Autonomous apparatus for cooking food, and cooking method
AssigneeDe' Longhi Appliances S.R.L. Con Unico Socio
InventorsGiuseppe De' Longhi, Renzo Mazzon, Luca Gallina
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Abstract
An autonomous cooking apparatus for food includes a base body, a lid defining with the base body a cooking chamber, a container, disposed in the base body and a mixing device. The mixing device is connected to a drive member configured to make it rotate with respect to the container around a central axis of rotation. The apparatus also comprises a heating device configured to heat air in the cooking chamber and a ventilation device configured to make the air circulate.
Claims14
An autonomous cooking apparatus for food comprising a base body, a lid defining with said base body a cooking chamber, a container, disposed in the base body and suitable to contain the food to be cooked, a mixing device, comprising at least a mixing blade suitable to cooperate with a cooking plane of said container, to mix said food, said mixing device being connected to a drive member configured to make it rotate with respect to said container around a central axis of rotation, a heating device configured to heat air in said cooking chamber to a desired temperature and a ventilation device configured to make the air circulate, wherein said mixing device is provided with means to receive the hot air along said central axis of rotation comprising an entrance aperture, and with exit means of the hot air comprising exit apertures associated with at least part of said mixing blade, wherein said autonomous apparatus comprises a conveying device disposed between said ventilation device and said means to receive the hot air.
A method for cooking food in an autonomous apparatus comprising a base body, a lid defining with said base body a cooking chamber, a heating device, a ventilation device a container, disposed in the base body and suitable to contain the food to be cooked, and a mixing device, comprising at least a mixing blade suitable to cooperate with a cooking plane of said container to mix the food, and connected to a drive member configured to make it rotate with respect to said container around a central axis of rotation, wherein said method provides to heat air to a temperature suitable for cooking the food by means of said heating device, and to make the hot air circulate toward the food to be cooked by means of said ventilation device, wherein, in order to make said hot air circulate toward the food, said cooking method provides to convey the hot air inside the mixing device along said central axis of rotation and to deliver said hot air toward the food at least from exit apertures provided in a mixing surface of said mixing device.
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