DE102010040959A1 - Heatable slide-in cooking compartment divider and cooking appliance - Google Patents

Abstract

The slide-in cooking space divider (9) is equipped with surface heating (10), an upper side of the slide-in cooking space divider (9) being designed as a food receptacle (13). The cooking appliance (1) has a cooking space (2) with a plurality of insertion levels, into each of which an insertion cooking space divider (9), in particular according to one of the preceding claims, can be inserted, each of the insertion levels having an electrical connection (12) for an electrical connection operable slide-in cooking space divider (9) is assigned, and wherein the cooking device (1) is set up to set a power input at least into the slide-in cooking space divider (9) as a function of a slide-in level occupied by the slide-in cooking space divider (9).

Description

The invention relates to a heatable slide-in cooking space divider. The invention also relates to a cooking appliance, comprising a cooking chamber with a plurality of insertion levels, in each of which a slide-in cooking space divider can be inserted, each of the slide levels being associated with an electrical connection for an electrically operable slide-in cooking space divider.

Out DE 10 065 215 A1 a cooking appliance with a cooking space divider is known, which can be used in a cooking chamber of a cooking appliance muffle for dividing the cooking chamber. The cooking space divider has an electrically heatable radiator arrangement which is connected to a power supply when the cooking space divider is inserted. To cook food faster and more efficient, the radiator arrangement of the cooking compartment divider on a radiant heater, which is covered by a glass or glass ceramic cover plate of the cooking compartment divider. The glass or glass ceramic cover plate can serve as a storage area for a food container. In addition, protrudes from an end face of the housing, an electrical plug-in contact for serving as a radiator Bandheizleiter the cooking space divider. When used in the cooking chamber, the electrical plug contact for power supply with a plug connection to a rear wall of the Gargerätemuffel in combination. During operation of the cooking appliance with the cooking space divider inserted therein, a lower heating element arrangement is deactivated by a control device, not shown, of the cooking appliance. Instead, the inserted cooking chamber divider is supplied with electric current, so that the cooking chamber area is heated between a top heat radiation radiator arrangement and the cooking space divider.

It is the object of the present invention to at least partially overcome the disadvantages of the prior art and in particular to provide a possibility for a particularly energy-saving preparation of food.

This object is achieved according to the features of the independent claims. Preferred embodiments are in particular the dependent claims.

The object is achieved by a heated drawer-cooking compartment divider, wherein an upper side of the drawer-Garraumteilers is designed as a Gargutaufnahme.

Under a slide-in cooking space divider can be understood in particular a cooking space divider, which can be arranged horizontally or horizontally in a cooking chamber of a cooking appliance. The drawer-Garraumteiler can be inserted for example in guides, which are located on the side walls of the cooking chamber. The drawer-Garraumteiler can alternatively be hung on an inner side of a cooking chamber door and then inserted by means of the cooking chamber door into the cooking chamber. By means of the use of the heated cooking space divider, a cooking space to be heated can be reduced, as a result of which an energy required for heating the cooking space can be reduced.

The fact that the top of the drawer-Garraumteilers is designed as a Gargutaufnahme, the food can therefore be placed directly on the top of the drawer-Garraumteilers improves, in contrast to a use of a Gargeschirrs the heat transfer. Consequently, the power consumption can be further reduced. The drawer cooking divider thus acts as a food support. Also, such a heated cooking space can be spatially better utilized. In addition, the degree of heat introduced by this insertion-cooking space divider or energy, in contrast to an unheated cooking space divider is substantially independent of a distance to a cooking chamber floor and in particular to a possibly there existing underheating.

It is an embodiment that the insertion-cooking chamber divider has a surface heating. Under a surface heating, in particular, a heater can be understood, which significantly heats a large part of the drawer-Garraumteilers. The surface heating can z. B. have a meandering shape.

It is an embodiment that the top of the drawer-Garraumteilers is designed trough-shaped and the surface heating is arranged on a bottom of the drawer-Garraumteilers. Due to the trough-shaped design, many kinds of food can be placed on the drawer divider without preparation. First, their contamination can be avoided by the underside arrangement of the surface heating as well as temperature peaks are reduced to the surface. The surface heating can in particular heat a bottom of the trough-shaped region. It is a particularly space-saving and unattainable development that the surface heating is a sheet resistance heating, z. B. with a Dünnschichtheizbahn or a Dickschichtheizbahn.

