Electric cooking appliance for preparing fried food
An electric cooking appliance includes a base, a ventilation system arranged to create an airflow, a heating system arranged to heat the airflow, and a removable cooking basket. The appliance also includes a removable housing accommodating the ventilation system and the heating system, the housing being designed to be arranged on the base in order to cook the food arranged in the cooking basket carried by the base, a removable container designed to receive a cooking bath, another removable housing from which there extends a heating element, the other housing being designed to be arranged on the base in order to cook the food arranged in the container.
1. An electric cooking appliance for either hot air cooking or hot liquid bath cooking, comprising:
a base in which at least a portion of a cooking space is arranged;
a ventilation system arranged to create an airflow in the cooking space;
a heating system arranged to heat the airflow;
a removable cooking basket arranged to receive foods to be cooked in the cooking space;
a first removable housing directly supporting the ventilation system and the heating system, the first removable housing being designed to be arranged on the base in order to cook the foods arranged in the removable cooking basket;
a removable container arranged to receive a cooking bath, and
a second removable housing from which there extends a heating element separate from the heating system, the second removable housing being separate from the first removable housing and being designed to be arranged on the base in order to cook the foods arranged in the removable container, the heating element then extending inside the removable container,
wherein the base is constructed and arranged to receive either a first cooking assembly for hot air cooking, the first cooking assembly including the ventilation system, the heating system, the removable cooking basket and the first removable housing, or a second cooking assembly for hot liquid cooking, the second cooking assembly including the removable container and the second removable housing.
2. The electric cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the base comprises a seating designed to receive at least partially the removable container or the removable cooking basket.
3. The electric cooking appliance according to claim 2 , wherein the seating has an upper opening.
4. The electric cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the base comprises an electric connector in order to electrically power the heating system and the ventilation system when the first removable housing is arranged on the base, and to electrically power the heating element when the second removable housing is arranged on the base.
5. The electric cooking appliance according to claim 1 , further comprising a lid arranged on the base, and wherein the cooking space is defined by the first removable housing and the lid arranged on the base.
6. The electric cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the cooking space is defined by the first removable housing arranged on the base.
7. The electric cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the first removable housing has an intake nozzle arranged upstream of the ventilation system, and wherein the base comprises an intake area arranged opposite the intake nozzle, and wherein the cooking space communicates with the intake area.
8. The electric cooking appliance according to claim 7 , wherein the ventilation system is arranged over the intake area.
9. The electric cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the heating system is arranged downstream of the ventilation system.
10. The electric cooking appliance according to claim 9 , wherein the first removable housing comprises an exhaust area arranged downstream of the ventilation system, and wherein the heating system is arranged in the exhaust area.
11. The electric cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the removable cooking basket is arranged downstream of the heating system.
12. The electric cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the heating system is arranged at least partially opposite the foods to be cooked that are received by the removable cooking basket.
13. The electric cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the first removable housing comprises at least one heated air outlet discharging opposite the removable cooking basket.
14. The electric cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the airflow goes through a bed of foods to be cooked arranged in the removable cooking basket.
15. The electric cooking appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the removable cooking basket has a perforated bottom allowing the passage of the airflow.