Cooking device and components thereof

A cooking system for cooking food, the system comprising:

• a housing defining a hollow chamber configured to receive a food container, said housing having an upper portion defining an opening to said hollow chamber;
• a food container receivable within said hollow chamber;
• a first lid attachable about said upper portion of said housing and configured to extend across said opening to said hollow chamber;
• a second lid attachable about said upper portion of said housing and configured to extend across said opening to said hollow chamber;
• at least one heating element included with said second lid;
• wherein said cooking system operates in a plurality of modes, said plurality of modes including a wet cooking mode and a dry cooking mode, wherein in said wet cooking mode the cooking system operates as a wet cooker and in said dry cooking mode the cooking system operates as a dry cooker, and
• wherein said cooking system operates in said wet cooking mode, and then operates in said dry cooking mode, without having to remove said food container from said hollow chamber.