A pie iron preparation system may be provided comprising a base substrate, a lid and one or more hinges. The base substrate may have a first elongate length-to-width dimensional ratio and may comprise a top surface that comprises one or more pie iron depressions formed therein. The lid may have the first elongate length-to-width dimensional ratio and may comprise a plurality of walls disposed at a perimeter edge thereof. The plurality of walls may surround a work surface disposed upon a first side of the lid. The one or more hinges may operably couple the base substrate to the lid.

A wirelessly operable cooking appliance for cooking food products includes a wireless communication device. A computing device, such as a smartphone, can wirelessly communicate with the cooking appliance to control and monitor the cooking appliance.

A griddle system including an adjustable counterbalance for an upper platen assembly is disclosed.

An appliance for cooking food including an upper heating plate and a lower heating plate provided with surfaces facing each other. The upper plate being movable between a closed position in which the upper and the lower plates are in contact with each other and an open position in which the upper and the lower heating plates are spaced apart. The appliance further includes parallelogram linkage constrained to the upper plate and to the lower plate to allow the upper plate to be lifted from or to approach in a parallel manner the lower plate. The appliance further includes one or more cavities for housing food to be cooked at least at one of said surfaces and at least one vent channel to put one or more cavities in fluid communication with an environment external to the appliance when plates are in the closed position.

An induction cooking system including a first shell including a first housing, a first plate coupled to the first housing, and a first induction coil within the first housing. The induction cooking system also includes a second shell coupled to the first shell, the second shell including a second housing, a second plate coupled to the second housing, and a second induction coil within the second housing. The induction cooking system further includes a first temperature sensor for sensing a first plate temperature, a second temperature sensor for sensing a second plate temperature, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive the first plate temperature, receive the second plate temperature, adjust a first current supply to the first induction coil based on the first plate temperature, and adjust a second current supply to the second induction coil based on the second plate temperature.

A temperature sensing system for a cooking appliance includes a control unit having a receiver. The control unit and the receiver are housed within the cooking appliance. The temperature sensing system further includes a wireless temperature sensing probe having a temperature sensor and a wireless transmitter module. The wireless temperature sensing probe is configured to wirelessly communicate with the control unit housed within the cooking appliance.

A system for presenting and preparing foodstuffs that include a plurality of individual foodstuff blocks provided formed into basic shapes comprises a heating device including a heatable cooking receptacle for one or more foodstuff blocks with a heatable grill surface and at least one heating mandrel projecting from the grill surface; wherein the heating mandrel is insertable into a passage opening provided in each respective foodstuff block and is adapted to the contour of the passage opening so as to avoid an air gap between the wall of the passage opening and the heating mandrel.

A cooking apparatus includes a lower housing having a lower heating surface, an upper housing having an upper heating surface, and a fan assembly configured to direct a flow of heated air into a space between the upper heating surface and the lower heating surface.

The present disclosure discloses a smokeless frying, baking machine, control method thereof. The machine comprises lower shell, handle, upper shell, fan component, angle detection component, rotating speed detection component and controller, handle is rotatably mounted on lower shell, upper shell is rotatably mounted on handle through floating component, upper shell is rotatable back and forth to enclose baking trays to form cooking cavity, upper shell is located in unfolding tray; fan component for sucking oil smoke, angle detection component is to detect angle change between handle and upper shell; rotating speed detection component is to detect actual rotating speed of fan component, controller is electrically connected with angle detection, rotating speed detection and fan component. The fan component is regulated according to the size of flying and baking cavity, cooking duration of current cooking stage is compensated according to speed of fan component to ensure kitchen ventilator and cooking effect.

A waffle iron plate for forming a waffle having multiple scores, the plate comprising a base having a front surface and at least two spaced-apart ribs extending from the front surface of the base and configured to form the scores, whereby the waffle may be folded along the scores so as to have a bottom portion and two side portions.