Abstract: A coffee puck removal device (10) to remove a coffee puck (24) from a portafilter (20) is disclosed herein. The coffee puck removal device (10) has an open compartment (22) containing the coffee puck (24), the coffee puck (24) having an exposed major outer face (26) and a major inner face (28) when the coffee puck (24) is located in the open compartment (22). The device (10) includes: a body (12) having a rim (14) surrounding an aperture (16), with the rim (14) being configured to engage the portafilter (20), with the open compartment (22) facing the body (12) to inhibit air passing between the portafilter (20) and the rim (14); and a vacuum source (30) to remove air from the aperture (16) so that air pressure applied to the major inner face (28) is greater than air pressure applied to the exposed major outer face (26) so that the coffee puck (24) is removed from the portafilter (20).

Abstract: A handheld motorised food cutting device (10) is disclosed herein.

Abstract: A container (100) within which a food product is to be processed.

Abstract: A jug for a juicer has sealing features so that its contents may be isolated from the environment when it is not being filled or when used for pouring.

Abstract: A slow cooking appliance device. The device including: a body having a base, the body receives within it a removable cooking vessel; a movable heating element supported by the base; and a lift mechanism within the base for raising and lowering the movable heating element, such that the heating element is movable between an upper position and a lowered position.

Abstract: A cooking appliance (100) that has a body (102) with an interior (114) for food to be cooked, and an opening (113) providing access to the interior. A door (101) attached to the body (102) to selectively open and close the opening (113), has a latch (106), and the body having a catch (202) for engaging the latch (106). The catch (202) is movable between a retracted position (238) and an extended position (236), and configurable in an engagement configuration for engaging the latch (106) and a release configuration for disengaging the latch. The body (102) having a biased member (214) to engage the catch (202) when the catch (202) is at the extended position (236). The biased member (214) is adapted to bias the catch (202) into the extended position (236) and bias the catch (202) to the release configuration.

Abstract: An oven (1000) having a body (1002) that includes a base, a ceiling, and side walls extending between the base and the ceiling, the side walls at least partly surrounding a cooking cavity (1030), the oven (1000) including: an impeller assembly (1060) mounted to a first side wall of the oven body, the impeller assembly (1060) including: an impeller (1062) that is rotatable to direct air flow within the cooking cavity (1030); a plurality of air guides (2006) that at least partially surround the impeller (1062), the air guides (2006) each defining a channel that extends generally transversely from a central axis of the impeller (1062); and a pair of heating elements (2010) located on either side of the impeller (1062), whereby air that is directed from the impeller (1062) travels transversely along the channels of the air guides (2006), across the heating elements (2010), and into the cooking cavity (1030).

Abstract: A smoking appliance in the form of a smoker gun. The appliance includes a major body portion (111) that releasably receives a barrel. The barrel provides an air flow passage that extends from an inlet opening to an outlet opening. Mounted in the barrel is a combustion bowl having an opening through which smoke is delivered to the air flow passage. A motor and impeller driven thereby causes air to flow along the air flow passage.

Abstract: A drip filter coffee making device has a filter basket with a lid. The lid supports a water dispenser for wetting grounds in the filter basket. The basket is removable from a body of the device. The lid may have a dampened opening motion, biased into an open position by a spring.

Abstract: An appliance for making a beverage, the appliance comprising: a plurality of heating components for heating a liquid, and a power management system, wherein the power management system comprises: an energy storage device, wherein at least a first function of the appliance requires simultaneous operation of a first heating component and a second heating component of the plurality of heating components, and wherein at least the first heating component comprises a first heater element and a second heater element, where the first heater element is powered using mains power, and the second heater element is powered using the energy storage device.

Abstract: An induction cooker has a temperature sensor mount that includes a reciprocating sensor holder and a flexible diaphragm.

Abstract: A tamping augur may be controlled in various ways to obtain a consistent fill height and uniformity in the distribution of coffee grinds in a portafilter.

Abstract: There is disclosed herein a toaster (10) including: a housing (12); a pair of opposing food guards (24a, 24b) located within the housing (12) and defining a toasting cavity (25a, 25b) for receiving foodstuff to be toasted; a pair of heating elements (28) located within the housing (12), each heating element (28) being located on a respective side of the pair of food guards (24a, 24b), wherein each food guard (24a, 24b) is spaced from the corresponding heating element (28) by a clearance (81); and wherein each food guard (24a, 24b) has an upwardly-extending portion (75c, 75d) that extends upwardly to a portion (75a, 75b) that extends transversely from the upwardly-extending portion so as to extend above the corresponding heating element (28), the transversely-extending portion (75a, 75b) of each food guard (24a, 24b) projecting away from the opposing food guard (24a, 24b).

Abstract: A cooktop appliance apparatus for use in cooking includes a controller for controlling operation of the fan system based on an average power level supplied to a heating system, and based on a temperature measure associated with one or more subsystems. The appliance includes a hardware-implemented safety module having two or more temperature actuated safety circuits. The appliance includes a user interface adapted to receive a user input with respect to operating parameters of the heating system, the user input including a heating control mode and a set temperature. The appliance includes a controller adapted to identify a cooking vessel on an induction cooktop.

Abstract: A slow cooking appliance device. The device including: a body having a base, the body receives within it a removable cooking vessel; a movable heating element supported by the base; and a lift mechanism within the base for raising and lowering the movable heating element, such that the heating element is movable between an upper position and a lowered position.

Abstract: The technology relates to drip filter coffee machines. In one form, the coffee machine has a body extending from a base, a platform having a platform, an upward facing surface and a coupling portion, and a filter basket a downward facing bottom surface supported on the upward facing surface, a recess located in the bottom surface of the filter basket to receive the coupling portion of the platform; a downward locating feature cooperating with the platform to aid alignment of the filter basket with the platform; and wherein the upward facing surface of the platform includes an upward locating feature engaging the downward location feature to aid in locating the filter basket in an engaged position with the coupling portion.

Abstract: A fruit and vegetable juicing device having a feed tube, a juice collector and a grating disc carrying a frusto-conical sieve, the grating disc having a first array of grating teeth, a secondary processing surface with a second array of grating teeth; each tooth having one leading edge and one trailing edge, wherein the juice collector has either an internal helical ramp with an elevated discharge nozzle or a circumferential trough having a lowest point that leads to a discharge nozzle.

Abstract: A coffee dose adjustment tool has interchangeable or adjustable blades for adjustment of the coffee fill height within a portafilter dosing tool.