Kit of cooking vessels for a household electrical cooking appliance

Abstract

The invention relates to a kit (50) of cooking vessels for a household electrical cooking appliance, comprising at least two cooking vessels (10), each cooking vessel (10) comprising: a container (10a) for receiving one or more culinary preparations to be cooked; and a lid (10b) for closing the container (10a), characterised in that at least one of the cooking vessels (10) comprises a lid (10b) having an upper surface (Sbs) provided with at least one decompression member (32) and at least one raised element (42) delimiting a central bowl (43) arranged to receive another cooking vessel (10) in a stacked arrangement, wherein the stacking of the cooking vessels (10) one on top of the other leaves a free space on the upper surface (Sbs) in which the at least one decompression member (32) is located.

Description

[0001] DESCRIPTION

[0002] Cooking vessel kit for a cooking appliance

[0003] TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0004]

[0001] The present invention relates to the general field of household cooking appliances, in particular pressure cooking appliances, and in particular cooking containers for such appliances.

[0005]

[0002] The invention thus provides a kit of cooking containers for a household cooking appliance, a cooking assembly for a household cooking appliance, as well as an associated household cooking appliance.

[0006] STATE OF THE ART

[0007]

[0003] Consumers' cooking habits and methods have evolved over the past several years. Among these, the cooking method known as "batch cooking" in English, which is based on the principle of "cooking in batches" or preparing grouped meals, is increasingly popular and adopted by many people when preparing their meals at home.

[0008]

[0004] Batch cooking essentially consists of preparing at home, particularly on weekends, all the meals for the coming week in a single cooking session which generally lasts between two and three hours. This method therefore saves precious time on the preparation of daily meals and thus provides peace of mind throughout the week, but it also allows you to eat healthily, in a more varied way and possibly with seasonal products, while also being an economical and suitable solution for combating food waste. It is therefore different from cooking just before a meal and reusing leftovers from previous meals.

[0009]

[0005] Dishes and foods prepared during "batch cooking" are generally kept in the refrigerator in airtight containers, then possibly reheated or assembled before consumption during the week. A common implementation of "batch cooking" consists of planning the preparation in advance of two or three dishes for one or two people.

[0010]

[0006] However, many consumers who have tested or adopted the "batch cooking" method believe that it still requires significant effort, particularly in preparation, cooking and cleaning, so much so that it generally takes longer than the two or three hours advertised. As a result, a feeling of discouragement and fatigue frequently appears among consumers. Preparing complex recipes can indeed involve arduous, repetitive and difficult work, especially with a large volume of ingredients. The consumer may also have a lack of suitable kitchen utensils and tools as well as a lack of space. Simultaneous cooking can also be difficult to implement depending on the means available to the consumer.Furthermore, cleaning the various elements of preparation, cooking, storage and consumption can be a complicated and very time-consuming phase, thus increasing the lack of attractiveness of “batch cooking” and the lack of pleasure felt by consumers implementing this method.

[0011] STATEMENT OF THE INVENTION

[0012]

[0007] There is thus a need to enable culinary preparations to be made in advance with reduced preparation and cooking times, much less than the two to three hours usually required when implementing a “batch cooking” type method.

[0013]

[0008] In particular, there is a need to produce, in the same reduced cooking time, the various culinary preparations intended to be consumed in the coming week.

[0014]

[0009] There is also a need to enable the use of cooking containers serving both for the preparation, cooking, storage, transport and tasting of the culinary preparations they contain, while allowing easy cleaning of these containers. In particular, there is a need to reduce the factors of complexity, additional cost and loss of time for consumers with the use of several containers to manage the preparation, cooking, storage, heating and transport of prepared dishes.

[0015]

[0010] There is also a need to carry out the cooking of different culinary preparations while avoiding any phenomenon of food splashes and / or transfer of cooking vapors between cooking containers used simultaneously during cooking.

[0011] There is also a need to facilitate the handling, in particular the insertion and / or removal, of cooking containers used in a cooking appliance or in an accessory of such an appliance.

[0016]

[0012] There is also a need for cooking containers that are sufficiently suitable for handling cooking, storage, reheating, for example in a microwave, and transporting dishes.

[0017]

[0013] There is also a need to provide information on how to carry out the culinary preparations envisaged using the cooking appliance.

[0018]

[0014] The invention aims to at least partially overcome the needs mentioned above and the drawbacks relating to the embodiments of the prior art.

[0015] The invention relates, according to one of its aspects, to a cooking assembly for a household cooking appliance, in particular a pressure cooking appliance, characterized in that it comprises at least two cooking containers, in particular at least three cooking containers, and / or a cooking kit, and / or a cooking container kit, and a cooking accessory comprising a handling frame for a cooking container.

[0019]

[0016] The invention also relates, according to another of its aspects, to a cooking kit or a kit of cooking containers, in particular for pressure cooking, for a household cooking appliance, in particular for pressure cooking, comprising at least two cooking containers, in particular at least three cooking containers.

[0020]

[0017] In particular, according to a first of its aspects, the invention relates to a cooking container for a household cooking appliance, in particular a pressure cooking appliance, comprising:

[0021] - a container for receiving one or more culinary preparations to be cooked, the container being made in particular of glass,

[0022] - a lid to close the container, the lid being made of stainless steel,

[0023] - a closing element cooperating with the container and the lid capable of being in a closed position in which the lid is held on the container and in an open position in which the lid is separated from the container.

[0024]

[0018] According to a second of its aspects, the invention relates to a cooking kit or a kit of cooking containers for a household cooking appliance, in particular for pressure cooking, comprising at least two cooking containers, in particular at least three cooking containers, each cooking container comprising:

[0025] - a container for receiving one or more culinary preparations to be cooked,

[0026] - a lid for closing the container, characterized in that at least one of the cooking containers, in particular each cooking container, comprises a lid comprising an upper surface provided with at least one decompression member, and in particular at least one raised element delimiting a central bowl, arranged to receive another cooking container in superposition, the superposition of the cooking containers one on the other leaving a clear space on the upper surface in which the at least one decompression member is located.

[0027]

[0019] According to a third of its aspects, the invention relates to a cooking kit or a kit of cooking containers for a household cooking appliance, in particular for pressure cooking, comprising at least two cooking containers, in particular at least three cooking containers, for receiving one or more culinary preparations to be cooked and having identical physical properties, characterized in that the cooking kit or kit of cooking containers comprises means for varying at least one cooking parameter, in particular the cooking time and / or the cooking temperature, for the cooking container, the variation means being provided to be coupled to one of the at least two cooking containers in order to modify the cooking of at least one culinary preparation contained in the corresponding cooking container compared to a cooking container of the cooking kit without variation means.

[0028]

[0020] By “modifying the cooking”, we mean that the cooking properties of the culinary preparation are modified, in particular the cooking time of the culinary preparation.

