Abstract: A cooking apparatus including a cooking vat and a hinged lid responsive to a control mechanism and provided with devices for vacuumizing and pressurizing the vat, respectively. The hinged lid includes a single opening lined with a tubular sleeve communicating at its lower end with the vat and, at its upper end, with a device for selectively communicating the vacuumizing or pressurizing device with the vat. The vacuumizing and pressurizing devices include a fixed member secured to the top surface of the lid which cooperates with a movable member for selectively connecting the vat to the vacuumizing device or the pressurizing device, as a function of cooking requirements. The pressurizing device is further provided with a safety valve.

Abstract: This combined cooking machine or range, notably for professional use in communities or the like comprises a container in the form of a tilting-vat hingedly mounted in a frame structure, for use as a saucepan, a frying-pan or a deep-fryer, as required by the particular kind of food to be prepared, this container overlying means for indirectly heating the contents, notably by forced-circulation hot-air produced in a lagged heating chamber encompassing a blade turbine, cooperating baffle means being provided on the bottom of the vat and in the upper portion of the heating chamber for concentrating the heat towards the bottom.