Steamer insert apparatus
OwnerWilliam Christopher Schutteinventor
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Abstract
A steamer insert apparatus is disclosed. The steamer insert apparatus includes a steaming platform. The steaming platform is generally round and configured to self-adjust and to suspend from a rim of a cooking pot. The steaming platform is located within the cooking pot in a suspended manner to provide a surface area on which to place a first food item for steaming. The steamer insert apparatus includes an operably coverable opening defined in the steaming platform and through which to access a second food item to cook in water located below the steaming platform. In at least one embodiment, steaming platform includes a pair of risible extensions. A food item larger in diameter than the cooking pot can be placed upon the risible extensions.
Claims20
A steamer insert apparatus comprising:
- a steaming platform, the steaming platform being generally round and configured to self-adjust and to suspend from a rim of a cooking pot, the steaming platform being located within the cooking pot in a suspended manner to provide a surface area on which to place a first food item for steaming;
- and
- an operably coverable opening defined in the steaming platform and through which to access a second food item to cook in water located below the steaming platform.
The steamer insert apparatus of claim 4, further comprising:
- an interlock notch defined in each of the pair of risible extensions such that when both risible extensions are lifted into the upright position, the interlock notches hold the risible extensions in place one to another.
A method for steaming a first food item in a suspended manner in a cooking pot that is used to cook a second food item, the method comprising:
- utilizing a steamer insert apparatus comprising:
- a steaming platform, the steaming platform being generally round and configured to self-adjust and to suspend from a rim of a cooking pot, the steaming platform being located within the cooking pot in a suspended manner to provide a surface area on which to place a first food item for steaming;
- and
- an operably coverable opening defined in the steaming platform and through which to access a second food item to cook in water located below the steaming platform;
- placing the steaming platform within the cooking pot;
- placing a second food item within the cooking pot by passing the second food item through the operably coverable opening of the steaming platform;
- heating the water in the cooking pot to cook the second food item and to create steam to rise to the steaming platform;
- placing a first food item upon the steaming platform so that it will be steamed;
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- removing the second food item, once cooked, through the operably coverable opening in the steaming platform.
An adjustable steaming grill comprising:
- a steaming platform, the steaming platform being generally round and configured to self-adjust and to suspend from a rim of a cooking pot, the steaming platform being located within the cooking pot in a suspended manner to provide a surface area on which to place a first food item for steaming;
- an operably coverable opening defined in the steaming platform and through which to access a second food item to cook in water located below the steaming platform;
- a pair of risible extensions connected to the steaming platform, offset one from another by approximately ninety degrees to pivot from the steaming platform and lift upwardly and remain upright above the operably coverable opening and upon which to place the first food item when the first food item is larger in diameter than the cooking pot;
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- an interlock notch defined in each of the pair of risible extensions such that when both risible extensions are lifted into the upright position, the interlock notches hold the risible extensions in place one to another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.