Abstract: A cooking appliance (2,20) comprises a first container (8, 26), a base (6, 44), an axle (10, 42) extending generally vertically from a bottom of the first container (8, 26), and a second container (12, 32) including a vertically extending funnel (34) which is engageable with a male member (46) arranged at an upper end of the axle (10, 42). The cooking appliance (2, 20) can assume a configuration in which the second container (12, 32) is rotatably drivenable by the male member (46) in relation to the first container (8, 26), to remove liquid from food contained in the second container (12, 32).

Abstract: A deep fryer has an outer housing (4) closed by a lid (14) and an immersed type heating element (28) extending into an oil containing receptacle (22), the housing having an upper rim at which the lid (14) is supported, with the underside of the lid (14) having an upwardly domed shape and the rim formed with a channel (44) arranged beneath the periphery of the underside of lid (14) to receive droplets of moisture condensing on the underside of the lid during use, a sensor (31) being provided which includes a thermal use and temperature sensing element (56) disposed in a single tubular housing.

Abstract: An electric grill 10 is disclosed as including a body 12 supporting a grill plate 26 for cooking food, a container 34 for contain smoking element 36, and a heat source 18 for heating up the smoking element 36 in the container 34 for producing smoke for smoking the food cooked by the grill plate 26.

Abstract: An electric food slicer disposable in at least a storable configuration and an operable configuration, comprising a base portion movably connected to an operating portion, wherein the slicer excluding its cutting blade for processing foodstuffs is made principally of plastics or polymeric materials of relatively light weight, and wherein the slicer further comprises a locking means adapted to secure the relative position of the two portions in either said operable configuration or said storable configuration.

Abstract: There is provided an electric frying apparatus (10, 200) including a heating coil (32), an oil tank (14) for cooking food, and a housing (12), in which the heating coil (32) is in a heat-transferable relationship with the oil tank (14), and the apparatus (10, 200) is adapted to be in an operable state when at least part of the heating coil (32) is received within the housing (12). The electric frying apparatus (10, 200) also includes a frying basket (16) for supporting the food for frying within the oil tank (14), in which the basket (16) is releasably engageable with the housing (12), and the basket (16) includes a protruding part (82) for securing the basket (16) against movement relative to the housing (12). The electric frying apparatus (200) also includes a temperature sensor connected with a liquid crystal display (LCD) 202. The temperature sensor senses the temperature within the oil tank (14) and such a temperature is visually displayed by the LCD (202).