Multimode Cooking Chamber With Conductive and Convective Heating
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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, movable lid, and multiple heating elements that can operate in conductive and convective modes, along with a rotational air movement device, allowing for various cooking modes such as pressure cooking, slow cooking, air frying, and dehydrating 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 required increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing a single cooking device that can perform multiple cooking operations including pressure cooking, air frying, and dehydrating. The device achieves this through a unified housing and heating system that can operate in different modes, eliminating the need for separate specialized devices while maintaining optimized functionality for each cooking type
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 storage space required increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the functionality of multiple cooking devices into a single integrated unit. By combining pressure cooking, air frying, and dehydrating capabilities in one device with a unified housing and heating system, the total storage space required is reduced compared to having separate devices for each function
3Device complexity
If a single device performs multiple cooking operations, then cost and storage space are reduced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device achieves multi-functionality through a unified heating system with heating elements positioned in the housing and/or lid that can operate in different modes. The control system manages multiple cooking operations including pressure cooking, air frying, and dehydrating, providing versatility without requiring multiple separate devices
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, saving space and cost while providing versatility in cooking methods.
Implementation Method 1
at least one heating element associated with one of the housing and the lid
Implementation Method 2
a rotational air movement device coupled to at least one of the housing and the lid, wherein during operation of the rotational air movement device, the rotational air movement device is operable to rotate at a plurality of speeds
Implementation Method 3
an air diffuser configured to impart rotation to the air circulating through the hollow interior
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed herein is a cooking system for cooking food, the system including a housing having a hollow interior, a lid movable relative to the housing, at least one heating element associated with one of the housing and the lid, wherein the cooking system is operable in a plurality of modes including a conductive cooking mode and a convective cooking mode, wherein in the conductive cooking mode the cooking system is operable as a conductive cooker and in the convective cooking mode the cooking system is operable as a convection cooker.