An apparatus for producing a food item contains a cultivation component for cultivating and preparing an edible cultivated ingredient, and a device for preparing an edible external ingredient, which is not cultivated in the apparatus. The apparatus also has processing devices, which are intended to produce a food item from at least one cultivated ingredient and at least one external ingredient. The apparatus further has a control unit, which is intended to determine a recipe for producing a first food item. The recipe indicates ingredients and process steps for producing the first food item. The control unit is also intended to cause the processing devices to produce the first food item in accordance with the recipe.

An apparatus and method for controlling the movement of a food product in a container is described. The apparatus can be cleanable, portable, and fully automated. It can include a main container for holding the food product and one or more other containers for holding a substance, such as liquid. The main container can be moved between the one or more other containers so that the food product is immersed in the substance (e.g., liquid) in the one or more other containers. Any of the containers can be heated to heat the food product. This movement of the main container can be used run fully automated cycles (e.g., sprouting, rinsing, soaking, cooking, cleaning, etc.) that do not require user interaction.

An apparatus and method for controlling the movement of a food product in a container is described. The apparatus can be cleanable, portable, and fully automated. It can include a main container for holding the food product and one or more other containers for holding a substance, such as liquid. The main container can be moved between the one or more other containers so that the food product is immersed in the substance (e.g., liquid) in the one or more other containers. Any of the containers can be heated to heat the food product. This movement of the main container can be used run fully automated cycles (e.g., sprouting, rinsing, soaking, cooking, cleaning, etc.) that do not require user interaction.

A cooking system includes a housing and a liner with a bottom heating element and a side circumferential heating element in a plurality of segments electrically connected. A control subsystem includes a selector for the user switchable between slow cook and stove top modes. Both the bottom heating element and the side circumferential heating element are energized and in the stove top mode. Only the side circumferential heating element is energized in the slow cook mode.

A cooking system includes a housing and a liner with a bottom heating element and a side circumferential heating element in a plurality of segments electrically connected. A control subsystem includes a selector for the user switchable between slow cook and stove top modes. Both the bottom heating element and the side circumferential heating element are energized and in the stove top mode. Only the side circumferential heating element is energized in the slow cook mode.

Technologies are described for devices and methods to utilize an ingredient cartridge assembly. The devices may comprise a cooking pot, a heat source, a loading track, a propulsion system, a loading compartment, and a controller. The loading compartment may be located along the loading track. The controller may be in communication with the heat source and the propulsion system. The propulsion system may be configured to receive an ingredient cartridge assembly including a cartridge. A protective film on the cartridge may be contacted with the propulsion system. The propulsion system may pull the protective film to peel the protective film from the cartridge and slide the cartridge along the loading track towards the loading compartment. An ingredient inside of the cartridge may deposit into the loading compartment as the cartridge passes over the loading compartment. The loading compartment may be configured to deposit the ingredient into the cooking pot.

Technologies are described for devices and methods to utilize an ingredient cartridge assembly. The devices may comprise a cooking pot, a heat source, a loading track, a propulsion system, a loading compartment, and a controller. The loading compartment may be located along the loading track. The controller may be in communication with the heat source and the propulsion system. The propulsion system may be configured to receive an ingredient cartridge assembly including a cartridge. A protective film on the cartridge may be contacted with the propulsion system. The propulsion system may pull the protective film to peel the protective film from the cartridge and slide the cartridge along the loading track towards the loading compartment. An ingredient inside of the cartridge may deposit into the loading compartment as the cartridge passes over the loading compartment. The loading compartment may be configured to deposit the ingredient into the cooking pot.

A split electric rice cooker includes a base, a cooker body, a weighing device, and a press cover. The weighing device includes a weighing sensor and a support leg. The weighing sensor includes a body portion and a cantilever weighing portion. The support leg penetrates downwards through the press cover. A limiting plate is provided in a weighing-device mounting groove of the base. When the cantilever weighing portion is bent upwards and deformed with respect to the body portion, the limiting plate is apt to abut against the cantilever weighing portion to limit a position of the cantilever weighing portion; or the support leg is provided with a limiting portion, and the limiting portion is apt to move with respect to the body portion along with the support leg to abut against a bottom surface of the body portion.

A split electric rice cooker includes a base, a cooker body, a weighing device, and a press cover. The weighing device includes a weighing sensor and a support leg. The weighing sensor includes a body portion and a cantilever weighing portion. The support leg penetrates downwards through the press cover. A limiting plate is provided in a weighing-device mounting groove of the base. When the cantilever weighing portion is bent upwards and deformed with respect to the body portion, the limiting plate is apt to abut against the cantilever weighing portion to limit a position of the cantilever weighing portion; or the support leg is provided with a limiting portion, and the limiting portion is apt to move with respect to the body portion along with the support leg to abut against a bottom surface of the body portion.

Disclosed is a double-liner electric cooker, comprising a cooker body, liners and cooker covers, wherein two liners and two cooker covers are provided, the cooker body is provided with a first inner cavity, two first inner cavities are mutually separated via a thermal insulation plate, and the two first inner cavities are both provided with cavity openings for the liners to be placed therein; the rear ends of the two cooker covers are respectively hinged to the edges of the cavity openings via hinge shafts, and the axial directions of the two hinge shafts intersect. The electric cooker is convenient to open, and on the basis that the sealing members are convenient to assemble and disassemble, the cooker cover can still maintain good sealing effects.