Cooking appliances

thumb|upright|A double oven thumb|A ceramic oven

thumb|A traditional stainless steel kettle with a handle upright|thumb|An electric kettle, with boiling water visible in its transparent water chamber A kettle, sometimes called a tea kettle or teakettle, is a device specialized for boiling water, commonly with a lid, spout, and handle. Strictly, this refers to a stovetop kettle, which uses heat from a cooktop. An electric water boiler, which is a small kitchen appliance with an internal heating element, may also be referred to as an electric kettle.

A stove or range is a device that generates heat inside or atop the device for local heating or cooking. Stoves can be powered with many fuels, such as natural gas, electricity, gasoline, wood, and coal.

utensil for cooking food under high pressure steam

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upright=1.2|thumb|Modern ceramic wood-fired tandoors

A toaster is a small electric appliance that uses radiant heat to cook sliced bread into toast. When cooked the bread browns due to the maillard reaction. It typically consists of one or more slots into which bread is inserted, lowered, and cooked using heating elements, often made of nichrome wire, to generate heat and toast the bread.

thumb|A stove-top, Italian style coffee maker thumb|right|A 2016-model electric coffeemaker A coffeemaker, coffee maker or coffee machine is a cooking appliance used to brew coffee. While there are many different types of coffeemakers, the two most common brewing principles use gravity or pressure to move hot water through coffee grounds. In the most common devices, coffee grounds are placed into a paper or metal filter inside a funnel, which is set over a glass or ceramic coffee pot, a cooking pot in the kettle family. Cold water is poured into a separate chamber, which is then boiled and di

thumb|upright=1.35|Meat being barbecued at The Salt Lick restaurant

type of cooker that uses electromagnetic induction

cooking appliance used to make waffles

device for barbecueing or grilling

device which uses the energy of direct sunlight to heat, cook or pasteurise drink and other food materials

kitchen appliance

kitchen appliance for frying food

device for steaming food

type of home appliance for baking bread

electrical cooking appliance used to prepare food by simmering for several hours, mostly unattended

thumb|Mangal (barbecue)|mangal A brazier () is a container used to burn charcoal or other solid fuel for cooking, heating, or rituals. It often takes the form of a metal box or bowl with feet, but in some places it is made of terracotta. Its elevation helps circulate air, feeding oxygen to the fire. Braziers have been used since ancient times; the Nimrud brazier dates to at least 824 BC.

coffee brewing device

cooking appliance

thumb|upright=1.35|Rotisserie chicken cooking on a horizontal rotisserie

portable self-contained tabletop small appliance

latin American griddle

mobile kitchen used to prepare food for military troops away from base

thumb|An electric plate cooktop A cooktop (American and Canadian English), hob (British English), or stovetop (general) is a device commonly used for cooking that is typically found in kitchens and used to apply heat to the base of pans or pots. Cooktops are often found integrated with an oven into a kitchen stove but may also be standalone devices. Cooktops are most often powered by gas or electricity, although oil or other fuels are sometimes used.

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thumb|240px|A Cuisintec-brand "Mini Shabu Shabu" manual multicooker alt=A multicooker with TFT display, clock, timer and automatic programs.|thumb|239x239px|RECKE-brand "MC-150" automatic multicooker A multicooker (also written "multi cooker") is an electric kitchen appliance for automated cooking using a timer. A typical multicooker is able to boil, simmer, bake, fry, deep fry, grill roast, stew, steam and brown food.

cooking appliance

food preparation device used to pop popcorn

Kitchen appliance

The Thermomix is a multi-purpose kitchen appliance of the Multicooker type made by Vorwerk. The current Thermomix has a heating element, a motor for fast or slow blending and stirring, and a weighing scale. The functions can be accessed simultaneously to carry out steaming, emulsifying, blending, precise heating, mixing, milling, whipping, kneading, chopping, weighing, grinding and stirring. The 2014 Thermomix TM5 also has a touchscreen with a guided mode which allows the user to follow recipes step by step.

German haybox from the end of the 19th century|thumb A haybox, straw box, fireless cooker, insulation cooker, wonder oven, self-cooking apparatus, norwegian cooker or retained-heat cooker is a cooker that utilizes the heat of the food being cooked to complete the cooking process. Food items to be cooked are heated to boiling point, and then insulated. Over a period of time, the food items cook by the heat captured in the insulated container. Generally, it takes three times the normal cooking time to cook food in a haybox.

thumb|Shichirin grill with Pacific saury (sanma)

type of heating system

thumb|A traditional kamado in a Japanese museum thumb|The 18th century Merchant's kitchen, Stove boiler or kamado made of copper (Fukagawa Edo Museum)

device for turning a spit

small kitchen appliance

cooking device used to make crepes, galettes, pancakes, blinis or tortillas

grinder that uses liquid as lubrication or ingredient

container for carrying fire, usually earthenware

thumb|upright=1.2|Remoska A Remoska (also known as Prodiż) is a small portable electric oven with the cooking element housed in the lid of a pot. It consists of a Teflon-lined pan and a stand in addition to the lid mounted heating element. It was developed by the Czech electrical engineer Oldřich Homuta in the 1950s. The Remoska has no graded heat control. It cooks in a similar manner to an oven and is stated to be very economical in terms of electricity (470 watts for the Standard Remoska).

cooking method

A Burjiko (also Burjico, Burjik and Burjic) is a Somali-style cooker or charcoal burning stove. It is used to prepare a variety of foods.

Cooker may refer to several types of cooking appliances and devices used for cooking foods.

Siru () is an earthenware steamer used to steam grain or grain flour dishes such as tteok (rice cakes), most notably siru-tteok. The siru is an earthenware steaming vessel that dates back to the late bronze age of the Korean northern peninsula and the use of the utensil spread to the entire peninsula by the time of the Three Kingdoms in which the popularity of siru-tteok grew. The siru is also used during shamanic rituals and is even offered on the tables for daegamsin (대감신; 大監神, state official God). The siru is not an everyday utensil but is one for preparing and serving the sacrificial dishe

Quooker is a company from the Netherlands that manufactures mixing taps with integrated heating elements (instant boiling water dispensers), as well as soap dispensers, water filters and water softeners for removal of minerals from hard water. The company was founded in 1987 by Henri Peteri and his son Niels Peteri. The company holds several patents on both the boiling water tap and other products. Quooker is currently active in 16 different countries as of 2023, and has more than 400 employees. All products are manufactured at their factory in Ridderkerk, the Netherlands.

feature in home appliances allowing them to be used by Shabbat-observant Jews on the sabbath, overriding usual operation and making it comply with the rules of Halakha

variation on pressure cooking

type of deep fryer