Multi-purpose cooking appliance

摘要

It is disclosed a household multi-purpose cooking appliance that can function in a barbecue mode, in an oven mode and in a fryer/boiler mode. The appliance comprises a cooking chamber with a top aperture closed by a lid associated to a heating element and an insulating cover. The cooking chamber can contain a lower heating element for use in the oven or fryer cooking mode. A pan is inserted in the cooking chamber in the fryer mode.

主权项

1. A multipurpose household cooking appliance comprising:
a cooking chamber adapted to receive food to be cooked, the cooking chamber defined at least in part by a side wall and a bottom wall; an upper lid configured to close the cooking chamber, the upper lid including a cooking surface exterior to the cooking chamber adapted to receive food to be cooked, and a heating element for heating the cooking surface; an insulated cover movable with respect to the upper lid between an insulating position in which the insulated cover extends along the upper lid to cover the cooking surface of the upper lid, and a non-insulating position in which the cooking surface of the lid is exposed to a user, wherein: the cooking appliance is configurable between an oven mode wherein the upper lid closes the cooking chamber and the cooking surface is covered by said insulated cover, and a broil mode wherein the upper lid closes the cooking chamber and the cooking surface is exposed to a user.