Microwave ovenware apparatus, hydrating microwave ovens and microwave water purifier

Abstract

Microwave oven apparatus includes provisions for adding moisture to foods being cooked in a microwave oven to reduce drying of the food during the cooking procedure. Different embodiments of a microwave oven include a microwave oven with mister elements, one mister element providing a cold mist and another mister embodiment providing a hot or steam mist derived from the heating of water in a reservoir of the microwave oven. A microwave oven may also include a water tray at the bottom of the oven, with water in the tray comprising the source of moisture for food being cooked in a dish within the oven. At the top of the oven, or above the mister elements, is a filter, preferably made of paper, or the like, through which moisture may permeate, but which prevents moisture condensing on the top of the microwave from falling onto the food in the form of droplets. Cooking elements for cooking foods in a microwave oven include provisions for a water reservoir in an outer cooking element, with a inner cooking element holding food to be cooked. Different embodiments are disclosed, and different types of elements for containing or holding food to be cooked are also disclosed. Also disclosed are different embodiments of pitchers in which liquids may be heated relatively rapidly in microwave ovens, and apparatus for purifying water in a microwave oven by condensing water vapor.

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