Abstract: A seafood product cooking system includes a cooking vessel; a sensing module; a control module for measuring a set of cooking vessel parameters and outputting a set of control signals; a processing module for processing at least one signal from the sensing module and issuing control commands to the control module; and a memory module configurable to store a set of cooking process program instructions. A cooking process includes loading the product inside the cooking vessel; creating a negative pressure therein; increasing cooking vessel temperature to a first temperature; pumping in vapour comprising water vapour into the cooking vessel to initiate a process of attaining a second temperature lesser than the first temperature, wherein attaining the second temperature includes dwelling the seafood product at a plurality of intermediate temperatures; and spraying fluid including water on the seafood product to attain a third temperature that is lesser than the second temperature.