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

Several embodiments include a cooking appliance/instrument (e.g., oven). The cooking appliance/instrument can include a cooking chamber, a support tray adapted to hold food in the cooking chamber; and a heating system comprised of at least a heating element. The heating system is adapted to emit waves according to a particular configuration such that the emitted waves is substantially transparent or substantially opaque to the support tray and thus enabling the cooking instrument to select what to heat.

A selective heating device may include a chamber, at least one heating element, and a circuit. The at least one heating element may selectively heat a first portion of a target in the chamber at a first energy level for a first period of time. The at least one heating element may also selectively heat a second portion of the target at a second energy level for a second period of time, wherein the second energy level and/or the second period of time are different from the first energy level and/or the first period of time; or refrain from heating a third portion of the target; or a combination thereof. The circuit may receive a heating instruction and control the at least one heating element based on the heating instruction.

In a method for treating food in a food handling device with a parameter configuration a measured value distribution of a surface property of the food is determined after expiration of the period of time by means of a sensor. A pattern of change is calculated from a comparison of the p-th measured value distribution with a measured value distribution determined previously. An assessment value Bq which represents a difference between a deviation of a target distribution from the measured value distribution and a deviation of the target distribution from a prediction pattern is calculated for all patterns of change stored hitherto. The prediction pattern is formed by superimposing the measured value distribution with the respective pattern of change, and the parameter configuration is set for which the assessment value Bq meets at least one predetermined criterion.

A food preparation appliance includes a processing mechanism, a thermal element, a sensor positioned to acquire identifying data regarding identifying characteristics of a food product to be processed by the food preparation appliance, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to receive the identifying data from the sensor, identify a type of the food product based on the identifying data, and automatically set a predefined operating parameter of at least one of the processing mechanism and the thermal element to provide target processing of the food product based on the type and the identifying characteristics.

A cooking appliance includes a cooking chamber wall delimiting a cooking chamber and including an opening, and a motor-movable changing device arranged outside the cooking chamber and including at least two sensor units for detecting a property of the cooking chamber. The changing device can be set in such a way by motorized movement that one of the at least two sensor units can be positioned in front of the opening at a time for detecting the property of the cooking chamber through the opening.

Systems and methods for user configurable cooking appliances include receiving system resources having associated budgets, facilitating user allocation the system resources to a plurality of heating elements without exceeding the associate budgets, applying the system resources to the heating elements to heat one or more food substances within a cooking chamber, and selectively regulating delivery of the system resources to the heating elements such that no more than the associated budget of each of the system resources is delivered to the heating elements. Computing components can execute a heating algorithm to cook at least one food substance in the cooking chamber, detect a state change of the food substance, and modify the heating algorithm to reconfigure the system resources supplied to the heating elements in response to the state change and in accordance with user configured allocation and associated budgets for the system resources.

Method of processing an object in an energy application zone by radio frequency (RF) radiation emitted by one or more radiating elements configured to emit the RF radiation in response to RF energy applied thereto, wherein the method includes controlling supply of RF energy to the one or more radiating elements via an RF energy supply component, receiving measured response values produced based on RF energy received by the one or more radiating elements from the energy application zone, accessing a stored set of coefficients associated with the RF energy supply component, said set of coefficients being utilized to transform the measured response values and controlling application of RF energy to the one or more radiating elements based on the measured response values and the set of coefficients.

The use of heat is elemental in household applications, particularly in cooking apparatus, but they are not smart and automated, which often causes fires and other safety hazards. In fact, 42% of household fires are caused by cooking devices. In our modern household, all cooking devices require some kind of user input, such as time, temperature, food type etc. to determine how long to cook, often resulting in under/overcooking due to human error. This invention demonstrates advanced thermopile assisted remote temperature detection technology in conjunction with controlled feedback systems to effectively cook food. Extending this with the use of a computing device and “Internet Of Things,” a revolutionary cooking apparatus has been devised that can automatically calculate & control the desired temperature of any food type & amount placed in the device without need of any user input. A working prototype has been created that includes all these features.

A system for warming up and/or cooking food is provided herein and includes: a frame; operating means for heating an active zone defined within the volume delimited by said frame; an emitter device for irradiating said active zone with incident microwaves; a detector device for detecting corresponding radiations coming from said active zone; a first transmission unit associated with at least said detector device and configured for sending first data, representative of said corresponding radiations, to a processing unit.