Cooking device and components thereof
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional cooking systems face challenges in achieving efficient and uniform cooking across multiple modes, particularly in achieving the Maillard reaction temperature and maintaining it for diverse food types, due to limitations in heat distribution and control.
Innovation Solution
A countertop air grilling system with a support body featuring diffuser ribs that deflect and rotate air flow to enhance heat distribution, combined with a heating element and temperature sensors for precise temperature control, allowing for multiple cooking modes including grilling, air frying, and slow cooking.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If conventional heating systems are used, then heating function is provided, but heat distribution is inefficient and non-uniform
Solution Approach 1:
The support body is segmented into multiple diffuser ribs that create separate channels for air flow distribution. Each rib acts as an independent element to distribute heated air uniformly across the cooking surface, resolving the non-uniform heat distribution problem while maintaining cooking efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The diffuser ribs are strategically positioned and sized to create localized air flow patterns in different regions of the cooking chamber. This ensures that heat is distributed with appropriate intensity to each specific area, achieving uniform overall heat distribution while optimizing cooking efficiency in different zones.
2Measurement precision
If temperature control is simplified, then operation is easier, but precise temperature control for Maillard reaction cannot be achieved
Solution Approach 1:
Temperature sensors provide continuous feedback to the controller, which adjusts the heating element operation to maintain precise temperature control for the Maillard reaction. This automated feedback mechanism achieves precise temperature control without increasing operational complexity for the user.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs self-regulation of temperature through the controller and sensor feedback loop, automatically maintaining the precise temperature required for Maillard reaction without requiring manual intervention or complex user operations.
3Adaptability or versatility
If single cooking mode is used, then device complexity is reduced, but versatility for diverse food types is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The support body with diffuser ribs and temperature control system is designed to support multiple cooking modes (grilling, air frying, slow cooking) through a single unified structure. This universal design achieves versatility for diverse food types without proportionally increasing device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adapts between different cooking modes by adjusting operational parameters of the heating element and air circulation, allowing a single static support body structure to serve multiple cooking functions with varying temperature and airflow requirements.
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
The system achieves efficient heat distribution and precise temperature control, enabling consistent Maillard reaction temperatures for various food types across multiple cooking modes, ensuring even cooking and user-friendly operation.
Implementation Method 1
A heating element is associated with the housing and operable to heat the support body
Implementation Method 2
A plurality of channels is formed between the plurality of diffuser ribs and at least one of the plurality of diffuser ribs and the plurality of channels is operable to deflect a relatively downward flowing fluid relatively horizontally across said support body
Implementation Method 3
said downward flowing fluid has a rotation, and said rotation of said downward flowing fluid is decreased as said downward flowing fluid contacts said support body
Data Source
AI summary
A cooking system includes a housing having a hollow interior and food is receivable within said hollow interior. A heating element is associated with the housing and a support body supports food within the hollow interior. The support body includes a body having a plurality of diffuser ribs. A plurality of channels is formed between the plurality of diffuser rib and at least one of the plurality of diffuser ribs and the plurality of channels is operable to deflect a relatively downward flowing fluid relatively horizontally across said support body.