Abstract: A thick layer heating element (10), in particular for heating a kitchen appliance (100), comprising a planar substrate (24) coated on one of its faces (28) with at least one electrically resistive track (26) which is linked to at least one area of electrical contact, characterized in that it comprises at least one thermal expansion slot (38), said at least one slot (38) defining deformable portions of the heating element, which each comprise a part of the resistive track (26) and which are distributed around said at least one area of electrical contact.

Abstract: In a Method for maintenance of a non-computing appliance, such as a kitchen appliance, the steps are a2) identifying a datum representative of the lifetime of at least one component of the appliance, and determining a threshold value of the said datum beyond which a risk of malfunction of the component may occur, b2) monitoring the current value of the said datum of an appliance in a user's site, c2) performing a maintenance operation in respect of the appliance as soon as the current value exceeds the said threshold value, with a view to undertaking for example the replacement of the said component. in step a2), sub-steps are obtaining a reference value of the datum, obtaining information for one and the same component of several identical or similar appliances in users' sites, and calculating the threshold value on the basis of the reference value and the said information.

Abstract: Method for maintenance of a non-computing appliance, such as a kitchen appliance, comprising the step consisting in a1) performing a maintenance operation in respect of the appliance, and the step consisting in b1) recording data relating to the maintenance operation in a memory integrated into the appliance, characterized in that it comprises the additional step consisting in: d1) transmitting, directly from the appliance, at least part of said data to a remote computing server.

Abstract: A drain plug (10), which is preferably removable, for a drain hole (40), in particular of a kitchen appliance (20), having a stopper (52) designed to shut off said drain hole, characterized in that it also comprises a filter basket (55) which is designed to be received in said drain hole and which is mounted so as to be able to move with respect to the stopper.

Abstract: Method for maintenance of a non-computing appliance, such as a kitchen appliance, comprising the steps consisting in a2) identifying a datum representative of the lifetime of at least one component of the appliance, and determining a threshold value of the said datum beyond which a risk of malfunction of the component may occur, b2) monitoring the current value of the said datum of an appliance in a user's site, c2) performing a maintenance operation in respect of the appliance as soon as the said current value exceeds the said threshold value, with a view to undertaking for example the replacement of the said component, characterized in that step a2) comprises sub-steps consisting in obtaining a reference value of the said datum, obtaining information for one and the same component of several identical or similar appliances in users' sites, and calculating the said threshold value on the basis of the said reference value and the said information.

Abstract: A drainage device (10) for a cooking appliance, such as a braising pan or flyer, characterized in that it comprises a collector (12) having an inlet orifice and an outlet orifice that are connected together by a collection chamber, and in that the device also comprises means (16, 62) for moving and guiding the collector, said means being designed to engage with said appliance in order to allow the collector to be moved between at least two positions.

Abstract: A thick layer heating element (10), in particular for heating a kitchen appliance (100), comprising a planar substrate (24) coated on one of its faces (28) with at least one electrically resistive track (26) which is linked to at least one area of electrical contact, characterized in that it comprises at least one thermal expansion slot (38), said at least one slot (38) defining deformable portions of the heating element, which each comprise a part of the resistive track (26) and which are distributed around said at least one area of electrical contact.

Abstract: The device of this invention is a multi-purpose cooking device through heating of a water bath. It comprises means arranged so as to contain a water bath, means for heating the bath water and means for controlling the heating power, arranged so as to provide for cooking foodstuffs through immersion or steam cooking. The device further comprises means for controlling the temperature of the bath water and means for homogenizing the bath water for providing for a low temperature cooking operation. According to this invention, a single device could be used both for cooking through immersion into a (boiling) water bath, for steam cooking and for low temperature cooking.

Abstract: The method for cooking a food product in an oven comprising elements, the operations of which determine cooking set-points, is remarkable in that: cooking set-points are captured for defining an associated and determined cooking mode; the food product is located in the oven; the cooking operation is initiated; the operation of the elements is monitored and, should one of such elements be defective, the operation of the cooking mode associated with the oven is automatically switched to a degraded cooking mode, having at least one of its associated set-points differing from the captured set-point.

Abstract: According to the invention, the method for cleaning a dual cooking mode oven, comprising a muffle forming the cooking enclosure, and a boiler for sending water, as vapour, inside the enclosure of the muffle, is characterized in that the washing step of the muffle and the descaling step of the boiler are carried out in parallel, simultaneously.

