Cooking and storage systems
View Patent ↗A cooking and storage system comprises a refrigeration device, a cooking device and controller for controlling the cooking device, and the refrigeration device provides to the controller temperature information relating to the temperature within the refrigeration device.
1. A method of controlling a cooking and storage system comprising a refrigeration device, a cooking device and a controller for controlling the cooking device, the method comprising:
storing a plurality of different types of food products in a plurality of food compartments of said refrigeration device at different temperatures, wherein each of said temperatures is dependent on a corresponding one of said food types;
removing a one of said food products from a corresponding one of said food compartments of said refrigeration device and placing it in said cooking device;
providing said controller with information identifying said food type of said removed food product;
said refrigeration device providing temperature information to said controller specifying a corresponding one of said temperatures at which said removed food product has been stored within said refrigeration device; and
said controller controlling the cooking device to perform a sequence of cooking operations, which depend on both said food type of said removed food product and said temperature information.
2. A method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
after cooking said food product within said cooking device, placing said removed food product within a holding cabinet provided with a heater controlled by a holding cabinet controller;
automatically passing information to said holding cabinet controller relating to said food type of said removed food product which has been cooked by said cooking device; and
said holding cabinet controller controlling operation of said heater depending on said food type of said removed food product.
3. A method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein said controller and said holding cabinet controller are one and the same device.
4. A method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each food type of said food products is provided with a different code, and wherein said step of providing said controller with information identifying said food type of said removed food product involves a user entering the relevant code.