Foods and beverages: apparatus – Cooking – Convertible
Patent
1994-01-14
1995-10-17
Simone, Timothy F.
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Cooking
Convertible
34195, 34197, 99357, 99417, 99446, 99450, 99476, 99483, 219386, 219400, 219401, A23L 316, F26B 316, F26B 2106, F26B 2306
Patent
active
054580501
ABSTRACT:
A multi-purpose cooker (10) having a base member (12) including a compartment (20) therein, a cover member (14) cooperable with the base member (12) for providing a food-steaming and food-dehydrating chamber (16) including the compartment (20) of the base member (12), a food retaining member (e.g., 42) retainable in the chamber (16) for supporting food to be dehydrated, and a food retaining member (e.g., 48) retainable in the chamber (16) for supporting food to be steamed. Preferably the base member (12) includes a heater (22) and a switch (78) for selectively energizing the heater (22) for heating water (11) retained in the compartment (20) during the steaming operation. Most preferably the base member (12) also includes a fan assembly (58), and the switch (78) is operable to selectively energize a motor (62) of the fan assembly (58) and the heater (22) simultaneously for dehydrating food, and to energize the heater ( 22) without the motor (62) of the fan assembly (58) for steaming food. Alternatively, separate switches can be provided for use in dehydrating food and steaming food, respectively.
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