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US 11,304,562 B2Granted
Cooking device and components thereof
AssigneeSharkNinja Operating LLC
InventorsChristopher T. Martin, Thomas Guerin, Roger Neil Jackson, Joshua D. Anthony, Kerry Schwarz, Michaela Dubeau
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Abstract
A cooking system includes a housing having at first internal compartment and a second internal compartment. At least one cooking container is receivable within one of the first internal compartment and the second internal compartment. At least one cooking volume is defined within an interior of the at least one cooking container. At least one heating element is disposed in said housing.
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A cooking system comprising:
- a housing having a first internal compartment and a second internal compartment;
- a first cooking container defining a first cooking volume, said first cooking container being removably receivable within said first internal compartment to close off an opening to said first internal compartment when inserted therein, and a second cooking container defining a second cooking volume, said second cooking container being removably receivable within said second internal compartment to close off an opening to said second internal compartment when inserted therein;
- a first heating element and a second heating element disposed in said housing, said first heating element being in thermal communication with said first cooking volume and said second heating element being in thermal communication with said second cooking volume, the first and second heating elements being independently operable to independently cook food contained within the first and second cooking containers;
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- a first fan and a second fan disposed in said housing, said first fan being in fluid communication with said first cooking volume and said second fan being in fluid communication with said second cooking volume.
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A cooking system, comprising:
- a housing having a first internal cooking compartment with a first cooking container removably disposed therein and a second internal compartment with a second cooking container removably disposed therein, the first internal compartment including a first heating assembly comprising a first fan and a first heating element configured to cook food disposed in the first cooking container, and the second internal cooking compartment including a second heating assembly comprising a second fan and a second heating element configured to cook food disposed in the second cooking container, the first and second heating assemblies being independently operable to independently cook food contained within the first and second cooking containers, and the first and second heating assemblies being programmable to simultaneously cook food in separate cooking modes,
- wherein the first and second cooking containers are substantially horizontally coplanar when disposed in the first and second internal cooking compartments respectively, and wherein the first and second cooking containers have respective first and second perforated bases.
A cooking system, comprising:
- a housing having first and second internal independently removable cooking containers disposed therein, each of the first and second cooking containers defining a cooking volume therein, the first and second cooking containers being configured to engage with first and second respective channels inside the housing to define first and second respective air ducts therein;
- first and second heating elements disposed in the housing adjacent the cooking volume of the first and second cooking containers, respectively, the first and second heating elements being independently operable;
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- first and second fans disposed in the housing adjacent the first and second heating elements, respectively, the first and second fans being independently operable, and the first and second fans being configured to circulate air through the first and second cooking volumes, respectively.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.