A serving spoon has a spoon portion with a depression portion that forms a depression in a serving of malleable food product, thereby allowing some other food product to be retained within the depression. The serving spoon includes a spoon portion and a handle portion. The spoon portion has a concave body and a depression portion configured within the concave body, wherein the depression portion extends up from the bottom of the concave body. The depression portion forms a depression, in a malleable food product. The spoon portion may be detachable from the handle portion.

A scooping system includes a scoop and a retention system having a retention rod, where the retention system is configured to operably interface with the scoop to extend a distal end of the retention rod from a retracted position to an extended position that is within an interior of the scoop has a scoop and a retention mechanism operably interfacing the scoop.

A heated scoop assembly for enhancing scooping ice cream includes a scooper that is selectively manipulated thereby facilitating the scooper to scoop ice cream. A heating unit is coupled to the scooper such that the heating unit is in thermal communication with the scooper. The heating unit is selectively turned on to heat the scooper. In this way the scooper melts the ice cream when the ice cream is scooped thereby enhancing scooping the ice cream.

This invention relates to a foodstuff scoop, particularly an ice cream scoop comprising a pushing portion that can be easily detached from and mounted onto a handle of the scoop. The pushing portion comprises a pushing piece for pushing scooped foodstuff out of a scoop portion of the scoop, and a retractable member for retracting the pushing piece from an active position to an inactive position after the scooped foodstuff has been pushed out of the scoop portion.

A machine for making and dispensing liquid or semi-liquid products comprises, in combination: a plane element with an opening made in it; at least one container adapted to contain a basic mixture provided with an opening and inserted in the opening of the plane element; a stirrer and a refrigeration system, operatively associated with the container respectively for mixing the basic mixture and for cooling the basic mixture in such a way as to convert it into finished product; a flange which can be coupled to the plane element; means for coupling the flange to the plane element; a lid movably connected to the flange to close the opening of the container in use.

A modular utensil for handling frozen and semi-frozen food items is disclosed. The modular utensil includes a replaceable utensil portion having an anterior part and a posterior part and a handle portion detachably connected to the utensil portion. The anterior part is configured to collect and transfer the frozen food items and the posterior part extends from the anterior part forming an arm of the utensil portion. The handle portion further includes a heating means and a power supply means. A user can activate a control button provided on the handle portion to enable power supply from the power supply means to the heating means, which in turn heats the heating means and the utensil portion enabling localized melting of the frozen food item at a surface of contact of the frozen food item and the anterior part of the utensil portion leading to easy transferring of the frozen food item.

The present invention relates to an ice cream scoop or scoop for another food of semisolid consistency, comprising a bowl or spatula and a handle carrying said bowl or spatula, said scoop being adapted to make a portion in said bowl or spatula, preferably a spherical portion, of said ice cream or other food, when said bowl or spatula is moved through a bulk of said ice cream or other food. According to the invention, the scoop comprises dispensing means of at least one food sauce suitable for dispensing said food sauce on and/or within said ice cream or other food portion during the formation of said ice cream or other food portion in said bowl or spatula.

A quick-tacking ice-cream scoop apparatus, including a heating element, for heating a scoop of the apparatus, for accompanying insertion of the scoop into ice-cream, and a mechanism for operating the heating upon pressing the scoop on the ice-cream.

A cooking system includes a kitchen utensil and a cooking hob, wherein the kitchen utensil is provided with one or more sensors arranged on the kitchen utensil. The sensors include acceleration sensors, gyroscopic sensors, and inclination sensors. The cooking appliance is provided with a control unit configured to receive data from the sensors and to elaborate information on how the kitchen utensil is being used, and to control the cooking appliance accordingly.

A heatable scoop is provided. The heatable scoop includes: a handle, a spoon and a heating device; the spoon is connected to one end of the handle; and the heating device is disposed between the handle and the spoon; and the heating device includes a heating pad, a circuit board, a switch touch panel, a display screen, a temperature regulator, a rechargeable battery, a charging interface; the heating pad and the circuit board is provided in the spoon; and the switch touch panel, and the display screen, and the temperature regulator, and the rechargeable battery, and the charging interface is provided in the handle; and the heating pad, the switch touch panel, and the display screen, and the temperature regulator, and the charging battery is electrically connected to the circuit board. A heating pad is provided on the scoop, thus to reduce the force required to dig frozen food.