Versatile cooking appliance with oven, barbecue and griddle functions

Abstract

Multipurpose cooking appliance of the oven, barbecue and griddle type. The invention relates to a multipurpose cooking appliance comprising: * a chassis 2 supporting by a pivot joint 3, a cooking structure 4 comprising: - a cooking plate 5 having a first face and a second face 5b and in which is provided a barbecue cooking opening 5c; - a cooking oven 7 provided from the first face 5a; * a removable base 19 configured to fill the barbecue cooking opening 5c; * at least one barbecue cooking grid 21 configured to be positioned opposite the barbecue cooking opening 5c ​​by being located according to the second face;* a reversing mechanism 25 of the cooking structure 4 in order to position it either in a first position in which the first face 5a of the cooking plate is facing upwards for oven cooking or in a second position in which the second face 5b is facing upwards for barbecue and / or plancha cooking. Figure for the abbreviation: Fig. 1.;

Description

Description Title of the invention: Multipurpose oven-type cooking appliance, barbecue and griddle Technical field

[0001] — The present invention relates to a multipurpose cooking appliance for cooking outdoor food and it is specifically aimed at a versatile cooking appliance oven, barbecue and griddle type. Prior art

[0002] To cook food outdoors, the state of the art includes the following: barbecue-type devices for grilling food. It is also known to cook on the griddle food that is cooked in direct contact on a hotplate cooking. It is increasingly common to use outdoor pizza ovens allowing the cooking of course of pizzas but also of other foods such as breads, pastries or meats.

[0003] To cook food using these various cooking methods, it is necessary to acquire several devices, each adapted to a cooking method. In addition to the cost to purchase these various cooking appliances, it is necessary to have a large space to store them.

[0004] In an attempt to provide a solution to these drawbacks, patent EP 3 135 163 offers a versatile electrical food cooking appliance with a housing openable provided with an electrical resistance element and means of supporting the food inside the housing. This device also includes, to change the operation of the device, means for changing the position of the re- electrical resistance in relation to the food to be cooked. The operation of the appliance is modifiable by positioning the electrical resistance element above or below of the food to be cooked.

[0005] — When this appliance is used as a barbecue or open fire roaster, the element electrical resistance is positioned above the food to be cooked. When the electrical resistance element is positioned under the food to be cooked, the device serves as smoker or oven. Such a device is suitable for cooking food only electrical energy. In addition, this device does not offer the possibility of cook food on the griddle. Statement of the invention

