A processor-changeable multipurpose food preparation machine, comprises a actuator and a processor, a fixing base is arranged outside the insertion hole of the actuator, the outer end has a coupling mouth, the upper end has a first feed inlet, the two side ends have a first fixing part; the tail end of the processor includes a feeding base, the upper end has a second feed inlet, the two side ends have a second fixing part; the feeding base is inserted in the coupling mouth of fixing base and fixed into the fixing base, the second feed inlet corresponds to the lower part of the first feed inlet, when the second fixing part is coordinated with the first fixing part, the feeding base and fixing base are combined by a fastener, the processor can be assembled or changed easily and quickly, the operation is convenient and easily learned.

A processor-changeable multipurpose food preparation machine, comprises a actuator and a processor, a fixing base is arranged outside the insertion hole of the actuator, the outer end has a coupling mouth, the upper end has a first feed inlet, the two side ends have a first fixing part; the tail end of the processor includes a feeding base, the upper end has a second feed inlet, the two side ends have a second fixing part; the feeding base is inserted in the coupling mouth of fixing base and fixed into the fixing base, the second feed inlet corresponds to the lower part of the first feed inlet, when the second fixing part is coordinated with the first fixing part, the feeding base and fixing base are combined by a fastener, the processor can be assembled or changed easily and quickly, the operation is convenient and easily learned.

The invention relates to a food treatment apparatus, comprising a frame, a treatment chamber apt to receive a treatment tool and a feed channel formed by side walls with an open side for inserting food. A pushing device is configured to be inserted within the feed channel to press food towards the treatment tool. The pushing device comprises a pusher support lever pivotally movable relative to the frame around a pivot axis and a pusher rod slidably coupled to the pusher support lever to slide along a sliding axis. Side walls are configured to allow the pusher support lever to be rotated around the pivot axis and at the same time to allow the pusher rod to be translated along said sliding axis while the pushing device is moved from an open position towards a closed position.

The invention relates to a food treatment apparatus, comprising a frame, a treatment chamber apt to receive a treatment tool and a feed channel formed by side walls with an open side for inserting food. A pushing device is configured to be inserted within the feed channel to press food towards the treatment tool. The pushing device comprises a pusher support lever pivotally movable relative to the frame around a pivot axis and a pusher rod slidably coupled to the pusher support lever to slide along a sliding axis. Side walls are configured to allow the pusher support lever to be rotated around the pivot axis and at the same time to allow the pusher rod to be translated along said sliding axis while the pushing device is moved from an open position towards a closed position.

Methods and apparatus for automatically preparing food for consumption in which preparation comprises dispensing, manipulation, heating, and other operations using a wide variety of ingredients. The methods and apparatus described use ingredients efficiently and maintain their quality, while avoiding contact between ingredients and apparatus to minimize the risk of system contamination.

A method for a food processor including a pot, a heating element for heating the pot and/or a food in the pot, and a temperature sensor for determining an actual temperature (T.sub.I) of the pot or the food in the pot, includes performing temperature control by a control device in a temperature control mode based on a desired temperature (T.sub.T) by adjusting an electrical energy supplied to the heating element in dependence on the actual temperature (T.sub.I) so that the actual temperature (T.sub.I) approaches or reaches the desired temperature (T.sub.T).

A method for a food processor including a pot, a heating element for heating the pot and/or a food in the pot, and a temperature sensor for determining an actual temperature (T.sub.I) of the pot or the food in the pot, includes performing temperature control by a control device in a temperature control mode based on a desired temperature (T.sub.T) by adjusting an electrical energy supplied to the heating element in dependence on the actual temperature (T.sub.I) so that the actual temperature (T.sub.I) approaches or reaches the desired temperature (T.sub.T).

An automatic home cooking machine comprises a food storage section for dry and unperishable food products, means for controllably discharging food products from the food storage section, a dispensing section which includes a plurality of spaced controllable food dispensers retained within a stationary freezer compartment, a lower plate on which are positionable a plurality of food vessels, a rotatable insulating plate located below the freezer compartment and formed with an aperture through which desired food products are gravitationally delivered either from the food storage section or from the dispensing section to an underlying one of the food vessels located directly below the aperture, and cooking apparatus adapted to cook the food products received within each of the food vessels.

An automatic home cooking machine comprises a food storage section for dry and unperishable food products, means for controllably discharging food products from the food storage section, a dispensing section which includes a plurality of spaced controllable food dispensers retained within a stationary freezer compartment, a lower plate on which are positionable a plurality of food vessels, a rotatable insulating plate located below the freezer compartment and formed with an aperture through which desired food products are gravitationally delivered either from the food storage section or from the dispensing section to an underlying one of the food vessels located directly below the aperture, and cooking apparatus adapted to cook the food products received within each of the food vessels.

There is provided a control apparatus and a control method for enabling a cooking robot to perform cooking efficiently. The control apparatus according to one aspect of the present technology acquires multiple recipe programs each prepared for a dish to be finished by a cooking robot going through multiple cooking processes, thereby creating a cooking process plan on the basis of a resource required for each of the cooking processes. The control apparatus further causes the cooking robot to parallelly execute those of the cooking processes that are parallelly executable for cooking different dishes, on the basis of the cooking process plan. The present technology can be applied to a computer that controls the cooking robot.