US 12,070,146 B2
Cooking device and components thereof
Danny Martins Raposo, Lincoln, RI (US); Roger Neil Jackson, Cornwall (GB); and Christopher Patrick Smith, Newton, MA (US)
Assigned to SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC, Needham, MA (US)
Filed by SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC, Needham, MA (US)
Filed on Dec. 31, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/139,490.
Prior Publication US 2021/0120997 A1, Apr. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. A47J 27/086 (2006.01); A47J 27/08 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 27/086 (2013.01) [A47J 27/0802 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cooking system having a temperature measurement system for measuring food temperature, the cooking system comprising:
a housing defining a hollow chamber configured to receive food, and having a lid that defines a cooking volume within the hollow chamber when the lid is in a closed position relative to the housing;
a temperature probe including a probe end insertable into food disposed within the hollow chamber, and a data transmission end; and
a connector positioned within the hollow chamber on one of the housing and the lid, the connector including a data receiving orifice, said data transmission end of said temperature probe being insertable into said data receiving orifice, wherein the data receiving orifice of said connector is sealed from an environment of the housing or the lid surrounding said connector and is in fluid communication with the cooking volume when said data transmission end of said temperature probe is not inserted therein;
wherein when said data transmission end of said probe is inserted into said data receiving orifice a pressure tight seal is formed in said data receiving orifice by the data transmission end of the temperature probe thereby isolating the data receiving orifice from the cooking volume.