[0029]

[0021] According to a fourth of its aspects, the invention relates to a cooking container for a household cooking appliance, in particular a pressure cooking appliance, comprising:

[0030] - a container for receiving one or more culinary preparations to be cooked,

[0031] - a lid to close the container,

[0032] - a closing element cooperating with the container and the lid capable of being in a closed position in which the lid is held on the container and in an open position in which the lid is separated from the container,

[0033] - a cooking container gripping handle, configured to occupy a folded position in which the gripping handle is folded onto the lid and to occupy an extended position in which the gripping handle can be gripped for handling the cooking container, the gripping handle comprising locking means preventing the closure element from moving from the closed position to the open position when the gripping handle is in the extended position.

[0034]

[0022] According to a fifth of its aspects, the invention relates to a cooking kit for a pressure cooking household appliance, comprising:

[0035] - at least one cooking container,

[0036] - a removable grip handle comprising:

[0037] - a gripping portion,

[0038] - at least two hooking branches, extending from the gripping portion, each of the at least two hooking branches comprising a free hooking end, wherein the at least one cooking container and / or each free hooking end comprise coupling means capable of allowing coupling between the removable gripping handle and the cooking container to allow gripping of the cooking container.

[0023] Furthermore, the invention also relates, according to another of its aspects, to a cooking assembly for a household cooking appliance, in particular a pressure cooking appliance, characterized in that it comprises:

[0039] - at least two cooking vessels, in particular at least three cooking vessels, as defined above,

[0040] - a cooking accessory comprising a handling frame for a cooking container, comprising:

[0041] - a background part,

[0042] - at least three uprights, each upright having a lower end and an upper end, opposite the lower end, the uprights being connected to the base part by means of their lower end, the base part and the uprights defining between them a storage volume for at least two cooking containers having a vertical central axis.

[0043]

[0024] The invention also relates, according to another of its aspects, to a cooking assembly for a household cooking appliance, in particular for pressure cooking, characterized in that it comprises:

[0044] - a cooking container kit as defined above,

[0045] - a cooking accessory comprising a handling frame for a cooking container, comprising:

[0046] - a background part,

[0047] - at least three uprights, each upright having a lower end and an upper end, opposite the lower end, the uprights being connected to the base part by means of their lower end, the base part and the uprights defining between them a storage volume for at least two cooking containers having a vertical central axis.

[0048]

[0025] Furthermore, the invention also relates, according to another of its aspects, to a household cooking appliance, in particular a pressure cooking appliance, characterized in that it comprises:

[0049] - a cooking tank to receive one or more culinary preparations to be cooked,

[0050] - at least two cooking containers as defined above, to receive one or more culinary preparations to be cooked.

[0051]

[0026] Furthermore, the invention also relates, according to another of its aspects, to a household cooking appliance, in particular under pressure, characterized in that it comprises: - a cooking tank for receiving one or more culinary preparations to be cooked,

[0052] - a cooking set as defined above and / or a cooking kit or cooking containers as defined above intended to be placed in the cooking tank.

[0053]

[0027] Furthermore, the invention also relates, according to another of its aspects, to a method for cooking at least two culinary preparations under pressure in a household cooking appliance, in particular a pressure cooking appliance, comprising a cooking tank and a cooking kit as defined above, characterized in that the method comprises the following steps:

[0054] - placing a first culinary preparation requiring a first cooking time in a first cooking container provided with means for varying at least one cooking parameter, in particular the cooking time and / or the cooking temperature,

[0055] - place a second culinary preparation requiring a second cooking time longer than the first cooking time in a second cooking container,

[0056] - place the first and second cooking containers in the cooking appliance,

[0057] - pressure cook the first and second culinary preparations in the same cooking time corresponding to the second cooking time.

[0058]

[0028] Thanks to the invention, it is possible to considerably reduce the preparation and cooking time of different culinary preparations when implementing a “batch cooking” method, for example to divide this time by a factor at least equal to 7, in comparison with previous solutions. The invention can allow simplification and increased efficiency at all stages of “batch cooking”. It can allow easy cooking of different culinary preparations in the same cooking time.

[0059]

[0029] The invention can also allow the use of containers adapted for carrying out multiple cooking in the household cooking appliance, in particular pressure cooking, in particular by superimposing the different cooking containers, which are intended for any use such as preparation, cooking, airtight and refrigerated storage, airtight transport, tasting and cleaning.

[0060]

[0030] The cooking container kit, the cooking assembly and / or the cooking appliance may further comprise one or more of the following characteristics taken individually or in any possible technical combination.

[0031] Throughout the description, the term "superimposed" or "superposition" for the cooking containers means that the cooking containers are in a vertical arrangement, one above the other. They are thus opposite each other. They may or may not be in contact with each other.

[0061]

[0032] The bottom part of the frame of the cooking accessory may comprise a hollow plate, in particular an annular-shaped plate, comprising in particular a through opening in its center.

[0062]

[0033] The bottom portion may comprise at least one branch extending from the lower end of each upright.

[0063]

[0034] The bottom portion may further comprise at least three branches, each of the branches extending from the lower end of an upright. The branches may join at a central junction zone, in particular located on the vertical central axis of the storage volume, defining the bottom portion in the shape of a star with at least three branches.

[0064]

[0035] The frame of the cooking accessory may comprise at least three uprights and at least two of the at least three uprights may be integral and fixed relative to the base portion. In particular, the at least three uprights may be integral and fixed relative to the base portion.

[0065]

[0036] The frame of the cooking accessory may comprise a holding frame connecting the upper ends of at least two uprights and extending externally to the storage volume defined between the uprights and the base part.

[0066]

[0037] The holding frame may in particular be in the form of a strap extending along the external contour of the storage volume by connecting the upper ends of at least two uprights. In other words, the holding frame may advantageously be in an annular shape around the uprights, in particular an open annular shape forming a lateral opening for the passage of hands in order to grasp and position one or more cooking containers in the cooking accessory. The frame may also be in a continuous annular shape, without an opening, in other words a continuous strapping over 360°.

[0067]

[0038] The strapping may be an open strapping comprising two ends not connected to each other so as to define a lateral opening for manually gripping one or more cooking containers.

[0068]

[0039] Each end of the strapping may be attached to an upper end of an upright.

[0069]

[0040] The cooking accessory may comprise at least one gripping handle, in particular connected to at least two opposite uprights and / or to the holding frame, in particular connected in rotation relative to the uprights and / or to the holding frame, in particular in a removable or non-removable manner.

[0070]

[0041] In addition, one or more uprights may comprise an upper portion and a lower portion. The lower portion may form with the upper portion an angle, in particular an offset angle, strictly between 90° and 180°, in particular between 130° and 140°, for example of the order of 135°. The upper portion may be a central portion between the lower end and the upper end, and the lower portion may be the lower end. Thus, each upright may have a shape adapted to the shape of the cooking vessel in which the cooking accessory will be used, in particular so that the frame is as close as possible to the walls of the cooking vessel.

[0071]

[0042] The frame may comprise only two uprights arranged opposite each other. In particular, the two uprights may be distributed around the storage volume so as to define between them, relative to the vertical central axis of the storage volume, an angular sector with an angle substantially equal to 180°.