[0006] The object of the invention aims to remedy the drawbacks of the prior art by offering a versatile cooking appliance such as an oven, barbecue and griddle, designed to easily change the cooking mode of the appliance. Another object of the invention is to provide a versatile cooking appliance of the oven, barbecue and griddle type, with a small footprint. Another object of the invention is to propose a versatile cooking appliance of the oven, barbecue and griddle type, designed to allow the cooking of food using different fuels and advantageously solid fuels such as wood or charcoal or even a gaseous fuel such as gas. To achieve such objectives, the multipurpose cooking appliance according to the invention comprises: * a frame supporting by a horizontal axis pivot connection, a cooking structure comprising: - a cooking plate having a first face configured to form a base of a cooking oven and a second face opposite the first face, configured to form a surface for placing food, at least one barbecue cooking opening being provided in the cooking plate; - a cooking oven arranged from the first face of the cooking plate so that the cooking oven has a floor formed by the first face of the cooking plate, the cooking oven having a cooking chamber accessible by at least one door and provided with an outlet for evacuating gases and fumes, * a removable sole configured to fill the barbecue cooking opening of the cooking plate; # at least one barbecue cooking grid configured to be positioned opposite the barbecue cooking opening of the cooking plate, being located along the second face of the cooking plate; # a mechanism for turning the cooking structure in order to position it: - in a first position for which the first face of the cooking plate is substantially horizontal while being directed upwards for oven cooking and for which the removable base is fixed to the cooking plate; - and in a second position for which the second face of the cooking plate is substantially horizontal while being directed upwards for barbecue and / or plancha cooking and for which the barbecue cooking opening of the cooking plate is equipped with the barbecue cooking grid. According to an advantageous embodiment, the barbecue cooking opening is arranged in the central part of the cooking plate. Advantageously, the cooking plate is configured so that the second face of the cooking plate has a negative slope starting from the periphery of the cooking plate towards its central part to confine the liquid products in the central part of the plate. To facilitate the maneuvering of the cooking structure, the turning mechanism of the cooking structure includes a system for limiting the rotation of the cooking structure around the horizontal axis by an amplitude of around 180°. To stabilize the cooking structure, the cooking structure turning mechanism includes a system for locking the cooking structure in its first position and in its second position. According to an exemplary embodiment, the cooking structure is provided on either side with two pins extending in line with one another to define the pivot axis of the cooking structure, the cooking structure being provided with at least one operating handle for turning the cooking structure. Preferably, the removable base includes a system for attaching to the cooking plate, configured so that the removable base fills the barbecue cooking opening of the cooking plate by being flush with the first face of the cooking plate. Typically, the removable hearth fixing system comprises a fixing frame for a refractory material forming the removable hearth. According to an example of implementation, the access door of the cooking oven is mounted on a sliding hinge system to occupy, on the one hand, an advanced position closing the cooking chamber to communicate with the gas and smoke evacuation outlet, and on the other hand, a retracted position to close the cooking chamber without communication with the gas and smoke evacuation outlet. For example, the hob has a circular shape. Brief description of the drawings [Fig.1] [Fig.1] is a perspective view of a cooking appliance according to the invention, illustrated in a position suitable for barbecue and / or griddle cooking. [Fig.2] [Fig.2] is a perspective view of a cooking appliance according to the invention, illustrated in a position suitable for oven cooking. [Fig.3] [Fig.3] is a perspective view from below of the cooking appliance according to the invention, in its position for oven cooking. [Fig.4] [Fig.4] is an elevational view of the cooking appliance according to the invention, in its position for oven cooking. [Fig.5A] [Fig.5A] is a top view of a cooking plate forming part of the cooking appliance according to the invention. [Fig.5B] [Fig.5B] is a side view of the hob taken along arrow VB in [Fig.5A]. [Fig.6] [Fig.6] is a perspective view illustrating in transparency the cooking appliance according to the invention, in its position for cooking in the oven. [Fig.7] [Fig.7] is a perspective view illustrating a characteristic detail of the access door to the cooking oven of the cooking appliance according to the invention. [Fig.8] [Fig.8] is a side view illustrating a characteristic detail of the turning mechanism of the cooking structure of the cooking appliance according to the invention. Description of the embodiments As can be seen from the figures, the subject of the invention relates to a multipurpose cooking appliance 1 for cooking food, particularly outdoors. The appliance 1 comprises a frame 2 configured to rest on the ground in a stable manner. In the example illustrated, the frame 2 comprises two triangular-shaped feet 2a rising vertically from a shelf 2b. This frame 2 supports, by a pivot connection 3 with a horizontal axis X, a cooking structure 4 that is movable so as to occupy either a first position for oven cooking (Figures 2, 4 and 6) or a second position for barbecue and / or plancha cooking ([Fig. 1]). For example, the cooking structure 4 is provided on either side with two pins 3a extending in alignment with each other to together define the pivot connection 3 of horizontal axis X of the cooking structure 4. These two pins 3a are guided in rotation by any suitable means integrated into the feet 2a. The cooking structure 4 comprises a cooking plate 5 having a first face Sa and a second face S5b opposite the first face 5a. As will be better understood in the remainder of the description, the first face 5a is configured to form a bottom of a cooking oven while the second face Sb is configured to form a surface for placing food. For example, this cooking plate 5 is a metal plate. According