Abstract: An air delivery and circulation device for a cooking apparatus comprising a duct member mountable in a cooking chamber of the cooking apparatus, the duct member comprising an airflow inlet for receiving heated air and at least one opening into the cooking chamber, in which the duct member is operable to channel the heated air from the airflow inlet to the opening. An aerofoil shaped extension member projects externally from the duct member at or adjacent to each opening and is operable to direct streams of heated air from the opening into the cooking chamber to thereby heat or cook a food product in the cooking chamber.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooking apparatus and method for cooking a food item using a cooking apparatus, the method characterised by the steps of: using transmission means of a remote computing device to send cooking control data to receiving means of the cooking apparatus when the transmission means is positioned near or adjacent to the receiving means, and operating a processor means of the cooking apparatus to process the cooking control data when received to perform a cooking process to cook a food item placed in a cooking cavity of the cooking apparatus. The present invention provides an oven that receives cooking control data or information from a remote mobile computing device, such as a smart phone or other portable hand-held, device. The cooking control data is processed by the cooking apparatus for the purposes of setting cooking instructions specific to the food item to be cooked.

Abstract: An air delivery and circulation device for a cooking apparatus comprising a duct member mountable in a cooking chamber of the cooking apparatus, the duct member comprising an airflow inlet for receiving heated air and at least one opening into the cooking chamber, in which the duct member is operable to channel the heated air from the airflow inlet to the opening. An aerofoil shaped extension member projects externally from the duct member at or adjacent to each opening and is operable to direct streams of heated air from the opening into the cooking chamber to thereby heat or cook a food product in the cooking chamber.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooking control method performed by a cooking apparatus for a food item. The method comprises obtaining a unique identifier and cooking data for the food item, and checking for a record of the unique identifier in a memory of the cooking apparatus. If a record of the unique identifier is located in the memory, then the cooking apparatus will not cook the food item. Otherwise a cooking process based on the cooking data to cook the food item is performed. Accordingly, cooking data for a given instance of a food item can only be used once in order to activate a cooking process performed by the cooking apparatus. The present invention also features product recall as well as the ability to track food item sales via a cooking data communications system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooking control method performed by a cooking apparatus for a food item. The method comprises obtaining a unique identifier and cooking data for the food item, and checking for a record of the unique identifier in a memory of the cooking apparatus. If a record of the unique identifier is located in the memory, then the cooking apparatus will not cook the food item. Otherwise a cooking process based on the cooking data to cook the food item is performed. Accordingly, cooking data for a given instance of a food item can only be used once in order to activate a cooking process performed by the cooking apparatus. The present invention also features product recall as well as the ability to track food item sales via a cooking data communications system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooking control method performed by a cooking apparatus for a food item. The method comprises obtaining a unique identifier and cooking data for the food item, and checking for a record of the unique identifier in a memory of the cooking apparatus. If a record of the unique identifier is located in the memory, then the cooking apparatus will not cook the food item. Otherwise a cooking process based on the cooking data to cook the food item is performed. Accordingly, cooking data for a given instance of a food item can only be used once in order to activate a cooking process performed by the cooking apparatus. The present invention also features product recall as well as the ability to track food item sales via a cooking data communications system.