[0072]

[0043] The frame may also comprise at least three uprights, in particular at least three uprights distributed around the storage volume so as to define with the vertical central axis of the storage volume three angular sectors with an angle of between 90° and 180°, in particular between 60° and 120°, for example one angular sector with an angle substantially equal to 180° and two angular sectors with an angle substantially equal to 90°, for example again three angular sectors with an angle substantially equal to 10°.

[0073]

[0044] The frame may also comprise at least four uprights, in particular at least four uprights distributed around the storage volume so as to define with the vertical central axis of the storage volume four angular sectors with an angle of between 60° and 120°, for example four angular sectors with an angle substantially equal to 90°.

[0045] The frame may be made of metal wire, in particular having a section with a diameter of between 2 mm and 3 mm, and / or from longitudinal metal strips, in particular having a width of between 10 mm and 30 mm and a thickness of between 1 mm and 2 mm.

[0074]

[0046] The lid may comprise at least one pressure relief member, in particular positioned at the periphery of the lid, in particular outside a disc having the diameter of the bottom of the container of the cooking vessel. The pressure relief member may make it possible to avoid overpressure and / or underpressure in the container comprising the container and the lid, during pressure cooking.

[0075]

[0047] Each cooking vessel may comprise a container for receiving one or more culinary preparations to be cooked and a lid. The container may be made of glass. The lid may be made of metal, in particular stainless steel. Alternatively, the container and / or the lid may be made of plastic, in particular a plastic specially adapted for cooking, in particular pressure cooking.

[0076]

[0048] The at least one of the cooking containers may comprise at least one gripping handle, in particular connected to the lid, in particular connected in rotation relative to the lid.

[0077]

[0049] The cooking container may comprise a container made of glass and a lid made of stainless steel.

[0078]

[0050] Advantageously, making the lid from stainless steel, unlike plastic, can prevent the migration of plastic into the food during cooking. It also saves space by allowing its thickness to be reduced, and can also improve the temperature and pressure resistance of the lid in a pressure cooking context. The use of stainless steel also has the advantage, unlike plastic, of not being stained by food, for example sauces.

[0079]

[0051] The stainless steel cover can thus be flat in shape, unlike what can be obtained with plastic which will tend to curve. The thickness of the stainless steel cover can for example be less than or equal to 1.5 mm, preferably less than or equal to 1 mm, more preferably less than or equal to 0.5 mm.

[0080]

[0052] The cooking container may comprise a seal, in particular an annular seal, between the lid and the container.

[0081]

[0053] The closure element may comprise a clipping device comprising a fixed part secured to one of the container and the lid and a movable part, relative to the fixed part, bearing against the other of the container and the lid to hold the lid on the container in the closed position of the closure element. The movable part may be movable in rotation relative to the fixed part.

[0082]

[0054] Furthermore, one of the container and the lid may comprise a projecting fixing portion, in particular a collar, on which the movable part bears to hold the lid on the container in the closed position of the closure element.

[0055] At least a portion of the closure element may project relative to a lateral surface of the container and / or a lateral surface of the lid and / or an upper surface of the lid.

[0083]

[0056] At least a portion of the closure member may be flush with a side surface of the container and / or a side surface of the lid and / or a top surface of the lid.

[0084]

[0057] In addition, at least a portion of the closure element may be flush with a lateral surface of the lid, the closure element having a lateral bulk projecting from the lateral surface of the lid having a largest horizontal dimension, in particular a lateral extension, less than or equal to 5% of a largest horizontal dimension, in particular the diameter, of the lid.

[0058] In addition, at least a portion of the closure element may be flush with the upper surface of the lid, the closure element having a greater bulk projecting from the upper surface of the lid having a largest vertical dimension, in particular a height, less than or equal to 5% of a largest vertical dimension, in particular the height, of the lid.

[0085]

[0059] Furthermore, an upper surface of the cover may comprise a housing for receiving at least part of the closure element, in particular a housing provided at the edge of the cover so that the closure element penetrates at least part of the edge of the cover.

[0086]

[0060] An external container volume of the cooking container may be formed by external surfaces of the container and the lid. The closure member may extend less than 5%, more preferably 3%, beyond the external container volume.

[0087]

[0061] At least one of the cooking containers, in particular each cooking container, may comprise a lid comprising an upper surface provided with at least one decompression member, and in particular at least one raised element delimiting a central bowl, arranged to receive another cooking container in superposition, the superposition of the cooking containers on top of each other leaving a clear space on the upper surface in which the at least one decompression member is located.

[0088]

[0062] The cleared space may have a width of between 0.5 cm and 1.5 cm, for example of the order of 1 cm.

[0089]

[0063] The upper surface may be provided with at least one raised element delimiting a central bowl, the raised element being located on the periphery of the cover, being in particular in the form of a collar, and projecting relative to a central bowl of the upper surface of the cover.

[0090]

[0064] The central bowl may be of a dimension substantially identical to the sum of the dimension of the clear space and the dimension of a bottom of the superimposed cooking container.

[0091]

[0065] The decompression member may be positioned in the clear space of the central bowl adjacent to the raised element. The at least one decompression member may in particular be positioned at the periphery of the cover, in particular positioned adjacent to the raised element.

[0066] The decompression member may comprise an orifice formed in the upper surface of the cover.

[0092]

[0067] Alternatively, the decompression member may comprise a valve capable of being opened in the event of overpressure and / or underpressure within the container during cooking.

[0093]

[0068] The valve may be opened manually. The valve may include, in particular, a plug for closing an orifice formed in the upper surface of the cover.

[0094]

[0069] Alternatively, the opening of the valve may be automatic depending on the overpressure and / or the vacuum within the cooking container during cooking.

[0095]

[0070] Furthermore, the cover may comprise at least two decompression members arranged opposite each other, in particular diametrically opposite on the cover.

[0096]

[0071] At least one of the cooking containers may comprise a closure element cooperating with the container and the lid adapted to be in a closed position in which the lid is held on the container and in an open position in which the lid is separated from the container.

[0097]

[0072] The cooking kit may comprise means for varying at least one cooking parameter, in particular the cooking time and / or the cooking temperature, for a cooking container.

[0098]

[0073] The variation means may be capable of delaying the rise in temperature inside the cooking container provided with the variation means compared to a cooking container without variation means.

[0099]

[0074] The variation means may comprise an additional cooking container of reduced dimensions compared to the dimensions of the at least two cooking containers, capable of being placed inside a cooking container and of containing at least one culinary preparation.

[0100]

[0075] In addition, the variation means may comprise a physical cooking retarder for at least one cooking container, in particular a heat-insulated sock to be placed around at least one cooking container.

[0101]

[0076] The cooking container may comprise a handle for gripping the cooking container, configured to occupy a folded position in which the gripping handle is folded onto the lid and to occupy a deployed position in which the gripping of the gripping handle is possible for handling the cooking container, the gripping handle comprising locking means preventing the closure element from moving from the closed position to the open position when the gripping handle is in the deployed position.

[0077] The locking means of the gripping handle may be configured to allow the closure element to move from the closed position to the open position, and vice versa, only when the gripping handle is in the folded position.

