A high speed cooking apparatus employing a low voltage high current system for heating foods employing a novel wire mesh heating element. The system herein described providing the benefits of high speed cooking like that further described by U.S. Provisional Application 60/822,028 filed on Aug. 10, 2006, but yet providing significant cost benefit and simplicity over said system.

An integrated electrical power supply and control system and method are provided. Such a system and method utilize energy storage, memory and a processor to provide controlled direct current (DC) energy suitable for operating narrowband semiconductor irradiation arrays according to appropriate pulse width modulation patterns to achieve cooking/heating of comestibles.

An integrated electrical power supply and control system and method are provided. Such a system and method utilize energy storage, memory and a processor to provide controlled direct current (DC) energy suitable for operating narrowband semiconductor irradiation arrays according to appropriate pulse width modulation patterns to achieve cooking/heating of comestibles.

An aerosol-generating apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a heating base body for accommodating smoking substance and coating layers disposed on the outer surface of the heating base body. The coating layers include an infrared coating layer and conductive coating layers being electrically contacted with the infrared coating layer. A first coating edge is an edge of the coating layers that is closest to the first end face of the heating base body and the second coating edge is an edge of the coating layers that is closest to the second end face of the heating base body. A first area located between the first coating edge and the first end edge is not coated with the coating layers, or a second area located between the second coating edge and the second end edge is not coated with the coating layers.

The invention relates to a system, methods and apparatus for efficiently and cost-effectively processing and heating with a food heating device for self-service and/or fully automated applications that would involve a Grab and Go packaging, This food heating device includes a closed oven self-heating or cooking chamber containing a series of halogen heating units together with one or more controlling fans. The oven incorporates halogen lamps to heat-up the top and at least 1 fan along with a suction means to create a path for movement of the hot air within the oven and back inside. It would also include an automated riser to elevate a take-out container. Containers, such as but not limited to aluminum are situated alongside the device to receive the processed food item. For example, a corrugated box bottom elevates the item. In one embodiment the food item is elevated and slowly spins independently on its own using the power of the fans, or mechanically using a motor, or in combination of both to provide uniform cooking from an internal space within the housing

An integrated electrical power supply and control system and method are provided. Such a system and method utilize energy storage, memory and a processor to provide controlled direct current (DC) energy suitable for operating narrowband semiconductor irradiation arrays according to appropriate pulse width modulation patterns to achieve cooking/heating of comestibles.

A system is provided to configure and optimize a systemically approached NRED oven. Features disclosed are advantageous and very desirable to achieve the objective of creating a fully functional NRED oven system. The unique configuration of all or nearly all of these later-to-be-described elements, will enable the construction of a fully functional NRED oven that is robust, flexible in applications, and has substantial functional life in real life cooking, heating, drying, thawing, and curing applications. The system, in at least one form, provides a configuration that results in a robust and fully functional NRED oven, configured uniquely to fill a strong market need and prevent premature system or device failure.

An extractor hood (1) with a housing (2), which housing (2) has an air inlet (4) for drawing in kitchen vapours and an air outlet (5) for evacuating or recirculating the kitchen vapours and in which housing (2) a suction fan (3) is arranged between the air inlet (4) and the air outlet (5). At least one radiant heating element (7) is arranged in the region of the air inlet (4). The extractor hood (1) further includes a cover element (8) for the radiant heating element (7), which cover element (8) is movable between a first position, in which it covers the radiant heating element (7), and a second position, in which it is arranged at a free distance (FD) from the radiant heating element (7).

A novel form of food heating lamp is disclosed with built-in sensors for auto-detection of food. This exemplary innovation provides sensors capable of measuring distance and can be added or replaced to be readily used in food warming equipment already in the field to allow for this energy saving capability to be widely enabled at low cost. The associated application allows easy control, reminders, notifications and reporting on user request.