DE102020105691A1 - Built-in kitchen appliance - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a fitted kitchen appliance (1) with a frame element (10) which is designed to be arranged in a fixed manner in a kitchen, and with a movement element (11) which moves relative to the compartment element (10), preferably in depth (X ) can be pulled out and pushed in. The fitted kitchen appliance is characterized in that the moving element (11) has a cooking insert receptacle (20) which is designed to receive a removable cooking insert (3) of an electric rice cooker (2), the moving element (11) having at least one heating element which is designed is to heat a cooking insert (3) received in the cooking insert receptacle (20).

Description

The invention relates to a fitted kitchen appliance according to the preamble of claim 1.

Rice is one of the foods that are widespread worldwide and that are cooked by means of boiling. Rice refers to the grains of the plant species Oryza sativa, which have been cultivated and eaten around the world for some time. In Asia in particular, rice is widespread as a staple or staple food and can be consumed with all meals, i.e. morning, noon and evening, both at home and on the go. In Japan in particular, rice is not only seen as a filling side dish, but also represents a component of cultural identity.

Electric rice cookers can therefore be found in almost every household in Asia. The Japanese company Toshiba was the first to industrialize rice cookers and has been selling them since the mid-1950s.

An electric rice cooker is a kitchen appliance with which the cooking of rice can be carried out comparatively easily and conveniently for the user. For this purpose, an electric rice cooker has a receptacle in which a removable cooking insert in the form of a saucepan can be arranged and closed from above by means of a lid. The saucepan can also be referred to as a rice pot. The rice pot usually consists of enamelled cast iron, earthenware, solid coal or a multilayer composite material, which is particularly common in the case of inductive heating. In order to facilitate or enable the user to grasp and carry the rice pot, the rice pot usually has two handles that are diametrically opposite one another on the sides.

The rice pot can be heated to cook the rice in it with the water in it. For this purpose, a certain amount of cleaned raw rice and an amount of water suitable for the amount of rice are first poured into the saucepan by the user. The rice is then cooked with the lid closed without the user having to do anything else using the “swelling rice method”, in which the cooking water is completely absorbed or evaporated by the rice grains. The water vapor generated during the cooking process can escape upwards from the closed rice cooker and thereby be released into the environment.

In the early days of the electric rice cooker, the rice pot was only heated electrically from below, which in the case of larger quantities of rice to be cooked led to an uneven heat distribution during the cooking process and thus to an uneven cooking result. Therefore, the rice pots are nowadays heated inductively from below and from the side, so that even with larger quantities of rice to be cooked, a more uniform heat distribution with a correspondingly uniform cooking result can be achieved. At the same time, the energy consumption of the cooking process can be reduced. This also applies to electric rice cookers, which also have a heatable pressure lid.

Such electric rice cookers can also be used to prepare congee as rice porridge. Other foods can also be prepared using other cooking methods, but this is more common outside of Asia. For example, soups or stews can be cooked in an electric rice cooker, vegetables or dim sum can be steamed or food can be braised. Yogurt can also be prepared in an electric rice cooker.

Electric rice cookers nowadays have a display and operating interface for the user so that, for example, temperature, remaining cooking time and the like can be displayed and inputs such as starting the cooking process, selecting the type of rice to be cooked, setting a timer and the like can be made by the user .

In detail, the preparation of rice by means of an electric rice cooker is usually carried out in such a way that the amount of rice to be cooked is measured by the user by means of a measuring cup and placed in the empty and dry rice pot of the electric rice cooker. This can be done when the rice pot is inserted in the receptacle of the electric rice cooker and the lid is open, but also when the rice pot is removed from the receptacle of the electric rice cooker.

The rice is now washed by the user adding some water to the rice in the rice pot and stirring the rice grains in the water by hand. The water can then be poured off into a sink so that the rice bodies remain in the rice pot. This process can be repeated several times by the user until the rice has been sufficiently cleaned, which can be seen from the clear water that has been poured off.

