An apparatus including a housing; a plurality of prongs connected to the housing so that the prongs are movable with respect to the housing; and a device for holding a food; and wherein the plurality of prongs are configured to be moved from a position outside of the food to a position where the plurality of prongs are inserted into the food; and wherein the plurality of prongs are configured to insert a substance into the food. The substance may be a seasoning. The apparatus may include a device for cleaning the plurality of prongs through a vacuum process and/or a blower process; wherein the device has an input configured to connect to one of the plurality of prongs. The apparatus may include a cook food platform; a sandwich platform; a hot beverage platform; and a cold beverage platform.

The present disclosure relates to a control device for a food processing apparatus, and to a food processing apparatus, the apparatus comprising a food processing compartment (3) for a food substance, a heating unit (15) arranged to apply a heating procedure to the food substance, a weight sensor (44) arranged to monitor the weight of the processed food substance, and a control device (40) that is arranged to obtain weight information for the food substance, compute a derivative signal that is indicative of a weight loss rate of the food substance, compute a characteristic value of the derivative signal, and in an initial stage of the heating procedure, based on the characteristic value, determine an estimate for an initial fat content of the food substance, for the ongoing heating procedure, and/or an estimate for a resulting fat content change for the food substance. The present disclosure further relates to a method of operating a food processing apparatus.

A cooking system is provided. The cooking system includes a housing, a lid, a heating element, a vent tube, and a piston. The housing has a hollow interior. The lid is movable relative to the housing, where the lid and housing cooperate to form a cooking chamber. The heating element is mounted within the lid. The vent tube is arranged within the lid and extends between the cooking chamber and an external environment. The vent tube includes an inlet channel, an outlet channel, and a central channel arranged between the inlet and outlet channel. A piston is arranged within the central channel and configured to alternate between a venting and a non-venting position such that a low-moisture fluid is drawn through the inlet channel into the cooking chamber from the external environment, and a high-moisture fluid is evacuated through the outlet channel into the external environment from the cooking chamber.

A kitchen appliance is described. The kitchen appliance has a food preparation chamber including a fan, a heating element, and a humidifier; and a controller for implementing a program for roasting meat. The program includes a steaming stage to steam the meat during which the controller, for a first period of time, controls the humidifier, the fan, and the heating element to generate a first wind speed within the food preparation chamber and keep a temperature within the food preparation chamber between 60-70° C.; a drying stage to dry the steamed meat after said steaming stage during which the controller controls the fan and the heating element for a second period of time to increase a wind speed and reduce a humidity; and a roasting stage to roast the dried meat during which the controller controls the heating element for a third period of time to keep the temperature between 140-160° C.

The present disclosure provides an overturnable dual-purpose multifunctional air fryer, including a machine core and a fryer, wherein the machine core has a bottom opening which is provided with a thermal circulation fan and a heating element therein, and the fryer has a top opening; and the machine core and the fryer are detachably connected, and the machine core and the fryer can be in: a first matching state, where the machine core is located above the fryer, and the bottom opening of the machine core faces downward and communicates to the top opening of the fryer; and a second matching state, where the fryer is located above the machine core, and the bottom opening of the machine core faces upward and connects to a bottom of the fryer.

A cooking appliance includes an appliance cover, appliance body and inner lid, the appliance cover arranged above the appliance body in a closable and openable manner, the appliance body having a heating structure. The appliance cover includes a cover body that includes a venting passage providing communication between the cooking appliance and the outside, the inner lid detachably mounted to the cover body; a baking assembly arranged below the cover body, the inner lid located below the baking assembly when mounted to the cover body; a venting cap detachably mounted at any one end of the two ends of the venting passage, wherein the venting cap is assembled at a bottom end of the venting passage when the inner lid is dismounted, and the venting cap is assembled at a top end of the venting passage after the inner lid is mounted.

A stacked oven may include a supporter installed between a first oven at a lower portion of the first oven and a second oven above the first oven and fixing the second oven at a position spaced apart upward from the first oven. The supporter may include a first installation member that includes a vertical extending member that contacts a side surface of the first oven, a lateral extending member that extends from an upper portion of the vertical extending member in a direction toward a center of the first oven, and a load support provided between a lower portion of the lateral extending member and the first oven; a second installation member that includes a lower surface support and a side surface support that contact a lower surface and a side surface of the second oven, respectively, and having an angle with respect to each other, and a guide that extends upward and outward from an upper end of the side surface support; and a connection member that vertically connects the lateral extending member and the lower surface support.

An air fryer includes a housing, in which a cooking cavity and a heating cavity are formed, the heating cavity being located behind the cooking cavity; a heating device, which is arranged in the housing to heat the cooking cavity; and a food container, which is placed inside the cooking cavity.

A modular oven includes a cabinet receiving separate modules with distinct cooking operations. Modules of the modular oven may provide any combination of convection cooking, steam cooking, impingement cooking, and high speed cooking. Therefore, the modules may be mixed and matched to suit the desired cooking operations. In some embodiments, improved steam cooking at lower cooking temperatures is provided by directing spraying water onto an independent heat source, controlled separately from the cavity heating element, within each cooking zone. By operating a separate heating element specifically for steam generation, there can be more accurate heat control of the cooking zones without overheating the cooking zones when steam is needed but when lower cooking temperatures (e.g., 211 degrees Fahrenheit and below) are desired.

A toaster oven includes a housing having an internal heating compartment, at least one heating element within the internal heating compartment, a vent associated with at least one wall of the internal heating compartment, the vent being moveable between an open position where air is permitted to pass into the internal heating compartment through the vent, and a closed position where passage of air into the internal heating compartment through the vent is inhibited. The vent is configured to move from the closed position to the open position in response to a biasing force exerted by a food support tray received within the internal heating compartment.