Abstract: A cooking device includes a cooking chamber configured to provide a space in which food is cooked; a tray located at a bottom surface of the cooking chamber, and connected to a drive member generating rotational force; and an agitating cooking assembly supported by the tray and rotatable with the tray. The agitating cooking assembly, having an improved structure configured to cook food while simultaneously agitating the food, includes: a cooking container configured to store food therein; an agitating member configured to agitate the food while simultaneously relatively rotating in the cooking container with respect to the cooking container; and a stopper located at a rotation path of the agitating member in a manner that the agitating member relatively rotates with respect to the cooking container.

Abstract: A novelty golf club in the form of a putter is disclosed. A conventional putter is adapted to include a battery assembly disposed in the grip end of a club shaft. The battery assembly includes a set of batteries arranged end to end. A pair of terminals are configured at the battery assembly adjacent a first coupling element. A powered accessory has a second coupling element which cooperates with the first coupling element to releasably secure the powered accessory to the battery assembly. A variety of powered accessories, such as a fan assembly, a mixer assembly, a string trimmer assembly, a vibrating massager, a flashlight, and a charging unit are configured for the novelty golf club.

Abstract: A microwave oven mixing device (12) has an enclosure (14) which is free-standing and has an open bottom 26. A stirring paddle (16) is secured in a fixed position to the enclosure (14) and extends downward from a top (28) of the enclosure (14). The enclosure (14) is placed in a microwave oven (6) with the stirring paddle (16) extending into the contents of container (18) which is located atop a turntable (10). The enclosure (14) has two telescopically extendable halves (22, 24) which are configured in fixed relation to one another for engaging at least two walls of the microwave oven (6) to hold the stirring paddle (16) in fixed relation to the oven (8) as the contents of the container (18) are moved by the turntable (10) against the stirring paddle (16) to stir the contents.

Abstract: A rotary cooking apparatus for a microwave oven including a hollow drum for holding food, said drum including a first open end and a second closed end, a lid detachably securable onto said first end of said drum, wherein said lid includes a support shaft protruding from said lid operatively arranged to engage in a freely rotatable manner with a support means, and wherein said lid includes a ventilation hole, a ventilation insert secured between said cooking drum and said lid when said lid is secured onto said drum, wherein said ventilation insert includes a ventilation means, and a socket in said second end of said drum, wherein said socket has a shape corresponding to a cross-section of a head on a driving shaft of a motor, wherein said head of said driving shaft complimentarily engages in said socket for rotating said drum via said motor.

Abstract: Microwavable bags can include one or more seals formed by a cold seal adhesive. The one or more seals can prevent egress of liquid oil from the bag.

Abstract: A microwave oven food stirring assembly including a dasher having an upper end, and having a lower surface; a rotary bearing, the rotary bearing including the dasher's lower surface; and a plurality of ties, each tie among the plurality of ties having a distal end and having a proximal end, each tie's proximal end being fixedly attached to the dasher's upper end; the dasher including an upper end “T” bracket and a bracket mounting non-circular pin and socket joint for fixedly attaching the “T” bracket at the dasher's upper end; the ties being downwardly anchored within the microwave oven for holding the dasher against the vessel floor and for resisting rotation of the dasher as the vessel is turned by the microwave oven's turntable.

Abstract: A microwave bowl for use in the heating compartment of a microwave oven has a bowl body which has a first coefficient of friction. A support portion is fixed to the bowl body and engages the turntable. The support portion is adapted to at least partially support the bowl body on the turntable. The support portion has a second coefficient of friction greater than the first coefficient of the bowl body. The bowl also includes a lid assembly which has arms extended to engage the walls of the oven when the turntable rotates. The lid is provided with a stirring mechanism. The support portions act as a clutch to permit relative movement between the turntable and the bowl body.

Abstract: A microwave energy interactive web includes a reagent that is responsive to heat. The microwave energy interactive web may be used to form a package for heating a food item.

