Means for exhausting vapors from a steam cooker

Apparatus for exhausting vapors from a steam cooker having a main body, comprising

• a cooking pot removably positioned within said main body of said steam cooker,
• an inner lid for covering the top opening of said cooking pot, said inner lid having a cylindrical member and an annular wall protruding upwardly therefrom, said cylindrical member surrounding an aperture in said inner lid and said circular wall surrounding said cylindrical member, said inner lid further having back flow holes located therein adjacent the outer surface of said cylindrical member,
• an outer lid positioned within said main body above said inner lid, said outer lid having exhaust openings therein,
• an annular vapor guide member secured to said outer lid and projecting toward said inner lid, said vapor guide member having a slitted portion positioned between the back flow holes in said inner lid and said annular wall, said slitted portion having a lower end spaced from said inner lid and extending below the upper end of said cylindrical member, the slits of said slitted portion being located about the vertical axis through the center of said outer lid and displaced by 45.degree. to 180.degree. with respect to said exhaust openings, and
• packing means located between the outer periphery of said vapor guide member and the top of said annular wall.