Abstract: Pasta cooking appliance (1) comprising: a self-supporting cabinet (2); an open-top cooking basin (3) which is recessed on the top of the cabinet (2) and is dimensioned to contain several liters of water; heating device (4) which is adapted to selectively heat up the water contained in the cooking basin (3) so as to bring the same water to boil; an overflow drain line (15) which is structured to drain out of the cooking basin (3) the water exceeding a given maximum level (l) inside the cooking basin (3); a sensor device (20) capable of determining when a boil-over phenomenon is taking place in the cooking basin (3); and an electronic control unit (21) which communicates with said sensor device (20) and is adapted to control the heating device (4) for selectively reducing the heat-output of the same heating device (4) when a boil-over phenomenon is taking place in the cooking basin (3).

Abstract: The present invention is related to a cooking oven (1) for foodstuffs comprising: —a cooking chamber (2), wherein foodstuffs can be placed for being cooked, having a bottom wall (3) provided with a first cooking chamber outlet (4) positioned in such a way to receive grease collected in the bottom wall (3); —a grease conduit (6) configured for draining grease from the cooking chamber (2); wherein the first cooking chamber outlet (4) is fluidly connected to the grease conduit (6), wherein the cooking oven further comprises: —a heating device (8) configured for heating the internal of the cooking chamber (2), —a vapour outlet duct (9) configured for discharging vapour from the cooking chamber (2), wherein the bottom wall (3) of the cooking chamber (2) is provided with a second cooking chamber outlet (10), distinct from the first cooking chamber outlet (4) and fluidly connected to the vapour outlet duct (9).

Abstract: A method of controlling the operation of a flavoring device (200; 400; 1000) associated with a cooking chamber (315; 515) of a cooking oven (100; 100?) for treating food stored therein is proposed. The flavoring device (200; 400; 1000) comprises at least one casing (205; 1003; 1006), at least one air path (600; 700; 1061; 1064) traversing said casing (205; 1003; 1006) and fluidly connecting at least one air inlet opening (210; 1012b; 1036) of said casing (205; 1003; 1006) to at least one air outlet opening (270b, 270c; 1030b; 1045b) of said casing (205; 1003; 1006). The method comprises: a) providing one between a flavoring substance (610; 1063) and a smoking substance (710; 1066) in said at least one air path (600; 700; 1061; 1064); b) selecting (920) one between a flavoring process and a smoking process, and c) controlling (930-950, 960-970) a heating in said casing (205; 1003; 1006) according to the selected one between said flavoring process and said smoking process.

Abstract: A flavoring device includes at least one flavoring casing having an air inlet opening arranged for allowing air to enter the flavoring casing, a flavoring air outlet opening arranged for allowing air to pass to a cooking chamber, and a flavoring air path fluidly connecting the air inlet opening to the flavoring air outlet opening. The flavoring casing houses, at least while in operation: a heating element arranged in the flavoring air path, and a flavoring substance rack arranged at least partially in the flavoring air path downstream the heating element. The heating element is housed spaced apart from the flavoring substance rack in such a way that, in operation, heat is transferred from the heating element to the flavoring substance rack mainly by air flowing inside the flavoring casing from the air inlet opening to the flavoring air outlet opening through the flavoring air path.

Abstract: A method of controlling the operation of a flavoring device (200; 400; 1000) associated with a cooking chamber (315; 515) of a cooking oven (100; 100?) for treating food stored therein is proposed. The flavoring device (200; 400; 1000) comprises at least one casing (205; 1003; 1006), at least one air path (600; 700; 1061; 1064) traversing said casing (205; 1003; 1006) and fluidly connecting at least one air inlet opening (210; 1012b; 1036) of said casing (205; 1003; 1006) to at least one air outlet opening (270b, 270c; 1030b; 1045b) of said casing (205; 1003; 1006). The method comprises: a) providing one between a flavoring substance (610; 1063) and a smoking substance (710; 1066) in said at least one air path (600; 700; 1061; 1064); b) selecting (920) one between a flavoring process and a smoking process, and c) controlling (930-950, 960-970) a heating in said casing (205; 1003; 1006) according to the selected one between said flavoring process and said smoking process.

Abstract: A method of controlling the operation of a flavoring device (200; 400; 1000) associated with a cooking chamber (315; 515) of a cooking oven (100; 100?) for treating food stored therein is proposed. The flavoring device (200; 400; 1000) comprises at least one casing (205; 1003; 1006), at least one air path (600; 700; 1061; 1064) traversing said casing (205; 1003; 1006) and fluidly connecting at least one air inlet opening (210; 1012b; 1036) of said casing (205; 1003; 1006) to at least one air outlet opening (270b, 270c; 1030b; 1045b) of said casing (205; 1003; 1006). The method comprises: a) providing one between a flavoring substance (610; 1063) and a smoking substance (710; 1066) in said at least one air path (600; 700; 1061; 1064); b) selecting (920) one between a flavoring process and a smoking process, and c) controlling (930-950, 960-970) a heating in said casing (205; 1003; 1006) according to the selected one between said flavoring process and said smoking process.

