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US 2024/0049901 A1Published application
Steam cooking apparatus
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsWerner MURBACHER, Joachim SCHRETTLINGER
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Abstract
A cooking apparatus has a cooking chamber and a heating chamber adjacent the cooking chamber used for heating air laden with steam. Air and steam is circulated between the cooking chamber and the heating chamber, through a vent arrangement. A food support is provided for mounting in the cooking chamber, having at least perforated basket and a lid plate for mounting over the basket. This enables two different cooking characteristics, at different height in the cooking chamber.
Claims15
A steam cooking apparatus, comprising:
- a cooking chamber;
- a steam generator to generate steam to be provided to the cooking chamber;
- a heating chamber adjacent the cooking chamber;
- a heating arrangement located within the heating chamber to heat air laden with the steam;
- a vent arrangement between the cooking chamber and the heating chamber to allow a circulatory flow of the steam laden air between the heating chamber and the cooking chamber;
- and
- a food support to mount in the cooking chamber, wherein the food support comprises:
- a basket, having perforated sides to allow the air to flow through the basket, to contain first food items to be cooked;
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- a lid plate (86) to mount over the basket, wherein the lid plate is adapted to support second food items to be cooked,
- wherein the vent arrangement comprises an extraction vent through which the air is drawn from inside the cooking chamber, and a delivery vent to deliver the air to the cooking chamber, and
- wherein top of the lid plate, when the food support is mounted in the cooking chamber, is below bottom of the delivery vent.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.