Patent ID: 8689679
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A method for automatically maintaining a level of cooking medium in a cooking vessel, the method comprising the steps of: heating the cooking medium in the cooking vessel to a predetermined temperature for cooking a food product; detecting temperature data within the cooking vessel when cooking the food product therein, comprising the substeps of: comparing the first temperature data and the second temperature data by comparing each of the first temperature readings with each of the corresponding second temperature readings; determining a level of cooking medium in the cooking vessel based on the comparison of the first and second temperature data, the step of determining the level of cooking medium in the cooking vessel comprising the substeps of: adding an amount of cooking medium in the cooking vessel through at least one inlet along a first communication path upon determining that the level of cooking medium in the cooking vessel is inadequate, the step of adding cooking medium comprising the substeps of: determining a fill time, which corresponds to an amount of time elapsed while adding the amount of cooking medium in the cooking vessel; notifying a status of a source of the cooking medium added to the cooking vessel when the fill time exceeds a predetermined value; and filtering cooking medium, the step of filtering cooking medium comprising the substeps of: