A pressure cooker comprises a main body, a lid assembly, and an open-prevention assembly disposed on the lid assembly. The main body comprises a cooker rim and a cooker tooth extending therefrom, the open-prevention assembly comprises an open-prevention sliding block and a float device disposed on the lid assembly. With no pressure in the cooking chamber, rotating the lid will cause sliding movements of the open-prevention sliding block. With pressure in the cooking chamber, the float device will rise to prevent the open-prevention sliding block from sliding, thereby preventing the rotation of the lid. The open-prevention assembly comprises a locking sliding block coupled to the open-prevention sliding block. When a forced opening of the lid causes a deformation of the open-prevention sliding block, the locking sliding block lockingly engages the cooker tooth to prevent lid rotation, thereby ensuring safe use of the cooker.

The present disclosure describes a retaining clip for a Kamado-style or other cooking device that limits movement of the device's lid or base relative to a band extending at least partially about the lid or base and coupled to a mechanism that enables movement of the device's lid relative to the base. The retaining clip has a portion securable to the band at a desired location around the band's length and has portions for contacting and engaging a rim or ridge of the lid or base, as the case may be, to substantially resist movement of the band in a direction away from the rim or ridge and toward the lid's or base's edge. Multiple retaining clips may be positioned at various respective locations around the band to further or more evenly limit relative movement between the band and the device's lid or base, as the case may be.

A compression chamber for a compression type ramen cooker is capable of cooking ramen by compression by blocking a discharge of air in a cooking container while cooking ramen. The compression chamber includes a lid, a chamber container having an upper portion on which the lid is mounted and a bottom surface to which the cooking container is coupled to seal the cooking container, a heater installed through the lid and mounted inside the chamber container to heat the water stored in the chamber container, a supply valve unit installed through the lid to supply water to the inside of the chamber container, a discharge valve unit installed through the lid to supply water in the chamber container to the cooking container, and a vapor discharge unit on a lower side of the chamber container to discharge compressed steam inside the cooking container.

A compression chamber for a compression type ramen cooker is capable of cooking ramen by compression by blocking a discharge of air in a cooking container while cooking ramen. The compression chamber includes a lid, a chamber container having an upper portion on which the lid is mounted and a bottom surface to which the cooking container is coupled to seal the cooking container, a heater installed through the lid and mounted inside the chamber container to heat the water stored in the chamber container, a supply valve unit installed through the lid to supply water to the inside of the chamber container, a discharge valve unit installed through the lid to supply water in the chamber container to the cooking container, and a vapor discharge unit on a lower side of the chamber container to discharge compressed steam inside the cooking container.

A cooking system includes a housing defining a hollow chamber configured to receive food. The housing has an upper portion defining an opening to said hollow chamber. A lid is movable relative to the housing between an open position and a closed position. The lid seals the opening to the hollow chamber when in the closed position. A portion of the lid is selectively positionable to form a pressure-tight heating volume between the hollow chamber and the portion of said lid. At least one heating element is associated with at least one of the housing and the lid. The at least one heating element is arranged within the pressure-tight heating volume.

A cooking appliance includes a pot lid, a pot body, and a pot lid. The pot lid has an oval cross section with a long axis and a short axis orthogonal to each other. The pot body includes a limiting boss provided at an upper surface of the pot body. The limiting boss is configured to abut against an outer peripheral edge of the pot lid when the pot lid is closed. The pot lid locking assembly is configured to lock the pot lid in a closed state. The pot lid locking assembly includes at least one of a lid locking part disposed at the pot lid or a pot locking part disposed at the pot body.

A cooking appliance is provided. The cooking appliance comprises a cooker body for receiving food and a lid for covering the cooker body. The cooking appliance has a front side for facilitating cooking operations and a rear side spaced apart from the front side. The cooker body comprises at least one latch slot disposed on an inclined rear side of the cooker body. The lid comprises at least one latch bar disposed on a periphery thereof and extending outwardly therefrom. When the lid is detached from the cooker body, the latch bar is operable to be inserted into the corresponding latch slot to secure the lid at the inclined rear side of the cooker body, allowing a user to secure the lid to the latch slot without reaching a rear side of the cooker body by hand, and to retrieve the food without accidentally contacting the lid.

A device for making and dispensing pasta comprises: a pressure cooking vessel; and a ball valve assembly comprising: i) a valve body coupled to a top opening of the vessel, and ii) a rotatable ball securely located within the valve body and rotatable between an open position and a closed position, the ball having a bore, wherein in the open position the bore provides access to the top opening of the vessel, and in the closed position the ball hermetically seals the top opening. The device also includes a means for dropping pasta through the bore and into the vessel; a means for rotating the ball to the closed position; a means for heating the interior volume of the vessel to cook the pasta; and a means for providing egress of the pasta from the device after the vessel has cooked the pasta.

A cookware immersion device used in conjunction with a cooking pot having an upstanding wall thereabout with an open top to receive cooking liquid and food items therein. The device comprises a structure inserted within the open top of the cooking pot to press the food items down within the cooking fluid. A mechanism is for locking the structure in place against an inner surface of the wall of the cooking pot, so as to retain all of the food items within the cooking liquid in the cooking pot.

A cooking appliance includes a pressure vessel, a lid, a locking mechanism having a locking member, and a resiliently compressible seal member. The cooking appliance is adapted to affect the locking mechanism into an inoperable state at an inner vessel pressure greater than or equal to a predetermined pressure when in a locked position.