Solutions for leveling the surface of cookware are disclosed. In one embodiment, at least one detachable adjustable leg makes contact with the stove surface to tilt the cooking surface to make it level. The pressure on the stove surface can be increased or decreased, thereby increasing the tilt until the cooking surface is level. In another embodiment, at least one detachable adjustable leg is weighted at one end and the weighted end extends outward to make the cooking surface level. In yet another embodiment, the cookware comes with at least one adjustable leg permanently attached. In all cases, multiple adjustable legs can be used to increase the stability and accuracy. In another embodiment, adjustable legs protrude from the top or bottom surface of a grate that typically covers a flame on gas stove surface.

A mechanism is provided for dispensing oil into a cooking skillet having a sauce basin and a handle. The mechanism includes a bladder for containing the oil, and a trigger, both disposed within the handle. The bladder includes a tube that extends into the sauce basin to dispense oil therein. The trigger squeezes the bladder to inject the oil into the tube in response to grasping the handle by a hand. The bladder further includes a fill spout to add the oil into the bladder. Additionally, a self-oiling skillet for cooking is provided, including a sauce basin for cooking food on a stove, a handle attached to the sauce basin for enabling a hand to grasp, and the mechanism for dispensing oil into the sauce basin.

Provided is a cooking vessel (1) including a body (2) equipped with a bottom (3) and a lateral wall (4), a handle (20) mounted to the body (2) by mounting means (6, 22), and a sensor (30) disposed in a receiving housing (11) near the bottom (3) and equipped with at least one electrically insulated conducting element (31, 32) , said sensor (30) and said conducting element (31, 32) being mounted to a support (40) which extends from the bottom (3) along the lateral wall (4) and which is mounted to the handle (20). The support (40) includes a retaining part (42) for the sensor and the conducting element and at least one programmed deformation area (50, 55a, 55b) to allow mobility between the retaining part (42) for the sensor and the conducting element and the handle (20) in at least one direction.

A device for cooking cannoli shells is comprised of a rack, a plurality of clips, a plurality of rods and a handle. The clips are attached to the upper side of the rack. The clips releasably secure the rods at a central section of each rod. The rods are shaped such that cannoli dough in the shape of a cannoli shell may be placed on each end of each rod, for a total of two shells per rod. The handles allow the device to be inserted into and removed from hot cooking oil. When the device is placed within a frying pan, the cannoli dough shell wraps on the rods are submerged below the surface of the cooking oil. Multiple racks may be releasably attached to each other to form a multiple tiered device which can be used with a frying pan deep enough to accommodate the device.

A method of cooking utilizes a splatter shield to control grease splatter from food being cooked within a cooking vessel. The splatter shield includes a generally annular sidewall that slopes upwardly and radially inwardly from a lower rim to an upper rim. The upper rim of the splatter shield defines an upper opening in the splatter shield that is sufficiently large to permit the introduction of a cooking utensil therethrough, and the lower rim defines a lower opening in the splash shield. The upper opening in the splatter shield is smaller than the lower opening.

The invention relates to an air-based flyer apparatus (100) for preparing food. The apparatus comprises a food preparation chamber (102), a food basket (103) placed in said food preparation chamber (102), a system (104) for circulating an upward flow of hot air inside said food basket (103), a heating element (105) placed above said food basket (103) to generate said hot air, a lid (101) placed below the heating element for covering the food basket. The lid (101) comprises a first part (P1) being air-permeable, and a second part (P2) facing said heating element (105) being air-impermeable. The invention allows reducing fumes generated by an air-based flyer during cooking process.

A sear tool includes an upper assembly and a lower assembly. The upper assembly includes a plurality of arms. Each arm of the plurality of arms terminates in an extension end. The lower assembly includes a sear plate and a plurality of projections that extend away from the sear plate. The lower assembly is movably engaged with the upper assembly such that the upper assembly and the lower assembly are movable between a compressed position and an extended position. A spring is disposed between the upper assembly and the lower assembly. The spring biases the upper assembly and the lower assembly into the extended position.

A searing plate rests on or is attachable to a grill. The plate has features that impart a graphic image to food being cooked.

The present invention relates to a cooking splash guard that includes more than one hinge, a back panel, more than one partition panel, and more than one side panel. Hinges attach the partition panels to the back panel allowing the partition panels to be repositioned to stand vertically on a cooktop surface. Panel magnet fasteners are affixed along the perimeter of the partition panels. The edge of each side panel is magnetically coupled to the panel magnet fasteners, in a removable manner. Each of the side panels is repositionable along a side panel arc and vertically adjustable to avoid objects on the cooktop surface. A roof panel is hinged to the back panel and held in position by way of a tether that is attached to the exterior surface of the roof panel and the back panel.

The invention relates to a cooking device (1), in particular a frying pan, comprising a vessel (18). The vessel (18) comprises a multi-layered base (2) and a multi-layered side wall (3), wherein the side wall (3) is connected to the base (2) by a transition area and wherein the side wall (3) comprises a connecting arrangement (9) for connecting to a handle element (8). Furthermore, the vessel (2) comprises a vessel sensor conduit (4). The base (2) has a center area around a center point. The vessel sensor conduit (4) extends within the base (2) and the side wall (3) from the connecting arrangement (9) to the base (2), preferably substantially to the center region. The radius in the transition area is at least 19 mm.

The invention also relates to a method for producing a cooking device (1).