoker and barbecue pit having a housing with an open top, a grill resting on said housing, and a hood. A firebox is placed within said housing and is used for holding fuel which, when burned, creates heat and smoke. During the smoking process, the firebox is positioned below a shield which deflects and directs smoke into a pair of chambers within the housing which in turn channel smoke into elongated collection members evenly spaced below the grill. When smoke fills the collection members, is spills out the open-ended bottom of the collection members and drifts toward the grill in an even distribution. The firebox can also rest on the collection members where it is directly beneath the grill for barbecuing.

A microwave cooker includes a body having a cooking chamber therein, a microwave source disposed at the body for generating a microwave, a wave guide for guiding the microwave generated from the microwave source into the cooking chamber, a rotation antenna installed in the body to be rotatable by a driving motor for emitting the microwave guided by the wave guide into the cooking chamber, and a movable stirrer coupled to the rotation antenna so as to be interworked with the rotation antenna.

Atmospheric gas burner for a cooking appliance comprising: a burner head with a lateral perimeter wall defining a distribution chamber provided with flame orifices; a gas injector; means for conveying primary air to downstream of the injector; and a venturi directing the gas/air mixture towards the distribution chamber; at least one region of the lateral wall, free of flame orifices, is pierced with a through-aperture and a passage isolated from the distribution chamber is established in the burner head to connect the aperture to the injector, this aperture and this passage having cross sections which ensure a stream of primary air from the outside of the burner head with a flow rate appropriate to the operation of the burner.

A portable pellet fired heating element for mounting to a grill or stove and comprising a gravity fed pellet holder, a unitary tubular structure having a burner, an air intake and an exhaust chute. Fuel may be supplied to the pellet holder by various supply means such as a conveyer, ramp, scooped, held in bulk in a hopper, and like pellet supply structures and methods. Fuel is fed to the air-cooled insulated burner area onto a decomposer grate, which defines the primary combustion area and which is partially open to the atmosphere for air intake. An adjustable high-pressure flow of gas or vapor is introduced to the primary exhaust chute below the decomposer grate to create a low pressure flow above the grate and which upon ignition, cause flames to be pulled into the pellet mass on the grate. In operation, air from the primary air intake maintains hot charcoal in the primary combustion area, and the secondary combustion area provides a steady flow of wood gas that mixes with a predetermined or adjustable amount of air supplied by the secondary air intake to maintain the flame. The super heated gasses and any ash are provided to the grill or stove by means of the exhaust chute. For cleaning purposes, an electrical/mechanical device may be provided to move the decomposer grate or to provide a sudden burst of high gas pressure.

An outdoor oven may have a cooking chamber defined by six sides. Each of the six sides may be insulated. A front side may have a door for access to the cooking chamber. The cooking chamber may have a baffle and a cooking plane above and separated some distance from the baffle. Heat in the form of a flame may enter the cooking chamber. The baffle may prevent heat from the flame from directly contacting food on the cooking plane, may inhibit heat transfer through the baffle, and/or may direct heated air around the baffle. The heat is circulated through the cooking chamber to heat the food, and exits a vent positioned below the cooking chamber. An outdoor cooking system may include a burner, a support structure and a fuel supply.