REMOTE-CONTROLLED FOOD-RELATED APPLIANCE

• US 20150025687A1
• Filed: 05/01/2014
• Published: 01/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Homesquared, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Homesquared Corporation
• Inventors: Henderson, Cameron, Maslowski, Josh
• Application Number:
  US14/267,604
• Publication Number:
  US 20150025687A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/275
• CPC Class Codes: A23B 4/052 Smoke generators ; Smoking apparatus A23B4/056 takes precedence

Abstract

A system includes: a smoking appliance; a remote computing device; and a communication network; wherein the smoking appliance and the remote computing device are in communication via the communication network; and wherein a user of the remote computing device controls the smoking appliance remotely.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a smoking appliance, comprising a heating element and a smoking element;

a remote computing device; and

a communication network;

wherein the smoking appliance and the remote computing device are in communication via the communication network; and

wherein the remote computing device is configured to control the smoking appliance remotely.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the smoking appliance additionally comprises an ambient temperature sensor.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the smoking appliance further comprises a control module operatively connected to the communication network and configured to modulate an exhaust vent of the heating element.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the remote computing device further comprises an application configured to control the smoking appliance via the control module.

5. The system of claim 3, further comprising a food temperature sensor, wherein the remote computing device estimates an amount of time until the food in the smoking appliance reaches a set temperature.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the remote computing device provides an alert when the food has reached a desired temperature.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the control module is configured to record the food temperature at predetermined intervals, and wherein the remote computing device is configured to display the recorded food temperature.

8. A method for controlling a smoking appliance, comprising:

accessing an application;

entering a temperature for the smoking appliance;

initiating operation of the smoking appliance; and

monitoring the smoking appliance remotely by using an application on a remote device.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising entering a time a food should remain in the smoking appliance.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising entering a desired finished food temperature.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

entering a type of food; and

entering a weight of the food.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

entering a time a food should remain in the smoking appliance;

entering a desired finished food temperature; and

selecting a recipe, wherein said recipe enters the time and the temperature into the application.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising entering a type of smoke source.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving an update on a remote device; and

modifying operation of the appliance using the remote device.

15. An food smoking device, comprising:

a container comprising an upper portion, a lower portion, and a closing portion;

a smoking element arranged to receive a smoke source and positioned in the lower portion of the container;

a support element for supporting a food to be smoked and positioned in the upper portion of the container;

a control unit supported by the container;

an ambient temperature sensor configured to measure the temperature inside the container and operatively coupled to the control unit;

a network communication unit operatively coupled to the control unit.

16. The food smoking device of claim 15, wherein the closing portion is hingedly connected to the container.

17. The food smoking device of claim 15, wherein the smoking element comprises a smoking element intake vent and a smoking element exhaust vent, and wherein the control unit is configured to actuate the smoking element intake vent and the smoking element exhaust vent.

18. The food smoking device of claim 16, wherein the network communication unit is configured to connect to a wireless network.

19. The food smoking device of claim 18, wherein the control unit is configured to receive control instructions via the network communication unit.

20. The food smoking device of claim 15, further comprising a food temperature sensor and one or more additional ambient temperature sensors.