The present invention relates to an overboil protection device removably couplable to a cooking utensil. The overboil protection device includes blower fan(s) configured to provide forced air to food items placed on a cooking surface of the cooking utensil, an electrical power source providing electric power to the blower fan(s), a clip element or an attachment element that couples the overboil protection device to the cooking handle of the cooking utensil, a mount element positioned between the blower fan(s) and the clip element. The overboiling protection device prevents food item from being overboiled and reaching overspill stage. The overboiling protection device does not make any physical contact with the food item placed in the cooking utensil.

The present invention relates to an overboil protection device removably couplable to a cooking utensil. The overboil protection device includes blower fan(s) configured to provide forced air to food items placed on a cooking surface of the cooking utensil, an electrical power source providing electric power to the blower fan(s), a clip element or an attachment element that couples the overboil protection device to the cooking handle of the cooking utensil, a mount element positioned between the blower fan(s) and the clip element. The overboiling protection device prevents food item from being overboiled and reaching overspill stage. The overboiling protection device does not make any physical contact with the food item placed in the cooking utensil.

A safety shield is provided that protects persons from hot fluids used with cooking pots used for deep frying over an open flame. The safety shield construction includes an adjustable band that attaches to the outside of a cooking pot, and having an outwardly protruding surface to re-direct spilled hot fluids away from a human user standing near the cooking pot. The safety shield provides a safety zone that deflects any spilled hot fluids away from the human user. The safety shield has an overall inverted V-shape, and as an alternative embodiment can have additional somewhat vertical barriers that help to prevent any spilled cooking oil from touching the human user.

A lid for a container for cooking food, the lid for resting on a free edge of the container, the lid including a covering element, a shaped element and connector for connecting the two elements, the shaped and covering elements configured to allow them to move between: a first closure operating position of the lid, in which the two elements of the lid combine to close the cooking container on which the lid rests, and a second opening operating position of the lid, for allowing venting of the container when the lid rests thereon and to prevent escape from the container. The lid includes at least one thermal actuator, on reaching a first pre-set temperature, for automatically moving the covering element with respect to the shaped element to bring the latter into the opening position, to allow venting of the container when the lid is placed upon it.

A lid for a container for cooking food, the lid for resting on a free edge of the container, the lid including a covering element, a shaped element and connector for connecting the two elements, the shaped and covering elements configured to allow them to move between: a first closure operating position of the lid, in which the two elements of the lid combine to close the cooking container on which the lid rests, and a second opening operating position of the lid, for allowing venting of the container when the lid rests thereon and to prevent escape from the container. The lid includes at least one thermal actuator, on reaching a first pre-set temperature, for automatically moving the covering element with respect to the shaped element to bring the latter into the opening position, to allow venting of the container when the lid is placed upon it.

A kettle has a container and a guiding board. The container has a body. The body has an upper segment, a lower segment, and a through hole defined in the lower segment and having a top edge and a bottom edge. The guiding board is attached securely to an inner surface of the lower segment of the body, covers the through hole, and has a guiding segment. The guiding segment is attached securely to the inner surface of the lower segment of the body at a position below the bottom edge of the through hole, is curved in cross section, extends upward and toward the central line of the body, is free from forming a through bore, and has a top edge higher than the bottom edge of the through hole and lower than the top edge of the through hole.

In one embodiment, a method for monitoring for boiling fluid in a kitchen environment by a smart hood apparatus includes accessing sensor data indicating one or more parameters of a cooking utensil detected by the smart hood apparatus from sensors associated with the smart hood apparatus, wherein the sensors comprise one or more of a camera, a thermal sensor, or an audio sensor, and wherein the cooking utensil contains fluid, determining information associated with boiling events associated with the fluid in the cooking utensil based on the sensor data by algorithms, wherein the information comprises at least a boiling time required for the fluid to boil, and sending instructions for presenting a notification comprising the information associated with the boiling events.

In one embodiment, a method for monitoring for boiling fluid in a kitchen environment by a smart hood apparatus includes accessing sensor data indicating one or more parameters of a cooking utensil detected by the smart hood apparatus from sensors associated with the smart hood apparatus, wherein the sensors comprise one or more of a camera, a thermal sensor, or an audio sensor, and wherein the cooking utensil contains fluid, determining information associated with boiling events associated with the fluid in the cooking utensil based on the sensor data by algorithms, wherein the information comprises at least a boiling time required for the fluid to boil, and sending instructions for presenting a notification comprising the information associated with the boiling events.

A kettle has a container and a guiding board. The container has a body. The body has an upper segment, a lower segment, and a through hole defined in the lower segment and having a top edge and a bottom edge. The guiding board is attached securely to an inner surface of the lower segment of the body, covers the through hole, and has a guiding segment. The guiding segment is attached securely to the inner surface of the lower segment of the body at a position below the bottom edge of the through hole, is curved in cross section, extends upward and toward the central line of the body, is free from forming a through bore, and has a top edge higher than the bottom edge of the through hole and lower than the top edge of the through hole.

According to the present invention, a cooking pot lid includes: a body having a center protruding upward; a handle located at the center of the body and including a first opening opened downward and a second opening opened upward; an overflow prevention cap disposed inside the handle and placed on the first opening; and a cover coupled to the handle to guide the overflow prevention cap not to be easily separated therefrom, and having a through-hole for alleviating an internal pressure.