Microwave oven egg cooking apparatus
OwnerRonald G. Freadinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for enabling the cooking of a raw shelled egg in a microwave oven of the type that is energizable for a selectable predetermined time period. The apparatus comprises an open top container for receiving the raw egg, a ventilated cover closely fittable over the open top of the container and a first and a second shield disposed above and below the received egg respectively. The shields serve to distribute the available microwave energy to effect the cooking of both the yolk and albumin portions of the received egg to a desired degree of doneness in the selected predetermined time period.
Claims4
A method for cooking a raw shelled egg in a microwave oven of the type that is energizable for selectable time periods, said method comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a container having a base portion and a substantially concentric open top portion and comprising microwave transmissible material;
- b. depositing a raw shelled egg in the container;
- c. closing the container with a ventilated cover of microwave transmissible material, received over said open top portion to confine the egg therein;
- d. placing the container in a microwave oven which is energized for a selected time period and distributing the available microwave energy from the energized oven to the yolk and albumin portions of the egg to effect the cooking of both portions to a desired degree of doneness in the selected time period by providing microwave reflective material solely above and beneath the egg by a first shield disposed over the egg and adjacent to the cover and a second shield disposed below the egg and adjacent to said base portion of the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.