A method for preparing a food or a beverage includes inserting a food thermometer into a product to be cooked and transmitting temperatures measured by the food thermometer to a control device.

A portable stove for burning biomass fuels. The stove has an outer body with walls coupled together with hinges and an opening to load fuel into the stove. The stove further includes a combustion chamber with walls coupled together with hinges that fits within the outer body. The combustion chamber has an opening for loading fuel, secondary openings along upper portions of the walls, a floor with openings to permit airflow into the chamber, and upright posts along the walls to support a cooking utensil for heating. The stove also has a dam that rests on the top of the combustion chamber to direct air through the secondary openings and into the combustion chamber to improve the burning of fuel. The outer body and combustion chamber hinges permit the stove to fold for better storage and transport.

A cooking apparatus comprises a body forming a cavity, a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the cavity, a burner configured to heat the cavity by burning gaseous fuel, and a controller configured to identify a temperature variation of the cavity based on the temperature detected by the temperature sensor, and configured to stop an operation of the burner based on a change in the temperature variation of the cavity being less than a reference value.

A cooking apparatus comprises a body forming a cavity, a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the cavity, a burner configured to heat the cavity by burning gaseous fuel, and a controller configured to identify a temperature variation of the cavity based on the temperature detected by the temperature sensor, and configured to stop an operation of the burner based on a change in the temperature variation of the cavity being less than a reference value.

A vertical grilling assembly for uniform grilling of food with reduced flareups includes a housing, which defines an interior space. A retaining unit, which is engaged to a food item is insertable through an opening, which is positioned in a front of the housing, so that the food item is positioned in the interior space substantially equally distant from opposed sides of the housing. A first door is hingedly engaged to the housing and is positioned to selectively close the opening. A pair of heaters is engaged singly to the opposed sides of the housing and positioned in the interior space. The heaters selectively heat the interior space to grill the food item. A controller is engaged to the housing and is operationally engaged to the pair of heaters. The controller is positioned to control heat output from the pair of heaters.

A composition for enamel may include 20 to 45 wt % of SiO.sub.2; 1 to 15 wt % of B.sub.2O.sub.3, 10 to 20 wt % of one or more of Na.sub.2O, K.sub.2O, and Li.sub.2O, 1 to 5 wt % of NaF, 1 to 10 wt % of ZnO, 5 to 15 wt % of TiO.sub.2, 3 to 7 wt % of MoO.sub.3; 5 to 15 wt % of Bi.sub.2O.sub.3, 1 to 5 wt % of CeO.sub.2, and 1 to 10 wt % of one or more of MnO.sub.2, Fe.sub.2O.sub.3, and Co.sub.3O.sub.4. The composition may be used to coat a cooking appliance for easy removal of contaminants at room temperature.

A temperature-regulating appliance includes a top portion, a base, a temperature sensor, and a mounting adapter. The top portion has an upper surface and a lower surface. The base includes a housing defining an internal compartment and a thermal element disposed within the internal compartment of the housing. The temperature sensor is positioned outside of the internal compartment, between the housing and the lower surface of the top portion. The mounting adapter extends between the top portion and the housing. The mounting adapter detachably couples the base to the top portion.

Disclosed herein is a cooking appliance capable of having improved aesthetics by reducing a size of an air outlet provided in a front side of a cabinet. The cooking appliance comprises a cabinet, a cooking chamber located inside the cabinet and comprising an open front side, a door configured to open and close the open front side of the cooking chamber, a blower fan disposed above the cooking chamber to blow air, an air outlet disposed in a gap between an upper end of the door and the cabinet, a duct provided to guide the air blown by the blower fan to the air outlet, and a circulation duct provided to connect the duct and a side of the blower fan to allow a portion of the air, which moves to the air outlet by the blower fan, to be re-introduced into the blower fan.

A modular cooking appliance for cooking a variety of foods has interchangeable tops and a base to receive the tops. The base has a burner that is fed from a fuel supply and controlled by a valve. The interchangeable tops mate to an open top. One of the interchangeable tops is a grill grate that fits in the open top. Another interchangeable top is a griddle with a flat cooking surface. The griddle mates to the open top and is kept spaced from the base to allow exhaust gases to escape. Another interchangeable top is a pizza oven with a stone portion and a dome portion. The stone portion directs exhaust gases from the burner into the dome portion.

An oven appliance having a cabinet with a chamber positioned within the cabinet. The chamber is configured for receipt of a food item for cooking. The oven appliance also includes a door for providing selective access to the chamber and a plurality of walls including a top wall, a bottom wall, a back wall, a front wall, and opposing sidewalls defining the chamber. Further, the oven appliance includes a fan assembly operable to cause air to flow in the chamber and a fan cover arranged to at least partially cover the fan assembly. Moreover, the oven appliance includes a first heating element arranged adjacent to the bottom wall. In addition, the oven appliance includes a duct in fluid communication with the fan assembly and the first heating element for directing airflow in the chamber to the fan assembly and across the first heating element to heat the food item.