CA1100374A - Portable apparatus for cooking foods, in particular for cooking pizza - Google Patents

Portable apparatus for cooking foods, in particular for cooking pizza

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CA1100374A
CA1100374A CA320,869A CA320869A CA1100374A CA 1100374 A CA1100374 A CA 1100374A CA 320869 A CA320869 A CA 320869A CA 1100374 A CA1100374 A CA 1100374A
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Ivano Pedrini
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47JKITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
    • A47J37/00Baking; Roasting; Grilling; Frying
    • A47J37/06Roasters; Grills; Sandwich grills
    • A47J37/0623Small-size cooking ovens, i.e. defining an at least partially closed cooking cavity
    • A47J37/0658Small-size cooking ovens, i.e. defining an at least partially closed cooking cavity specially adapted for cooking pizza
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47JKITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
    • A47J37/00Baking; Roasting; Grilling; Frying
    • A47J37/06Roasters; Grills; Sandwich grills
    • A47J37/0623Small-size cooking ovens, i.e. defining an at least partially closed cooking cavity
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47JKITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
    • A47J37/00Baking; Roasting; Grilling; Frying
    • A47J37/06Roasters; Grills; Sandwich grills
    • A47J37/0623Small-size cooking ovens, i.e. defining an at least partially closed cooking cavity
    • A47J37/0629Small-size cooking ovens, i.e. defining an at least partially closed cooking cavity with electric heating elements
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47JKITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
    • A47J37/00Baking; Roasting; Grilling; Frying
    • A47J37/06Roasters; Grills; Sandwich grills
    • A47J37/067Horizontally disposed broiling griddles
    • A47J37/0676Horizontally disposed broiling griddles electrically heated

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  • Food Science & Technology (AREA)
  • Baking, Grill, Roasting (AREA)
  • General Preparation And Processing Of Foods (AREA)

Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
An apparatus for heating or cooking food is described which comprises a plate forming the hot horizontal surface on which the food to be cooked is placed, a heating source underlying the plate and a cover above said plate which defines a mainly closed space. The plate has high thermal conductivity.
Preferably, the plate has a raised edge effective to circumscribe and define a space for locating and containing the food. The plate may be inverted and the apparatus may be used as an open grill. In this arrangement heat is transmitted by conduction.
The plate is provided with essentially vertically extending passages located, in the perimetral parts of the plate, in section in vertical planes, in such a way that the lower mouth or inlet of said passages fully communicates with the space underlying the plate so that active circulation of superheated air is established between the space underlying the plate and the space above the plate and defined in the inside of said cover.
When the plate is inverted, circulation is prevented or at least strongly hindered. Heat given off by the heat source is trans-mitted, substantially completely, through the planar portion of the plate.

Description

~1003'74 "A PORTABLE APPARATUS FOR COOKING FOODS, IN
PARTICULAR, FOR COOKING PIZZA"
The present invention relates generally to a device mainly but not exclusively suitable for home use for cooking foods.
It is well ~nown that the personal preparation of foods of different types, some of which are cooked on plates and some on grates is increasing. Several cooking devices effective to prepare several types of foods are known. It is finally known that there is an ever increasing use and consumption of the so-called "pizzas", widely produced and serv~d in restaurants.
The "pizza" is a particular food comprising, as the essential component thereof, a flour and water dough, with the addition of yeasts and other ingredients, predisposed in the form of a layer having in genera' a thickness of a few millimeters, - covered by tomato and usually by a layer of comparatively low temperature fusible cheese. This dough contains a certain amount of water. The-cooking process comprises, basically, the elimination of the water and the completion of several structure changing and dough consolidating phenomena. The good success of this process is essential to provide the pizza with the taste and the desired properties.
In the light of the above description, it is the main object of the present invention io provide a cooking apparatus of portable type and having a productivity comparable to that of conventional home apparatus or electrical household appliances (for example beefsteakers) improved in such a way as to meet the particular requirements related to the cooking of pizza.
According to the present invention there is provided a portable cooking apparatus comprising a base, horizontal heating means located in said base, a cooking plate adapted to be heated by said horizontal heating means, said apparatus being used in .. ~

