An apparatus for regulating the temperature of a grill is disposed between a supply unit for gas and a gas outlet unit, which is part of the grill and is used for grilling the food, wherein the apparatus includes a control element for regulating the gas using a gas outlet regulator, which can generally be operated by hand. The apparatus includes at least one electronic regulation element, a regulation unit, as well as at least one sensor, wherein the regulation element includes a holding element and a transmitter element, wherein the holding element can be coupled with the mechanical control element of the grill, and the transmitter element, and thereby the mechanical control element, is adjustable as a function of the variable that is determined by the regulation unit.

A gas valve for a gas stove, comprising a valve housing, wherein the valve housing has a gas inlet and a gas outlet, and a gas regulating unit, wherein the gas regulating unit has a cylindrical outer surface, wherein the gas regulating unit is rotatable supported in the valve housing by means of the outer surface, wherein the gas regulating unit has a plurality of gas outlet openings, wherein the gas regulating unit is rotatable into a plurality of flame positions, wherein each gas outlet opening is assigned to one determined flame position, wherein in each flame position the gas inlet is connected to the gas outlet by means of the gas outlet opening which is assigned to the one determined flame position, and wherein the gas outlet openings have cross-sectional areas which differ from each other in order to achieve different flow rates of gas through the gas valve in the individual flame positions.

A gas cock for a gas burner and pilot flame includes a cock body with a plug receiving seat and a gas passage opening for passage of gas from/to the plug receiving seat. The cock has a conical plug, including a side wall extending around a central conical plug axis and housed in the plug receiving seat. The conical plug includes a plug opening for passage of gas from/to the plug receiving seat by the inner cavity of the conical plug based on a presettable angle of rotation between the cock body and the conical plug. The conical plug outer wall surface includes a groove connected to the plug opening. The groove includes a modulating portion extending between first and second angular positions in a circumferential direction of rotation of the conical plug with a depth that increases or decreases in the radial direction perpendicular to the side wall.

A cooking appliance and method generate an audible and/or visual indication to a user when a user control for a gas burner is in a position within which an igniter is active and a gas valve is supplying sufficient gas flow to the gas burner to support ignition and thereby assist a user in properly positioning the user control during ignition of the burner.

A cooking appliance and method control the power consumption of a plurality of electrical loads in response to an ambient temperature sensed by a temperature sensor to maintain a combined power consumption within a temperature-dependent output capability of a low voltage power supply used in the cooking appliance.

A cooking apparatus can include an enclosure defining a heating chamber configured to be heated and used for cooking food, a burn box proximate to the enclosure and which is configured to provide heat to the heating chamber, a hopper fluidly coupled to the burn box and configured to hold fuel, and a fuel conditioner disposed between the hopper and the burner to condition the fuel prior to burning in the burner. The fuel conditioner can be, for example, a wood chipper configured to reduce the size of the fuel.

An example Smart Candle Platform is configured to includes a candle fixture that comprises an outer shell having an opening, a mid-frame, and a base, and a fuel bottle configured to hold a fuel material and is removably coupled to the candle fixture. The fuel bottle is positioned at least partially within a hollow interior of the mid-frame of the candle fixture and accommodated by the base. The fuel bottle further comprises a wick that extends through an opening of the outer shell, and the candle fixture includes an ignitor configured to ignite the fuel material via the wick to produce a living flame. The candle fixture further includes an inner cover having one or more reinforcement ribs configured to provide structural support for the one or more ignitors.

A gas valve unit to be connected to a gas source includes a body having an inlet, a main chamber in the body communicating with the inlet and having a main outlet communicating with the outlet of the gas valve unit, a disc-shaped element in the main chamber with one or more openings putting the main chamber in communication with the main outlet hole and rotatable between a closing position, where the main outlet hole is entirely covered by the disc-shaped element, and at least two opening positions in which the one or more openings face, at least in part, the main outlet hole to enable gas passage from the main chamber to the main outlet hole via the through opening, and a control unit associated causing the snapping rotation of the disc-shaped element between the closing position and an opening position, and between the at least two opening positions.

A universal device for the automation of gas-powered ovens, barbecues and devices is provided that includes a variable gas intake valve housed in a module of a valve having means for valve coupling to a gas inlet hose of the oven, barbecue or device. An electronic board housed in a module of control is linked to the valve and drives the opening of the gas flow by means of an output signal supplied by the gas intake valve. The electronic board is provided with a connection with at least a probe of room temperature located within the chamber of the oven, barbecue, or device. The module of control includes control means and a power supply.

A knob assembly for a gas cooktop may include a knob configured to control a flow of gas from a burner of a cooktop starting at a resting position, the knob defining a hollow interior and having a support cylinder extending vertically through the hollow interior, wherein the support cylinder includes a projection flap protruding therefrom, an inner lock ring arranged at least partially within the hollow interior of the knob and having a chamfered region defining a ring opening adjacent an inclined portion, where the opening is configured to selectively receive the projection flap in response to depression of the knob and where the projection flap slides along the inclined portion in response to subsequent rotation of the knob, the inclined portion imparting frictional resistance on the projection flap to prevent against unintentional rotation of the knob.