Combination cooker with sous vide functionality
A multifunction cooking range with sous-vides functionality. Cooking ranges are found in every home and in every restaurant; with the addition of a high precision temperature controller attached to the heating elements, a fluidic temperature control device, the range can also be configured to enable sous-vide cooking. By using a pot filled with fluid located on a burner, the user would immerse a fluidic temperature control device in the pot while using the burner with a heating element that is modulated by the controller and temperature sensor.
1. A combination cooking range comprising:
one or more burners communicatively coupled to a fluidic temperature control device and configured to support a container;
the fluidic temperature control device including, a heater controller, a temperature sensor, a fluid agitation device, and a heating element, wherein the fluidic temperature control device is releasably attached to the container,
wherein the temperature sensor is configured to control the heater controller to independently modulate a heat output of the one or more burners, and to independently modulate heat output of the heating element;
and the temperature sensor is further configured to actuate the fluid agitation device.
2. The combination cooking range of claim 1 , further comprising a display device and an input device coupled to the heater controller.
3. The combination cooking range of claim 2 , wherein the display device is configured to render a display of the temperature fluidic temperature control device or render a display of the heat output of the one or more burners.
4. The combination cooking range of claim 1 wherein the one or more burners includes at least one of the electric element, inductive element or gas element.
5. The combination cooking range of claim 1 , wherein the fluid agitation device includes at least one of a motorized stirrer, a pump, an air blower or an immersion stirrer.
6. The combination cooking range of claim 1 , wherein the fluid temperature control device is configured for partial or full submersion into a fluid of the container.
7. The combination cooking range of claim 1 , wherein the fluidic temperature control device includes a wireless radio transmitter/receiver in communication with a computing device.
8. The combination range of claim 1 , wherein the fluidic temperature control device includes a clamp enabling attachment and removal from the container.
9. The combination cooking range of claim 1 , wherein the combination cooking range is standalone or is embedded into a counter.
10. The combination cooking range of claim 1 , further comprising:
the heater controller controlling the one or more burners to increase heat output in response to the temperature sensor's detection of a predefined temperature.
11. The combination cooking range of claim 1 , further comprising:
the heater controller controlling the one or more burners to decrease heat output in response to the temperature sensor detecting a predefined temperature.
12. The combination cooking range of claim 1 , further comprising:
the fluid agitation device configured to increase actuation speed in response to the temperature sensor detecting a predefined temperature.
13. The combination cooking range of claim 1 , further comprising:
the fluid agitation device configured to decrease actuation speed in response to the temperature sensor detecting a predefined temperature.
14. A fluidic temperature control device which is releasably attachable to a container, the fluidic temperature control device comprising:
a heater controller;
a temperature sensor coupled to the heater controller,
a fluid agitation device coupled to the heater controller and a first heating element,
wherein the temperature sensor is configured to control the heater controller to modulate heat output of the first heating element;
the temperature sensor is further configured to actuate the fluid agitation device; and the heater controller is configurable to control the heater controller to modulate heat output of a second heating element, the second heating element external to the fluidic temperature control device.