A pyrolytic oven comprises a housing and a muffle delimiting a cooking chamber inside the housing. A lighting module serves to illuminate the cooking chamber, wherein the lighting module has a cooling structure with an arrangement of cooling extensions formed in particular as pins or ribs, which project into a gap between housing and muffle and have a convection effect in a cooking mode of the oven. A fan device of the oven is configured and controlled to generate an air flow encountering the cooling structure in the gap in a pyrolytic mode of the oven. The cooling structure of the lighting module further has a wall formation, which in pyrolytic mode generates a wind shadow relative to the air flow for a number of cooling extensions of the cooling structure arranged distributed in a transverse plane to the flow direction of the air flow.

A multi-function solar cooking appliance is disclosed. The appliance comprises a solar thermal unit comprising: at least one solar heat collector for collecting solar heat; a chamber of said solar heat collector for receiving a utensil and thermally connected said solar heat collector to receive and transfer said solar heat to said utensil for cooking; and a sunlight reflector having a cross section with a circular arc shape and said utensil. The appliance further selectively comprises a multi-functional cover, a modular solar thermal unit, assembled fluid channel, supplementary energy heater, different side chambers and/or utensils for heat insulation purpose; disposable utensil and ferromagnetic heat conducting and storage material.

A Photovoltaic powered cooking system comprised of a small solar panel array 500-1,000 Watts, a charge controller for a battery capable of storing electric power and delivering it day or night for cooking using a low voltage 12-48 VDC, low power, 500 W heater configured as a hot plate or oven capable of 240 C. to boil, bake or fry food. The heater is comprised of multiple standard resistive or positive temperature coefficient heating elements or both combined to be energy efficient and can cook and then be controlled to keep food warm. No combustible fuel needed.

An oven having water injection system comprising an oven including a compartment enclosed on all sides, a water injector, and a first water valve coupled to the water injector, wherein the water valve includes proportional control.

An oven having water injection system comprising an oven including a compartment enclosed on all sides, a water injector, and a first water valve coupled to the water injector, wherein the water valve includes proportional control.

An induction heating device and a method of controlling the induction heating device are provided. The induction heating device may include a working coil, a power supply to provide an induction voltage to operate the working coil, a temperature sensor to sense a temperature of a cooking utensil, a first lighting unit to emit visually perceivable light, a second lighting unit to emit visually perceivable light, and a controller for controlling the first lighting unit based on the sensed temperature of the cooking utensil transmitted from the temperature sensor.

An induction heating device and a method of controlling the induction heating device are provided. The induction heating device may include a working coil, a power supply to provide an induction voltage to operate the working coil, a temperature sensor to sense a temperature of a cooking utensil, a first lighting unit to emit visually perceivable light, a second lighting unit to emit visually perceivable light, and a controller for controlling the first lighting unit based on the sensed temperature of the cooking utensil transmitted from the temperature sensor.

A system including at least one cooking device having a connection for connecting the cooking device to a electrical grid and a connection for connecting the cooking device to an energy storage device, has a control unit which is set up to regulate a power draw from the electrical grid and/or from the energy storage device during operation of the at least one cooking device based on a heating requirement of the cooking device such that the power draw from the electrical grid does not exceed a defined threshold value (L.sub.Max).

A system including at least one cooking device having a connection for connecting the cooking device to a electrical grid and a connection for connecting the cooking device to an energy storage device, has a control unit which is set up to regulate a power draw from the electrical grid and/or from the energy storage device during operation of the at least one cooking device based on a heating requirement of the cooking device such that the power draw from the electrical grid does not exceed a defined threshold value (L.sub.Max).

A pyrolytic oven comprises a housing and a muffle delimiting a cooking chamber inside the housing. A lighting module serves to illuminate the cooking chamber, wherein the lighting module has a cooling structure with an arrangement of cooling extensions formed in particular as pins or ribs, which project into a gap between housing and muffle and have a convection effect in a cooking mode of the oven. A fan device of the oven is configured and controlled to generate an air flow encountering the cooling structure in the gap in a pyrolytic mode of the oven. The cooling structure of the lighting module further has a wall formation, which in pyrolytic mode generates a wind shadow relative to the air flow for a number of cooling extensions of the cooling structure arranged distributed in a transverse plane to the flow direction of the air flow.