A packaged food product includes a container and a food product. The container has a rim and at least one wall extending away from the rim. The at least one wall defines a storage area, and the food product is retained within the storage area such that the food product is in contact with the at least one wall. The at least one wall is readily deformable by a hand of a user to reduce a volume of the storage area. Reducing the volume of the storage area causes the food product to exit the storage area. The container includes an integral tool portion including a tine extending from a distal end of the tool portion for breaking up the food product after removal from the storage area. The food product can be a wet cat or dog food.

Scooping devices are presented including: a scoop forming a planar top surface and a bottom surface, the scoop defining a leading edge, a trailing edge, a proximate edge, and a distal edge, where the bottom surface includes a grooved hinge that extends from the leading edge to the trailing edge; a proximate handle portion located along the trailing edge, the proximate handle portion forming a cavity and extending inward from a raised edge adjacent to the proximate edge; a distal handle portion located along the trailing edge, the distal handle portion forming a cavity and extending inward from a raised edge adjacent to the distal edge, where a gap is formed between the proximate handle portion and the distal handle portion; and a flexible handle wrap.

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 blender adapted to reduce food pieces and produce a blended food mixture, comprising a blending container for holding the food pieces, a pedestal having a motorized blade for reducing the food pieces, and a food scraping assembly positioned within the blending container. The food scraping assembly has a scraping ring adapted to dislodge unblended food particles adhering to an inner surface of the blending container, a rod adapted to alternatively raise and lower the scraping ring within the blending container, and an air pocket puncturing projection adapted to collapse a cavitation air bubble which surrounds the blade and interferes with the production of the blended food mixture.

A stirring or mixing device is configured to optionally receive a cooking thermometer along a vertical edge such that acts of mixing, stirring, and/or even scraping foodstuff within a food preparation receptacle may be performed simultaneously with measuring temperature of such foodstuff. The device comprises a handle and stirring or mixing head defining a receiving channel configured to elastically retain an elongated thermometer probe. In addition, the device may define cutouts operative to expose portions of a retained probe to direct contact with foodstuff.

The present invention is comprised of a novel handle, which is comprised of a proximal grip, which the user wields to utilize the utensil. Said grip is offset to the left or right side of the implement portion of the utensil, depending on user handedness, or preference. The ability to conform the utensil to user hand preference greatly enhances the user's cooking experience. A connecting bar is connected to the distal portion of the grip. The connecting bar connects the grip to the implement portion. The distal end of the connecting bar is comprised of a releasable connecting means, which connects to a corresponding releasable connecting means of the cooking implement.

The present invention relates to an improved spatula device. The improved spatula device is designed to be placed in a baking pan before baking a food item, and is used to remove a first piece of a baked product or any other food item easily and conveniently from the baking pan, without damaging or disturbing other food items. The device includes a spatula portion, an elongated handle attached to the top edge of the spatula portion, and a flat and planar working end in the form of a planar surface extending perpendicularly from the bottom edge of the spatula portion. A piece of the baked batter or food item can be lifted easily, without disturbing nearby pieces, by lifting the improved spatula device using the handle. The improved spatula device can be used with any oven and any pan in which a batter, such as a cake batter, brownie batter or cookie batter is poured into the baking pan.

A cooking utensil (1) having a curved wall (5) and an angled wall (6) used to efficiently and thoroughly chop and separate ground meat prior to and/or during cooking.

A barbecue spatula is taught having a handle that can attach to any ferromagnetic surface, and specifically to a side table of a grill. The handle of the spatula has a front side and a rear side, and the front side has a lower front side and an upper front side. The upper front side is attached to the rear side by a hinge element positioned at the distal end of the handle, allowing for the upper front side to swing out from the rear side. Magnets on the inside of the upper front side allow the attachment of the handle and the entire barbecue spatula to a side table of a grill. Ferromagnetic structures on the inside surface of the rear side keep the upper front side from swinging freely. This handle can be used for other barbecue tools, including barbecue forks, barbecue brushes, etc. The handle can also be used for other tools.

A grilling tool is described herein that has a replaceable tip, and can be used with a variety of other attachments. The grilling tool can be made of a heat-conformable material such that during use grooves are formed in the replaceable tip that correspond to a grilling surface on which it is used. Once the grooves are too deep or the tip is fully used, the tip can be replaced.