A rapid cook finish broiler with programmable, movable heat shields that open at the beginning of a cook cycle and close after a set period of time blocking much of the heat from heating elements from reaching food disposed below, enabling users to keep the heat source at a high setting, and having shelves with adjustable heights and a blower system that provides air flow to distribute and direct hot air onto food product to reduce cooking times.

A PEF cooking appliance includes a container for food to be cooked. The container includes two PEF electrodes which are spaced apart from one another and between which food to be cooked can be poured. A power factor correction filter is connected to a supply voltage and configured to generate a pulse voltage greater than 600 V, and an energy storage apparatus is connected to the power factor correction filter. Connected to energy storage apparatus are wo pulse forming apparatuses such that a first one of the two pulse forming apparatuses is connected to a first one of the two PEF electrodes and a second one of the pulse forming apparatuses is connected to a second one of the two PEF electrodes.

A PEF cooking appliance includes a container for food to be cooked. The container includes two PEF electrodes which are spaced apart from one another and between which food to be cooked can be poured. A power factor correction filter is connected to a supply voltage and configured to generate a pulse voltage greater than 600 V, and an energy storage apparatus is connected to the power factor correction filter. Connected to energy storage apparatus are wo pulse forming apparatuses such that a first one of the two pulse forming apparatuses is connected to a first one of the two PEF electrodes and a second one of the pulse forming apparatuses is connected to a second one of the two PEF electrodes.

A heater structure includes a heating unit, a power supply holder, a second conducting element, a locking component, a docking component, a printed circuit board and an identification circuit. The heating unit includes a heating container, a first conducting element and a locking component. The power supply holder has a housing. The housing is connected with an extending wall. The housing is cooperated with the extending wall to define an inner space for accommodating the heating unit. A peripheral wall of the housing is recessed downward and sideward to form a locking groove. The second conducting element is mounted in the inner space. The second conducting element is connected with the first conducting element. The locking component is locked in the locking groove. The docking component is disposed in the inner space. The printed circuit board is mounted to a bottom of the power supply holder.

Improved steam ovens and methods for operating steam ovens include selectively operating a gas heating element below a water reservoir at the bottom of a cooking cavity with water present therein, a convection heating element in the cooking cavity, and a convection fan adjacent the cooking cavity in order to achieve and maintain a predetermined cooking temperature within the cooking cavity. Alternatively, where there is no heating element below a water reservoir in the cooking cavity, a convection system can be operated in order to direct heated air such that it impinges directly on water in the water reservoir, thereby converting the water to steam

The present invention relates to a connecting element (10) for connecting an induction coil (24) to a coil carrier (26) of an induction cooking hob. The connecting element (10) is made of an elastic material and formed as a single-piece part. The connecting element (10) includes a first snap-fit portion (12) connectable to a cut-out of the induction coil (24), so that the snap-fit portion (12) and the cut-out form a snap-in mechanism. The connecting element (10) includes a spring portion (14) arrangeable between the induction coil (24) and the coil carrier (26), so that the spring portion (14) provides a distance between the induction coil (24) and the coil carrier (26). The connecting element (10) includes at least one groove (16) enclosing at least partially the connecting element (10). The groove (16) is engageable with the cut-out of the induction coil (24). The connecting element (10) includes a second snap-fit portion (18) extending opposite to the first snap-fit portion (12). The second snap-fit portion (18) is connectable to a cut-out (32) of the coil carrier (26), so that the second snap-fit portion (18) and the cut-out (32) form a snap-in mechanism.

An electric heater includes a. substrate and an inner plane heating element formed on one surface of the substrate. The inner plane heating element includes an inner pattern portion connecting a start point with an end point. The inner pattern portion includes a first track, a second track located outside the first track and spaced part from the first track, a first bridge connecting the first track with one end of the second track, a third track located outside the second track and spaced apart from the second track, and a second bridge connecting the other end of the second track with the third track. A first gap G1 between the first and second tracks is shorter than a second gap G2 between the second and third tracks along a virtual line crossing the first, second and third tracks and closer to the first bridge than the second bridge.

A cooking grill utilizes at least one resistive heating element below a cooking grate and radiating heat to the cooking grate when a voltage is applied thereto. A first power source provides an alternating current, and a second power source provides a direct current. First and second power sources provide voltage to the at least one resistive heating element individually or simultaneously.

A heating cooking apparatus (100) includes a heating cooking chamber (100A), a microwave supply unit (15), and a pull-out body (2). The microwave supply unit (15) includes a microwave generation unit (151) configured to generate microwaves, a radiation port (15C) for radiating the microwaves into the heating cooking chamber (100A), and a waveguide (152) positioned below the heating cooking chamber (100A) and configured to guide the microwaves from the microwave generation unit (151) to the radiation port (15C). The pull-out body (2) includes a pull-out main body on which the object (H) to be heated is placed, and a support member (25) positioned below the heating cooking chamber (100A) and configured to support the pull-out main body. The support member (25) extends in a first direction (D1). The support member (25) and the waveguide (152) are positioned at different positions in a second direction (D2) intersecting the first direction (D1) and a vertical direction.

A heating cooking apparatus (100) includes a heating cooking chamber (100A), a microwave supply unit (15), and a pull-out body (2). The microwave supply unit (15) includes a microwave generation unit (151) configured to generate microwaves, a radiation port (15C) for radiating the microwaves into the heating cooking chamber (100A), and a waveguide (152) positioned below the heating cooking chamber (100A) and configured to guide the microwaves from the microwave generation unit (151) to the radiation port (15C). The pull-out body (2) includes a pull-out main body on which the object (H) to be heated is placed, and a support member (25) positioned below the heating cooking chamber (100A) and configured to support the pull-out main body. The support member (25) extends in a first direction (D1). The support member (25) and the waveguide (152) are positioned at different positions in a second direction (D2) intersecting the first direction (D1) and a vertical direction.