Then water is filled into the rice pot to the washed rice until a mark is reached on the inside of the rice pot, which corresponds to the amount of rice filled. In other words, the marking on the inside of the rice pot for the amount of water corresponds to the amount of rice that the user has with the Measuring cup has been measured. Alternatively, a measuring cup or the like can also be used to measure the amount of water. The rice should then be evenly distributed on the bottom of the rice pot in order to achieve the most even cooking result possible. If necessary, this can be achieved by the user shaking the rice pot.

Then the rice pot with rice and water is inserted into the receptacle of the electric rice cooker and closed with the lid from above. The user can now start the cooking process. The cooking times, which can be adhered to automatically by the electric rice cooker by means of a timer, are usually between 20 minutes and 60 minutes. During the cooking process, the resulting water vapor can usually escape through the lid into the environment.

If the cooking process is completed, e.g. by the timer running out, this can be communicated to the user by the electric rice cooker e.g. by means of a sound signal, by means of a message on a display and the like. Then the user can open the lid of the electric rice cooker and, for example, remove the rice pot with cooked rice in order to serve the rice in the rice pot on a table, for example. For this purpose, the rice pot can be designed in a visually appealing way so as not to disturb the user by looking at him on the table.

If the rice is to be served later, the user can open the lid of the electric rice cooker and remove the cooked rice in the rice pot from the side walls of the rice pot with a rice spoon or the like, and shape it into a heap in the center of the rice pot to prevent the rice from sticking to prevent the side walls of the rice pot. Then the lid of the rice cooker can be closed again and a warming function of the electric rice cooker can be used to keep the cooked rice warm for hours without continuing the cooking process.

When the cooked rice is used up, the user can clean the rice pot and place it back in the receptacle of the electric rice cooker. The electric rice cooker is now available for further use.

The advantage of the "swelling rice method" of rice cooking by means of an electric rice cooker compared to boiling water and rice in a saucepan on a hotplate is that continuous monitoring of the cooking process by the user, which is necessary for a saucepan on a hotplate, ensures that the rice does not boil over, does not become mushy, does not dry out or burns, but is still sufficiently cooked, can be omitted.

Another advantage is that cooked rice usually tastes better if no condensation drips from the inside of the lid into the rice during cooking, which can be achieved with electric rice cookers e.g. by the escape of water vapor to the outside.

During the last decades the development of the electric rice cooker was based mainly on the demands of the Asian societal cultures. Rice should be freshly prepared and consumable in the best possible quality at any time of the day. Many Japanese manufacturers of electric rice cookers have therefore concentrated in their developments in recent years on permanent improvement of the taste quality and practical, everyday use. Electric rice cookers are therefore usually time-programmable nowadays, keep rice constantly warm over a long period of time, can represent different cooking qualities and can be easily transported from the kitchen to the dining area in order to be able to serve warm, freshly prepared rice at the table.

The solutions known on the market all represent individual stand-alone device solutions that are used standing on a worktop, e.g. a kitchenette. Such electric rice cookers thus take up space on the worktop in the kitchen. This can be disadvantageous in particular in Asian kitchens, since there, at least in larger cities, living space can be scarce and the kitchens can be designed correspondingly small.

Asia and even traditional Japan are also becoming increasingly open to European kitchen trends, so that open kitchens that are generously integrated into the living space are increasingly finding their way into apartments and houses, although the living space in Asia's metropolises is usually even narrower than in Europe's metropolises. Following the European model, kitchen appliances as built-in appliances are increasingly being built into and integrated into kitchen furniture.

Extendable shelves for electric rice cookers can be seen in Japanese kitchens. These solutions show that work space and storage space on kitchen units compete with each other and that practical solutions are being sought to make floor-standing devices such as electric rice cookers disappear from the direct range of action in everyday kitchen routines. However, the electric rice cooker as a stand-alone device can only be pulled out of a space of an open kitchen shelf and the like towards the user in this way in order to be filled or to remove cooked rice, and otherwise be pushed down by the user. Through this the electric rice cooker can disappear from the user's effective range, but not optically from the user's field of vision.