It is still an embodiment that the slide-in cooking space divider has a temperature sensor, in particular a temperature sensor mounted on the underside. The temperature sensor may be electrically connected to the cooking appliance with an inserted into the cooking compartment drawer divider, z. B. via a matching plug contact. By means of the temperature sensor can, for example A burning of an applied food can be avoided.

The object is also achieved by a cooking device having a cooking chamber with several insertion levels, in each of which a drawer-Garraumteiler is inserted, each of the insertion levels is associated with an electrical connection for an electrically operable drawer-Garraumteiler, wherein the cooking appliance is adapted to a Setting power entry at least in the slot-cooking compartment divider in dependence on a occupied by the drawer-cooking compartment divider shelf level. Thus, the power input and consequently a heating power of the cooking appliance can be automatically adjusted to the selected rack level, so that a user does not need to make this adjustment itself. Rather, a user can set, for example, a specified in a recipe setting for a bottom heat, without having to worry about the rack level of the drawer-Garraumteilers. This increases user-friendliness considerably. The cooking appliance can for this purpose have a control unit which can control the power input as a function of the shelf level.

It is also an embodiment that the cooking appliance is set up for a manual input of the rack level. As a result, a knowledge of the shelf level can be introduced into the cooking appliance with particularly simple means. The cooking appliance can in particular set up a user interface for entering the shelf level.

It is also an embodiment that the cooking device is set up for automatic detection of the rack level. This makes a particularly simple operation possible. The cooking appliance can for this purpose have a shelf level detection. This can detect, for example, a contacting of the electrical connections of the cooking appliance.

It is a development that the automatically detected rack level is manually confirmed, which increases operational safety and preparation safety.

It is still an embodiment that the cooking appliance is adapted to set a power entry in the drawer-Garraumteiler and in at least one other radiator, in particular Oberhitzeheizkörper, depending on a occupied by the drawer-Garraumteiler shelf level.

It is a further development that a bottom heat radiator present in the cooking appliance can be deactivated in the presence of the plug-in cooking chamber divider.

In an alternative embodiment, the cooking appliance no longer has a lower heat radiator. In this case, when a bottom heat is desired, always the slide-in cooking compartment divider must be inserted.

It is yet another embodiment that the cooking appliance is set up to run a program automatic, wherein by means of the program automatic a preferred insertion height depending on at least one of the cooking means to be cooked by the automatic program is determined. This allows a food to be cooked particularly energy-efficiently and gently.

The automatic program can be used, in particular, to automatically or semi-automatically prepare a specific food or meal with parameters stored in the appliance (eg cooking time, cooking temperature, selection of radiators, etc.) and with parameters entered by the user (weight, etc.). The automatic program can correspond to a recipe.

It is also an embodiment that by means of the program automatic a preferred insertion height depending on at least one of a user inputable parameters of the program automatic (eg, type and / or amount of food to be treated) is determined. Thus, a particularly energy-efficient and appropriate preparation of the food can be achieved.

• (a) automatisch von dem Gargerät in Abhängigkeit von der Einschubhöhe als einer Korrektur zu einer herkömmlichen Unterhitze und einer Einschubhöhe eines herkömmlichen Gargutträgers; und/oder
• (b) automatisch von dem Gargerät in Abhängigkeit von einem bestimmten Gargut, insbesondere im Rahmen einer Programmautomatik. So kann die in den Oberhitzeheizkörper eingebrachte Leistung für ein hohes und sich somit näher an dem Oberhitzeheizkörper befindliches Gargut (z. B. ein ganzes Huhn) geringer eingestellt werden als für ein flaches Gargut (z. B. Huhn in Form von sog. 'Nuggets'). Diese Art des Garguts kann z. B. über die Programmautomatik abgefragt und/oder eingegeben werden; und/oder
• (c) automatisch von dem Gargerät in Abhängigkeit von einem durch mindestens einen Temperatursensor des Einschub-Garraumteilers abgefühlten Temperaturwert; und/oder
• (d) manuell. Durch die manuelle Einstellung kann entweder die in Schritt (a) oder (b) erfolgte Einstellung korrigiert werden und/oder das Verhältnis kann frei eingestellt werden, z. B. reichend von einer Leistungseinbringung nur in den (mindestens einen) Oberhitzeheizkörper bis hin zu einer Leistungseinbringung nur in den Einschub-Garraumteiler. Die manuelle Einstellbarkeit kann beispielsweise mittels eines dedizierten Bedienelements durchgeführt werden. Das Bedienelement kann beispielsweise körperlich ausgestaltet sein, z. B. als ein entsprechender Drehknopf, oder mittels eines berührungsempfindlichen Bildschirms gebildet werden, z. B. als ein sog. 'Slider' oder 'Zirkularslider'.