to a preferred embodiment, the cooking plate 5 has a circular shape. Of course, the cooking plate 5 may have a different shape. At least one barbecue cooking opening 5c ​​is provided in the cooking plate 5 ([Fig.SA]). In the example illustrated, the cooking plate 5 has a single barbecue cooking opening 5c. Advantageously, the barbecue cooking opening 5c ​​is provided in the central part of the cooking plate 5. For example, the barbecue cooking opening 5c ​​is a circular through hole coaxial with the center of the circular cooking plate. Of course, the barbecue cooking opening Sc may have a different shape. Similarly, the cooking plate 5 may have several barbecue cooking openings 5c distributed over the surface of the cooking plate 5. According to an advantageous embodiment characteristic, the cooking plate 5 is configured so that the second face Sb of the cooking plate 5 has a negative slope starting from the periphery of the cooking plate towards its part central to confine the liquid products in the central part of the cooking plate. Indeed, this second face 5b is configured to form a surface for placing food from which liquid products can flow, such as fats, sauces or blood. For example, the inclination of the second face 5b towards the center of the cooking plate is 2°. The flow of liquid products is thus towards the central part of the cooking plate, namely the barbecue cooking opening 5c ​​in the illustrated example. According to another characteristic of the invention, the cooking structure 4 comprises a cooking oven 7 arranged from the first face Sa of the cooking plate 5. Thus, this cooking oven 7 has a floor formed by the first face 5a of the cooking plate. The cooking oven 7 thus rises above the first face 5a of the cooking plate 5 by a wall 8 arranged to internally delimit a cooking chamber 9. The wall 8 is configured in any suitable manner to form a cooking chamber 9. In the example illustrated, the wall 8 is arranged to give the cooking oven a hemispherical shape, being formed by an internal envelope Ba and an external envelope 8b extending parallel to each other to delimit a space intended to be filled by refractory sand introduced from a hatch 8c, to obtain good thermal insulation of the cooking oven 7.Of course, the cooking oven can be made differently and have a different shape with a vertically rising wall extending into a vault for example. This cooking chamber 9 is accessible by at least one door 11 allowing the cooking chamber to be opened or closed. Conventionally, the cooking chamber 9 is provided with a gas and smoke evacuation outlet 12, equipped for example with a chimney rising vertically from the wall 8. Advantageously, the exhaust outlet 12 is arranged on the cooking oven so as to communicate with the cooking chamber 9 for a first position of the door 11 and to no longer communicate with the cooking chamber 9 for a second position of the door 11. In the example illustrated, the wall 8 of the cooking oven 7 is arranged to have an airlock 13 into which the exhaust outlet 12 opens. This airlock 13 is delimited on the inner side of the cooking chamber 9, formed by the internal casing 8a, by a support frame 14 for the door 11 which, in this position, occupies a position set back at the bottom of the airlock ([Fig.7]). In this set back position of the door 11, the cooking chamber 9 does not communicate with the exhaust outlet 12.The airlock 13 opens on the outside of the cooking chamber 9 formed by the external casing 8b, in the wall 8 at the level of which the door 11 occupies an advanced position for which the cooking chamber 9 communicates with the evacuation outlet 12 ([Fig.4]). Door 11 is thus moved to be positioned either substantially in the pro- along the wall 8 formed by the external casing 8b or at the bottom of the airlock 13 to open or close the communication between the cooking chamber 9 and the exhaust outlet 12. In the advanced position of the door 11, the cooking chamber 9 communicates with the exhaust outlet 12 allowing the combustion gases and fumes to escape. In the retracted position of the door 11, the cooking chamber 9 remains closed allowing heat to be retained for cooking the food. The cooking chamber 9 is intended to contain the fuel used for cooking food. According to an advantageous example of implementation, a solid fuel such as wood or charcoal is placed inside the cooking chamber 9. It should be noted that this solid fuel used for oven cooking can be used for plancha and / or barbecue cooking. The solid fuel is thus moved from the oven floor onto the internal casing 8a of the oven, when the cooking structure 4 moves from its first position to its second position. In the case of implementation with a gaseous fuel, the burner can be mounted anywhere in the cooking chamber 9. According to an advantageous embodiment feature, the door 11 is mounted to remain attached to the wall 8. In the example illustrated more particularly in [Fig.7], the door 11 is mounted on a hinge system 16 guided in sliding to be moved between the forward position and the retracted position. The hinge system 16 comprises a hinge 16a fixed to the door 11 and a connecting pin 16b guided in sliding in two superimposed slides 16c mounted in the airlock 13. The door 11 is provided opposite the hinge system 16, with a handle 17 allowing the door to pivot around the connecting pin 16b to open or close the cooking chamber 9. The handle 17 allows the door 1 | to be moved forward or backward to place it in the forward position or in the retracted position. The appliance 1 also comprises a removable base 19 intended to be used when the appliance 1 is used for oven cooking corresponding to its first position of use (figures 2, 4 and 6). This removable base 19 is configured to fill the barbecue cooking opening 5c ​​of the cooking plate 5 when the cooking oven 7 is used. Advantageously, the removable base 19 is configured to fill the barbecue cooking opening 5c ​​of the cooking plate by coming flush with the first face Sa of the cooking plate ([Fig.6]). In this way, the base of the cooking oven 7 formed by the first face Sa of the cooking plate and the upper face of the removable base 19 is perfectly flat. For example, this removable sole 19 comprises a fixing system 19a for fixing to the cooking plate 5. This fixing system 19a is configured so that the removable sole fills the barbecue cooking opening 5c ​​of the cooking plate 5 by coming flush with the first face 5a of the cooking plate. For example, the fixing system fixing 19a comprises a fixing frame for a refractory material 19b forming the removable base and being fixed by screws anchored