A vacuum cooking appliance is provided. The vacuum cooking appliance may include a housing in which a housing mount and a vacuum packing module mount may be located at adjacent positions, a first container configured to accommodate liquid inside an accommodation space therein and coupled to the container mount, a heater configured to heat the liquid accommodated inside the first container, a vacuum pressure generator installed at the vacuum packing module mount and configured to suction air inside a food packing container, and a vacuum packing module installed adjacent to the vacuum pressure generator and including a sealer configured to heat

An oven comprises a cooking cavity, a stirring member extending, in use, into foodstuff contained in a vessel disposed in the cooking cavity as well as drive means to provide, in use, relative movement between the stirring member and the vessel. The drive means comprises means to rotate, in use, the vessel with respect to the stirring member about a rotating axis. The oven comprises a swivel means comprising a motor to swivel, in use, the stirring member by means of the motor about a swivel axis extending at an angle of between 60-120 degrees, preferably substantially perpendicular to the rotating axis.

An oven comprises a cooking cavity, a stirring member extending, in use, into foodstuff contained in a vessel disposed in the cooking cavity as well as drive means to provide, in use, relative movement between the stirring member and the vessel. The oven comprises a displacement device to move the stirring member from outside the cooking cavity through an opening in a wall bounding the cooking cavity into the cooking cavity as well as, in use, into the vessel disposed in the cooking cavity.

A cooking apparatus and a method of controlling the cooking apparatus. The cooking apparatus includes a cooking chamber, a rotating plate rotatably installed at a bottom of an inside of the cooking chamber and including a plurality of areas formed on a top surface thereof, and a first heating portion installed in the cooking chamber and configured to supply heat to a first area of the plurality of areas when the first area is moved to a heating position by the rotating plate being rotatably driven.

A cooking apparatus and a method of controlling the cooking apparatus. The cooking apparatus includes a cooking chamber, a rotating plate rotatably installed at a bottom of an inside of the cooking chamber and including a plurality of areas formed on a top surface thereof, and a first heating portion installed in the cooking chamber and configured to supply heat to a first area of the plurality of areas when the first area is moved to a heating position by the rotating plate being rotatably driven.

An automated, computer-controlled, cooking system for use with user selectable ones of a plurality of different pre-sealed computerized cooking containers containing dry contents (PSCCCCDC) useful in preparing corresponding different food products, the system including a microwave radiation generator, a PSCCCCDC support for supporting a user-selected one of the plurality of different PSCCCCDCs during cooking, a computer-controlled liquid supply subsystem for supplying liquid to the selected PSCCCCDC, a computer-controlled stirrer subsystem for producing stirring of the dry contents of the PSCCCCDC together with the liquid, a cooking instructions input interface for receiving PSCCCCDC specific cooking instructions and a computer controller operative to control operation of at least the computer-controlled liquid supply subsystem, the computer-controlled stirrer subsystem and the microwave radiation generator in a predetermined sequence corresponding to and specifically adapted for cooking the contents of the selected PSCCC-CDC in accordance with the PSCCCCDC specific cooking instructions.

Disclosed is a waffle tong device and a method of using the waffle tong device. The waffle tong device being arranged so that a first and second side of the waffle tong device can be brought together by compressing a spring biased connector and once compressed, the waffle tong device can be placed on a waffle maker, filled with waffle batter and the waffle batter cooked to form a stuffed waffle. The spring biased connector configured such that once the waffle batter is cooked, the waffle tong device can be removed from the waffle maker and allowed to open whereupon the resultant stuffed waffle can be removed from the waffle tong device. Handle portions can be applied to the connector to allow for manipulation of the waffle tong device without risk of burns.

Disclosed is a waffle tong device and a method of using the waffle tong device. The waffle tong device being arranged so that a first and second side of the waffle tong device can be brought together by compressing a spring biased connector and once compressed, the waffle tong device can be placed on a waffle maker, filled with waffle batter and the waffle batter cooked to form a stuffed waffle. The spring biased connector configured such that once the waffle batter is cooked, the waffle tong device can be removed from the waffle maker and allowed to open whereupon the resultant stuffed waffle can be removed from the waffle tong device. Handle portions can be applied to the connector to allow for manipulation of the waffle tong device without risk of burns.

Variable insert baking tray and pan device is disclosed herein. In one embodiment the device may comprise a cooking device, such as a baking pan, having a plurality of baking trays removably installed therein. The device may comprise a notch and shelf design, wherein the interior of the cooking pan provides a shelf onto which one of the baking trays may be placed for baking. The notch design may be implemented to allow all of the plurality of baking trays to be placed within the baking pan for storage. The plurality of baking trays may be sized such that a first fits into a second, which fits into a third, and so on, for stacking and storage within the baking pan. The handles of the baking pan may further comprise heat resistant material for user safety.

Variable insert baking tray and pan device is disclosed herein. In one embodiment the device may comprise a cooking device, such as a baking pan, having a plurality of baking trays removably installed therein. The device may comprise a notch and shelf design, wherein the interior of the cooking pan provides a shelf onto which one of the baking trays may be placed for baking. The notch design may be implemented to allow all of the plurality of baking trays to be placed within the baking pan for storage. The plurality of baking trays may be sized such that a first fits into a second, which fits into a third, and so on, for stacking and storage within the baking pan. The handles of the baking pan may further comprise heat resistant material for user safety.