It is also an embodiment that on the cooking appliance (directly or indirectly), a ratio of a power input in the drawer-Garraumteiler and a power input is adjustable in a top heat radiator. This makes it particularly easy to set a browning of the food at its top and bottom. The ratio can be set, for example:

• (a) automatically by the cooking appliance as a function of the shelf height as a correction to a conventional bottom heat and a shelf height of a conventional food support; and or
• (B) automatically by the cooking appliance in response to a particular food, in particular in the context of a program automatic. Thus, the power introduced into the upper heat radiator can be set lower for a high cooking product (eg a whole chicken) located closer to the upper heat radiator than for a flat cooking product (eg chicken in the form of so-called 'nuggets '). This type of food can z. B. queried and / or entered via the program automatic; and or
• (c) automatically by the cooking appliance as a function of one by at least one Temperature sensor of the drawer cabinet divider sensed temperature value; and or
• (d) manually. By manual adjustment, either the adjustment made in step (a) or (b) can be corrected and / or the ratio can be freely set, e.g. B. ranging from a power input only in the (at least one) upper heat radiator up to a power input only in the drawer-Garraumteiler. The manual adjustability can be performed, for example, by means of a dedicated control element. The control element may for example be physically configured, for. B. as a corresponding knob, or by means of a touch-sensitive screen are formed, for. B. as a so-called. 'Slider' or 'circular sliders'.

It is a further development that the cooking appliance, in particular in a setting automatically carried out by the cooking appliance, is adapted to change the ratio during a heating or cooking cycle (dynamic). Thus, for example, a turning of food to be reproduced and, for example, a food to be cooked on both sides without a turn 'grilled'.

In the following figure, the invention will be described schematically with reference to an embodiment schematically. In this case, the same or equivalent elements may be provided with the same reference numerals for clarity.

The figure shows a sectional view in side view of a cooking appliance in the form of a baking oven 1 , The oven 1 has a cooking space 2 on which of corresponding furnace walls 3 and front of an oven door 4 is limited. In the side oven walls 3a are guide rails 5 for introducing, among other things, food supports (not shown). Laterally opposite guide rails 5 define a shelf level.

In or on an upper furnace wall 3b there is a top heat radiator 6 , and in or on a bottom wall of the oven 3c there is a bottom heat radiator 7 , The top heat radiator 6 and the bottom heat radiator 7 become their operation by a control unit 8th controlled, z. B. operated clocked.

In one, here: the middle, Einschubbene is a drawer-Garraumteiler 9 , The slide-in cooking compartment divider 9 divides the cooking space 2 into two roughly equal subspaces. The slide-in cooking compartment divider 9 has on its underside a meandering surface heating 10 in the form of a resistance thick film line. The slide-in cooking compartment divider 9 is thus an electrically operated cooking space divider.

To operate the surface heating 10 has the drawer cooking divider 9 at its back to a furnace wall 3d adjacent edge of an electrical plug element 11 on, which in serving as an electrical connection electrical plug counter element 12 in the back stove wall 3d is pluggable. The slide-in cooking compartment divider 9 is about the electric plug counter element 12 be supplied with electrical energy (electricity, voltage, etc.), which by means of the control unit 8th is controllable or controllable. Each of the rack levels is its own electrical plug counter element 12 assigned.

The slide-in cooking compartment divider 9 has at its top a trough-shaped Gargutaufnahme 13 into which food to be treated (not shown) can be directly placed or filled. The food intake 13 can by means of surface heating 10 be heated over a large area, so that in the Gargutaufnahme 13 located food directly through the slide-in cooking space divider 9 is heated. This allows a particularly effective use of heat and is space-saving, so that the upper part space of the cooking chamber 2 , which on the bottom side through the slide-in cooking space divider 9 limited, may be narrower in the case of a food that is housed in a separate vessel. In turn, energy can be saved.

The slide-in cooking compartment divider 9 also has on its underside (alternatively: on its upper side) a temperature sensor 14 on. The temperature sensor 14 is about the electrical plug-in element 11 and the electrical plug counter element 12 with the control unit 8th communicatively coupled. As a result, the control unit can, for example, a temperature at the drawer-Garraumteiler 9 monitor, z. B. for a temperature control or as an overheating protection to prevent a food to be cooked or overcooked, etc.

