Portable steam-producing apparatus and methods of making and using the same

A portable steam-producing apparatus comprising:

• a water tank comprising a tank volume surrounded by (i) a tank bottom wall and (ii) one or more tank side walls extending upward from said tank bottom wall;
• a removable screen member positioned within said tank volume, said removable screen member (I) having a size and dimensions slightly smaller than said tank volume so that said removable screen member is movable from (i) a screen member use position within said tank volume to (ii) a screen member removed position in which said removable screen member is removed from said tank volume, (II) comprising a bottom screen portion and one or more side screen portions extending upward from said bottom screen portion, and (III) comprising one or more screen member handles extending from said one or more side screen portions thereof;
• a tank lid attached to at least one side wall of said one or more tank side walls, said tank lid being sized so as to extend over said tank volume and enclose said tank volume when in a lid closed position;
• a lid handle extending along an outer lid side surface;
• at least one heating element positioned along a lower tank surface of said tank bottom wall, said at least one heating element being capable of heating a liquid positioned within said tank volume;
• and
• one or more legs attached to said water tank, each of said one or more legs being movable from (i) a leg storage position in which a length of each leg is positioned along a leg storage surface of said apparatus to (ii) a leg use position in which each leg extends outward from said water tank.