APPARATUS FOR PREPARING FOOD

摘要

A cooking apparatus for preparing food includes a vessel, a burner, an electrically controllable valve, a thermocouple and a thermally actuated switch. The vessel is configured for containing a fluid and the burner is positioned for providing a gas flame to the vessel. The valve is coupled between the burner and a gas source and the thermocouple is positioned to sense a temperature of the flame provided by the burner. The thermally actuated switch is serially coupled between the valve and the thermocouple. The switch provides a conduction path between the valve and th e thermocouple, when a temperature sensed by the thermal switch is less than a predetermined temperature. The switch is integrally mounted to the vessel to sense a temperature of the fluid contained within the vessel.