In one aspect, a cooking device includes independently controllable cooking zones. In one aspect, a cooking device includes a first cooking zone with heated air configured to move horizontally there through in a first direction and a second cooking zone with heated air configured to move horizontally there through in a second direction different than the first direction. In one aspect, the first and second directions are opposite directions. In one aspect, the heated air flows from one side of the cooking device.

A robotic heating and mixing system which automatically warms or cooks and mixes ingredients for a meal or entre in a heating pot which warms or cooks the ingredients in a manner resembling a wok and is automatically gimbaled between a loading position for loading the ingredients, a cooking and mixing orientation, a serving orientation for delivering the warmed or cooked ingredients to a plate or to a bowl or other container, and a cleaning orientation.

An automatic cooking system includes a computer system that stores recipes, cooking stations each comprising a cooking container that can cook food ingredients therein to produce a first cooked food, wherein the computer system can assign and schedule a plurality of dishes to be cooked at the cooking stations, storage containers configured to hold food ingredients, mini vehicles each carrying transport containers configured to hold the food ingredients, wherein the computer system can control at least some of movements of the mini vehicles in accordance to the recipes, a loading apparatus configured to load food ingredients from the storage stations to the transport containers on the mini vehicles, and an unloading apparatus that can transfer food ingredients from the transport containers on the mini vehicles to the cooking container at one of the cooking stations.

A super steam cup cooking appliance, for cooking various food products, comprises a housing, a steam generator, and an individually-sized serving cup removably attached from the appliance housing. The steam generated by the steam generator flows into a steam manifold, a steam delivery conduit, and a steam discharge pipe. A steam flux director can be removably attached to the steam discharge. Steam, generated by means of the steam generator, can thus flow into the steam manifold, through the steam delivery conduit, through the steam discharge pipe, and out from the steam flux director so as to be conducted onto the food product disposed within the individually-sized serving cup such that the food product is cooked by the steam exiting from the steam flux director. The appliance can operate either with the steam flux director attached to the steam discharge pipe, or without the steam flux director being attached to the steam discharge pipe.

An automated cooking device for washing a cooking container includes a controller controlling driving of a container holder to change the container holder to any of an ingredient receiving posture in which the cooking container receives ingredients from a supply device, a cooking posture in which the cooking container is rotated in a state in which the cooking container is inclined forward with respect to a cooking table to stir the ingredients, a serving posture in which the container holder is inclined forward more than in the cooking posture with respect to the cooking table to face downward to a dish on the front side of the container holder, and a washing posture in which a rotation support mechanism of the container holder is inclined backward with respect to a base frame and the cooking container is washed on a rear side of the container holder.

Food orders are divided into components or tasks. Systems and methods of food order preparation communicate instructions for automated actions to devices to carry out the automated actions. A toaster operates to toast a bun according to toaster settings. A bun magazine operates to deliver a bun into the toaster. A condiment dispenser receives the bun from the toaster and operates to dispense at least one portion of at least one condiment onto the bun.

Food orders are divided into components or tasks. Systems and methods of food order preparation communicate instructions for automated actions to devices to carry out the automated actions. A toaster operates to toast a bun according to toaster settings. A bun magazine operates to deliver a bun into the toaster. A condiment dispenser receives the bun from the toaster and operates to dispense at least one portion of at least one condiment onto the bun.

Food orders are divided into components or tasks. Systems and methods of food order preparation communicate instructions for automated actions to devices to carry out the automated actions. A toaster operates to toast a bun according to toaster settings. A bun magazine operates to deliver a bun into the toaster. A condiment dispenser receives the bun from the toaster and operates to dispense at least one portion of at least one condiment onto the bun.

Food orders are divided into components or tasks. Systems and methods of food order preparation communicate instructions for automated actions to devices to carry out the automated actions. A toaster operates to toast a bun according to toaster settings. A bun magazine operates to deliver a bun into the toaster. A condiment dispenser receives the bun from the toaster and operates to dispense at least one portion of at least one condiment onto the bun.

A mobile-phone controlled intelligent steam cooker is provided, including a steam cooker, a remote control server and a mobile terminal. The steam cooker includes a steam pot and a steam oven. The steam oven includes a water tank, a water pump, a steam generator, a check valve connector, and a leakproof check valve. The steam oven includes a power panel and a control panel. The control panel includes a remote Wi-Fi module and a microprocessor. The remote Wi-Fi module receives an instruction from the mobile terminal forwarded by the remote server, and also sends state information of the steam cooker and the latest cloud recipes provided by a developer from the remote server to the mobile terminal. The steam oven includes an operation panel. Local and remote control of the steam cooker through an intelligent terminal is achieved by connecting a communication module to the intelligent terminal.