Cooking device and components thereof
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional cooking devices are limited to single cooking operations, requiring multiple devices for various cooking modes, which leads to cost and storage issues for consumers who want to cook food in different ways.
Innovation Solution
A multifunctional cooking system with a housing, multiple lids, and heating elements that can detect lid configurations to operate in various cooking modes, including pressure cooking, slow cooking, air frying, and dehydration, allowing for multiple cooking functions in 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 requirements increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a single cooking device capable of performing multiple cooking operations including pressure cooking, air frying, slow cooking, and dehydration. The device achieves this by incorporating multiple heating elements that can be selectively activated based on the desired cooking mode, and by using a controller that adjusts operational parameters to enable different cooking functions within the same device architecture.
2Adaptability 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 requirements increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the functionality of multiple separate cooking devices into a single integrated unit. By merging pressure cooking, air frying, slow cooking, and dehydration capabilities into one device, the patent reduces the total quantity of cooking devices needed while maintaining the ability to perform each specific cooking operation effectively.
3Ease of operation
If lid configuration detection is implemented to enable different cooking modes, then cooking mode selection becomes automated and convenient, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a self-service mechanism where the device automatically detects the lid configuration and selects the appropriate cooking mode without requiring manual input from the user. The detection system monitors the position and configuration of lids to determine whether the device is set up for pressure cooking, air frying, slow cooking, or dehydration, and automatically configures the heating elements and operational parameters accordingly.
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 integrates multiple cooking functions into one device, reducing the need for multiple appliances, enhancing user convenience and saving space while providing versatile cooking options.
Implementation Method 1
At least one heating element is associated with at least one of the housing and the at least one lid
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. At least one lid is movable relative to the housing. At least one heating element is associated with at least one of the housing and the at least one lid and at least one detector is operable to detect a configuration of the at least one lid. The cooking system is operable in a plurality of cooking modes and operation of a particular cooking mode is dependent on a detected configuration of the at least one lid by the at least one detector.