Patent ID: 6065391
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
An electronic chef's fork, comprising:a handle portion and a tine portion downwardly depending from said handle portion;a housing along said handle portion, said housing including operational circuitry;a display panel associated with said housing and interactive with said operational circuitry;a control interface area associated with said housing and interactive with said operational circuitry;a heat sensor of said tine portion, said sensor being in electronic communication with said operational circuitry for monitoring the temperature of a food item;said operational circuitry selects a food type from an array of food options in response to user interaction with said control interface area;said operational circuitry designates a degree of doneness for said food type which is selected by way of said operational circuitry; andsaid operational circuitry further includes a message component associated with said electronic communication of said heat sensor and associated with said food doneness which is designated, said message component initiating a prompt message at said display panel when one of said degrees of doneness is achieved, thereby informing a user that a food item in operative communication with said heat sensor has attained said degree of doneness.