Abstract: A stovetop extraction apparatus and method for rendering infused lipids for ingestion in the home including a base compartment, an insertable portion seatable into the base compartment, and an upper compartment having an internal chamber disposed in open communication with a column projecting into the upper compartment, wherein lipids and water dispositional interior to the base compartment are heatable upon a stovetop, said lipids thereby conveyable, by action of saturated steam producible interior to the base compartment, across substrate disposed in the insertable portion, into the internal chamber, up the column, and thereby collectable in the upper compartment separate from the substrate, whereby substrates dispositional interior to the insertable portion are subject to extraction of lipophilic substances therefrom and infused lipids are thereby rendered collectable in the upper compartment for use in subsequent culinary or medicinal preparations.