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US 6,603,099 B2Granted
Multifunction electrical cooking appliance
AssigneeSeb S.A.
InventorChristophe Gouthiere
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Abstract
The appliance comprises a heater base, at least two removable cooking receptacles capable of being centered and held on said heater base, one of them being constituted by a leakproof pan and the other by a grill plate, and also a removable lid adapted to close the top portion of said pan so as to make up a cooking enclosure. The grill plate is provided with at least one through orifice and has means enabling it to be positioned above said pan in order to perform steam cooking in said cooking enclosure. The appliance is applicable to cooking.
Claims11
A multifunction cooking appliance comprising
- a heater base including an electrical resistance;
- at least two removable cooking support elements capable of being centered and held on said heater base, one of them being constituted by a pan and the other by a grill plate provided with at least one through orifice;
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- a removable lid suitable for closing the top portion of said pan so as to make a cooking enclosure;
- said grill plate having means enabling it to be positioned over said pan in order to perform steam cooking inside said cooking enclosure;
- said heater base, said cooking pan, said grill plate and said lid in a lid position being nestable one in another when said cooking appliance is in a cooking configuration and said heater base, said cooking pan, said grill plate and said lid in an upside down position being nestable one in another when said cooking appliance is in a storage configuration;
- wherein said lid is in the form of an upside down pan which enables it to be used as a cooking dish.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.