Using known steamers as built-in appliances, rice can also be cooked by steaming. The applicant itself offers steamers with functions for steaming rice. The rice is cooked with steam, the program ends automatically and the rice can then be removed. It is questionable, however, whether the result of this type of cooking of rice can meet the Asian taste requirements or whether there are differences in taste between the cooked rice using a standard electric rice cooker and the steamed rice using a steamer.

Another advantage of cooking rice using electric rice cookers is that the rice can be kept warm in the electric rice cooker for hours and hardly loses its taste quality during this time. In other words, with an electric rice cooker, it is possible to remove individual rice portions at different times with automatic keeping warm and keeping warm over long periods of time with a consistently high taste quality. This is not the case with steamed rice in the steamer.

Electric rice cookers are also known which can be programmed so that rice can be freshly prepared automatically by the electric rice cooker when you get up in the morning or when you come home. Such functions are usually not available in steamers.

An essential difference between the electric rice cooker and the steam cookers as built-in devices lies in the handling. Washing rice in a round saucepan and transporting the cooked rice in the rice pot to the dining area is not possible with a steam cooker.

The invention thus poses the problem of providing an electric rice cooker as a built-in device. In particular, the electric rice cooker as a built-in device should have the same handling as a known electric rice cooker as a floor-standing device. In particular, the convenience of preparing rice for the user should be increased compared to steam cookers. In particular, the taste quality should be increased in the preparation of rice for the user compared to steam cookers. In particular, it should be possible to improve the handling and / or the visual appearance of an electric rice cooker in a fitted kitchen. At least an alternative to known electric rice cookers should be created as stand-alone devices.

According to the invention, this problem is solved by a fitted kitchen appliance with the features of claim 1. Advantageous refinements and developments of the invention emerge from the following subclaims.

Thus, the invention relates to a built-in kitchen appliance with a frame element which is designed to be fixedly arranged in a kitchen and with a movement element which can be moved relative to the compartment element, preferably extended and pushed in in depth. A fitted kitchen appliance is to be understood as a kitchen appliance which is designed to be integrated into a piece of furniture in a kitchen, for example in a kitchen unit, so that the housing or the like of the kitchen appliance is formed by the piece of furniture. The movement element is preferably designed to be closed, facing a user, in order to offer a closed, uniform and / or visually appealing design for the user, as will be described in more detail below.

Correspondingly, the frame element is fixedly connected to the piece of furniture as a fixed part of the fitted kitchen device and the moving element, as a movable part of the fitted kitchen device, is movable with respect to the frame element. The moving element can preferably be moved in a translatory manner in the depth of the fitted kitchen device and pulled out of the frame element and pushed into the frame element, so that the moving element can also be referred to as a pull-out element. With a corresponding box-shaped design, the pull-out element can also be referred to as a drawer element. However, depending on the movement mechanism used, the movement element can also be pivoted or folded in relation to the frame element, for example.

The fitted kitchen appliance according to the invention is characterized in that the moving element has a cooking insert receptacle which is designed to accommodate a removable cooking insert of an electric rice cooker, the moving element having at least one heating element which is designed to heat a cooking insert received in the cooking insert receptacle. The heating element is preferably designed for inductive heating. A plurality of heating elements are preferably arranged on the sides and on the bottom of the cooking insert holder.

In other words, a known electric rice cooker can be integrated into kitchen furniture by at least the Cooking insert receptacle and its heating element or heating elements of an electric rice cooker are fixedly arranged in or on the moving element of the fitted kitchen appliance. In the cooking insert receptacle, a known removable cooking insert such as a removable cooking pot or a removable rice pot can then be accommodated and heated as previously known.

In this way, an electric rice cooker can be moved towards a user by means of the movement element and, in particular, can be pulled in order to reach the cooking insert or the cooking insert receptacle. During a cooking process and when not in use, the electric rice cooker with or without a cooking insert can be accommodated in the frame element by means of the movement element and the fitted kitchen appliance can be closed as a result. As a result, the electric rice cooker with or without a cooking insert can disappear from the active area and from the user's field of vision.

According to one aspect of the invention, the movement element has a cover element which is designed to close the cooking insert received in the cooking insert receptacle in a fluid-tight manner at the height from above. As a result, the interior of the cooking insert can be closed to the outside in such a way that, in particular, steam, which can be generated by heating water in the cooking insert, cannot escape to the outside. This can be advantageous in particular when the fitted kitchen appliance is closed, because otherwise steam escaping from the cooking insert condenses inside the fitted kitchen appliance and as a result can lead to damage, mold and the like in the medium term.

According to a further aspect of the invention, the cover element is designed by a user between a horizontal position in which the cooking insert received in the cooking insert receptacle is closed in a fluid-tight manner from above, and a vertical position in which the cooking insert received in the cooking insert receptacle is in the height from above is released to be moved. In other words, the lid element is connected to the movement element, for example by means of a pivoting or folding mechanism, so that the lid element can be pivoted relative to the cooking insert as described above when the cooking insert is in the cooking insert receptacle. This can prevent the cover element from being lost or having to be put away or held by the user. This can simplify the handling of the cover element for the user and thereby increase the convenience when using the electric rice cooker integrated in the fitted kitchen furniture.

According to a further aspect of the invention, the cover element is designed to supply steam to a condensate container by means of a fluid line from an interior space of the fluid-tightly sealed cooking insert accommodated in the cooking insert receptacle. As a result, even when the cover element is closed in a fluid-tight manner, steam can escape from the interior of the cooking insert in order to avoid the creation of overpressure there. At the same time, the steam can be kept away from the fitted kitchen appliance as described above. Inside the condensate container, the steam can cool down sufficiently to condense.

According to a further aspect of the invention, the condensate container is designed to be removable. This can make it easier for the user to remove the condensate from the condensate container, i.e. to empty the condensate container.

According to a further aspect of the invention, the fitted kitchen appliance has a cover element which is designed to be moved along with the cover element and to cover the cover element from the side facing away from the cooking insert receptacle. For this purpose, the cover element can also, for example, be arranged pivotably or foldably on the movement element and be movable independently of the cover element. Preferably, the cover element and its cover element are fixedly connected to one another and in particular the cover element is arranged, for example, pivotable or foldable on the moving element or on a cover of the integrated electric rice cooker. In any case, the cover element can hide the cover element from the user, which can improve the visual impression of the fitted kitchen appliance.

According to a further aspect of the invention, the cooking insert receptacle has at least one handle element recess, preferably two diametrically opposite handle element recesses, which is designed to receive a handle element of the cooking insert. A handle element of the cooking insert and in particular two diametrically opposite handle elements can make it easier for the user to handle the cooking insert. Receiving this grip element or this grip element in height in or to the side of the cooking insert receptacle can prevent the grip element or the grip elements from protruding in height. The handle element recess or the handle element recesses are to be designed in such a way that a handle element of the cooking insert received there remains accessible and in particular grippable for the user.

According to a further aspect of the invention, the moving element has a panel which is designed to conceal the built-in kitchen appliance in depth from the front. This can improve the visual impression of the fitted kitchen appliance for the user.

According to a further aspect of the invention, the panel has at least one display and / or operating element which is designed to display at least one piece of information to the user and / or to receive at least one operating input from the user. In this way, display and / or operating options can be created for the user. Providing this display and / or control element on, on or in the panel can simplify the accessibility of the user to the display and / or control element.

According to a further aspect of the invention, the fitted kitchen device is designed to carry out a cooking process for a period of time that can be predetermined by the user, wherein the setting of the time period of the cooking process can preferably take place by means of an operating element of the fitted kitchen device, preferably by means of an operating element of a panel of the kitchen unit. This can enable the automatic execution of a cooking process, e.g. for cooking rice, comparable to a known electric rice cooker, in order to also make this function available in the built-in kitchen appliance according to the invention.

According to a further aspect of the invention, the fitted kitchen device is designed to perform a cooking process as a function of a rice variety that can be predetermined by the user, wherein the rice variety can be set preferably by means of an operating element of the fitted kitchen device, preferably by means of an operating element of a panel of the kitchen device. This can make it possible to carry out a cooking process, e.g. for cooking rice, taking into account the corresponding type of rice, comparable to a known electric rice cooker, in order to also provide this function with the built-in kitchen appliance according to the invention.

According to a further aspect of the invention, the movement element is designed to be opened by means of a push-to-open mechanism. A push-to-open mechanism is understood to mean a mechanical mechanism which, by pressing the user on the movement element, preferably in the depth towards the frame element, can bring about an automatic movement of the movement element towards the user or away from the frame element. This can be implemented, for example, by means of a pressure magnet snapper. Such a mechanism can make it possible to design a closed surface, in particular a closed panel, of the movement element facing the user, which can be particularly visually appealing, and at the same time to enable the movement element to be opened, at least to a small but sufficient extent, e.g. The front or the panel of the movement element can be grasped by the user from behind and pulled further towards himself.

According to a further aspect of the invention, the movement element has a receptacle for a cooking insert cover of the cooking insert and / or for a steamer insert of the cooking insert. The cooking insert can be closed at least substantially fluid-tight with the cooking insert lid when the lid element of the built-in electric rice cooker of the built-in kitchen appliance is opened and in particular when the cooking insert is removed from the cooking insert receptacle of the built-in electric rice cooker of the built-in kitchen appliance. The contents of the cooking insert can be kept warm by means of the cooking insert lid. With a steaming insert, which can be arranged in the interior of the cooking insert, the cooking insert can be used for steaming food. In this way, such utensils, which can be used together with the cooking insert, can be stored within the moving element. This can save additional storage space in the kitchen. At the same time, these utensils can be offered to the user directly where they are needed. This can increase the convenience of using the fitted kitchen appliance for the user.

According to a further aspect of the invention, the movement element has a receptacle for a rice spoon. A rice spoon, which can also be referred to as a rice shovel, can be used to shape and arrange or pile the cooked rice within the interior of the cooking insert and / or to remove rice from the interior of the cooking insert. As a result, such a utensil, which can be used together with the cooking insert, can be stored within the moving element. This can save additional storage space in the kitchen. At the same time, this utensil can be offered to the user directly where it is needed. This can increase the convenience of using the fitted kitchen appliance for the user.

According to a further aspect of the invention, the movement element has at least one receptacle for a measuring cup. A measuring cup can be used to measure the amount of rice to be cooked. Also can be with the same or a further corresponding measuring cup is used to measure the amount of water that is to be used for cooking the rice. As a result, such a utensil, which can be used together with the cooking insert, can be stored within the moving element. This can save additional storage space in the kitchen. At the same time, this utensil can be offered to the user directly where it is needed. This can increase the convenience of using the fitted kitchen appliance for the user.

In other words, the present invention is based on the knowledge that built-in appliances were previously not a standard in Asian kitchens but are being used more and more often in Asian kitchens. The most important built-in appliance from a European or American point of view, the oven, is not geared towards the eating habits of Asian cuisine in its main functions for baking bread and cakes, for cooking meat, for preparing casseroles and gratins and the like.

Therefore, built-in rice cookers in the form of drawers can make the overall system of built-in kitchen appliances in Asia even more attractive and convince even more customers of the built-in kitchen appliance idea. For example, a built-in rice cooker according to the invention in the form of a drawer can combine basic Asian needs in the preparation of meals with European kitchen trends. For the European and American market, such a device can be used not only as a rice cooker but also as a built-in food processor or hot pot, e.g. to prepare rice porridge, soups, stews and the like.

For this purpose, the built-in rice cooker according to the invention is integrated into a drawer as a movement element, which can contain both the rice cooker and also offer space for important accessories. The drawer can be opened very easily by the user via a push-to-open mechanism. The front of the moving element can correspond to the built-in devices with which the moving element is combined, or to the furniture in which the moving element is installed.

When the drawer is opened as a movement element, the lid of the rice container or the rice pot does not have to be opened automatically but can remain closed so that heat does not escape unnecessarily. The lid can easily be opened by hand at the desired time.

