Abstract: An apparatus for cooking or otherwise heating food held in a container which includes upper and lower housing portions. Heating elements are located in the respective housing portions, and the opposed inner walls of the housing portions are adapted to be moved into contact with the food container. The heating elements are positioned immediately adjacent these walls, and these elements are substantially insulated from other portions of the housing. The intimate contact between the inner walls and the associated heating elements causes the food to act as a heat sink whereby the food is rapidly heated in a highly effective manner. The apparatus is particularly useful for the cooking of frozen food located in an appropriate container. Means are provided for retaining the upper housing in spaced apart relationship with the lower housing to permit baking and similar heating.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 18, 1980
Date of Patent:
December 21, 1982
Assignees:
Engineering Inventions, Inc., Multisensors Inc.
Inventors:
Raymond John, Jerome G. Apfelbaum, Robert L. Moore
Abstract: A cooking apparatus for cooking food held in a container which includes upper and lower housing portions. Heating elements are located in the respective housing portions, and the opposed inner walls of the housing portions are adapted to be moved into contact with the food container. The heating elements are positioned immediately adjacent these walls, and these elements are substantially insulated from other portions of the housing. The intimate contact between the inner walls and the associated heating elements causes the food to act as a heat sink whereby the food is rapidly heated in a highly effective manner. The apparatus is particularly useful for the cooking of frozen food located in an appropriate container.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 17, 1976
Date of Patent:
July 25, 1978
Assignees:
Engineering Inventions Inc., Multisensors Inc.
Inventors:
Raymond John, Jerome G. Apfelbaum, Robert L. Moore