[0102]

[0078] The closure element may comprise a clipping device comprising a fixed part secured to one of the container and the lid, in particular the lid, and a movable part, relative to the fixed part, coming to bear against the other of the container and the lid, in particular the container, to hold the lid on the container in the closed position of the closure element.

[0103]

[0079] The movable part may be movable in rotation relative to the fixed part.

[0104]

[0080] One of the container and the lid may comprise a projecting fixing portion, in particular a collar, on which the movable part bears to hold the lid on the container in the closed position of the closing element.

[0105]

[0081] Furthermore, the locking means of the gripping handle may comprise a blocking element, in particular a longitudinal extension, having for example a height greater than the height of the closing element, formed in the extension of one end of the gripping handle, preventing the movement of the movable part of the closing element relative to the fixed part.

[0106]

[0082] The locking element can be made in one piece with the grip handle.

[0107]

[0083] The locking element may also comprise a bent portion substantially matching the shape of the edge of the cover.

[0108]

[0084] The locking element can be mounted so as to be able to rotate relative to the fixed part of the closing element.

[0109]

[0085] Furthermore, the fixed part of the closing element may comprise a housing for receiving at least part of the locking element.

[0110]

[0086] The locking element may also comprise, at an end opposite the end connected to the gripping handle, a safety extension preventing the gripping handle from moving from the folded position to the deployed position until the closing element is in the closed position.

[0111]

[0087] The cooking kit may comprise a removable gripping handle comprising a gripping portion and at least two hooking branches, extending from the gripping portion, each of the at least two hooking branches comprising a free hooking end, and the at least one cooking container and / or each free hooking end comprises coupling means capable of allowing coupling between the removable gripping handle and the cooking container to allow gripping of the cooking container.

[0088] Advantageously, the lateral size, relative to the at least one cooking container, of the coupling means may be substantially identical to the lateral size, relative to the at least one cooking container, of the at least two hooking branches, and in particular substantially identical to the lateral size of the at least one cooking container.In this way, the hooking branches and the coupling means do not extend laterally beyond the cooking vessel so that it is possible to introduce the cooking vessel into the cooking tank. In other words, compared to the cooking vessel alone, the addition of the hooking branches and the coupling means does not result in additional lateral bulk that would complicate positioning in the cooking tank.

[0112]

[0089] In particular, the coupling means may comprise magnetic means.

[0113]

[0090] For example, the cooking container may comprise at least one metal portion and each free attachment end may be provided with magnetic means capable of cooperating with the at least one metal portion.

[0114]

[0091] The cooking container may comprise at least one portion provided with magnetic means and each free attachment end may be metallic.

[0115]

[0092] Alternatively, each free hooking end may comprise coupling means in the form of a fixing hook. The cooking container may comprise at least one anchoring portion, and each fixing hook may comprise a bending angle in which the at least one anchoring portion of the cooking container is housed to enable coupling between the removable gripping handle and the cooking container.

[0116]

[0093] The fixing hook may comprise a retractable upright capable of moving from an open position, in which the retractable upright is not retracted and allows the separation of the removable gripping handle and the cooking container, the fixing hook being in particular L-shaped, to a closed position, in which the retractable upright is retracted and prevents the separation of the removable gripping handle and the cooking container, the fixing hook being in particular U-shaped, and vice versa.

[0117]

[0094] The transition from the open position to the closed position of the retractable upright may be achieved by means of an actuating mechanism, in particular a push button, for example of a round or rectangular shape, formed on the gripping handle, in particular on the gripping portion of the gripping handle, in particular on an upper surface of the gripping surface to prevent a user from actuating the actuating mechanism when gripping.

[0095] The fixing hook may be configured so that the transition from the open position to the closed position of the retractable upright is achieved by rotating the retractable upright through an angle substantially equal to 90°.

[0118]

[0096] Furthermore, each fixing hook can be elastically coupled to the corresponding free hooking end, the removable gripping handle being in particular flexible at least at the free hooking ends, each fixing hook being able to occupy a rest position without engagement between the fixing hook and the at least one anchoring portion of the cooking container, and a coupling position in which the at least one anchoring portion of the cooking container is force-fitted into the angle of curvature of the fixing hook, the fixing hook exerting an elastic restoring force against the at least one anchoring portion of the cooking container to maintain the coupling between the removable gripping handle and the cooking container.

[0119]

[0097] In addition, the cooking container may comprise a container for receiving one or more culinary preparations to be cooked and a lid for closing the container, the container comprising a projecting portion, in particular a collar, the at least one anchoring portion of the cooking container being formed by the projecting portion of the container and the edge of the lid.

[0120]

[0098] The removable gripping handle may comprise at least three hooking branches extending from the gripping portion, each of the at least three hooking branches comprising a free hooking end, the at least three hooking branches extending from the gripping portion such that two adjacent hooking branches define with a vertical central axis of the gripping portion an angular sector with an angle strictly less than or equal to 180°.

[0121]

[0099] The at least three hooking branches can extend from the gripping portion so that two adjacent hooking branches define with the vertical central axis of the gripping portion an angular sector with an angle of between 90° and 180°, in particular between 60° and 120°, for example an angular sector with an angle substantially equal to 180° and two angular sectors with an angle substantially equal to 90°, for example again three angular sectors with an angle substantially equal to 120°.

[0100] Furthermore, the removable gripping handle may also comprise at least four hooking branches extending from the gripping portion, each of the at least four hooking branches comprising a free hooking end, the at least four hooking branches extending in particular from the gripping portion so as to define with the vertical central axis of the gripping portion four angular sectors with an angle of between 60° and 120°, for example four angular sectors with an angle substantially equal to 90°.

[0122]

[0101] Advantageously, the household cooking appliance is a pressure cooking appliance, that is to say it has a pressure cooking mode. The household cooking appliance may, for example, be an electric pressure cooking appliance, also called an EPC (for "Electric Pressure Cooker" in English), or even a non-electric one, for example of the pressure cooker or pressure cooker type.

[0123]

[0102] The cooking tank of the household cooking appliance may comprise one or more gripping handles, in particular two gripping handles opposite one another, for example diametrically opposite, for handling the household cooking appliance.

[0124]

[0103] The household cooking appliance may comprise a cooking assembly as defined above.

[0125]

[0104] The cooking container kit, the cooking assembly and the cooking appliance may comprise any of the characteristics set out in the description, taken in isolation or in any technically possible combinations with other characteristics.

