Cooking pot lid with automated stirring elements, lid for cooking vessel, and cooking vessel system including same

A lid configured for use with a cooking vessel, the cooking vessel having an outer wall including an upper lip, the cooking vessel having a vessel interior defined inside the outer wall, the lid comprising:

• lid superstructure having an outer peripheral portion configured to rest on the upper lip in seated relationship therewith, the lid superstructure having a bottom side proximate the vessel interior, the lid superstructure having a top side returning from the bottom side in opposed relationship to same, the lid superstructure having at least one cavity intermediate the bottom side and top side;
• an electric motor supported in the at least one cavity in fixed relationship thereto, the electric motor having a rotatable motor shaft;
• a printed circuit board supported in the at least one cavity, the printed circuit board comprising at least one circuit, the at least one circuit configured to deliver current to the electric motor, the at least one circuit configured for selectively controlling operation of the electric motor;
• a power supply configured to deliver electric current to the at least one circuit;
• at least one control switch supported by the lid superstructure, the at least one control switch connected to the at least one circuit to enable manual control of at least one control parameter of the at least one circuit;
• a visual display supported by the lid superstructure, the visual display connected to the at least one circuit for displaying information about operation of the at least one stirring element;
• at least one stirrer seat supported by the lid superstructure in spaced relationship to the outer peripheral portion for driven rotation relative to the lid superstructure, the at least one stirrer seat configured for driving engagement with respective of the at least one stirring element;
• a set of gears trained between the motor shaft and the at least one stirrer seat for driving rotation of same in relation to rotation of the motor shaft, the set of gears reducing rotational speed of the at least one stirrer seat relative to the motor shaft.