The preferably circular rice pot can be removed so that the rice in the rice pot can be washed in the first step. After washing, the rice pot can be inserted into the built-in electric rice cooker and filled with the required amount of water. A measuring cup for portioning the rice and adding the required amount of water can be taken from a compartment of the drawer, e.g. on the left of the saucepan, and made available there. A rice shovel can be taken from a compartment of the drawer, e.g. to the right of the saucepan, and made available there. In the rear part of the drawer, for example, space can be provided for additional accessories such as steam inserts and a condensate collection tank that can be removed for emptying.

A control can be located on the top of the drawer front, which can be used, for example, to select the cooking method tailored to the rice variety and to program the time. After washing the rice and after filling the rice pot with water, the lid can be closed by the user. A cooking program can be set as a standard or newly selected and started using e.g. the touch buttons on the control unit. After the user closes the drawer, the remaining time and other status information can be shown on a display on the drawer front so that the user can read the required information during the cooking process.

The electric rice cooker in the drawer is a solution integrated into the furniture. Compared to cooking rice in steamers, the rice can be covered with a lid during the cooking process and, for example, heated and kept warm in the rice pot from below or from the side, comparable to the known ones electric rice cookers as stand-alone units. The rice pot is removable and can be taken directly to the table on its own or in a repot.

The drawer can provide storage space for the standard accessories of rice cookers such as the steamer, lid of the rice pot, measuring cup and rice shovel, so that these devices do not have to be stowed in other places and are available to the user at all times when using the built-in electric rice pot can.

In this way, an electric rice cooker can be created by the built-in kitchen device according to the invention with an integrated electric rice cooker, in particular for the eating habits of Asian cuisine, so that a device that is used several times a day from the The work surface of the kitchen unit disappears and can still be accessible and present at all times.

• 1 eine perspektivische Darstellung eines Bewegungselements eines erfindungsgemäßen Einbauküchengeräts mit geschlossenem Abdeckelement;
• 2 die Darstellung der 1 ohne Abdeckelement und ohne Deckelelement;
• 3 eine Draufsicht auf das Bewegungselement ohne Abdeckelement;
• 4 die Darstellung der 3 ohne Deckelelement;
• 5 eine Frontalansicht des erfindungsgemäßen Einbauküchengeräts; und
• 6 einen Querschnitt durch das erfindungsgemäße Einbauküchengerät mit geschlossenem Deckelelement und geschlossenem Abdeckelement.

An embodiment of the invention is shown purely schematically in the drawings and is described in more detail below. It shows

• 1 a perspective view of a moving element of a fitted kitchen device according to the invention with a closed cover element;
• 2 the representation of the 1 without cover element and without cover element;
• 3 a plan view of the moving element without a cover element;
• 4th the representation of the 3 without cover element;
• 5 a front view of the fitted kitchen device according to the invention; and
• 6th a cross section through the fitted kitchen device according to the invention with a closed cover element and a closed cover element.

The above figures are viewed in Cartesian coordinates. It extends in a longitudinal direction X which also called depth X or as length X can be designated. Perpendicular to the longitudinal direction X extends in a transverse direction Y which also called width Y can be designated. Perpendicular to both the longitudinal direction X as well as to the transverse direction Y extends in a vertical direction Z which also called height Z can be designated.

A fitted kitchen device according to the invention 1 has a frame element 10 on, see 6th , which is also called the corpus 10 can be designated and is designed to be arranged in a fixed manner in kitchen furniture such as, for example, in a kitchen unit. Opposite the frame element 10 is an element of movement 11 in the deep X movably arranged such that the moving element 11 from the kitchen unit by a user in depth X pulled out to the front and in depth X can be pushed back in again. This is the moving element 11 by means of one in width Y laterally arranged pair of pull-out elements 12th as telescopic rails 12th with the frame element 10 tied together. The moving element 11 can therefore also be used as a pull-out element 11 and due to its box-shaped overall design, it can also be used as a drawer element 11 are designated.

The box-shaped moving element 11 has a flat aperture 11a as the front 11a on which also as a front 11a can be designated. The moving element 11 further has two side faces 11b , a back 11c as well as a floor 11d on. Inside the bezel 11a , the side surfaces 11b , the back 11c as well as the soil 11 d becomes the interior 13th of the moving element 11 educated.

