Foods and beverages: apparatus – Cooking – Automatic control
Patent
1996-12-02
1997-10-28
Simone, Timothy F.
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Cooking
Automatic control
99339, 99468, 99476, 99483, 99516, 126 20, 126369, 219385, 219401, A47J 2704, A47J 3704, A21B 100
Patent
active
056808100
ABSTRACT:
The present invention features a toaster oven that can both steam and heat food. While this toaster oven works in the traditional sense, it also has the capability of rapidly generating and introducing steam into the cooking chamber. The steam is generated in a water tube or a boiling pan that is placed adjacent the toaster oven's infrared heating coils. Water for making steam is introduced into a reservoir located in the toaster oven's housing. The reservoir can be either permanently situated in the housing, or it can be of the removable, refillable type, that is, a container that can be filled and cleaned periodically. A microprocessor controls both the steam generation and the heating cycles. The microprocessor is operative via a computer routine that monitors sensors that are positioned about the housing of the toaster oven. The microprocessor also meters the water flowing from the reservoir into the water tubes or boiling pan. A one-way valve ensures that the water flow is positively directed into the water tubes or the boiling pan. A control knob located on the toaster oven's control panel allows a user to select the amount of steam being injected into the cooking chamber.
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