The control unit 8th is set to, with an inserted or inserted drawer cooking divider 9 a power entry in the slide-in cooking space divider 9 and / or in the upper heat radiator 6 to control while the bottom heat radiator 7 switched off or deactivated. The control unit 8th is due to a through the plug element 11 contacted plug counter element 12 capable of passing through the slide-in cooking space divider 9 to recognize occupied rack level and following a power input into the slide-cooking compartment divider 9 and / or in the upper heat radiator 6 adapt.

So can with an occupancy of a higher rack level and consequently a narrower upper compartment energy input for treating a food can be reduced in total compared to a larger upper compartment. Further, as the means of the drawer-Garraumteilers 9 On the food to be cooked transmitted contact heat is essentially independent of the insertion height, that of the upper heat radiator 6 generated radiant heat, however, may change due to the changing with the insertion height distance to the food, is the control unit 8th also set up a ratio of the power input in the slide-in cooking space divider 9 and in the top heat radiator 6 depending on the occupied rack level. The ratio can be set directly as such or indirectly by setting the power settings accordingly.

The control unit 8th Furthermore, the ratio of the power input in the slide-in cooking space divider 9 and in the top heat radiator 6 Set (directly or indirectly) depending on a type and / or quantity of the food, as a distance of the food to the upper heat radiator 6 also depends on the type of food (eg a whole poultry or poultry pieces) and its quantity.

Of course, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment shown.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1

oven

2

oven

3

furnace wall

3a

lateral oven wall

3b

upper furnace wall

3c

bottom-side oven wall

3d

Back stove wall

4

oven door

5

guide rail

6

Top heat radiator

7

Bottom heating element

8th

control unit

9

Rack-Garraumteiler

10

panel heating

11

plug-in element

12

Plug mating element

13

Gargutaufnahme

14

temperature sensor

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Cited patent literature

• DE 10065215 A1 [0002]

Claims (10)

Heated rack-space divider ( 9 ), characterized in that an upper side of the drawer divider ( 9 ) as a food intake ( 13 ) is trained. Slide-in chamber divider ( 9 ) according to claim 1, characterized in that the top of the drawer-Garraumteilers ( 9 ) is designed trough-shaped and a surface heating ( 10 ) on an underside of the drawer divider ( 9 ) is arranged. Slide-in chamber divider ( 9 ) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the slide-in cooking chamber divider ( 9 ) a temperature sensor ( 14 ), in particular a bottom-mounted temperature sensor ( 14 ). Cooking appliance ( 1 ), comprising a cooking chamber ( 2 ) with several insertion levels, into each of which a slide-in cavity divider ( 9 ), in particular according to one of the preceding claims, wherein each of the insertion levels is an electrical connection ( 12 ) for an electrically operable plug-in cooking chamber divider ( 9 ), characterized in that the cooking appliance ( 1 ) is adapted to at least a power entry in the slide-in cooking space divider ( 9 ) in dependence on a through the slide-in cooking space divider ( 9 ) occupied rack level. Cooking appliance ( 1 ) according to claim 4, characterized in that the cooking appliance ( 1 ) is set up for a manual entry of the shelf level. Cooking appliance ( 1 ) according to one of claims 4 or 5, characterized in that the cooking appliance ( 1 ) is set up for automatic detection of the rack level. Cooking appliance ( 1 ) according to one of claims 4 to 6, characterized in that the cooking appliance ( 1 ) is adapted to a power input in the slide-in cooking space divider ( 9 ) and in at least one other radiator, in particular Oberhitzeheizkörper ( 6 ), depending on a through the slide-in cooking space divider ( 9 ) occupied rack level. Cooking appliance ( 1 ) according to one of claims 4 to 7, characterized in that the cooking appliance ( 1 ) is set up to run an automatic program, wherein by means of the program automatic a preferred insertion height depending on at least determined by the automatic cooking program to be cooked. Cooking appliance ( 1 ) according to claim 8, characterized in that by means of the program automatic a preferred insertion height in dependence on at least one of a user inputable parameters of the program automatic is determined. Cooking appliance ( 1 ) according to one of claims 4 to 9, characterized in that on the cooking appliance ( 1 ) a ratio of a power input in the slide-in cooking space divider ( 9 ) and a power input into a top heat radiator ( 6 ) is adjustable.

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