Abstract: An apparatus for cooking food products is provided. The apparatus includes at least one heating plate having a surface provided with alternate crests and troughs. The apparatus further comprises a fixing system adapted to detachably fix a corrugated protective plate, having a non-stick face, to said heating plate. The corrugated protective plate has a first and a second corrugated edge and alternate crests and troughs extending from the first to the second corrugated edge and adapted to match the alternate crests and troughs of the heating plate when the corrugated protective plate is fixed to the heating plate. Said fixing system comprises fixing elements adapted to exert a force on corresponding portions of the protective plate close to the first or the second corrugated edge so as to push the protective plate against the heating plate.

Abstract: A washing appliance has a hydraulic circuit including a tank for storing a predetermined amount of liquid, and a heating element inside the tank. The heating element heats the liquid to a predetermined temperature. A water inlet receives water from a water supply network. A descaling apparatus includes a descaler chamber having a housing portion housing a descaler product container containing a descaling agent and a mixing portion containing a mix of water and a predetermined amount of the descaling agent. The housing portion is fluidly connected to the mixing portion and an inlet pipe fluidly connecting a water inlet to the descaler chamber. The descaling apparatus also includes an outlet pipe that drains the mix of water and descaling agent from the mixing portion and provides it to the tank and a spraying element in the mixing portion that sprays water from the inlet pipe towards the housing portion.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for controlling a fryer (1) comprising a vat (3), a logic unit (9) and a manual validation interface (70, 72), the method comprising the following steps: S.1) carrying out a learning frying run, in its turn 1 0 comprising the following steps: S.1.1) placing a first batch of food to be fried in a cooking medium contained in the vat (3), the food to be fried being of a predetermined kind; S.1.2) when the food to be fried reaches a desired frying condition, communicating to the logic unit (9) through the manual validation interface (70, 72) that the food has reached said desired frying condition; S.2) carrying out a successive frying run comprising the following steps: S.2.1) placing a second batch of food to be fried in the cooking medium contained in the vat (3), the food of the second batch being substantially of the same kind as of the food of the first batch; S.2.

Abstract: A flavoring device (200; 400; 1000) is proposed. The flavoring device (200; 400; 1000) is adapted to be associated with a cooking chamber (315; 515) of a cooking oven (100; 100?) adapted to cook food stored therein. The flavoring device (200; 400; 1000) comprises at least one flavoring casing (205; 1003) having an air inlet opening (210; 1012) arranged for allowing air to enter said flavoring casing (205; 1003), a flavoring air outlet opening (270c; 1030b) arranged for allowing air contained within said flavoring casing (205; 1003) to pass to said cooking chamber (315; 515), and a flavoring air path (600; 1061) traversing said flavoring casing (205; 1003) and fluidly connecting said air inlet opening (210; 1012, 1036) to said flavoring air outlet opening (270c; 1030b).

Abstract: A method of controlling the operation of a flavoring device (200; 400; 1000) associated with a cooking chamber (315; 515) of a cooking oven (100; 100?) for treating food stored therein is proposed. The flavoring device (200; 400; 1000) comprises at least one casing (205; 1003; 1006), at least one air path (600; 700; 1061; 1064) traversing said casing (205; 1003; 1006) and fluidly connecting at least one air inlet opening (210; 1012b; 1036) of said casing (205; 1003; 1006) to at least one air outlet opening (270b, 270c; 1030b; 1045b) of said casing (205; 1003; 1006). The method comprises: a) providing one between a flavoring substance (610; 1063) and a smoking substance (710; 1066) in said at least one air path (600; 700; 1061; 1064); selecting (920) one between a flavoring process and a smoking process, and c) controlling (930-950, 960-970) a heating in said casing (205; 1003; 1006) according to the selected one between said flavoring process and said smoking process.

Abstract: A washing appliance has a hydraulic circuit including a tank for storing a predetermined amount of liquid, and a heating element inside the tank. The heating element heats the liquid to a predetermined temperature. A water inlet receives water from a water supply network. A descaling apparatus includes a descaler chamber having a housing portion housing a descaler product container containing a descaling agent and a mixing portion containing a mix of water and a predetermined amount of the descaling agent. The housing portion is fluidly connected to the mixing portion and an inlet pipe fluidly connecting a water inlet to the descaler chamber. The descaling apparatus also includes an outlet pipe that drains the mix of water and descaling agent from the mixing portion and provides it to the tank and a spraying element in the mixing portion that sprays water from the inlet pipe towards the housing portion.

Abstract: An apparatus for cooking food products on both sides which has a food-support surface that is transparent to both microwave and infrared radiation, an electric heating device, and a microwave generator. The microwave generator is connected to a waveguide cavity for irradiating the food products. The apparatus also has a food-contact heating surface that, together with the food-support surface, forms a cooking chamber capable of retaining the microwaves inside. The electric heating device has a shielded resistor with the external shield electrically connected to ground. The apparatus has a partition element made of thermal-insulating and microwave-transparent material, a portion of which is below the shielded resistor to separate the resistor from the microwave generator. The waveguide cavity has a microwave launch aperture underneath the partition element.