in the second face 5b of the cooking plate. The appliance 1 also comprises at least one barbecue cooking grid 21 intended to be used when the appliance 1 is used for barbecue and / or plancha cooking corresponding to its second position of use ([Fig.1]). For this second position of use, the door 11 is advantageously placed in the retracted position so that the cooking chamber 9 does not communicate with the exhaust outlet 12. Furthermore, the cooking plate 5 is positioned above the cooking chamber 9. The cooking plate 5 is thus heated so that the second face 5b of the cooking plate allows the food placed on this second face 5b to be cooked on the plancha. The barbecue cooking grid 21 is configured to be located opposite or overhanging the barbecue cooking opening 5c ​​while being positioned or accessible according to the second face 5b of the cooking plate. This barbecue cooking grid 21 comprises a mounting system 22 for the cooking plate 5 allowing it to be positioned in relation to the barbecue cooking opening 5c. For example, this barbecue cooking grid 21 comprises, as a mounting system 22, feet distributed around the periphery of the cooking grid to cooperate with the edge of the cooking plate 5 delimiting the barbecue cooking opening 5c. In this way, the barbecue cooking grid 21 is mounted stably on the cooking plate 5. Of course, the mounting system 22 of the barbecue cooking grid can be simpler so as to obtain the installation of the barbecue cooking grid 21 on the second face 5b by covering the barbecue cooking opening 5c. Preferably, the barbecue cooking grid 21 has substantially the same shape and size as the barbecue cooking opening 5c. In the illustrated example, the barbecue cooking grid 21 has a circular shape adapted to the shape of the barbecue cooking opening 5c ​​but a barbecue cooking grid of a different shape from the barbecue cooking opening may be provided. Furthermore, in the illustrated example, the barbecue cooking grid 21 rises above the extension of the second 5b face of the cooking plate, allowing a flow of air to pass through. However, the barbecue cooking grid 21 may be positioned to be located in the extension of the second 5Sb face of the cooking plate, also allowing a flow of air to pass through. The device 1 also includes a mechanism 25 for turning the cooking structure 4 in order to position it: - in a first position for which the first face 5a of the cooking plate 5 is substantially horizontal while being directed upwards for cooking in the oven and for which the removable sole 19 is fixed to the cooking plate; - and in a second position for which the second face 5b of the cooking plate 5 is substantially horizontal while being directed upwards for barbecue and / or plancha cooking and for which the barbecue cooking opening Sc of the cooking plate is equipped, in replacement of the removable base 19, with the barbecue cooking grid 21. The turning system 25 is therefore adapted to pivot around the pivot connection 3 with horizontal axis X, the cooking structure 4 by an amplitude of 180° from a substantially horizontal position of the cooking plate 5. This results in a 180° turning of the cooking plate 5 making it possible to change the face (5a or Sb) which is turned upwards. The cooking structure 4 pivots around the two trunnions 3a defining the pivot axis X. These two trunnions 3a are guided in rotation in the feet of the chassis while being mounted integrally in the example illustrated, with the wall 8 of the cooking oven and being provided with fasteners 3b which are fixed to the cooking plate 5. For example, the turning system 25 comprises a crank or handle 25a intended to be mounted integrally with a pivot 3a to cause the cooking structure 4 to rotate. A 180° rotation of the crank or handle 25a causes the cooking structure 4 to pivot accordingly. This crank or handle 25a is assembled to a pivot 3a in a removable or non-removable manner. Advantageously, the turning mechanism 25 of the cooking structure comprises a system 26 for limiting the rotation of the cooking structure around the horizontal axis X by an amplitude of the order of 180° from a substantially horizontal position of the cooking plate 5. In the example illustrated more particularly in [Fig. 8], the turning mechanism 25 comprises, as a limiting system 26, a pin 26a mounted integral with the cooking structure 4 while being engaged in a semi-circular groove 26b centered on the pivot axis X. The pin 26a thus slides in the groove 26b while coming into abutment on the ends 26c of the groove 26b positioned substantially in a horizontal plane to define the two positions of use of the cooking appliance.Thus, in a first position, the first face Sa of the cooking plate is substantially horizontal while being directed upwards for oven cooking while in a second position for which the second face Sb of the cooking plate is substantially horizontal while being directed upwards for barbecue and / or griddle cooking. According to an advantageous embodiment characteristic, the turning mechanism 25 comprises a locking system 28 for locking the cooking structure 4 in its first position and in its second position. For example, the turning mechanism 25 comprises, as locking system 28, an indexing finger 28a passing through the chassis to engage in holes 28b provided in the cooking structure 4 and in particular the wall 8 when the cooking structure 4 occupies one and / or the other of these two positions of use. It is clear from the above description that the cooking appliance 1 according to the invention is versatile for cooking food in the oven, on a barbecue and / or on a griddle. The cooking appliance has two characteristic positions of use, namely an oven cooking position and a barbecue and / or griddle cooking position. The change from the oven cooking position to the barbecue and / or griddle cooking position results from a simple 180° turnover of the cooking structure 4. It is also appropriate to remove the removable base 19 used for oven cooking and replace it with the barbecue cooking grid 21. In this barbecue cooking position, the barbecue cooking grid 21 can be used for cooking food and / or the second face Sb of the cooking plate 5 can be used to place food on to allow it to be cooked on the griddle.Conversely, when turning the cooking structure 4 to move from the barbecue and / or plancha cooking position to the oven cooking position, the barbecue cooking grid 21 is removed and replaced by the removable base 19. It should be noted that the fuel used for oven cooking can be used for barbecue and / or plancha cooking, simply by turning the cooking structure 4 over.

