Multi-Lid Cooking Housing for Versatile Heating Modes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional cooking devices are limited to single cooking operations, requiring multiple devices for various cooking modes, leading to increased costs and storage issues for consumers who want to cook food in different ways.
Innovation Solution
A multifunctional cooking system with a housing, primary and secondary lids, and multiple heating elements that allow for various cooking modes such as pressure cooking, slow cooking, air frying, and dehydrating, integrated into a single device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple separate cooking devices are used to perform different cooking operations, then each device can be optimized for its specific function, but the cost and storage space required increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The cooking device integrates multiple cooking functions (pressure cooking, slow cooking, air frying, dehydrating) into a single device with a unified housing and control system. The system uses different combinations of heating elements and lid configurations to achieve various cooking modes, eliminating the need for multiple separate appliances while maintaining functional versatility
Solution Approach 2:
The cooking device is divided into functional modules including a housing, removable food container, interchangeable lids with different functions, and multiple independent heating elements. This modular segmentation allows the system to perform multiple cooking operations by reconfiguring components rather than requiring entirely separate devices for each function
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple separate cooking devices are purchased to enable different cooking modes, then cooking versatility is achieved, but the cost to the consumer increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple cooking device functions into a single integrated system. The housing accommodates a food container that can be sealed with different lids (pressure-cooking lid, air-frying lid) and heated by multiple heating elements (bottom heater, side heaters, lid heater) to achieve various cooking modes, replacing what would traditionally require separate pressure cookers, air fryers, and dehydrators
3Ease of operation
If conventional single-function cooking devices are used, then each device is simple in design and easy to operate, but multiple devices are needed for different cooking operations
Solution Approach 1:
The cooking device employs dynamic reconfiguration of components based on the desired cooking mode. The system can switch between different lid attachments, activate different heating elements selectively, and adjust operational parameters through electronic controls, allowing a single device to adapt to various cooking requirements while maintaining ease of use through automated control
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 enables multiple cooking functions in a single device, reducing the need for multiple appliances, saving space and cost, while providing versatility in cooking methods.
Implementation Method 1
At least one heating element is associated with at least one of said lid and said housing
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed herein is a cooking system for cooking food, the system including a housing defining a hollow chamber configured to receive a food container. The housing has an upper portion defining an opening to the hollow chamber. A food container having a hollow container interior is positionable within the hollow chamber. An end of the food container extends above the upper portion of the housing when the container is installed within the hollow chamber. A lid is moveably attached to the housing and is moveable between a first position that covers the upper portion of the housing and the opening to the hollow chamber when the food container is installed within the hollow chamber and a second position where the lid does not cover the opening to the hollow chamber. At least one heating element is associated with at least one of said lid and said housing.