Invention Application
- Patent Title: APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREPARING FOOD
- Patent Title (中): 装置和食品的制备方法
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Application No.: PCT/EP2015/072659Application Date: 2015-10-01
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Publication No.: WO2016062513A1Publication Date: 2016-04-28
- Inventor: CHEN, Yun , ZHOU, Ning , SUN, Wen , KUI, Xiaoyun
- Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Applicant Address: High Tech Campus 5 NL-5656 AE Eindhoven NL
- Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Current Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: High Tech Campus 5 NL-5656 AE Eindhoven NL
- Agency: FREEKE, Arnold et al.
- Priority: CNPCT/CN2014/089290 20141023; EP14194127.8 20141120
- Main IPC: A47J37/06
- IPC: A47J37/06 ; F24C15/32
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an air-based fryer (10) apparatus comprising a food preparation chamber (140) comprising an outer wall (11), an inner wall (14) defining a food receiving space (141) with an air inlet (142) and an air discharge opening (145), and a circulation channel (113) defined between the outer wall (11) and the inner wall (14). The apparatus also comprises an air heater (13) for heating air in the food preparation chamber (140), a fan (192) for moving a flow of hot air successively through the air inlet (142), the food receiving space (141), the discharge opening (145), and the channel (113). The apparatus also comprises a steam generator (12) comprising at least one nozzle (127) extending into the food receiving space (141) for spraying temperature-controlled steam (18) onto the food; and a controller (15) adapted to control the steam generator to spray steam to food placed in the food receiving space (141) for a first predetermined period, and to control the air heater (13) and the fan (192) to circulate hot air to the food for a subsequent second predetermined period. This apparatus allows keeping the tenderness or crunchiness of the food during subsequent hot air cooking.
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