Abstract: A broiler having a cabinet and the usual grill for holding chicken or the like being broiled, several spaced-apart gas burners positioned below the grill in the cabinet and a section of angle iron, serving as a radiant, mounted over each of the burners. A heat sensor is positioned just under the grill and connected with a thermostat which has an attached regulator knob calibrated to permit different temperature settings for the cooking zone at the grill. The burners are fed fuel through a gas manifold provided with an aspirator to adjust the fuel-air mixture for optimal combustibility of the fuel. Each of the burners is provided with a pilot orifice element, which, in turn, is connected with a common aspirator to insure an optimal mix or fuel and air for pilot light purposes. When the broiler is in operation, the regulator knob is adjustable to a predetermined setting for a desired temperature level at the grill.

Abstract: An electric range having a self-cleaning oven utilizes a digital electronic microprocessor based oven temperature control system having multiple, redundant oven temperature sensing elements. The output signal from a first one of the multiple oven temperature sensing elements disposed in the cavity of the oven is used as a primary sensed bake temperature signal for controlling the temperature of the oven during its BAKE mode of operation and as a redundant or back-up sensed clean temperature signal for safely shutting down the oven during its CLEAN mode of operation in the event that the sensed oven temperature significantly exceeds the top of the clean temperature range.

Abstract: A hob with a spillage tray (2), gas burners (16) and a member (30) secured to an undersurface of the spillage tray, gas taps (12) being accommodated between the member (3) and the spillage tray (2). The member (30) also forms, with the spillage tray (2), a respective fuel supply passage (33, 34, 35) for carrying fuel to each respective burner from the associated tap. The member (30) can be sealed, or sealed and secured, to the spillage tray by an adhesive. The hob may have electric heating units instead of, or in addition to, gas burners.

Abstract: A cooking stove such as an induction heating cooking stove which is fitted into an aperture on top of a kitchen unit has one or more independent heater units mounted within an outer case, below a top plate which cooking pans, etc can be heated. Each heater unit consists of an open-ended box-shaped internal chassis having one or more heater elements mounted on a top face thereof and an aperture formed in a bottom face thereof. Each internal chassis is provided with a motor-driven cooling fan which acts to produce a flow of cooling air through the interior of the chassis and out through the lower aperture into a ventilation duct, and hence to the atmosphere via a cooling air inlet/outlet section which can be conveniently provided at the upper rear part of the top of the stove. No additional ventilation apertures need be provided in the kitchen unit, and the number of heater elements can be readily varied as required, while the overall design is extremely simple and readily manufactured.

Abstract: A control arrangement for a multi-function cooking appliance which has a plurality of cooking stations. The control arrangement includes a control panel having a group of keys for entering control information for the stations and functions of the cooking appliance and a prompting display for messages which assist in entering the control information through the keys. At least some of the keys are of a two-mode variety wherein, in one mode, the depression of a typical key enters a number, which appears on a digital display, such as in the selection of a cooking time or temperature. In its other mode the typical two-mode key enters other control information such as a particular function of the cooking appliance to be activated.

Abstract: A control arrangement for a multi-function cooking appliance which has a plurality of cooking stations. The control arrangement includes a control panel having a group of keys for entering control information for the stations and functions of the cooking appliance and a prompting display for messages which assist in entering the control information through the keys. At least some of the keys are of a two-mode variety wherein, in one mode, the depression of a typical key enters a number, which appears on a digital display, such as in the selection of a cooking time or temperature. In its other mode the typical two-mode key enters other control information such as a particular function of the cooking appliance to be activated.

Abstract: A stove burner includes heating elements lying on a concave surface when viewed from above so that elements closer to the central portion are at a greater depth than elements towards the outer portion. The heating elements may constitute concentric pipes of decreasing radii when viewed in plan and at successively greater depths from the surface of the stove when viewed in elevation so as to define the concave surface. Alternatively, the heating elements may constitute an electrical resistance element following a spiral path wherein successive spirals are at increasing levels from the top surface of the stove when viewed from the side. The radius of curvature of the concave heating element configuration is made to match substantially the radius of curvature of the bottom surface of a wok (shallow steel pan with handles).