Claims

Claims

1. Multi-purpose cooking appliance for cooking food comprising: * a frame (2) supported by a pivot link (3) with a horizontal axis (X), a cooking structure (4) comprising: - a cooking plate (5) having a first face (5a) configured to form a base of a cooking oven and a second face (5b) opposite the first face, configured to form a laying surface for food, at least one barbecue cooking opening (5c) being fitted in the hob; - a cooking oven (7) arranged from the first face (Sa) of the baking tray (5) so that the baking oven has a sole formed by the first face of the cooking plate, the cooking oven (7) having a cooking enclosure (9) accessible by at least one door (11) and provided with an evacuation outlet (12) for gases and fumes, * a removable sole (19) configured to fill the opening of 5c barbecue cooking from the hob; * at least one barbecue cooking grid (21) configured to be po- located opposite the barbecue cooking opening (5c) of the plate cooking, being located on the second face (5b) of the plate COOKING; * a turning mechanism (25) of the cooking structure (4) in order to position it: - in a first position for which the first face (5a) of the hob is substantially horizontal, being directed towards the high for oven cooking and for which the removable base (19) is fixed to the hob (5); - and in a second position for which the second face (5b) of the cooking plate (5) is substantially horizontal when directed upwards for barbecue and / or griddle cooking and for which the barbecue cooking opening (Sc) of the hob is equipped of the barbecue cooking grid.

2. A multi-purpose cooking appliance according to claim 1 wherein the barbecue cooking opening ({5c) is fitted in the part central part of the hob (5).

3. Multi-purpose cooking appliance according to one of claims 1 or 2 according to which the cooking plate (5) is configured in such a way that the second face (5b) of the cooking plate has a negative slope starting from the periphery of the hob towards its part central to confine liquid products in the central part of the plate.

4. Multi-purpose cooking appliance according to one of claims 1 to 3 according to which the turning mechanism (25) of the structure of cooking includes a system (26) for limiting the rotation of the cooking structure (4) around the horizontal axis (X) according to a amplitude of the order of 180°.

5. Multi-purpose cooking appliance according to one of claims 1 to 4 according to which the turning mechanism (25) of the structure of cooking (4) comprises a locking system (28) of the structure of cooking (4) in its first position and in its second position.

6. Multipurpose cooking appliance according to one of claims 1 to 5 according to which the cooking structure (4) is provided on both sides with two pins (3a) extending in line with each other for define the pivot axis (X) of the cooking structure, the structure of cooking (4) being provided with at least one operating handle (25a) for turning the cooking structure.

7. Multi-purpose cooking appliance according to one of claims 1 to 6 according to which the removable sole (19) comprises a fixing system (19a) to the hob, configured so that the removable sole (19) fills the barbecue cooking opening (5c) of the cooking plate by coming flush with the first face (5a) of the cooking plate.

8. Multipurpose cooking appliance according to the preceding claim according to which the fixing system (19a) of the removable sole comprises a fixing frame for a refractory material (19b) forming the sole removable.

9. Multi-purpose cooking appliance according to one of claims 1 to 8 according to which the access door (11) of the cooking oven is mounted on a hinge system (16) guided in sliding to occupy a part, an advanced position closing the cooking chamber (9) to com- communicate with the gas and smoke evacuation outlet (12), and other part, a rearward position to close the cooking chamber (9) without communication with the gas and smoke evacuation outlet.

10. Multipurpose cooking appliance according to one of claims 1 to 9 according to which the cooking plate (5) has a circular shape.