Abstract: A system for preparing, cooking, and treating expandable products in a microwave oven. Under pressure of the microwaves, pressure of one or more components acts to break one or more seals between the cells so that the components can mix and provide a desirable end product, which can be a liquid or solid form. The disposable system can make hot beverages and meals and create other products. Creating or decreasing pressure on the components causes expansion of a plastic or other material located between the non-shrinkable member and the shrinkable member. Expansion of the components under microwaves acts to aid the forcing of liquid through the divider.

Abstract: A cooking utensil has a first member connected to a second member in a generally transverse configuration. The first member has a first end and a second end. The first end of the first member has a turner element used for turning food products. The second member has a first end and a second end. The first end of the second member has a fork element thereon. The second end of the second member has a brush assembly thereon used for applying sauces and condiments to food products. A cooperative structure is associated with the first member and the second member to connect the members in the generally transverse configuration.

Abstract: A rotary cooking apparatus for a microwave oven including a hollow drum for holding food, said drum including a first open end and a second closed end, a lid detachably securable onto said first end of said drum, wherein said lid includes a support shaft protruding from said lid operatively arranged to engage in a freely rotatable manner with a support means, and wherein said lid includes a ventilation hole, a ventilation insert secured between said cooking drum and said lid when said lid is secured onto said drum, wherein said ventilation insert includes a ventilation means, and a socket in said second end of said drum, wherein said socket has a shape corresponding to a cross-section of a head on a driving shaft of a motor, wherein said head of said driving shaft complimentarily engages in said socket for rotating said drum via said motor.

Abstract: One object of the invention is to provide a container for cooking foods that (1) enables cooking while maintaining an appropriate moisture content, even when the container is heated by an external heating means such as a microwave oven, and (2) can be opened easily. Another object is to provide a container that is equipped with a separate seasoning means that enables the foods to be seasoned automatically, without that needing to be done manually by a user, and for the seasoning means to be removed easily. The container, which is formed of a polyolefin-based sheet, comprises a container body and a cover and is provided with a pressure-releasing part whose adhesion strength is weak enough so that it can be opened by the vapor pressure that is generated inside the container when it is heated. Also provided is a packet that contains liquid seasoning and that can be opened by the vapor pressure that is generated by heating the container, so as to make the liquid seasoning flow out.

Abstract: A container for cooking pasta in a microwave oven is composed of a body manufactured in a material compatible with microwave ovens, and has therein a compartment to contain the pasta cooking water and a stirrer for the pasta during cooking.

Abstract: A container commonly usable for electromagnetic cooking heaters and microwave ovens. A resin container commonly usable for electromagnetic cooking heaters and microwave ovens having an aluminum thin, film on the bottom thereof for storing food therein. The aluminum thin film is 5–30 ?m in thickness and 70 cm2 in area, and has no projections having a curvature radius of less than 2 cm over the entire surface thereof. The aluminum thin film covers 30–80% of the bottom area of the container.

Abstract: A retrospectively-fitted multi-configurable microwave oven accessory the purpose of which is to provide an automated stirring capability of foodstuffs by use of the internal rotary plate of a microwave oven to provide a relative motion of the foodstuff and which is configured from a roof rail, a series of roof fittings and a series of stirring implements and where necessary may employ a food receptacle securing method. The device is shown at FIG. 7 of the attached drawings.

Abstract: A stirring device for use in combination with a microwave oven and a carousel device either integral or portable having a base member with an integral attachment device for attachment to said microwave. A shaft depends from the base member, terminating in a blade member.

Abstract: One embodiment of a microwave oven mixing device includes a mounting bracket structured for securement to an interior surface of a cooking compartment of a microwave oven, a horizontal beam pivotally mounted to the mounting bracket and structured for pivotal movement on the mounting bracket during operation of the microwave oven, and a mixing blade operatively connected to the horizontal beam and structured for placement within a food container during operation of the microwave oven.

Abstract: A stirring device for use in combination with a microwave oven and a carousel device either integral or portable having a base member with an integral attachment device for attachment to said microwave. A shaft depends from the base member, terminating in a blade member.

