Cookware and cook-packs for narrowband irradiation cooking and systems and methods thereof
AssigneePressco IP LLC
InventorsDon W. Cochran, Jonathan M. Katz, Benjamin D. Johnson
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Abstract
A methodology and product or system configurations are provided which allow food to be directly irradiated for cooking applications which involve the impingement of direct radiant energy on food or comestible items. Cooking vessels or cook-packs are used that are optically transmissive in visible or infrared narrow wavelength bands emitted in suitable narrowband cooking or heating systems.
Claims22
A method of heating a comestible item in an oven cavity, the oven cavity having irradiation arrays that emit visible or infrared irradiation at only desired narrow wavelength bands, the method comprising:
- positioning the comestible in a vessel, the vessel being comprised of a material that is optically transmissive in at least one of the visible or infrared narrow wavelength bands of irradiation emitted by the irradiation arrays;
- positioning the vessel in the oven cavity using a vessel location feature to locate the vessel in a predetermined position in the oven cavity relative to the arrays such that different comestible items are positioned based on markings or compartments in the vessel to correspond to different portions of the irradiation arrays;
- and,
- heating the comestible in the vessel with irradiation emitted by the irradiation arrays.
A method of heating a comestible item in a vessel or cook-pack in an oven cavity, the oven cavity having irradiation arrays that emit visible or infrared irradiation at only desired narrow wavelength bands and the vessel or cook-pack being comprised of a material that is optically transmissive in at least one of the visible or infrared narrow wavelength bands of irradiation emitted by the irradiation arrays, the method comprising:
- positioning the vessel or cook-pack in the oven cavity using a location feature to locate the vessel or cook-pack in a predetermined position in the oven cavity relative to the arrays such that different comestible items are positioned based on markings or compartments in the vessel or cook-pack to correspond to different portions of the irradiation arrays;
- and,
- heating the comestible in the vessel or cook-pack with irradiation emitted by the irradiation arrays.
A method of heating a comestible item in a vessel or cook-pack in an oven cavity, the oven cavity having irradiation arrays that emit visible or infrared irradiation at only desired narrow wavelength bands and the vessel or cook-pack being comprised of a material that is optically transmissive in at least one of the visible or infrared narrow wavelength bands of irradiation emitted by the irradiation arrays, the method comprising:
- positioning the vessel or cook-pack in the oven cavity using a location feature to locate the vessel or cook-pack in a predetermined position in the oven cavity relative to the arrays such that different comestible items are positioned to correspond to different portions of the irradiation arrays;
- and,
- heating the comestible in the vessel or cook-pack with irradiation emitted by the irradiation arrays, the heating comprising heating the different comestible items selectively using differing irradiation for the different comestible items based on programmable control of the irradiation arrays.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.