[0126] BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

[0127]

[0105] Other advantages, aims and particular characteristics of the invention will emerge from the following non-limiting description of at least one embodiment of the present invention, with reference to the appended schematic figures, in which: Figure 1 represents an example of a cooking container for a household cooking appliance according to a first aspect, according to an exploded view, Figure 2 represents the cooking container of Figure 1 according to a view in which the lid is closed on the container, Figure 3 represents the cooking container of Figure 2 according to a side view, Figure 4 represents an example of a cooking assembly comprising a cooking accessory and three cooking containers similar to that of Figure 1, Figure 5 represents an example of a household cooking appliance comprising the cooking assembly of Figure 4,Figure 6 shows an example of a cooking vessel kit for a household cooking appliance according to a second aspect, Figure 7 shows an example of a cooking assembly comprising the cooking vessel kit of Figure 6, Figure 8 shows an example of a household cooking appliance comprising the cooking assembly of Figure 7, Figure 9 shows an example of a household cooking appliance comprising the cooking vessel kit of Figure 6, Figure 10 shows the household cooking appliance of Figure 9 with all the cooking vessels placed in the cooking tank, Figure 11 shows an example of a cooking kit for a household cooking appliance according to a third aspect, Figure 12 shows an alternative embodiment of the cooking kit of Figure 11, Figure 13 shows an example of a cooking vessel for a household cooking appliance according to a fourth aspect,Figure 14 is an enlarged view of the cooking container of Figure 13, with a first position of the closure element and the gripping handle, Figure 15 is an enlarged view of the cooking container of Figure 13, with a second position of the closure element and the gripping handle, Figure 16 is an enlarged view of the cooking container of Figure 13, with a third position of the closure element and the gripping handle, Figures 17 to 19 represent an alternative embodiment of a cooking container for a domestic cooking appliance according to the fourth aspect, with three different positionings of the closure element and the gripping handle, Figure 20 represents an example of a removable gripping handle of a cooking kit for a domestic cooking appliance according to a fifth aspect, Figure 21 represents a cooking container equipped with the gripping handle of Figure 20,in a first configuration of the handle, figure 22 represents the cooking container and the gripping handle of figure 21, in a second configuration of the handle, figure 23 represents an alternative embodiment of the example of figure 20 with three hooking branches, and figure 24 represents an alternative embodiment of the example of figure 20 with four hooking branches.,

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[0106] Throughout these figures, identical references may designate identical or similar elements.

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[0107] Furthermore, the different parts represented in the figures are not necessarily on a uniform scale, in order to make the figures more readable.

[0130] DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0108] With reference to Figures 1 to 5, a first aspect has been schematically illustrated.

[0131]

[0109] Figure 1 shows, in exploded view, an example of a cooking container 10 for a pressure cooking appliance 20. The cooking container 10 comprises a container 10a and a lid 10b for closing the container 10a.

[0132]

[0110] Advantageously, the container 10a is made of glass and the lid 10b is made of stainless steel. Such an embodiment can guarantee the mechanical strength and temperature resistance of the cooking containers 10 during pressure cooking.

[0133]

[0111] In addition, two closure elements 14 are provided diametrically opposite each other in cooperation with the container 10a and the lid 10b. Each closure element 14 can take a closed position in which the lid 10b is held on the container 10a and an open position in which the lid 10b is separated from the container 10a. The closure elements 14 advantageously make it possible to guarantee the airtightness of the cooking containers 10.

[0134]

[0112] Furthermore, as visible in this figure 1, the cooking container 10 comprises a sealing gasket 28 in annular form between the cover 10b and the container 10a. Such a sealing gasket 28 guarantees the required sealing between the two constituent elements of each cooking container 10.

[0135]

[0113] Each closure element 14 comprises a clipping device comprising a fixed part 14a secured to the cover 10b and a movable part 14b relative to the fixed part 14a, which comes to bear against the container 10a to hold the cover 10b on the container 10a in the closed position of the closure element 14. Thus, the movable part 14b is movable in rotation relative to the fixed part 14a.

[0136]

[0114] Specifically, the container 10a comprises a projecting fixing portion 29 in the form of a collar, for example made in one piece with the container 10a, on which the movable part 14b comes to bear to hold the cover 10b on the container 10a in the closed position of the closing element 14, as visible in FIG. 2.

[0137]

[0115] Furthermore, portions of each closure element 14 protrude from the lateral surface S aiof the container 10a and relative to the lateral surface Sbi of the cover 10b and relative to the upper surface S bs of cover 10b.

[0138]

[0116] These parts are advantageously flush with the lateral surface S. ai of container 10a, the lateral surface S bi of the cover 10b and the upper surface S bs of the lid 10b.

[0117] As visible in FIG. 2, each closure element 14 may extend less than 5%, better 3%, beyond the external volume Ve of the container of the cooking container 10, formed by external surfaces of the container 10a and the lid 10b.

[0139]

[0118] Each closing element 14 may have a lateral dimension projecting relative to the lateral surface S bi of the cover 10b having a larger horizontal dimension D 14 , visible in figure 2, less than or equal to 5% of a diameter D b of cover 10b.

[0140]

[0119] In addition, each closure element 14 may have a larger footprint projecting relative to the upper surface S. b5 of the cover 10b having a height H 14 less than or equal to 5% of the height H b of the cover 10b, visible in figure 3.

[0141]

[0120] Furthermore, as seen in Figure 2, the upper surface S bs of the cover 10b comprises two diametrically opposed housings 38, each housing 38 partly receiving a corresponding closing element 14. The housings 38 are provided at the edge of the cover 10b so that the closing element 14 penetrates at least partly into the edge of the cover 10b.

[0142]

[0121] The principle of this first aspect therefore makes it possible to obtain a cooking container 10 whose size is reduced to a minimum, in particular at the level of the closing elements 14, so as to be able to maximize the internal space of the container 10b and to allow the positioning and removal of the cooking containers 10 relative to the household cooking appliance 20.

[0143]

[0122] In addition, the cooking container 10 comprises two diametrically opposed decompression members 32 located on the periphery of the cover 10b outside a disc having the diameter of the bottom of the container 10a of the cooking container 10.

[0144]

[0123] Figure 4 represents a cooking assembly 40 comprising several cooking containers 10, in particular three cooking containers 10, as described previously and a cooking accessory 1.

[0145]

[0124] The cooking accessory 1 comprises a frame 3 for handling the cooking containers 10. This frame 3 comprises a bottom part 4, and four uprights 5a, 5b, 5c, 5b.

[0146]

[0125] Each upright 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d has a lower end 5ai, 5bi, 5ci, 5di and an upper end 5as, 5bs, 5cs, 5ds, opposite the lower end 5ai, 5bi, 5ci, 5di. The uprights 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d are connected to the bottom part 4 by means of their lower end 5ai, 5bi, 5ci, 5di, the bottom part 4 and the uprights 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d defining between them a storage volume V for the three cooking containers 10 having a vertical central axis X.

[0126] Furthermore, the cooking accessory 1 comprises a gripping handle 9 which is fixed in a movably manner relative to the uprights 5a and 5b allowing rotation relative to the frame 3 so as to occupy a raised position for gripping the frame 3 and a folded position once the gripping of the frame 3 is complete.The possibility of rotation and / or removability of the gripping handle 9 can make it easier to place and remove the cooking containers 10 and / or reduce the size of the cooking accessory 1 positioned in the cooking tank 21.

