Electrolux Professional S.p.a.

Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.v.

Universita′ Degli Studi Di Udine

Michele Simonato

Lorenzo Gattei

Riccardo Furlanetto

Paolo Cescot

Alessandro Morassut

Paolo Marcorin

Erika Menosso

Franco Tassan Mangina

Antonio Asquini

Alberto Foda

Claudio Marchesin

Daniele Turrin

Mirko Sfreddo

Fabio Burlon

Denis Marson

Loris Corai

Eleonora Pippia

Emidio Tiberi

Davide Pelliccia

Andrea Verrone

Andrea Piccolo

Luca Turra

Marco Barchitta

Fabio Turco

The present invention is a cooking oven for foodstuffs, comprising: a cooking chamber, wherein foodstuffs can be placed for being cooked, having a bottom wall provided with a first cooking chamber outlet positioned in such a way to receive grease collected in the bottom wall; a grease conduit configured for draining grease from the cooking chamber, wherein the first cooking chamber outlet is fluidly connected to the grease conduit; a heating device configured for heating the internal of the cooking chamber; and a vapour outlet duct configured for discharging vapour from the cooking chamber. The bottom wall of the cooking chamber is further provided with a second cooking chamber outlet, distinct from the first cooking chamber outlet and fluidly connected to the vapour outlet duct.

Cooking oven with steam generator

The present invention is a method for operating a cooking oven comprising: a cooking chamber; a heating device for heating foodstuff contained in the cooking chamber; a database wherein cooking cycles are stored; a control unit operatively connected to the database and to the heating device, configured for activating/deactivating the heating device according to the cooking cycles; and a user interface operatively connected to the control unit. The method comprises the following phases: (a) selecting, by the user interface, a new list of two or more of cooking cycles stored in the database, to be executed in sequence; (b) sorting, by the control unit, the cooking cycles of the new list, using a sorting algorithm that calculates the order of the cooking cycles of the new list and (c) displaying, via the user interface, a sorted list containing the cooking cycles of the new list.

Method for operating a cooking oven

An apparatus for cooking food products includes: a first heating plate adapted to support the food products; a second heating plate adapted to face the food products during a cooking operation; a first resistive heating element associated with the first heating plate and adapted to provide heat to the food products during the cooking operation; a second resistive heating element associated with the second heating plate and adapted to provide heat to the food products during the cooking operation, and at least one microwave generator element configured to selectively generate microwave radiation for haeting the food products during the cooking operation. At least a selected resistive heating element between the first resistive heating element and the second resistive heating element is joined to a surface of the associated heating plate so that it forms a single piece with the associated heating plate.

Apparatus for cooking food products

A cooking apparatus () comprises a base () comprising a lower heater () defining a bottom cooking surface () where a foodstuff (F) to be cooked can be positioned; a cover () closable onto the base () and comprising an upper heater () defining a top cooking surface () and a lifting system () for moving the upper heater to and from the lower heater when the cover is closed onto the base; a database () 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 () configured to control the operations of the lifting system and the upper heater based on the cooking parameters of a selected program.

Cooking apparatus

An oven includes a cooking chamber for housing food to be cooked, a control unit, and a reservoir for containing washing detergent at room temperature. The washing detergent has an activation temperature. The oven also includes a liquid supply arrangement selectively activated by the control unit for supplying the washing detergent into the cooking chamber, and one liquid heating element for heating the washing detergent and to be selectively activated by the control unit. During a washing cycle, the control unit performs the following ordered operations: a) activate the one liquid heating element for a first time period sufficient to increase its temperature to the activation temperature; b) deactivate the liquid heating element; c) when the temperature of the liquid heating element is about the activation temperature, activate the liquid supply arrangement so that the washing detergent is heated by the liquid heating element while supplied into the cooking chamber.

Self-cleaning food cooking oven

A cooking equipment includes an oven cavity (); at least one energy source (), operable to provide energy to food placed inside the oven cavity (); a plurality of sensors (), configured to provide respective measurement signals (STC, STWR, STWI, STE, STF, . . . , STFN, SH), indicative of respective quantities relating to a cooking process for cooking food in the oven cavity (); and a control device (), having at least one cooking program stored therein and configured to drive the at least one energy source () in accordance with the cooking program, based on the measurement signals (STC, STWR, STWI, STE, STF, . . . , STFN, SH) from the sensors (). The cooking equipment also includes a storage unit (), which contains first data () indicative of energy required to carry out the at least one cooking program; and a processing unit (), configured to determine, for the cooking program, an expected energy consumption level (EECL) from the first data () and an actual energy consumption level (AECL) and to detect the presence of a malfunction based on a comparison of the expected energy consumption level (EECL) and of the actual energy consumption level (AECL).

Cooking equipment and a method of detecting operating conditions of a cooking equipment

A cooking equipment includes a first database, containing first energy consumption data, indicating energy required to maintain, operating conditions prescribed by a cooking program stored in a control device, in the absence of food; and a second database, containing second energy consumption data-indicating additional energy to be supplied in excess of energy of the first energy consumption data to have a unit weight of the food processed according to the cooking program. The control device includes a processing unit that estimates daily energy consumption for the cooking program from the first and second energy consumption data. The first energy consumption data relate to respective individual iterations of the cooking process and include an initial energy excess associated with a first iteration of consecutive iterations of the cooking process; and a common energy level indicative of energy associated with subsequent iterations of the consecutive iterations of the cooking process.

Cooking equipment and a method of operating a cooking equipment

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