Abstract: A filter group (125, 325) for use in a deep fat fryer (100) is proposed. The filter group comprises a porous material filter envelope (240) for filtering cooking oil passing therethrough, and a spacer grid (245) adapted to be longitudinally fitted into the filter envelope for supporting it from inside, the filter envelope comprising an open end (250) for allowing fitting/unfitting of the spacer grid. The filter group further comprises an extraction pipe (255) for allowing extraction of filtered cooking oil from inside the filter envelope, said extraction pipe passing through a hole (270) of the filter envelope and being transversally connected to the spacer grid. In the solution according to one or more embodiments of the present invention, the extraction pipe is transversally connected to a peripheral portion of the spacer grid.

Abstract: An apparatus for cooking food products is provided. The apparatus includes at least one heating plate having a surface provided with alternate crests and troughs. The apparatus further comprises a fixing system adapted to detachably fix a corrugated protective plate, having a non-stick face, to said heating plate. The corrugated protective plate has a first and a second corrugated edge and alternate crests and troughs extending from the first to the second corrugated edge and adapted to match the alternate crests and troughs of the heating plate when the corrugated protective plate is fixed to the heating plate. Said fixing system comprises fixing elements adapted to exert a force on corresponding portions of the protective plate close to the first or the second corrugated edge so as to push the protective plate against the heating plate.

Abstract: A cooking appliance (1) includes a lower casing (2), a lower food-contacting heating plate (3), and an upper bell-shaped body (4) which is movably mounted on the lower casing (2) so as to be movable to and from a closed position. An upper food-contacting heating plate (5) is located inside the bell-shaped body (4) so as to be positioned, when the bell-shaped body (4) is in the closed position, over the lower heating plate (3). The upper food-contacting heating plate (5) is connected to the bell-shaped body (4) to move freely inside the bell-shaped body (4) in a direction (d0) substantially perpendicular to the reference laying plane of the upper heating plate (5). A heating-plate locking device (14) selectively impairs movement of the upper heating plate (5) in the moving direction (d0), and a control unit (9) controls the heating-plate locking device (14).

Abstract: A cooking appliance (1) includes a lower casing (2), a lower food-contacting heating plate (3), and an upper bell-shaped body (4) which is movably mounted on the lower casing (2) so as to be movable to and from a closed position. An upper food-contacting heating plate (5) is located inside the bell-shaped body (4) so as to be positioned, when the bell-shaped body (4) is in the closed position, over the lower heating plate (3). The upper food-contacting heating plate (5) is connected to the bell-shaped body (4) to move freely inside the bell-shaped body (4) in a direction (d0) substantially perpendicular to the reference laying plane of the upper heating plate (5). A heating-plate locking device (14) selectively impairs movement of the upper heating plate (5) in the moving direction (d0), and a control unit (9) controls the heating-plate locking device (14).

Abstract: The present invention refers to a machine, such as a washing machine, in particular a dishwashing machine and a clothes washing machine, an ironing machine, a food cooking oven and a boiling pan of the kind intended for use in professional kitchens, such machine being provided with water heating means 6,l 36, 46) and being further provided with a device adapted to curb and reduce scale formation. A machine provided according to the present invention is characterized in that it comprises an electrolytic cell (2, 22, 32, 42) eluting zinc ions in the process water, and in that it further comprises sensor means (11, 211, 211a, 311, 411) and processing means (12, 212, 312, 412) for determining the (Zn)-to-(Ca) ratio, i.e. the ratio of the concentration by weight of zinc to the concentration by weight of calcium in said water.

Abstract: Apparatus for cooking food products on both sides thereof, comprising a base member associated to a bottom heating surface, a first electric heating element located between the base member and the bottom heating surface, an upper movable member associated to a top heating surface, a second electric heating element located between said upper member and said top heating surface, and one or more microwave generators housed in the base member; when said upper member is lowered, the top heating surface comes to lie opposite to the bottom heating surface so as to form a cooking cavity therebetween. Said first electric heating element is separated from the bottom heating surface by a hollow space and the microwave generator is placed in such position, with the use of appropriate wave-guide means, as to allow the microwaves issuing therefrom to propagate towards said hollow space and, eventually, towards the bottom surface of said bottom heating surface.

Abstract: Apparatus for cooking food products on both sides thereof, comprising a base member associated to a bottom heating surface, a first electric heating element located between the base member and the bottom heating surface, an upper movable member associated to a top heating surface, a second electric heating element located between said upper member and said top heating surface, and one or more microwave generators housed in the base member; when said upper member is lowered, the top heating surface comes to lie opposite to the bottom heating surface so as to form a cooking cavity therebetween. Said first electric heating element is separated from the bottom heating surface by a hollow space and the microwave generator is placed in such position, with the use of appropriate wave-guide means, as to allow the microwaves issuing therefrom to propagate towards said hollow space and, eventually, towards the bottom surface of said bottom heating surface.