[0147]

[0127] The frame 3 further comprises a holding frame 7 which connects the upper ends 5as, 5bs, 5cs, 5ds of the four uprights 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d. The holding frame 7 extends externally to the storage volume V defined between the uprights 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d and the bottom part 4. The holding frame 7 advantageously makes it possible to reinforce the holding of the uprights 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d around the storage volume V and thus to reinforce the holding of the cooking containers 10 during handling. In particular, the retaining frame 7 is in the form of a strapping extending along the external contour of the storage volume V by connecting the upper ends 5as, 5bs, 5cs, 5ds of the uprights 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d.This strapping is advantageously an open strapping comprising two ends 7a and 7b not connected to each other and fixed to an upper end 5ds, 5bs of an upright 5d, 5b so as to define a lateral opening 7c for manually gripping the cooking containers 10. Thus, the cooking containers 10 do not necessarily have to be handled from above the frame 3 but they can also be handled from one side of the frame 3 by means of the lateral opening 7c.

[0148]

[0128] Figure 5 further represents a household cooking appliance 20 comprising a cooking tank 21 in which the cooking assembly 40 is placed for cooking one or more culinary preparations.

[0149]

[0129] With reference to Figures 6 to 10, a second aspect has been schematically illustrated.

[0150]

[0130] Figure 6 shows a cooking vessel kit 50 for a pressure cooking appliance 20, which comprises several cooking vessels 10, in particular three cooking vessels 10.

[0151]

[0131] Each cooking container 10 comprises a container 10a for receiving one or more culinary preparations to be cooked and a lid 10b for closing the container 10a.

[0152]

[0132] Advantageously, the cooking containers 10 comprise a cover 10b comprising an upper surface S bs provided with two decompression members 32 and a raised element 42 which delimits a central bowl 43 arranged to receive another cooking container 10 in superposition, the superposition of the cooking containers 10 on top of each other leaving a clear space on the upper surface S bsin which the decompression members 32 are located. In this way, the decompression members 32 are not covered by the superimposed cooking container 10. The upper cooking container 10 thus occupies a space on the cover 10b of the lower cooking container 10 and the decompression members 32 are located outside this space, in the space thus cleared, in other words not covered by the upper cooking container 10.

[0153]

[0133] This raised element 42 is located on the periphery of the cover 10b. It is in the form of a collar projecting relative to the central bowl 43 of the upper surface S bs of cover 10b.

[0154]

[0134] The central bowl has a dimension substantially identical to the sum of the dimension of the clear space and the dimension of a bottom F 10of a cooking vessel 10 in superposition. In this way, a good positioning of the cooking vessels 10 relative to each other can be achieved.

[0155]

[0135] Furthermore, as visible in Figure 6, the two decompression members 32 are diametrically opposed and positioned in the central bowl 43 adjacent to the raised element 42.

[0156]

[0136] Each decompression member 32 may comprise an orifice formed in the upper surface S bs of the cover 10b. Alternatively, as shown here, each decompression member 32 may comprise a valve capable of being opened in the event of overpressure and / or underpressure within the container 10a during cooking. The valve may be opened manually, the valve comprising, for example, a plug for closing an orifice formed in the upper surface S bsof the cover 10b. Alternatively, the opening of the valve may be automatic depending on the overpressure and / or the vacuum within the cooking container 10 during cooking.

[0157]

[0137] Furthermore, as visible in FIG. 9, each cooking container 10 may comprise a gripping handle 9b connected in rotation relative to the lid 10b.

[0158]

[0138] Each cooking container 10 further comprises two closing elements 14 cooperating with the container 10a and the lid 10b and capable of being in a closed position in which the lid 10b is held on the container 10a and in an open position in which the lid 10b is separated from the container 10a.

[0159]

[0139] Figure 7 further represents a cooking assembly 40 comprising several cooking containers 10, in particular three cooking containers 10, and a cooking accessory 1 comprising a frame 3. The cooking accessory 1 is as described previously. It comprises a frame 3 comprising a bottom portion 4 and four uprights 5a, 5b, 5c, 5b.

[0140] Figures 8 and 9 respectively represent the pressure cooking appliance 20 with the cooking assembly 40 of Figure 7 and the cooking containers 10 of the cooking container kit 50 of Figure 6. Figure 10 represents the pressure cooking appliance 20 once all the cooking containers 10 are introduced into the cooking tank 21 and cooking is ready to be started.

[0160]

[0141] With reference to Figures 11 and 12, a third aspect has been schematically illustrated.

[0161]

[0142] Figure 11 shows a cooking kit 50 for a pressure cooking household appliance 20, comprising several cooking containers 10, in particular three cooking containers 10.

[0162]

[0143] These cooking containers 10 are designed to receive one or more culinary preparations to be cooked and having identical physical properties.

[0163]

[0144] Advantageously, the cooking kit 50 comprises means for varying at least one cooking parameter 51, 52, in particular the cooking time and consequently the cooking temperature, for cooking container 10. In this way, it is possible to influence the cooking properties, in particular the cooking time, of the culinary preparations.

[0164]

[0145] These variation means 51, 52 are for example provided to be coupled to one of the cooking containers 10 in order to modify the cooking of one or more culinary preparations contained in this cooking container 10 compared to a cooking container 10 which is devoid of these variation means 51, 52.

[0165]

[0146] Thus, the variation means 51, 52 are capable of delaying the rise in temperature inside the cooking container 10 provided with the variation means 51, 52 compared to a cooking container 10 without variation means 51, 52.

[0166]

[0147] In the example of figure 11, the variation means 51 comprise an additional cooking container 51 of reduced dimensions compared to the dimensions of the cooking containers 10. This is placed inside a cooking container 10 and is intended to contain at least one culinary preparation.

[0167]

[0148] In the example of Figure 12, the variation means 52 comprise a physical cooking retarder in the form of a heat-insulated sock 52 to be placed around a cooking container 10.

[0168]

[0149] Furthermore, as visible in FIG. 11, each cooking container 10 comprises a gripping handle 9a connected in rotation relative to the cover 10b.

[0169]

[0150] In addition, each cooking container 10 comprises two closure elements 14, each being adapted to be in a closed position in which the lid 10b is held on the container 10a and in an open position in which the lid 10b is separated from the container 10a.

[0170]

[0151] The pressure cooking appliance 20 of figures 11 and 12, comprising a cooking tank 21 for placing the cooking kit 50, can allow the implementation of a method for pressure cooking two or more culinary preparations in which: a first culinary preparation requiring a first cooking time is placed in a first cooking container 10 provided with variation means 51, 52; a second culinary preparation requiring a second cooking time greater than the first cooking time is placed in a second cooking container 10; the first and second cooking containers 10 are placed in the cooking appliance 20; and the first and second culinary preparations are pressure cooked in the same cooking time corresponding to the second cooking time.

[0171]

[0152] With reference to Figures 13 to 16, a fourth aspect has been schematically illustrated.

[0172]

[0153] Figure 13 shows a cooking container 10 for a pressure cooking household appliance 20. This cooking container 10 comprises a container 10a for receiving one or more culinary preparations to be cooked, and a lid 10b for closing the container 10a.

