Sous vide assembly for use in a microwave oven
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorMark Heimerdinger
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Abstract
A sous vide assembly for use in a microwave oven includes an outer tank and an inner tank positioned inside the outer tank to define a heating gap therebetween. The inner tank and the outer tank are filled with water and are in fluid communication with each other through one or more apertures. One or more vertical dividers are positioned within the inner tank and extend along the vertical direction to define a plurality of food chambers and a cover is mounted over the one or more vertical dividers and is movable between an open position and a closed position to provide selective access to the plurality of food chambers and keep food submerged during the sous vide cooking process.
Claims18
A microwave oven defining a vertical, a lateral, and a transverse direction, the microwave oven comprising:
- a cabinet defining a cooking chamber;
- a door rotatably mounted to the cabinet for providing selective access to the cooking chamber;
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- a sous vide assembly configured for receipt within the cooking chamber, the sous vide assembly comprising:
- an outer tank configured for containing a volume of liquid, wherein the outer tank defines a target fill line;
- an inner tank positioned inside the outer tank such that a heating gap is defined between the inner tank and the outer tank;
- one or more vertical dividers positioned within the inner tank and extending along the vertical direction to define a plurality of food chambers;
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- a cover mounted over the one or more vertical dividers and being movable between an open position and a closed position to provide selective access to the plurality of food chambers, and wherein an upper heating gap is defined along the vertical direction between the target fill line and the cover in the closed position.
A sous vide assembly for use in a microwave oven, the microwave oven comprising a cabinet defining a cooking chamber, the sous vide assembly comprising:
- an outer tank configured for containing a volume of liquid, wherein the outer tank defines a target fill line;
- an inner tank positioned inside the outer tank such that a heating gap is defined between the inner tank and the outer tank;
- one or more vertical dividers positioned within the inner tank and extending along a vertical direction to define a plurality of food chambers;
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- a cover mounted over the one or more vertical dividers and being movable between an open position and a closed position to provide selective access to the plurality of food chambers, and wherein an upper heating gap is defined along the vertical direction between the target fill line and the cover in the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.