In the interior 13th of the moving element 11 is an electric rice cooker 2 integrated. For this purpose, there is a cooking insert holder 20th in height Z open at the top on the floor 11d of the moving element 11 in the deep X immediately behind the aperture 11a and in breadth Y arranged in the middle. The cooking insert holder 20th will be in height Z from below and in width Y as well as in depth X surrounded on the sides by several inductive heating elements (not shown). From the cooking insert 20th can be a removable cooking insert 3 in the form of a removable saucepan 3 or rice pot 3 recorded and inductively heated by means of the heating elements. This allows food such as rice with water in an interior 30th of the cooking insert 3 to be cooked.

Two lateral and diametrically opposed handle elements 31 of the rice pot 3 in the form of handles 31 can if the rice pot 3 from the insert holder 20th is received by two corresponding handle element recesses 21 the insert holder 20th are received in such a way that the handle elements 31 of the rice pot 3 in height Z does not have a cover 27 of the electric rice cooker 2 protrude and still for the user with the finger in height Z Can be reached from above from behind to the side of the rice pot 3 from the cooking insert holder 20th in height Z to be able to refer to the top.

The one in the moving element 11 integrated electric rice cooker 2 also has a foldable cover element 22nd on which such on the cover 27 is arranged that the cover element 22nd horizontally on the in the cooking insert holder 20th recorded rice pot 3 in height Z can be folded down from above to close this fluid-tight, and vertically in height Z can be folded up to accommodate the in the cooking insert holder 20th recorded rice pot 3 in height Z to release from above. The cover element is for this purpose 22nd fixed with a cover element 23 connected, which is formed, the cooking insert receptacle 20th in a horizontal position all over the height Z to be covered from above and in the vertical position in height Z to release from above. Here is the cover element 22nd so fixed with the cover element 23 arranged and the cover element 23 foldable with the cover 27 connected that the cover element 22nd with the cover element 23 can be folded with.

The cover element 22nd is on its underside, which is the cooking insert holder 20th is facing, provided with openings (not shown) so that steam, which when the rice pot is closed 3 can arise during cooking, through the openings in the interior of the lid element 22nd and further through a fluid line 24 as a steam pipe 24 can get. The fluid line 24 can the steam into the interior of a removable condensate container 25th lead which inside the interior 13th of the moving element 11 viewed from the user is arranged rear left in the horizontal. There the steam can condense and be collected. When not in use, the condensate container can be removed and emptied by the user.

On the upper edge of the cover 11a is on the inside one in height Z Display and control element accessible from above 26th provided, which can display information to the user and receive operator input from the user. In this way, for example, a type of rice to be cooked can be selected and a duration of the cooking process can be specified.

In the interior 13th of the moving element 11 is in the depth X Behind the electric rice cooker viewed from the user 2 a storage space as a recording 14th for a cooking insert lid 4th and for a steamer insert 5 intended. In breadth Y to the right of the electric rice cooker 2 is a recording 15th for a rice spoon 6th or a rice shovel 6th intended. In breadth Y to the left of the electric rice cooker 2 are also two recordings 16 for two measuring cups 7th provided to measure the amount of rice or water to be cooked.

According to the invention, an electric rice cooker can be used in this way 2 in a drawer unit 11 integrated and thus as a fitted kitchen device 1 be formed. This can take advantage of built-in kitchen appliances 1 with an electric rice cooker, which was previously only available as a floor-standing device 2 combine.