Abstract: A cooking vessel for use in microwave oven mainly includes a food container; a cover for the food container; a supporting member attached to an upper inner wall of the microwave oven; and a mixer assembly including a vertical rod, two vertically spaced through holes provided on a lower part of the rod, and two mixing members oppositely connected to the through holes via insertion bars of the mixing members. Each of the through holes on the rod of the mixer assembly includes a sectorial upper part. A limiting rib on each insertion bar shifts to left or right side of the sectorial upper part of a corresponding one of the through holes to change an angular position of the mixing member relative to the rod and the food container when a turntable of the microwave oven rotates; enabling food in the container to be quickly and evenly mixed.

Abstract: An improved container is provided for cooking eggs and the like in a microwave oven. The container includes a bottom cup having a top opening and a top cap configured to fit over the top opening. The container can also include a unique separator fitted within the bottom cup. The separator can include a cracker plate for cracking egg shells and/or at least one depending leg extending along an inside surface of the bottom cup to facilitate separation of cooked eggs. The container can also include a unique scrambler fitted within the top cap. Preferably, the scrambler is formed as a grid through which egg contents can pass when the container is shaken. In addition, a novel cradle can be provided to facilitate carrying and handling of a plurality of like containers. The preferred embodiments of the present invention enable a variety of egg dishes—e.g., poached eggs, scrambled eggs, omelets, etc.—to be easily and conveniently cooked in microwave and the like ovens with added health benefits, e.g.

Abstract: A microwave heating apparatus designed to allow concentration of microwave power to a liquid sample to be processed, by use of a field-perturbing tool disposed within or proximate to the volume of liquid. Uniformity of processing is achieved by circulating the liquid past the tool during processing. The apparatus and method is particularly useful when used to excite a nonlinear process whereby greater overall process efficiency may be achieved.

Abstract: A stirring device is adaptable for use in microwave ovens with turntables. The stirring device includes a gear train assembly that increases the normal rate of revolution of a microwave turntable by several fold. A driving head coupler is connected to a driving end of the gear train assembly and engages a turntable driving head, so that rotation of the driving head during use of the microwave oven causes rotation of the driving head coupler. A magnetic stirring actuator is connected to a driven end of the gear train assembly for rotation therewith. A magnetic stirring device is positioned in a container along with the contents to be heated and stirred. During use of the microwave oven, the turntable driving head rotates at a first rate of revolution and thereby causes a corresponding rotation of the actuator at a second rate of revolution greater than the first rate to thereby simultaneously heat and stir the contents situated in the container at the second rate of revolution.

Abstract: An oven is disclosed for cooking/heating a food product. The oven has a cylindrical sidewall, a top, a microwave magnetron and a hot plate mounted below and across the bottom of the sidewall. There is an access door on the top of the oven and an opening through the hot plate. A sweeper arm is mounted on top of the hot plate for moving and mixing the food product through the oven and out of the opening.

Abstract: A microwave resistant mixing device that is particularly useful for food preparation utilizing a motor which includes a moving mixing arm or paddle. The motor is further provided with a coupling for detachably mechanically linking the mixing arm to the motor. A housing provides a wall that forms a chamber to contain the motor. The housing also is constructed with an opening that provides access to the mixing arm coupling of the motor. A first shield prevents microwaves from entering the housing chamber through the housing wall. A second shield prevents microwaves from entering the housing chamber through the opening in the housing wall.

Abstract: A mixing device for a microwave oven consists of upper and lower elements. A multiplicity of bearing members is provided therebetween. Each of these elements is formed with at least one surface and a plurality of individual separated from each other bearing cups. Each bearing cup has a limited receiving area for receiving the corresponding bearing member. Each receiving area is larger than the largest outside periphery of the corresponding bearing member. In an assembled condition of the mixing device, the surfaces of the upper and lower elements face each other so that the receiving areas of the upper element are substantially aligned with the corresponding receiving areas of the lower element forming a plurality of bearing couples. Each bearing couple accommodates free movement of the corresponding bearing element. Upon rotation of the driving rod, the upper element undergoes orbital motion relative to the lower element.

Abstract: A domestic cooking system including a base defining one or more cooking locations, electromagnetic induction apparatus for heating a food at the cooking location and apparatus for automatic stirring of the food at the cooking location.