A cooking apparatus (1) comprises a base (7) comprising a lower heater (2) defining a bottom cooking surface (4) where a foodstuff (F) to be cooked can be positioned; a cover (8) closable onto the base (7) and comprising an upper heater (3) defining a top cooking surface (5) and a lifting system (16) for moving the upper heater to and from the lower heater when the cover is closed onto the base; a database (103) storing a plurality of selectable cooking programs each including one or more cooking phases each associated with corresponding cooking parameters including a temperature of the upper heater and a distance (d) of the top cooking surface from the bottom cooking surface; and a controller (18) configured to control the operations of the lifting system and the upper heater based on the cooking parameters of a selected program.

The present invention relates to a method for performing a drying function after a cooking function, in particular after a steam cooking function, wherein said method comprises the steps of: running the cooking function or steam cooking function (12) for a predetermined time or being manually finished by the user, detecting and/or calculating (16; 26) at least one parameter value (Y; H; t.sub.e) after the cooking function or steam cooking function has been finished, comparing (18; 28) the detected and/or calculated parameter value (Y; H; t.sub.e) with a corresponding threshold parameter value (Yth; Hth; t.sub.eth), checking, if the drying function is required, and running the drying function (22) if required.

A device for heating cooking goods comprises a ventilation device which enables different function modes, wherein in one of the function modes a volume flow generated by a fan has a proportion of at least 90% of exhaust air extracted from a receiving space.

A steam cooker includes a main body which includes an upper wall, a lower wall, side walls, and a rear wall, a cavity formed by the upper wall, the lower wall, side walls and the rear wall, a steam generator to generate steam, and a supply pipe to connect the steam generator and the cavity to supply the generated steam into the cavity. The supply pipe includes a first supply pipe which includes a first end connected to the steam generator and a second end, and a second supply pipe includes a first end connected to the upper wall of the cavity and a second end to be connected to the second end of the first supply pipe, and includes a condensation water guide portion formed to be inclined to prevent condensation water generated therein from being introduced into the cavity when the generated steam is supplied into the cavity.

A method for determining the moisture within a cooking chamber of a cooking device has the following steps: a) an acoustic oscillation generating in a resonance chamber, b) a control unit receiving the signals picked up by a microphone in the resonance chamber, c) the control unit determining the frequency spectrum of the acoustic oscillations present in the resonance chamber on the basis of the received signals and determines the speed of sound within the cooking chamber on the basis of the frequency spectrum, d) the control unit receives receiving a temperature value; and e) the control unit determines the moisture within the cooking chamber by means of the temperature value and the speed of sound.

A device can include an enclosure defining an interior having an enclosure volume and configured to hold one or more items, a heat system configured to heat the interior of the enclosure, a fluid system configured to input a known amount of a fluid (e.g., water, steam, air) into the enclosure, and a pressure sensor configured to sense a pressure within the enclosure. The device can include an item volume deduction module operatively connected to the pressure sensor and the fluid system. The item volume deduction module can be configured to correlate a pressure increase caused by injection of a known amount of the fluid (e.g., water, steam, air) in the enclosure to a total item volume of the one or more items within the enclosure.

A device can include an enclosure defining an interior having an enclosure volume and configured to hold one or more items, a heat system configured to heat the interior of the enclosure, a fluid system configured to input a known amount of a fluid (e.g., water, steam, air) into the enclosure, and a pressure sensor configured to sense a pressure within the enclosure. The device can include an item volume deduction module operatively connected to the pressure sensor and the fluid system. The item volume deduction module can be configured to correlate a pressure increase caused by injection of a known amount of the fluid (e.g., water, steam, air) in the enclosure to a total item volume of the one or more items within the enclosure.

A device can include an enclosure defining an interior having an enclosure volume and configured to hold one or more items, a heat system configured to heat the interior of the enclosure, a fluid system configured to input a known amount of a fluid (e.g., water, steam, air) into the enclosure, and a pressure sensor configured to sense a pressure within the enclosure. The device can include an item volume deduction module operatively connected to the pressure sensor and the fluid system. The item volume deduction module can be configured to correlate a pressure increase caused by injection of a known amount of the fluid (e.g., water, steam, air) in the enclosure to a total item volume of the one or more items within the enclosure.

A device can include an enclosure defining an interior having an enclosure volume and configured to hold one or more items, a heat system configured to heat the interior of the enclosure, a fluid system configured to input a known amount of a fluid (e.g., water, steam, air) into the enclosure, and a pressure sensor configured to sense a pressure within the enclosure. The device can include an item volume deduction module operatively connected to the pressure sensor and the fluid system. The item volume deduction module can be configured to correlate a pressure increase caused by injection of a known amount of the fluid (e.g., water, steam, air) in the enclosure to a total item volume of the one or more items within the enclosure.

The subject of present invention is a hood with a condenser for a commercial oven, particularly a combination steam-convection oven, comprising a housing, an air inlet for supplying cooling air from the outside, a fan drawing in the cooling air through the air inlet, a cooling air outlet for expelling the air drawn in by the fan, a steam condenser in the form of a heat exchanger with a coil having at least one inlet opening for supplying steam from the inside of a commercial oven to the coil and at least one outlet opening for draining the condensate coming out of the coil, characterised in that it comprises a radial fan (3) that blows cooling air radially onto the at least one coil (5) surrounding the fan (3), wherein the at least one coil (5) surrounding the fan having an external finning (6).