List of reference symbols

X

Longitudinal direction; Depth; length

Y

Transverse direction; broad

Z

vertical direction; height

1

Built-in kitchen appliance

10

Frame element; Body

11

Moving element; Pull-out element; Drawer unit

11a

Cover, front or front of the pull-out element 11

11b

Sides of the pull-out element 11

11c

Rear of the pull-out element 11

11d

Bottom of the pull-out element 11

12th

Pull-out elements; Telescopic rails

13th

inner space

14th

Holder for cooking insert lid 4th and steamer insert 5

15th

Holder for rice spoon 6

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Holders for measuring beaker 7

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electric rice cooker

20th

Cooking insert holder

21

Grip element recesses

22nd

Cover element

23

Cover element

24

Fluid line; Steam pipe

25th

(removable) condensate container

26th

Display / operating elements

27

cover

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removable cooking insert; removable saucepan; removable rice pot

30th

Interior of the cooking insert 3

31

Grip elements or handles of the cooking insert 3

4th

Cooking insert lid

5

Steamer insert

6th

Rice spoon; Rice shovel

7th

measuring cup

Claims (15)

Fitted kitchen appliance (1) with a frame element (10) which is designed to be fixedly arranged in a kitchen, and with a movement element (11) which moves relative to the compartment element (10), preferably extended and pushed in in depth (X) , characterized in that the moving element (11) has a cooking insert receptacle (20) which is designed to receive a removable cooking insert (3) of an electric rice cooker (2), the moving element (11) having at least one heating element which is designed to heat a cooking insert (3) received in the cooking insert receptacle (20). Built-in kitchen appliance (1) according to Claim 1 , characterized in that the movement element (11) has a cover element (22) which is designed to close the cooking insert (3) received in the cooking insert receptacle (20) at the height (Z) from above in a fluid-tight manner. Built-in kitchen appliance (1) according to Claim 2 , characterized in that the cover element (22) is formed by a user between a horizontal position in which the cooking insert (3) received in the cooking insert receptacle (20) is closed fluid-tight at the height (Z) from above, and a vertical one Position in which the cooking insert (3) received in the cooking insert receptacle (20) is released from above at the height (Z) to be moved. Built-in kitchen appliance (1) according to Claim 2 or 3 , characterized in that the cover element (22) is designed to supply steam from an interior (30) of the fluid-tightly sealed cooking insert (3) accommodated in the cooking insert receptacle (20) to a condensate container (25) by means of a fluid line (24). Built-in kitchen appliance (1) according to Claim 4 , characterized in that the condensate container (25) is designed to be removable. Built-in kitchen appliance (1) according to one of the Claims 2 until 5 , characterized by a cover element (23) which is designed to be moved along with the cover element (22) and to cover the cover element (22) from the side facing away from the cooking insert receptacle (20). Fitted kitchen appliance (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the cooking insert receptacle (20) has at least one handle element recess (21), preferably two diametrically opposite handle element recesses (21), which is designed to be a handle element (31) of the cooking insert ( 3) to include. Fitted kitchen appliance (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the movement element (11) has a panel (11a) which is designed to conceal the fitted kitchen appliance (1) in the depth (X) from the front. Built-in kitchen appliance (1) according to Claim 8 , characterized in that the panel (11a) has at least one display and / or operating element (26) which is designed to display at least one piece of information to the user and / or to receive at least one operating input from the user. Fitted kitchen appliance (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the fitted kitchen appliance (1) is designed to carry out a cooking process for a period of time that can be predetermined by the user, the setting of the cooking process period preferably by means of an operating element (26) of the fitted kitchen appliance (1 ), preferably by means of an operating element (26) of a panel (11a) of the built-in kitchen appliance (1). Fitted kitchen appliance (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the fitted kitchen appliance (1) is designed to carry out a cooking process as a function of a type of rice that can be predetermined by the user, the setting of the rice type preferably by means of an operating element (26) of the fitted kitchen appliance (1). , preferably by means of an operating element (26) of a panel (11a) of the built-in kitchen appliance (1). Fitted kitchen appliance (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the movement element (11) is designed to be opened by means of a push-to-open mechanism. Fitted kitchen appliance (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the movement element (11) has a receptacle (14) for a cooking insert cover (4) of the cooking insert (3) and / or for a steamer insert (5) of the cooking insert (3) . Fitted kitchen appliance (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the movement element (11) has a receptacle (15) for a rice spoon (6). Fitted kitchen appliance (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the movement element (11) has at least one receptacle (16) for a measuring cup (7).

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