An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a toaster oven including: a cooking chamber; an air passage; and a fan. The cooking chamber includes a side wall and a top wall. One of the side wall and the top wall is provided with an air inlet in communication with a cooking space of the cooking chamber. The other of the side wall and the top wall is provided with an air outlet in communication with the cooking space. The air passage between the air inlet and the air outlet is disposed outside the cooking chamber. The fan blows air from the air inlet to the air outlet through the air passage.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a toaster oven including: a cooking chamber; an air passage; and a fan. The cooking chamber includes a side wall and a top wall. One of the side wall and the top wall is provided with an air inlet in communication with a cooking space of the cooking chamber. The other of the side wall and the top wall is provided with an air outlet in communication with the cooking space. The air passage between the air inlet and the air outlet is disposed outside the cooking chamber. The fan blows air from the air inlet to the air outlet through the air passage.

A pump assembly and a cooking appliance having a pump assembly are provided. The pump assembly may include a cavity that defines a cooking cavity; a water supplier installed outside of the cavity; a connection pipe connected to the water supplier; and a pump assembly disposed outside of the cavity and connected to the connection pipe. The pump assembly may includes at least one pump; and a support made of a flexible material and coupling the at least one pump to an upper surface of the cavity.

A steam generating container A heated by a heat source includes: a water evaporation chamber into which water is supplied by a water supply device; a leading opening to lead steam from the water evaporation chamber, and ejection openings ejecting steam led through the leading opening into a heating chamber containing food. A buffer chamber connecting through the leading opening and with the ejection openings is provided between the water evaporation chamber and the heating chamber. Even when bumping water enters the buffer chamber through the leading opening, the bumping water having entered flows inside the buffer chamber. Thus, the bumping water is hardly ejected into the heating chamber through the ejection openings.

A steam generating container A heated by a heat source includes: a water evaporation chamber into which water is supplied by a water supply device; a leading opening to lead steam from the water evaporation chamber, and ejection openings ejecting steam led through the leading opening into a heating chamber containing food. A buffer chamber connecting through the leading opening and with the ejection openings is provided between the water evaporation chamber and the heating chamber. Even when bumping water enters the buffer chamber through the leading opening, the bumping water having entered flows inside the buffer chamber. Thus, the bumping water is hardly ejected into the heating chamber through the ejection openings.

Disclosed are systems and methods that optimize electrical component compartment cooling in a cooking device, such as a combi-steamer. The systems and methods according to the present disclosure provide supplemental air movement devices, such as fans, in the electrical component compartment and, optionally, in the mechanical compartment. These supplemental air movement devices allow reducing the energy consumption of cooking ovens such as combi-steamers by reducing the effort required by a main cooling fan to cool the electrical compartment. Reducing the effort required by the main cooling fan to cool the electrical compartment also reduces or avoids the cooling effect that over-use of the main cooling fan has on the cooking chamber. Also, temperature fluctuations in the electrical compartment are reduced which can also prolong the effective life of the electrical components, again reducing operating and repair costs for the cooking device.

Disclosed are systems and methods that optimize electrical component compartment cooling in a cooking device, such as a combi-steamer. The systems and methods according to the present disclosure provide supplemental air movement devices, such as fans, in the electrical component compartment and, optionally, in the mechanical compartment. These supplemental air movement devices allow reducing the energy consumption of cooking ovens such as combi-steamers by reducing the effort required by a main cooling fan to cool the electrical compartment. Reducing the effort required by the main cooling fan to cool the electrical compartment also reduces or avoids the cooling effect that over-use of the main cooling fan has on the cooking chamber. Also, temperature fluctuations in the electrical compartment are reduced which can also prolong the effective life of the electrical components, again reducing operating and repair costs for the cooking device.

An oven includes a cooking chamber, a cabinet at least partially surrounding the cooking chamber, and a water reservoir having a reservoir inlet and a reservoir outlet. The oven further includes a water fill assembly including an opening, a water-receiving cavity and a fill outlet from the water-receiving cavity, the water fill assembly defining a fluid flow path in from the opening and out through the fill outlet, a check valve in fluid communication with the fill outlet downstream of the fluid flow path defined by the water fill assembly, the check valve configured in a closed state under a force of gravity on at least a portion thereof and opening by a flow force of fluid out of the fill outlet and through the check valve, and a conduit connecting the check valve with the water reservoir inlet downstream of the fill outlet.

An aerospace galley insert includes an oven defining therein an oven inner cavity for receiving food to be prepared and a fluid supply for supplying fluid comprising water or water vapour to the oven inner cavity. The galley also includes an exterior space, a heat pipe extending between the cavity and the exterior space, a first temperature sensor for detecting a first temperature in the cavity, a second temperature sensor for detecting a second temperature in the exterior space, and a third temperature sensor for detecting a third temperature of the heat pipe where it extends into the exterior space. The system also includes a control unit configured to determine an actual water vapour concentration in the oven inner cavity based on the first, second and third temperatures, and configured to control the fluid supply in order to adjust the actual water vapour concentration to a target water vapour concentration.

An aerospace galley insert includes an oven defining therein an oven inner cavity for receiving food to be prepared and a fluid supply for supplying fluid comprising water or water vapour to the oven inner cavity. The galley also includes an exterior space, a heat pipe extending between the cavity and the exterior space, a first temperature sensor for detecting a first temperature in the cavity, a second temperature sensor for detecting a second temperature in the exterior space, and a third temperature sensor for detecting a third temperature of the heat pipe where it extends into the exterior space. The system also includes a control unit configured to determine an actual water vapour concentration in the oven inner cavity based on the first, second and third temperatures, and configured to control the fluid supply in order to adjust the actual water vapour concentration to a target water vapour concentration.