MULTI-PURPOSE COOKING DEVICE THROUGH HEATING OF A WATER BATH

• US 20100326286A1
• Filed: 03/03/2009
• Published: 12/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Thirode Grandes Cuisines Poligny "Tgcp"
• Original Assignee: Thirode Grandes Cuisines Poligny "Tgcp"
• Inventors: Romero, Emmanuel, Lubrina, Yves
• Granted Patent: US 9,226,609 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 99/325
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 27/18 heated by water-bath , e.g. pasta-cookers
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 36/20 Perforated bases or perforated containers to be placed inside a cooking utensil ; Draining baskets, inserts with separation wall
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/1295 Frying baskets or other food holders

Abstract

The device of this invention is a multi-purpose cooking device through heating of a water bath. It comprises means arranged so as to contain a water bath, means for heating the bath water and means for controlling the heating power, arranged so as to provide for cooking foodstuffs through immersion or steam cooking. The device further comprises means for controlling the temperature of the bath water and means for homogenizing the bath water for providing for a low temperature cooking operation. According to this invention, a single device could be used both for cooking through immersion into a (boiling) water bath, for steam cooking and for low temperature cooking.

Claims

1. A multi-purpose device for cooking through heating a water bath, comprising means arranged for containing a water bath, means for heating the bath water and means for controlling the heating power, arranged so as to provide for cooking foodstuffs through immersion in the boiling water bath or steam cooking, characterized in that it further comprises means for controlling the temperature of the bath water and means for homogenizing the bath water for allowing for a low temperature cooking operation.

2. A cooking device according to claim 1, comprising means for controlling setting means and homogenizing means.

3. A cooking device according to claim 2, wherein the means for controlling the temperature of the bath water comprise means for measuring the temperature of the bath water and means for heating the bath water, connected with the control means.

4. A cooking device according to claim 2, wherein means for homogenizing the bath water comprise a pump for homogenizing the bath water, connected with the control means.

5. A cooking device according to claim 2, comprising means for measuring the medium cooking temperature of foodstuffs, connected with the control means.

6. A cooking device according to claim 2, comprising a circuit for controlling the device, comprising the control means.

7. A cooking device according to claim 1, comprising means for selecting a cooking mode and means for controlling a parameter of the selected cooking mode.

8. A cooking device according to claim 7, wherein the means for selecting a cooking mode are arranged so as to allow for choosing between at least one first cooking mode with power setting of the heating means and a second cooking mode with steam setting of the temperature of the water bath.

9. A cooking device according to claim 1, comprising means for selecting at least one parameter allowing to control the end of the cooking operation.

10. A cooking device according to claim 9, wherein the parameter is the temperature required to be reached with foodstuffs to be cooked in the device or the cooking time.