A tank closure assembly for a deep fryer is provided. The tank closure assembly includes a motor driver actuator that is adapted to actuate the tank closure assembly between an open position and a closed position and a plurality of pistons coupled to the motor. In addition, lift arms are removably coupled to respective pistons from the plurality of pistons. An actuation support structure having at least one actuation track is adapted to allow the lift arms to move along the actuation support structure during actuation of the tank closure assembly. Further, a fryer lid is removably coupled to a bottom portion of the lift arms and a cooking carriage is removably coupled to a bottom portion of the fryer lid.

An outdoor food frying apparatus includes a frame having a pot support, a burner element supported upon the frame, and a pot that removably fits the frame. The pot has end walls, a rear wall, a front edge portion, and a bottom wall. A basket is pivotally attached to the pot rear wall with one or more hinges. The basket is correspondingly sized and shaped to fit the pot interior. The basket is movable about the hinge between cooking and food discharge positions. The lid is pivotally attached to the pot. The lid is movable between a cooking position wherein the lid covers the pot upper opening and food discharge position wherein the lid rotates at least 180 degrees from said cooking position, forming a tray for receiving food discharged from the basket. A steamer plate can optionally be connected to the basket at the basket rim and/or basket side walls.

The present invention provides a combination pressure cooker and air fryer lid that may be attached to a vessel. The lid may be adjustable between two general cooking positions. In the first cooking position, the lid may operate with the vessel as a pressure cooker. In the second cooking position, the may operate with the vessel as an air fryer. In performing either of the pressure cooking or air fryer cooking functions, the lid need not be replaced.

The present invention provides a combination pressure cooker and air fryer lid that may be attached to a vessel. The lid may be adjustable between two general cooking positions. In the first cooking position, the lid may operate with the vessel as a pressure cooker. In the second cooking position, the may operate with the vessel as an air fryer. In performing either of the pressure cooking or air fryer cooking functions, the lid need not be replaced.

A versatile kitchen appliance for electrically frying and simultaneously producing a plurality of plantain pieces, while manually shaping them into flat or basket-shaped fried, by exchanging removable trays, and pressing the plantain slices placed in a frying oil container, thereby creating fried, pressed plantain slices that are flat, or otherwise basket-shaped for further stuffing with other food fillings such as meat, seafood, cold meats, fruit.

Reduced cooking liquid usage deep fryers, particularly adapted to cooking fowl, as well as other articles. Cooking liquid storage and filtering apparatus. Heating element structure configured to reduce the overall height of a deep fryer. Food support apparatus which simplify food handling. Cooking vessel configurations configured to reduce cooking liquid usage. Volume displacement members which may reduce cooking liquid usage. Fry basket construction. Food support and containment structures. Cooking liquid overflow safety structures. Passive condensation exhaust filtering. Apparatus allowing the cooking of stuffing and/or other articles, while deep frying a fowl or other articles. Removable dual food support handles. Food support apparatus for deep fryers which deep fry only a portion of unitary food article at one time.

A chicken wing cutter is provides a safe and sanitary way to cut chicken wings and fry them. The chicken wings cutter is a device that holds chicken wings in place and cut them without having to use a knife. It provides safety measure to cut chicken wings without the use of knives or machinery having to hold and touch the chicken. This will avoid contamination or carrying of such bacteria caused while handling poultry and avoid spills from frying. The device allows you to place the chicken in the cradles. Once secure in the cradles, the chicken cutter cut the chicken in precise pieces in preparation for cooking chicken wings in a fryer. The device has blades within the lid that retracts and closed and oval locked is secure the chicken is ready to cut then after placed on cradle for frying.

An outdoor food frying apparatus includes a frame having a pot support, a burner element supported upon the frame, and a pot that removably fits the frame. The pot has end walls, a rear wall, a front edge portion, and a bottom wall that gradually increases in curvature from said rear wall to said front edge portion. A basket is pivotally attached to the pot rear wall with one or more hinges. The basket is correspondingly sized and shaped to fit the pot interior. The basket is movable about the hinge between cooking and food discharge positions. The lid is pivotally attached to the pot. The lid is movable between a cooking position wherein the lid covers the pot upper opening and food discharge position wherein the lid rotates at least 180 degrees from said cooking position, forming a tray for receiving food discharged from the basket.

A lid comprises a cover body (10), a rotating member (20) and a sensor (30). The cover body has a cover end (12) in a closing direction. The rotating member comprises a rotating portion (21) and a connecting portion (22). The rotating portion is rotatably disposed at the cover end, and the rotational axis of the rotating portion is perpendicular to the closing direction. The connecting portion is disposed at the rotating portion and extends perpendicularly to the rotational axis of the rotating portion. The sensor is disposed at the connecting portion and can rotate between an inoperative position near the cover end (12) and the working position away from the cover end under the driving of the rotating portion. The lid is capable of accurately detecting and controlling the temperature inside a cooking device, and accommodating the sensor.

An oven for heating and frying food, particularly a rapid cook oven, includes walls and an openable oven door delimiting an oven space and heaters to heat food in the oven space. Such heaters including: microwave radiation devices, a frying plate having an undersurface, and heat circulating-air devices comprising a flow duct for removing circulating air from the oven space and leading it back into the oven space after cleaning, and a fan installed in the flow duct for creating a circulating-air flow in the said flow duct. The oven additionally includes structure delimiting a cooker space, thermal insulation between the oven space and the cooker space and a heater comprising a cooker situated in the cooker space.