Patent ID: 8835816
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: G05B,G06Q,H04L,H05B

Abstract:
1. A cooking apparatus for a food item comprising: input means for obtaining a unique identifier and cooking data for the food item, and cooking control means for checking for a record of the unique identifier in a memory of the cooking apparatus, and if a record of the unique identifier is located in the memory then the cooking control means is adapted to control the cooking apparatus so that a cooking process is not performed and the food item is not cooked, but if a record of the unique identifier is not located in the memory, the cooking control means is adapted to control the cooking apparatus to perform a cooking process based on the cooking data to cook the food item, conversion means for converting the cooking data into the cooking process performed by the cooking apparatus, and automatically generate a combination cooking process when the unique identifiers for two or more food items are read, the combination cooking process enabling the two or more food items to be cooked at the same time by the cooking apparatus.