Spaghetti cooking system

In a cooking system for cooking, storing and reconstituting pasta, the combination comprising:

• a support housing;
• a storage tank mounted on said housing adapted for containing cool water at a predetermined level;
• means for supplying water to said storage tank;
• a plurality of pasta containers in said tank, each proportioned to contain an individual serving of pasta, said containers each being perforated to admit water to and drain water from said pasta, said containers being submerged in said water below said predetermined level to store said individual servings of pasta for reconstituting and serving;
• means for cooking said pasta, including a cooking tank mounted on said housing adjacent said storage tank, means for supplying water to said cooking tank and means for heating said water for a predetermined period of time to cook said pasta;
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• means for reconstituting said pasta stored in individual servings in said storage tank, including means for suspending a plurality of said pasta containers each holding said individual servings of pasta in said cooking tank for a second predetermined period of time.

A cooking system for cooking and reconstituting pasta comprising:

• a cooking basin including means for supplying water to said basin;
• heating means in said cooking basin for heating the water in said basin;
• first control means for operating said heating means to maintain the water at a first temperature to cook said pasta;
• second control means for operating said heating means to maintain the water at a second temperature to reconstitute said pasta;
• switching means having a first position connecting said first control means to said heating means and a second position connecting said second control means to said heating means;
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• variable timed control means for immersing said pasta in the water in said cooking basin for a first predetermined period of time with said switching means in said first position to cook said pasta and for a second predetermined period of time with said switching means in said second position to reconstitute said pasta.

Pasta cooking apparatus for cooking, storing and reconstituting pasta, comprising:

• a free standing housing having adjacent first and second open water basins in a top portion of said housing;
• means on said housing for supplying water to said first and second basins;
• means in said first basin for heating the water in said first basin, including first thermostat means for operating said heating means to maintain the water in said first basin at a first predetermined temperature above the boiling point to cook said pasta, second thermostat means for operating said heating means to maintain the water in said first basin at a second predetermined temperature below the boiling point to reconstitute said pasta, and switch means to alternately connect said heating means to said first thermostat means or said second thermostat means;
• means in said second basin for storing the cooked pasta from said first basin in individual serving portions immersed in cool water in said second basin;
• control means for immersing the pasta in the water of said first basin including movable support means mounted on said housing and timed control means for lowering and raising said support means;
• container means attachable to said support means for containing said pasta in said first basin to cook said pasta;
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• basket means attachable to said support means for containing said stored pasta in said individual serving portions in the water of said first basin to reconstitute said pasta.