Steam oven for "sous-vide" cooking and method for using such oven
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsALBERTO MORANDOTTI, LUCA BONASSI
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Abstract
A steam oven for cooking food placed in a vacuumized and sealed pouch comprises an user interface and an electronic control unit adapted to select a predetermined heating temperature on the basis of a food category chosen by the user and of a maximum predetermined load of food for each sealed pouch, and to select a heating time according to a predetermined reduction of food pathogens.
Claims15
A steam oven for cooking food placed in a vacuumized and sealed pouch and comprising a user interface and an electronic control unit, characterized in that the electronic control unit is adapted to select a predetermined heating temperature on the basis of a food category chosen by the user through the user interface and of a maximum predetermined load of food, and to select a heating time according to a predetermined reduction of food pathogens.
A method for cooking food placed in a vacuumized and sealed pouch and loaded in a steam oven, wherein that it comprises the following steps:
- choosing a food category;
- automatically selecting a predetermined heating temperature related to a cluster of food categories to which the chosen food category belongs and to a predetermined maximum amount of food, and
- maintaining the food at the predetermined temperature for a predetermined time in order to achieve a predetermined reduction of food pathogens.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.