Container including agitator for microwave sous vide function
AssigneeMidea Group Co., Ltd.
InventorsConnor Walsh, John Kenneth Hooker
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Abstract
A microwave oven container may include a body for containing a liquid, an agitator projecting through a bottom wall of the body to agitate the liquid contained in the body, where the agitator includes a first end located in the body and a second end located exterior to the body. The second end of the agitator is able to couple with a turntable drive of a microwave oven to power movement of the agitator in response to rotation of the turntable drive. The container may also include a cage located within the body that substantially surrounds the first end of the agitator and includes a plurality of openings to allow liquid contained in the body to pass through the cage.
Claims20
A method of sous vide cooking in a microwave oven, wherein the microwave oven includes a housing including a cooking cavity, a microwave cooking element disposed within the housing to generate cooking energy within the cooking cavity, a turntable drive projecting into the cooking cavity and a controller disposed in the housing, the method comprising:
- initiating, by the controller, a cooking cycle to cook a food item disposed in a container located in the cooking cavity;
- circulating water in a water bath disposed in the container during the cooking cycle by driving the turntable drive to drive an agitator that is removably coupled to the turntable drive, that projects through a bottom wall of the container, and that is separated from the food item by a cage that surrounds a portion of the agitator disposed within the container;
- monitoring, by a temperature sensor, a temperature of the water bath disposed in the container during the cooking cycle;
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- controlling, by the controller, the microwave cooking element in response to the monitored temperature to maintain a substantially constant temperature for the water bath during at least a portion of the cooking cycle.
A method of sous vide cooking in a microwave oven, wherein the microwave oven includes a housing including a cooking cavity, a microwave cooking element disposed within the housing to generate cooking energy within the cooking cavity, and a controller disposed in the housing, the method comprising:
- initiating, by the controller, a cooking cycle to cook a food item disposed in a container located in the cooking cavity;
- monitoring, by a wireless temperature sensor, a temperature of a water bath disposed in a container during the cooking cycle;
- determining, by the controller, a microwave oven type;
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- controlling, by the controller, the microwave cooking element in response to the wirelessly monitored temperature and in response to the determination of the microwave oven type to maintain a substantially constant temperature for the water bath during at least a portion of the cooking cycle.
A method of sous vide cooking in a microwave oven, wherein the microwave oven includes a housing including a cooking cavity, a microwave cooking element disposed within the housing to generate cooking energy within the cooking cavity, and a controller disposed in the housing, the method comprising:
- initiating, by the controller, a cooking cycle to cook a food item disposed in a container located in the cooking cavity;
- monitoring, by a wireless temperature sensor, a temperature of a water bath disposed in the container during the cooking cycle;
- comparing, by the controller, the temperature of the water bath disposed in the container to a setpoint temperature;
- determining, by the controller, a microwave oven type;
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- controlling, by the controller, the microwave cooking element in response to the wirelessly monitored temperature compared to the setpoint temperature and in response to the determination of the microwave oven type to maintain a substantially constant temperature for the water bath during at least a portion of the cooking cycle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.