cooking appliance

also called cooking small appliance

A powered appliance that COOKS food by applying heat — a heating element (or hot-air, or heated oil) raising the food to cooking temperature, rather than mechanically processing it or heating water for a drink. Beyond what any powered product states it answers how its cooking heat is regulated (fixed, browning level, preset levels, adjustable thermostat, automatic, or program). Its members are the small kitchen heat appliances — the toaster, toaster oven, deep fryer, slow cooker, rice cooker and their kin — each refining it with the slots its own form adds (a slice capacity, a cavity volume, an oil volume, a crock volume, a settable temperature). It is a structural refinement (it adds an answerable question), not a usage or retail category. A motor-driven food-prep appliance (blender, food processor) is NOT a member — it processes food cold and answers no heat-regulation question; a kettle or coffee maker is NOT a member — it heats water to make a drink rather than cooking food.

the reading

A genuine kind — it answers questions its parent does not.

A cooking appliance is a powered product that adds its own heat setting.

what it can tell you the questions a cooking appliance answers

Grouped by the part of the product each question is about. Every cooking appliance can answer all of these.

Identity who and what it is

Each cooking appliance has a display name, a model name, a GTIN code, a single brand and a single manufacturer.

Measurement its measurable, physical facts

It measures depth, height and width (in millimeters or inches), net weight (in grams or kilograms), power rating (in watts), operating voltage (in volts) and noise level (in decibels). It has a single heat setting and installation type. It comes in any number of colors and materials.

Pricing what it costs

It can be listed at any number of list prices.

Compliance where it is from and what it meets

Each cooking appliance states its country of origin and energy efficiency class. It may carry any number of certifications.

Media how it is shown

It can be shown with any number of images, each with its own alt text.

Availability whether it can be obtained

It has a single availability status.

slot-profile what a cooking appliance answers

Every question it can answer — added here, shadowed (tightened from a parent), or inherited from above. Each answer is a ◇token, a №number + unit, or “free text.