Patent ID: 8348186

Claim:
A kitchen machine having a support platform for supporting a receptacle for ingredients to be mixed or otherwise processed therein; an electric motor and a drive system capable of imparting a mixing or otherwise processing action to tool means disposed in the receptacle; and heating means to permit said ingredients in the receptacle to be heated; the receptacle being constructed, at least in a base region thereof, of a first metallic material having a relatively high thermal conductivity, disposed between outer and inner skins of a second metallic material of lower thermal conductivity than the first metallic material; the machine further comprising thermal sensing means including a first probe protruding through the receptacle-supporting platform and urged upwardly by resilient means to contact said inner skin and a second probe protruding through the receptacle-supporting platform and urged upwardly by resilient means to contact said first metallic material, and means utilizing electrical signals provided by said probes to display and/or control the temperature of said ingredients.