a first position of said cooking plate as an oven and in a second position of said cooking plate as a grill, cover means adapted to cover said plate so as to leave a gap above said plate, said plate having raised edges, which projects vertically to engage said cover means, said cover means having means for the escape of the vapors, said plate being provided perimetrically in said raised edges with conduit means, said plate having a first essentially flat surface and a second ribbed surface, said conduit means having a shape which allows direct circulation of hot air from said heating means to the food placed on the flat surface of the plate when the plate is used in said first position, said pla~e being invertible and being selectively used in said first position as an oven and in said second position as a grill, the food being placed on said ribbed surface of the plate when the apparatus is used in said second position, heat being transmitted by radiation and conduction through said plate in said first position and the hot air being inhibited from rising through said conduit means in said second position.
The invention will now be described in more detail, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:-Fig. ]. is a section taken through a vertical plane of symmetry of the apparatus illustrating the main components thereof, with the components arranged in order of assembly for "oven" cooking foods such as pizza, pies, "lasagne", various types of gratined pasta, chestnut-tart and the like;
Fig. lA illustrates a "plate" component in an inverted position, to be used in the apparatus, without a cover, for typical uses such as cooking beefsteaks and in general for "grill" cooking; in this position the use of the cover is not however excluded, the grill being provided with a related cover
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(possibly free of a shield or inner-gap) for other uses, for example for maintaining the temperature and/or subsequent heating of already cooked foods;
Figs. 2 and 2A illustrate the grill in plan and as seen from the directions indicated by II in fig. 1 and, respectively, by IIA in fig. lA, i.e. in the mutually inverted positions there-of, in which the plate is predisposed for the service in the different cooking conditions thereof, which will be detailed thereinafter; ;~
Fig. 3 illustrates the apparatus as predisposed for the service for cooking pizza or like commestible products, ~ -by means of the assembling thereof with the components illustrated and oriented as-schematically shown in fig. l; ~ ;~
Fig. 3A is a fragmentarily and enlarged scale view of an end portion including the grill outline, of the apparatus ! `f fig. 3;
Fig. 4 illustrates the apparatus of fig. 3 by a partial top view and a partial bottom view, in section through ' the plane indicated by IV-IV in fig. 3, to allow for the observation of some structural details;
Fig. 5 is a section corresponding to that of fig. 3, and illustrating the apparatus predisposed for the grill cooking, jointly to the cover which may be selectively superimposed thereonto;
Fig. SA illustrates, in the conditions indicated with respect to fig. 3A, a detail of fig. 5 including a portion of the grill outline;
Fig. 6 shows the apparatus when provided with a gas-burner;

Fig. 7 shows an enlarged scale view of a detail of the apparatus of ig. 6, in section through a plane parallel with that of the section of fig. 6;

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~ ~0~374 Fig. 8 shows the plan view of the structure of the heating source;
Fig. 9 shows the object of fig. 6, with the components thereof dissociated one from the other and disposed in the respective positions of mutual presentation.
The apparatus of this invention will be mainly described with respect to the service conditions thereof for cooking pizza, i.e. to provide those functions which, as was previously described, are difficult and practically not achievable by existing portable types of coo~ing devices.
The apparatus is essentially formed by the combination of a base portion B containing a heat source Sc for the plate P
and a cap or cover C which, superimposed on said plate encloses on said plate a space in which thermal and environmental conditions build up which are similar to those in an oven.
The plate P, made generally of a high thermal conducti-bility metal or metal alloy, comprises a planar portion the oppos-ing faces 34a and 34b of which are smooth and, respectively, ribbed or notched. The opposing surfaces are defined by raised edges 32a and 32b respectively so that the plate forms a pan effective to perimetrally encloses commestible foods superimposed thereon.
At least the surfaces which have to contact the commes-tible foods to be cooked are covered by an anti-adhesive and water and oil repellant layer, in general consisting of a tetra-fluoroethylene resin resis.ant to the apparatus service temperatures.
Under the top portion 40 of the cover C a diaphragm 46 is located which forms an essentially non-conducting interspace.
The diaphragm 46 is mounted in such a way as to be removable, for example by means of unhooking or releasing of a ,r, 4 resilient hook system 52, to allow both the complete cleaning of any portion of the cover and to form a chamber protected from the outer environment but in which the greater rate of thermal exchange (due to the circulating of the air and/or by irrad-ation) assures that, above said plate, a more limited heating builds up (for example of the order of about 70-90C) in such a way as to be effective to allow for said apparatus to be used as food-heater, for slowly cooking foods requiring this type of cooking, for example meat in juices and the like.
A main characteristic of the present invention is that, depending on the orientation of the plate P, the smooth "-surface 34a of said plate is upwardly directed (as in figs. 1,
3 and 3AI, or "inverted", i.e. the indented surface thereof is upwardly directed, (as shown by P' in figs. lA, 2, 5 and 5A), so that a drastic modification of the thermal conditions in the space above the plate and the upper surface (24a or 34b) of the plate itself is obtained.
This particularly important effect is mainly due to the shaping, in section in the vertical plane, of the plate outline portions 32a and 32b.
Characteristically, and as particularly shown in the details of figs. 3A and 5A, in the thickness (suitably increased) of said plate perimetral portions, passages 50 are formed, in particular a crown of passages (figs. 2 and 2A) extending all along the height of these perimetral portions. Moreover, the upper and lower edges of the parts 32a and 32b are slanted as shown or in an equivalent manner. At least, the perimetral portions of the electrical resistance 10 (the outline of which, in plan, is fragmentarily reproduced by dashed lines in fig. 4) are located in such a way as to run all along inner lengths but near to the perimetral outline, also in plan, of said outline portions 32a and 32b of the center planar portion of the plate.

The apparatus, assembled as shown in Figs. 3 and 3A, is predisposed to assure the optimal efficiency thereof for an "oven" type of cooking of foods, in particular of pizza. In fig. 3 a set of small arrows indicates the heated air path which tends to rise during the operation of the apparatus.
By locating the plate in the inverted position P' thereof, and as it is represented in fig. 5 (lower portion) and in particular in fig. 5A, the edge or marginal portion 32a of the plate is downwardly directed and it extends as far as the perimetral portion of the diaphragm 12, and preferably it substantially extends as far as under the level of the resistance 10 .
Under these conditions, the super-heated air from the heating source is practically prevented from reaching the openings 50a (which are now the lower openings) of the passages 50, the slanting of the lower edge of the portion 32a, including said openings 50a, contributing to oppose the air movement, so as to obtain the most favourable conditions for carrying out "grill"
types of cooking by the use of an apparatus such as a beefsteaker, in general without using the cover C thereof.
According to a further embodiment of this invention, the device may be provided with suitable means so as it might utilize a gaseous fuel, for example ~but not critically) a gas preservable into gas bottles or cylinders.
According to this embodiment, the heating source Sg (figs. 8 and 9) comprises a tubular frame 66 which is provided with small holes for gas emission. This emission is controlled by a valve 60 which is connected to a handle 62 from which a pipeline 64 branches out to said t~bular frame 66. By means of another pipeline 68 a sensor 70 is controlled, which in its turn controls a safety valve 72 that closes when the flame of the burner fails or, anyhow, when the gas emission must be broken off, so as to avoid for the loss of unburnt gas.

Claims (10)

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A portable cooking apparatus comprising a base, horizontal heating means located in said base, a cooking plate adapted to be heated by said horizontal heating means, said apparatus being used in a first position of said cooking plate as an oven and in a second position of said cooking plate as a grill, cover means adapted to cover said plate so as to leave a gap above said plate, said plate having raised edges, which projects vertically to engage said cover means, said cover means having means for the escape of the vapors, said plate being provided perimetrically in said raised edges with conduit means, said plate having a first essentially flat surface and a second ribbed surface, said conduit means having a shape which allows direct circulation of hot air from said heating means to the food placed on the flat surface of the plate when the plate is used in said first position, said plate being invertible and being selectively used in said first position as an oven and in said second position as a grill, the food being placed on said ribbed surface of the plate when the apparatus is used in said second position, heat being transmitted by radiation and conduction through said plate in said first position and the hot air being inhibited from rising through said conduit means in said second position.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said conduits means are slanted.
3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said cover means is a cover and a diaphragm is located under the top of said cover whereby an essentially non-conducting interspace is provided in the gap above the food to be cooked between said cover and said diaphragm.
4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said heating means consists of electrical resistance elements, the ends thereof being in the proximity of said raised edges.
5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said flat surface of the plate is upwardly directed during said first position, the ribbed surface is upwardly directed during said second position and the raised edge of the flat surface projects to an extent greater than the raised edge of the ribbed surface, said raised edge of the flat surface, when the plate is inverted and is used in said second position, inhibiting the flow of heated air from the space below the plate.
6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein when said plate is adapted to cook food in said second position, said raised edge of said flat surface is downwardly directed and extends under said electrical resistance elements whereby the flow of heated air is inhibited from reaching said conduit means, heat is irradiated to said first flat surface of the plate and heat is transmitted therefrom by conduction to said second ribbed surface.
7. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein in said first position said raised edge of the flat surface is upwardly directed and said raised edge of the ribbed surface extends downwardly to the level of said resistance elements and the lower end of said conduit means communicates with the area in which the resistance elements are located, air heated by the electrical resistance elements moves upwardly through said conduit means and heats said space below the cover.
8. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the plate is made of an aluminum alloy.
9. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said horizontal heating means comprises a burner system adapted to be supplied with gaseous fuel.
10. The apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a heating sensor near the flame produced by said burner, said sensor actuating a valve which cuts off the gaseous fuel supply when the flame is extinguished.
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IT21936/78A IT1110470B (en) 1978-04-03 1978-04-03 IMPROVEMENT OF PORTABLE TYPE APPLIANCES, FOR THE SYSTEMS COOKING OF LIVES ON A PLATE, TRAY AND SIMILAR, IN PARTICULAR PREPARED FOR THE COOKING OF "PIZZA", AND THE RELEVANT PERFECTED APPLIANCES

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