Abstract: The method for cooking a food product in an oven comprising elements, the operations of which determine cooking set-points, is remarkable in that: cooking set-points are captured for defining an associated and determined cooking mode; the food product is located in the oven; the cooking operation is initiated; the operation of the elements is monitored and, should one of such elements be defective, the operation of the cooking mode associated with the oven is automatically switched to a degraded cooking mode, having at least one of its associated set-points differing from the captured set-point.

Abstract: The device of this invention is a multi-purpose cooking device through heating of a water bath. It comprises means arranged so as to contain a water bath, means for heating the bath water and means for controlling the heating power, arranged so as to provide for cooking foodstuffs through immersion or steam cooking. The device further comprises means for controlling the temperature of the bath water and means for homogenizing the bath water for providing for a low temperature cooking operation. According to this invention, a single device could be used both for cooking through immersion into a (boiling) water bath, for steam cooking and for low temperature cooking.

Abstract: Oven control system, including a display screen, a data input means and a calculation unit able to send instructions to the display screen and to receive instructions from the data input means, the said calculation unit including a means for grading cooking programs at least as a function of a first criterion of family of products to be cooked, of product to be cooked within a family, or of recipe or of method of cooking, and a means for adjusting the cooking program according to at least one second internal final criterion and one third external final criterion, the display screen being able to simultaneously display the selected values of the said criteria or the values of the said criteria currently being selected by a user, with a zone for displaying the values of the second and third criteria and which is designed to also display unselected values of the said criteria in such a way that the selected values can be read graphically, the said display zone being able to display a window adapted to each type

Abstract: Oven control system, including a display screen, a data input means and a calculation unit able to send instructions to the display screen and to receive instructions from the data input means, the said calculation unit including a means for grading cooking programs at least as a function of a first criterion of family of products to be cooked, of product to be cooked within a family, or of recipe or of method of cooking, and a means for adjusting the cooking program according to at least one second internal final criterion and one third external final criterion, the display screen being able to simultaneously display the selected values of the said criteria or the values of the said criteria currently being selected by a user, with a zone for displaying the values of the second and third criteria and which is designed to also display unselected values of the said criteria in such a way that the selected values can be read graphically, the said display zone being able to display a window adapted to each type

Abstract: Oven control system, comprising a display screen 9, a data input means 32 and a calculation unit 8 able to send instructions to the display screen 9 and to receive instructions from the data input means, the said calculation unit 8 comprising a means for grading cooking programmes at least as a function of a first criterion of family of products to be cooked, of product to be cooked within a family, or of recipe or of method of cooking, and a means for adjusting the cooking programme according to at least one second internal final criterion and one third external final criterion, the display screen 9 being able to simultaneously display the selected values of the said criteria or the values of the said criteria currently being selected by a user, with a zone for displaying the values of the second and third criteria and which is designed to also display unselected values of the said criteria in such a way that the selected values can be read graphically, the said display zone being able to display a window ad

Abstract: A device for supporting a gas burner mounted cantilever fashion on a wall of a water tank and for locating the burner relative to a safety/igniter system fixed to another wall of the tank. The burner and the safety/igniter system cooperate when mounting the burner to enable the burner to rest on the system, namely through at least one notch in the bottom edge of a skirt of the burner and a rod projecting from the system and having at its free end a neck of smaller section followed by a head of larger section. Applications include assemblies of two burners joined together.

Abstract: An oven includes an enclosure defining an interior space, means for heating the interior space, means for controlling the heating means, and means for cooling the interior space from a particular first temperature to a particular second temperature lower than the first temperature.

Abstract: An oven includes an enclosure defining an interior space, means for heating the interior space, means for controlling the heating means, and means for cooling the interior space from a particular first temperature to a particular second temperature lower than the first temperature.

Abstract: A device is disclosed for supporting a gas burner mounted cantilever fashion on a wall of a water tank and for locating the burner relative to a safety/igniter system fixed to another wall of said tank. The burner and the safety/igniter system cooperate when mounting the burner to enable the burner to rest on the system, namely through at least one notch in the bottom edge of a skirt of the burner and a rod projecting from the system and having at its free end a neck of smaller section followed by a head of larger section. Applications include assemblies of two burners joined together.