Air-based fryer pan
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsGodwin Dirk Zwanenburg, Janine Willemijn Medema, Marc Alexander Pastoors
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Abstract
An apparatus, pan and method for the preparation of food with hot air including a pan bottom providing a pan surface area for receiving food to be prepared, and side-walls at least partly surrounding the pan surface area, and a mounting connector for temporarily mounting the pan inside a food preparation chamber of an apparatus for preparing food. The pan bottom is provided with a plurality of through-holes as a hot air passage. The through-holes cover approximately 3 to 50% of the flat pan surface area and the heat capacity per area of a bottom surface of the pan bottom is between 10 and 75 JK−1 dm−2.
Claims14
A pan for a hot air apparatus for preparing food, comprising:
- a pan bottom providing a pan surface area for receiving food to be prepared;
- side-walls at least partly surrounding the pan surface area;
- and
- a mounting connector for mounting the pan inside a food preparation chamber of an apparatus for preparing food;
- wherein the pan bottom is provided with a plurality of through-holes as a hot air passage;
- wherein the through-holes cover approximately 3 to 50% of the pan surface area;
- and
- wherein a heat capacity per area of a bottom surface of the pan bottom is between 10 and 75 JK−1 dm−2.
An apparatus for preparing food, comprising:
- a food preparation chamber;
- an air movement device;
- a heating device;
- and
- a pan including a pan bottom providing a pan surface area for receiving food to be prepared, side-walls at least partly surrounding the pan surface area, and a mounting connector for mounting the pan inside a food preparation chamber of an apparatus for preparing food, wherein the pan bottom is provided with a plurality of through-holes as a hot air passage, wherein the through-holes cover approximately 3 to 50% of the pan surface area, and wherein a heat capacity per area of a bottom surface of the pan bottom is between 10 and 75 JK−1 dm−2;
- wherein the food preparation chamber is provided by container surfaces, which at least partly enclose a receiving volume provided for receiving the pan with food to be prepared by a through-streaming of hot air;
- wherein the air movement device provides a circulating air flow streaming through the food preparation chamber;
- wherein the heating device is configured to heat the air flow provided by the air movement device;
- wherein the pan is arrangeable within the receiving volume in the air flow of hot air;
- and
- wherein the apparatus is configured for preparing food arranged on the pan by a twofold heating mechanism including:
- convection directly via the hot air provided as a hot air passage by the through-holes;
- and
- conduction provided by the pan structure heated up by the stream of hot air.
A method for preparing food with hot air, the method comprising acts of:
- providing food on a pan including a pan bottom with a plurality of through-holes as a hot air passage;
- wherein the through-holes cover approximately 3 to 50% of the pan surface area;
- and wherein a heat capacity per area of a bottom surface of the pan bottom is between 10 and 75 JK−1 dm−2;
- positioning the pan in a food preparation chamber;
- providing a through-streaming of hot air in the food preparation chamber;
- wherein the through-streaming of hot air is provided as a hot air passage through the plurality of through-holes;
- and
- wherein heat is applied to the food in a twofold manner:
- convecting heat directly via the hot air via the plurality of through-holes;
- and
- conducting heat by the pan structure that is heated up by the stream of hot air.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.