[0173]

[0154] In addition, two closure elements 14 are provided diametrically opposite each other, each closure element 14 cooperating with the container 10a and the lid 10b and being able to be in a closed position in which the lid 10b is held on the container 10a and in an open position in which the lid 10b is separated from the container 10a.

[0174]

[0155] Advantageously, the cooking container 10 comprises a gripping handle 9a which is configured to occupy a folded position in which the gripping handle 9a is folded onto the lid 10b and to occupy a deployed position in which gripping of the gripping handle 9a is possible for handling the cooking container 10.

[0175]

[0156] In addition, this gripping handle 9a comprises locking means 9b preventing each closing element 14 from moving from the closed position to the open position when the gripping handle 9a is in the deployed position.

[0176]

[0157] The locking means 9b of the gripping handle 9b are in particular configured to allow each closing element 14 to move from the closed position to the open position, and vice versa, only when the gripping handle 9a is in the folded position, as visible in FIG. 14.

[0158] The height H 14 of the closing element 14 is for example less than or equal to half the height H 10a of container 10a.

[0177]

[0159] Each closure element 14 comprises a clipping device comprising a fixed part 14a secured to the cover 10b and a movable part 14b, relative to the fixed part 14a, coming to bear against the container 10a to hold the cover 10b on the container 10a in the closed position of the closure element 14, as visible in figure 15. Thus, the movable part 14b is movable in rotation relative to the fixed part 14a.

[0178]

[0160] As visible in Figure 15, the container 10a further comprises a projecting fixing portion 29 in the form of a collar, on which the movable part 14b comes to bear to hold the cover 10b on the container 10a in the closed position of the closing element 14.

[0179]

[0161] Then, as visible in Figure 16, the locking means 9b of the gripping handle 9a comprise a locking element in the form of a longitudinal extension, the height H of which 9b is greater than the height H 14 of the closing element 14, formed in the extension of one end of the gripping handle 9a, so as to prevent the movement of the movable part 14b of the closing element 14 relative to the fixed part 14a.

[0180]

[0162] Advantageously, the locking element 9b is made in one piece with the gripping handle 9a. In addition, it comprises a bent portion substantially matching the shape of the edge of the cover 10b. The locking element 9b is further mounted so as to be able to rotate relative to the fixed part 14a of the closing element 14, the fixed part 14a comprising a housing 14al, visible in FIG. 16, for partially receiving the locking element 9b.

[0181]

[0163] Furthermore, as visible in Figures 17, 18 and 19, the locking element may comprise, at its end opposite that connected to the gripping handle 9a, a safety extension 9bs preventing the gripping handle 9a from moving from the folded position to the deployed position until the closing element 14 is in the closed position. In particular, in Figure 19, it can be seen that the closing element 14 is not in the closed position and that it is therefore impossible to tilt the gripping handle 9a due to the presence of the safety extension 9bs. Once the closing element 14 is in the closed position, as visible in Figure 18, it is possible to tilt the gripping handle 9a, the safety extension 9bs not being an obstacle, so as to obtain the configuration of Figure 17.

[0182]

[0164] With reference to Figures 20 to 22, a fifth aspect has been schematically illustrated.

[0165] Figure 21 shows a cooking kit 50 for a pressure cooking appliance 20 which comprises a cooking container 10 and a removable gripping handle 9a, shown in isolation in Figure 20.

[0183]

[0166] The removable gripping handle 9a comprises a central gripping portion 9ap and two hooking branches 9ab1, 9ab2 extending from the gripping portion 9ap. Each of the two hooking branches 9ab1, 9ab2 comprises a free hooking end 9a1, 9a2.

[0184]

[0167] Furthermore, in this example, each free hooking end 9a1, 9a2 comprises coupling means C capable of allowing coupling between the removable gripping handle 9a and the cooking container 10 to allow gripping of the cooking container 10.

[0185]

[0168] The coupling means C may comprise, for example, magnetic means. In particular, the cooking container 10 may comprise a metal portion and each free attachment end 9a1, 9a2 may be provided with magnetic means capable of cooperating with the metal portion. Alternatively, the cooking container 10 may comprise a portion provided with magnetic means and each free attachment end 9a1, 9a2 may be metallic.

[0186]

[0169] According to another embodiment, illustrated here in Figures 20 to 22, each free hooking end 9a1, 9a2 comprises coupling means C in the form of a fixing hook C. In addition, the cooking container 10 comprises an anchoring portion 29, which corresponds to a protruding portion in the form of a collar, and each fixing hook comprises two angles of curvature 51, 52 in which the anchoring portion 29 of the cooking container 10 is housed to allow coupling between the removable gripping handle 9a and the cooking container 10.

[0187]

[0170] The fixing hook C comprises a retractable upright M capable of passing from an open position, in which the retractable upright M is not retracted and allows the separation of the removable gripping handle 9a and the cooking container 10, the fixing hook then being L-shaped, to a closed position, in which the retractable upright M is retracted and prevents the separation of the removable gripping handle 9a and the cooking container 10, the fixing hook then being U-shaped, and vice versa.

[0188]

[0171] The transition from the open position to the closed position of the retractable upright M is obtained by means of an actuating mechanism A in the form of a push button, for example round or rectangular, formed on the gripping portion 9ap of the gripping handle 9a, on an upper surface thereof to avoid unwanted actuation during gripping, as visible in FIG. 20.

[0172] The fixing hook C is configured so that the transition from the open position to the closed position of the retractable upright M is carried out by rotating the retractable upright M through an angle substantially equal to 90°.

[0189]

[0173] Alternatively, each fixing hook C may be elastically coupled to the corresponding free hooking end 9a1, 9a2, the removable gripping handle 9a then being flexible at the free hooking ends 9a1, 9a2. Each fixing hook C may then be able to occupy a rest position without engagement between the fixing hook C and the anchoring portion 29 of the cooking container 10, and a coupling position in which the anchoring portion 29 of the cooking container 10 is force-fitted into the curvature angle 51, 52 of the fixing hook C, the fixing hook exerting an elastic restoring force against the anchoring portion 29 of the cooking container 10 to maintain the coupling between the removable gripping handle 9a and the cooking container 10.

[0190]

[0174] Figure 23 shows another example of a removable gripping handle 9a comprising three hooking branches 9ab1, 9ab2, 9ab3 extending from the gripping portion 9ap. Each of the three hooking branches 9ab1, 9ab2, 9ab3 comprises a free hooking end 9a1, 9a2, 9a3 and the three hooking branches 9ab1, 9ab2, 9ab3 extend from the gripping portion 9ap so that two adjacent hooking branches 9ab1, 9ab2; 9ab2, 9ab3; 9ab1, 9ab3 define with a vertical central axis XA of the gripping portion 9ap an angular sector SA1; SA2; SA3 with an angle o A1 ; o A2 ; o A3 strictly less than or equal to 180°.

