In a method for operating a cooking appliance, a preparation program of the cooking appliance is carried out when preparing an item to be cooked in a cooking chamber of the cooking appliance, while a door of the cooking appliance closes the cooking chamber. The door is automatically opened by a door opening device of the cooking appliance when an end time of the preparation program is reached, and the door is maintained in an open state for a time period determined before opening and/or a time period permanently defined before opening.

In one embodiment, a method for monitoring for boiling fluid in a kitchen environment by a smart hood apparatus includes accessing sensor data indicating one or more parameters of a cooking utensil detected by the smart hood apparatus from sensors associated with the smart hood apparatus, wherein the sensors comprise one or more of a camera, a thermal sensor, or an audio sensor, and wherein the cooking utensil contains fluid, determining information associated with boiling events associated with the fluid in the cooking utensil based on the sensor data by algorithms, wherein the information comprises at least a boiling time required for the fluid to boil, and sending instructions for presenting a notification comprising the information associated with the boiling events.

A control system for use with an outdoor cooking apparatus may include a hub and an axle housing adapted to slidably couple with a hub. The control system may also include a motor mounted at or near the upper end of the axle housing and an axle mechanically coupled to the motor and extending through the axle housing to a free end emerging from the lower end of the axle housing. The control system may also include a support coupling attached to the free end of the axle, the support coupling being adapted to support a food support below the axle housing. The axle housing may be selectively arranged and secured relative to the sleeve to position the height of the support coupling relative to the lower end of the axle housing and the axle may rotate about its longitudinal axis when the motor is turned on.

The present invention relates to two new strains of lactic acid bacteria, Lactobacillus brevis DSM 33325 and Lactobacillus plantarum DSM 33326, to a new food composition, and to the process for the preparation thereof.

The invention relates to a process for preparing an isolated oleosome composition with improved taste and the process is comprising the steps of subjecting an oleosome source to a roasting step and obtaining a roasted oleosome source, and subsequently isolating oleosomes from the roasted oleosome source, and obtaining the isolated oleosome composition. The invention also relates to an isolated oleosome composition obtainable by the process. The invention further relates to food and feed products, pharmaceutical products, personal care products, nutritional compositions and industrial products comprising the isolated oleosome composition. Finally, the invention relates to the use of a roasted oleosome source to improve taste and/or flavor of an isolated oleosome composition.

The invention relates to a process for preparing an isolated oleosome composition with improved taste and the process is comprising the steps of subjecting an oleosome source to a roasting step and obtaining a roasted oleosome source, and subsequently isolating oleosomes from the roasted oleosome source, and obtaining the isolated oleosome composition. The invention also relates to an isolated oleosome composition obtainable by the process. The invention further relates to food and feed products, pharmaceutical products, personal care products, nutritional compositions and industrial products comprising the isolated oleosome composition. Finally, the invention relates to the use of a roasted oleosome source to improve taste and/or flavor of an isolated oleosome composition.

A household PEF cooking appliance includes a container for food to be cooked, opposing outer PEF electrodes disposed in the container, and a partition variably disposed in the container between the outer PEF electrodes and oriented parallel to the outer PEF electrodes.

A method and process for providing a cooked egg product having controlled curd shapes and few fines. By mechanically manipulating (e.g., dicing) a cooked egg product only after it has been cooled below a target setting temperature, resulting curds can be provided with a more controlled, even regular, shape as well as a low percentage of fines. Also presented is an egg composition with minimal fines and curds of cooked egg. The egg composition comprises cooked liquid egg, fines with a dimension less than 2.8 mm, and curds with a diameter less than 2.5 cm.

A method and process for providing a cooked egg product having controlled curd shapes and few fines. By mechanically manipulating (e.g., dicing) a cooked egg product only after it has been cooled below a target setting temperature, resulting curds can be provided with a more controlled, even regular, shape as well as a low percentage of fines. Also presented is an egg composition with minimal fines and curds of cooked egg. The egg composition comprises cooked liquid egg, fines with a dimension less than 2.8 mm, and curds with a diameter less than 2.5 cm.

The method of producing a meat-like food product according to the present invention includes adding a plant-derived protein and a form of granular powder (A) satisfying the conditions (1) to (4) below to food product materials to prepare a dough. The dough contains 0% by mass or more and 30% by mass or less of an animal-derived protein material. (1) The form of granular powder has a starch content of 75% by mass or more; (2) the form of granular powder contains 3% by mass or more and 45% by mass or less of a molecular weight-reduced starch of a starch having an amylose content of 5% by mass or more, the molecular weight-reduced starch having a peak molecular weight of 3×10.sup.3 or more and 5×10.sup.4 or less; (3) the form of granular powder has a degree of swelling in cold water at 25° C. of 5 or more and 20 or less; and (4) the content of matters under a sieve having an opening of 3.35 mm and on a sieve having an opening of 0.038 mm is 50% by mass or more and 100% by mass or less.