A cooking appliance includes a cooking cavity, and a plurality of heater modules. A turntable and an upper pan are rotatably mounted in the cooking cavity. The turntable and the upper pan are configured for positioning a plurality of food items thereon in a predetermined food arrangement. The plurality of food items collectively make up a meal. The cooking appliance is operable for, and related methods may include, rotating the turntable and the upper pan within the cooking chamber and activating at least one of the plurality of heater modules while the turntable and the upper pan are rotating within the cooking cavity, such that differing amounts of energy are provided to each food item of the plurality of food items based on a spatial location of each food item in the predetermined food arrangement on the turntable and the upper pan during a meal cook cycle.

A device for cooking by heating comprises: a heating unit for heating food that is accommodated in a cooking cavity, a setting unit for setting a heating control content of the heating unit, a display unit for displaying the heating control content set by setting unit, and a display controller for controlling display on the display unit. Moreover, the device for cooking by heating comprises: an image capturing unit for capturing the inside of the cooking cavity, and a storage unit for storing an image captured by image capturing unit and the heating control content set by setting unit in a correspondence table in association with each other. The display controller controls display so as to display images stored in the storage unit in a list on the display unit, and the setting unit sets, based on selection of an image from the list, the associated heating control content in the correspondence table in the storage unit.

The invention relates to a method and system for preparing dishes, comprising a cooking appliance, wherein an operating program is started and a supply of available dishes is advised by means of a device. At least one dish is selected and at least one selected dish is placed in the cooking appliance and data relating to the selected dishes is transferred to the control element of the cooking appliance and a preparation program is carried out.

An oven may include a cooking chamber configured to receive a food product, an EM heating system configured to provide EM energy into the cooking chamber using solid state electronic components, and control electronics configured to control the EM heating system. The control electronics are configured to enable user selection of a cooking program associated with cooking the food product. The control electronics select a first algorithm to direct application of the EM energy to the food product. The control electronics perform a learning process to receive feedback on execution of the cooking program during execution of the cooking program according to the first algorithm. Responsive to detecting a trigger event during the learning process, the control electronics are configured to select a second algorithm that is different from the first algorithm to direct application of the EM energy to the food product during execution of the cooking program.

A cooker with a door includes: a proximity sensor configured to detect presence or absence of an object in proximity to the cooker; and a door opening controller configured to control the door to open and close on a detection signal from the proximity sensor, wherein the door opening controller opens the door when receiving the detection signal from the proximity sensor twice or more within a predetermined time period, the detection signal indicating the presence of the object.

A cooking apparatus includes a display unit and a display control unit configured to control the display unit. The display control unit controls the display unit to display an advertisement at a time when a user is likely to view a display screen of the display unit.

The present disclosure relates to a food processor for preparing a food, with a food preparation space with one or more devices for preparing the food in the food preparation space. The food processor also having at least one interface for connecting the food processor to another household appliance and a user interface unit for providing user interfaces. The food processor having a control unit for providing control programs and a communication unit for providing communication channels.

A commercial microwave oven includes a main body, a door panel, a door closing sensing device, a scanning device, and a processor. The main body includes an opening. The door panel is pivotally disposed on the main body and capable of selectively moving away from or covering the opening. The door closing sensing device is disposed between the door panel and the main body, and transmits a door closing signal when the door panel covers the opening. The scanning device obtains a heating power parameter and a heating time parameter through scanning. The processor is electrically connected to the door closing sensing device and the scanning device, and controls, upon receipt of the door closing signal, the main body to operate according to the heating power parameter and the heating time parameter. The microwave oven can be operated rapidly and used flexibly, thereby saving time by simplifying an operation procedure.

A cooking apparatus, a cooking apparatus controlling system, and a method of controlling a cooking apparatus are provided. The cooking apparatus controlling system includes a first cooking apparatus having a user interface configured to receive a user command from a user and a second cooking apparatus separated from the first cooking apparatus and configured to receive the user command input to the first cooking apparatus and operate according to the user command. The user interface receives one or more of a user command related to the first cooking apparatus and a user command related to the second cooking apparatus. The first cooking apparatus includes a first communicator. The second cooking apparatus includes a second communicator configured to communicate with the first communicator.

A circuit for driving a cooker includes a sensing unit configured to sense a movement of a user of a cooker. The circuit further includes a contact unit configured to switch a power circuit to which power is supplied from the outside, and perform a closing operation on the basis of a sensing result from the sensing unit to allow power to be supplied to the cooker.