[0191]

[0175] In particular, the three hooking branches 9ab1, 9ab2, 9ab3 extend from the gripping portion 9ap so that two adjacent hooking branches 9ab1, 9ab2; 9ab2, 9ab3; 9ab1, 9ab3 define with the vertical central axis XA of the gripping portion 9ap an angular sector SA1; SA2; SA3 with an angle o A1 ; o A2 ; o A3 between 90° and 180°, in particular between 60° and 120°, for example an angular sector SA3 of angle o A3 substantially equal to 180° and two angular sectors SA1, SA2 of angle o A1 , o A2 substantially equal to 90°, for example again three angular sectors SA1, SA2, SA3 with an angle o A1 , o A2 , o A3 approximately equal to 120°.

[0192]

[0176] Furthermore, Figure 24 shows yet another example of a removable gripping handle 9a comprising four hooking branches 9ab1, 9ab2, 9ab3, 9ab4 extending from the gripping portion 9ap. Each of the four hooking branches 9ab1, 9ab2, 9ab3, 9ab4 comprises a free hooking end 9a1, 9a2, 9a3, 9a4, the four hooking branches 9ab1, 9ab2, 9ab3, 9ab4 extending from the gripping portion 9ap so as to define with the vertical central axis XA of the gripping portion 9ap four angular sectors SA1, SA2, SA3, SA4 with an angle o A1 , o A2 , o A3 , o A4 between 60° and 120°, for example four angular sectors SA1, SA2, SA3, SA4 of angle o A1 , o A2 , o A3 , o A4 approximately equal to 90°.

[0193]

[0177] Advantageously, the invention can allow the rapid and simplified implementation of a "batch cooking" method for the advance preparation of several meals. For example, at least three culinary preparations can be prepared and cooked in less than 30 minutes, in particular with a cooking time of less than 20 minutes, and the washing time can also be reduced by the use of the cooking containers at all stages.

[0194]

[0178] The user can thus prepare his meals for the week using the cooking containers 10, for example in less than 15 minutes, or even less than 10 minutes, cook them, for example in less than 20 minutes, after simultaneous introduction of the cooking containers 10, using the cooking accessory 1, into the cooking tank 21 of the pressure cooking household appliance 20. Then, after cooking, the user can for example store the cooking containers 10 in the refrigerator, then retrieve them and reheat them, for example in the microwave, and finally wash the cooking containers 10, for example in the dishwasher.

[0195]

[0179] Of course, the invention is not limited to the exemplary embodiments which have just been described. Various modifications may be made thereto by those skilled in the art. In particular, various aspects have been presented, the teachings of the different aspects being able to be taken alone or in any technically possible combination.

[0196]

[0180] In all the examples previously described, the frame 3 of the cooking accessory 1 can be made of metal wire, in particular having a section with a diameter of between 2 mm and 3 mm, and / or from longitudinal metal strips, in particular having a width of between 10 mm and 30 mm and a thickness of between 1 mm and 2 mm.

[0197]

[0181] The frame 3 may comprise flexible elements to facilitate its insertion and / or removal from the cooking tank 21, for example pads. These flexible elements may in particular allow sliding while avoiding scratching the cooking tank 21.

[0198]

[0182] The cooking containers 10 may comprise one or more closing elements 14 making it possible to hold each lid 10b on each container 10a.

[0199]

[0183] In addition, each cooking container 10 may comprise, in particular at the level of its cover 10a, a decompression member 32.

Claims

CLAIMS 1. Cooking container kit (50) for a pressure cooking appliance (20), comprising at least two cooking containers (10), each cooking container (10) comprising: - a container (10a) for receiving one or more culinary preparations to be cooked, - a lid (10b) for closing the container (10a), characterized in that each cooking container (10) comprises a lid (10b) comprising an upper surface (S bs ) provided with at least one decompression member (42) and at least one raised element (42) delimiting a central bowl (43) arranged to receive another cooking container (10) in superposition, the superposition of the cooking containers (10) on top of each other leaving a clear space on the upper surface (S bs ) in which the at least one decompression member (32) is located.

2. A cooking vessel kit (50) according to claim 1, wherein the upper surface (S bs ) is provided with at least one raised element (42) delimiting a central bowl (43), the raised element (42) being located on the periphery of the cover (10b), being in particular in the form of a collar, and projecting relative to the central bowl (43) of the upper surface (S bs ) of the cover (10b).

3. Cooking container kit (50) according to claim 2, in which the central bowl (43) is of a dimension substantially identical to the sum of the dimension of the clear space and the dimension of a bottom (F 10 ) of the cooking container (10) in superposition.

4. Cooking container kit (50) according to one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the at least one decompression member (32) is positioned in the clear space of the central bowl (43) adjacent to the raised element (42).

5. A cooking vessel kit (50) according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the pressure relief member (32) has an orifice formed in the upper surface (S bs ) of the cover (10b).

6. Cooking container kit (50) according to any one of claims 1 to 4, in which the decompression member (32) comprises a valve capable of being opened in the event of overpressure and / or depression within the container (10a) during cooking.

7. Cooking container kit (50) according to claim 6, in which the opening of the valve is manual, the valve comprising in particular a plug for closing an orifice formed in the upper surface (Sbs) of the cover (10b).

8. Cooking container kit (50) according to claim 6, wherein the opening of the valve is automatic depending on the overpressure and / or the vacuum within the cooking container (10) during cooking.

9. Cooking container kit (50) according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the lid (10b) comprises at least two decompression members (32) arranged opposite each other, in particular diametrically opposite on the lid (10b).

10. Cooking container kit (50) according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein at least one of the cooking containers (10) comprises at least one gripping handle (9a), in particular connected to the lid (10b), in particular connected in rotation relative to the lid (10b).

11. Cooking container kit (50) according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein at least one of the cooking containers (10) comprises a closure element (14) cooperating with the container (10a) and the lid (10b) adapted to be in a closed position in which the lid (10b) is held on the container (10a) and in an open position in which the lid (10b) is separated from the container (10a).

12. A cooking vessel kit (50) according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the cooking kit (50) comprises at least three cooking vessels (10).

13. Cooking assembly (40) for a pressure cooking appliance (20), characterized in that it comprises: - a cooking container kit (50) according to any one of claims 1 to 12, - a cooking accessory (1) comprising a handling frame (3) for a cooking container (10), comprising: - a background part (4), - at least uprights (5a, 5b, 5c, 5b), each upright (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d) having a lower end (5ai, 5bi, 5ci, 5di) and an upper end (5as, 5bs, 5cs, 5ds), opposite the lower end (5ai, 5bi, 5ci, 5di), the uprights (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d) being connected to the bottom part (4) by means of their lower end (5ai, 5bi, 5ci, 5di), the bottom part (4) and the uprights (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d) defining between them a storage volume (V) for at least two cooking containers (10) having a vertical central axis (X).

14. Household pressure cooking appliance (20), characterized in that it comprises: - a cooking tank (21) for receiving one or more culinary preparations to be cooked, - a cooking container kit (50) according to any one of claims 1 to 12 intended to be placed in the cooking tank.

15. Household pressure cooking appliance (20) according to claim 14, characterized in that it comprises a cooking assembly (40) according to claim 13.

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