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US 11,800,953 B2Granted
Food preparation appliance
OwnerEhsan Alipourinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for heating food includes a base and a lid coupled to one another by a hinged handle. Two fluid-filled thermal fluid vessels with flexible surfaces are installed in the lid and base to form a chamber for holding a food item in a low temperature cooking container f. The thermal fluid vessels may be replaced with high temperature cooking plates to sear or brown the food items. A user of the appliance is protected from exposure to hot thermal fluid retained in the vessels during low temperature cooking.
Claims18
An apparatus, comprising:
- a thermal fluid vessel, comprising:
- a heat transfer plate;
- and
- a flexible panel attached to said heat transfer plate with a fluid chamber formed between said flexible panel and said heat transfer plate;
- a base configured for removable attachment of a first of said thermal fluid vessel;
- a lid movably coupled to said base, said lid configured for removable attachment of a second of said thermal fluid vessel;
- a controller electrically connected to a heating element in said base;
- an electric motor electrically connected to said controller;
- and
- an agitator connected to said motor by a drive coupling and rotatably coupled to said heat transfer plate in at least one of said thermal fluid vessels, said agitator positioned to stir a fluid in said fluid chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.