Air sous-vide

US10721948B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS, INC. · BE

Inventors

• Steven M. Swayne · Chattanooga, US
• Brendan McGinnis · Russellville, US
• Ashish Ainapure · Hendersonville, US
• Paolo Faraldi · Forlì, IT
• Massimo Banzato · Forlì, IT

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 8, 2017
• Grant date: Jul 28, 2020
• Expiry date: Oct 19, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A23V2002/00
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method performs sous-vide style cooking in an oven cavity of a cooking appliance, where air, not water, serves as the cooking medium. The oven cavity temperature is regulated around a desired final food temperature using a PID algorithm to control a convection heating element and associated fan.