US 9,295,354 B2 · Method and device for cooking food such as rice

Abstract

A device for cooking food such as rice is configured to perform a cooking process which is performed by heating the food under the influence of boiling water during a period of time. The device includes a controller for controlling an operation of the device. The controller is configured o operate components of the device in such a way that a total quantity of water to be used in the cooking process is gradually supplied to the food. The supply of a major portion of the total quantity of the water is performed when the cooking process is already taking place. In one embodiment, the cooking process is initiated by evaporating a relatively small portion of the total quantity of the water to steam, supplying this steam to the food, and allowing this steam to condense on the food.

Claims7

Dependent claims

A device for cooking food in a container, comprising:

a water supply unit configured to supply water for cooking the food;
a heater configured to generate heat;
and
a controller configured to control an operation of the device, configured to operate the heater to initially supply the container with a first quantity of water in a form of steam during a first period of time of a cooking process, and configured to operate the heater to subsequently supply the container with a second quantity of water in a form of heated water during a second period of time of the cooking process, and wherein the second period of time is longer than the first period of time.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

12/670,140Filed 25 Jul 2008

Priority

EP 0711347131 Jul 2007

Published

US 2010/0196572 A15 Aug 2010

Granted

29 Mar 2016

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

A47J 27/04
Cooking-vessels: for cooking food in steam; Devices for extracting fruit juice by means of steam ; Vacuum cooking vessels
A23L 5/13
General methods of cooking foods, e.g. by roasting or frying: using water or steam
A23L 7/196
Cereal-derived products: products in which the original granular shape is maintained, e.g. parboiled rice
A47J 27/0802
Pressure-cookers; Lids or locking devices specially adapted therefor: control mechanisms for pressure-cookers

Method and device for cooking food such as rice

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Method and device for cooking food such as rice

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Abstract

Claims7