Method and system for processing food
OwnerMelvin R. Kennedy, Jose Longoria +1inventors
InventorsMelvin R. Kennedy, Jose Longoria, Robert G. Robbins
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Abstract
A food preparation system and method, including a base housing, a container detachably engagable with the base housing in which the container is adapted to receive food products. The system also includes a heater within the base housing and/or the container for converting a liquid into a cooking vapor, and a blade rotatably mounted in the container in which the blade supports the food products during a cooking step and processes the food products during a processing step. The system can also have positioning structure within the base housing and/or the container for positioning the blade in a cooking position during the cooking step, and for positioning the blade in a processing position during the processing step.
Claims22
A method for preparing food, comprieing:
- placing food products on a blade rotatably mounted in a container, wherein the blade contains at least one blade element, the blade element contains at least one vapor vent;
- placing the blade in a cooking position;
- converting a liquid into a cooking vapor;
- directing the cooking vapor through the vapor vent;
- cooking the food products with the cooking vapor;
- placing the blade in a processing position;
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- processing the food products by chopping the food products using the blade.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.