A cooking appliance with an integral drain is disclosed that has at least one burner and an inclined surface adjacent to the burner that terminates with a strainer and drain pipe. This allows one to drain a pot of hot liquid without the dangers of transporting the pot of hot liquid from the stovetop to the sink. A novel drain pot may also be used with the cooking appliance with an integral drain. The drain pot is a cooking vessel with a drain valve. The drain valve can be opened to allow hot liquid in the vessel to drain directly into the integral drain of the cooktop without the need to move or lift the pot. The cooking appliance with an integral drain serves to drastically reduce the risk of burns from mishandled, dropped or spilled pots full of boiling hot liquids such as water.

Provided is a heating cooker that can efficiently apply steam to the entire food and can also cook the food quickly. A heating cooker (1A) includes a toasting grill (16) provided within a cooking chamber (10) and a lower heater (17b) provided at a lower section within the cooking chamber (10). Steam is blown between the toasting grill (16) and the lower heater (17b) from a steam outlet (25) provided in at least one sidewall of the cooking chamber (10).

Provided is a heating cooker that can efficiently apply steam to the entire food and can also cook the food quickly. A heating cooker (1A) includes a toasting grill (16) provided within a cooking chamber (10) and a lower heater (17b) provided at a lower section within the cooking chamber (10). Steam is blown between the toasting grill (16) and the lower heater (17b) from a steam outlet (25) provided in at least one sidewall of the cooking chamber (10).

Disclosed is a cooking apparatus for providing a cooking vessel suitable for a simmer cooking function. A cooking apparatus of the present invention includes a cooking room; a cooking vessel accommodated in the cooking room, and including a main body, and a heating element attached on a bottom of the main body and configured to be heated by microwaves to heat the main body; a microwave heater configured to radiate microwaves to the cooking vessel; an input device configured to receive a simmer cooking command; and a controller configured to repeatedly perform a process of turning on the microwave heater for a first time period, when the simmer cooking command is received through the input device, and turning off the microwave heater for a second time period when the first time period elapses, for a cooking time period, and configured to perform a keeping-warm process when a door does not open in a third time period after the cooking time period elapses.

A steam-based faux fireplace comprising a boiler configured to receive a fluid and generate steam, and a manifold configured to receive the steam from the boiler and emit the steam to generate a steam plume at an output. A very realistic faux flame with a significant length is generated from the low power boiler. The manifold includes a deflector configured to receive directly impinging steam directed thereat from the output, causing the steam to lose some energy and velocity, and turbulently billow about the deflector. The turbulently billowing steam is illuminated to create a realistically looking flame.

A steam cooker having a main body, a cavity provided inside the main body, a steam generator provided to generate steam, a supply pipe connecting the steam generator to the cavity to supply steam into the cavity, a discharge pipe arranged to discharge the steam inside the cavity to the outside of the cavity, a discharge nozzle coupled to an end of the discharge pipe, and a cooling fan provided between the cavity and the main body to cool the cavity, and wherein the discharge nozzle is disposed adjacent to the bottom of the cooling fan such that steam discharged through the discharge nozzle is guided downward between the cavity and the main body by the cooling fan. The steam cooker can prevent the condensation water from falling down on the lower part of the main body.

A steam cooker having a main body, a cavity provided inside the main body, a steam generator provided to generate steam, a supply pipe connecting the steam generator to the cavity to supply steam into the cavity, a discharge pipe arranged to discharge the steam inside the cavity to the outside of the cavity, a discharge nozzle coupled to an end of the discharge pipe, and a cooling fan provided between the cavity and the main body to cool the cavity, and wherein the discharge nozzle is disposed adjacent to the bottom of the cooling fan such that steam discharged through the discharge nozzle is guided downward between the cavity and the main body by the cooling fan. The steam cooker can prevent the condensation water from falling down on the lower part of the main body.

This disclosure relates to the field of energy recovery systems, and more particularly to exhaust heat recovery devices and exhaust flow control devices.

This disclosure relates to the field of energy recovery systems, and more particularly to exhaust heat recovery devices and exhaust flow control devices.

A cooking appliance includes a case, a cooktop at an upper part of the case, including a heating source, a cavity in the case, including a cooking chamber for cooking foods, a steam generator receiving heat from the heating source to generate steam, and a steam flow part having one end connected to the steam generator and another end connected to the cooking chamber to guide the steam generated from the steam generator to the cooking chamber.