Cooking device for cooking corn
OwnerChandra Stoupainventor
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Abstract
A cooking device for cooking sweet corn allows the ears of corn being cooked to be suspended within a microwave oven cavity so that the corn may be cooked in a greatly reduced time compared to conventional cooking methods, while providing even cooking results. The cooking device comprises a base supporting one or more vertical supports capable of suspending ears of corn within a microwave oven cavity. Holders, inserted into the ends of ears of corn to be cooked, are received by the vertical support(s) for suspending the ear of corn.
Claims32
A cooking device for cooking corn, comprising:
- a base having a top surface;
- at least two supports for holding an ear of corn suspended above the base, each of the at least two supports being removably received in the top surface of the base so that the supports extend upward from the base;
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- at least two holders for being inserted in an ear of corn, the at least two holders including a first holder for being inserted in a first end of the ear of corn and a second holder for being inserted in a second end of the ear of corn;
- wherein each of the at least two holders are received by one of the at least two supports for suspending the ear of corn above the base while the corn is cooked.
A cooking device for cooking sweet corn, comprising:
- a base having a first end and a second end, the first end being distal from the second end and having an aperture formed therein, the second end having a plurality of second apertures formed therein the plurality of second apertures being aligned with the first aperture;
- at least two vertical supports for holding an ear of corn suspended above the base, a first one of the at least two vertical supports being removably received in the first aperture and a second one of the vertical supports being received in one of the plurality of second apertures;
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- at least two holders for being inserted in an ear of corn, the at least two holders including a first holder for being inserted in a first end of the ear of corn and a second holder for being inserted in a second end of the ear of corn;
- wherein the first holder is received by the first vertical support and the second holder is received in the second vertical support for suspending the ear of corn above the base while the corn is cooked.
A cooking device for cooking sweet corn, comprising:
- a base having a top surface;
- at least two vertical supports for holding an ear of corn suspended above the base, each of the at least two vertical supports being removably received in the top surface of the base so that they extend upward from the base;
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- at least two holders for being inserted in an ear of corn, the at least two holders including a first holder for being inserted in a first end of the ear of corn and a second holder for being inserted in a second end of the ear of corn;
- a clip assembly formed in the base for holding the at least two vertical supports within the base when the at least two vertical supports are removed from the top surface of the base;
- wherein each of the at least two holders are received by one of the at least two vertical supports for suspending the ear of corn above the base while the corn is cooked.
A cooking device for cooking sweet corn, comprising:
- a base having a top surface;
- means for suspending an ear of corn above the base, the suspending means being removably received in the top surface of the base so that the supporting means extend upward from the base;
- and
- means for holding an ear of corn;
- wherein the holding means is received by the suspending means for suspending the ear of corn above the base while the corn is cooked.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.