Air fryer system
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing air fryers lack effective mechanisms for separating fat from food during cooking, which hinders healthier cooking options.
Innovation Solution
An air fryer system with a base insert featuring a gridded food support surface and concentric inner supports that elevates food items, allowing fat to drain into the pan while ensuring improved air circulation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If food is placed directly on the bottom of the pan, then cooking is simpler, but fat cannot be separated from the food
Solution Approach 1:
The base insert is divided into multiple functional components: a gridded food support surface with ribs that elevate food items, and an outer bottom circular ring disk with openings for fat drainage. This segmentation allows fat to be separated from food while maintaining cooking simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The base insert acts as an intermediary component between the food and the pan bottom. It provides an elevated platform with drainage openings, enabling fat to drain away from the food while the food remains elevated for healthy cooking.
2Object-generated harmful factors
If a simple elevated base is used, then fat drainage is achieved, but air circulation is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The base insert incorporates a gridded structure with multiple openings and gaps between ribs, creating a porous-like configuration that allows both fat drainage and air circulation to occur simultaneously through the structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The design adds vertical dimension with elevated ribs and concentric inner supports that create multiple levels for air flow. This three-dimensional structure improves air circulation while maintaining fat drainage functionality.
3Object-generated harmful factors
If food is elevated off the bottom, then fat separation is improved, but structural stability may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The base insert uses localized support structures - concentric inner supports forming circular rings at specific heights - to provide structural stability only where needed, while maintaining open areas for fat drainage and air circulation throughout the rest of the structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The combination of the outer bottom circular ring disk with the gridded food support surface and inner supports creates a composite structural system that achieves both elevation for fat separation and structural stability for supporting food items.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Effectively separates fat from food during cooking, promoting healthier cooking and enhancing air circulation for better cooking results.
Implementation Method 1
the openings allow the fat of the food item to drain into the bottom of the pan during cooking
Implementation Method 2
enhancing air circulation for better cooking results
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is an air fryer system, including a base insert comprising an outer bottom circular ring disk, and a gridded food support surface, wherein the gridded food support surface includes a plurality of ribs forming side walls and a circular top surface, wherein the ribs alternate in alignment across the four quarters of the circular top surface. In some embodiments, the base insert may include inner supports forming circular rings extending from a bottom side of the circular top surface to the bottom of the base insert, the circular rings being concentric with, but smaller and higher than the outer bottom circular ring disk.