Abstract: Disclosed is a heat-keeping cover for a cooking including a transparent window comprising a pair of glass discs so as to leave an interval or space in between, a metal rim coupled with an edge of the transparent window, and a over handle coupled with a center of the transparent window, herein the heat-keeping cover is for applying predetermined pressure and heat to the pot and reducing heat dissipation from the pot. The metal rim comprises dual stainless steel plates having an airtight inner space inside. The airtight inner space is filled with a heat medium for heat-keeping. The cover handle includes a metal sensor installed at a hole formed at a center of the transparent window so as to sense a temperature under the cover through the hole and a knob coupled with the metal sensor so as to play a role of a thermometer protruding out of the transparent window.

Abstract: Vacuum producing appliance and associated food and beverage holding vessels, the vacuum producing appliance with a hollow housing, the housing enclosing a vacuum pump, a pressure switch, a vacuum holding tank, a solenoid valve, a power switch, and associated tubing to attach the components to each other. A conical shaped concavity built into the bottom of the housing capable of drawing air from a vessel and passing it through the vacuum. A plurality of vessel sealing lids interact with the vacuum producing appliance, said lids having a convex conical shape at their top surface that can interface in an air tight way with a mating concave conical shape located in the main housing, the lids having a check valve that allows air to leave the lid but not reenter it. The lids are capable of interfacing in an air tight way with the mouth of a jar, bottle, can or the like so that a vacuum can be drawn in the jar, bottle or can.

Abstract: The invention relates to the structure of top cap for metal containers, particularly to the cap which is transparent in the middle part to make the foods or other objects therein seen clearly so that the container has the characteristics of metal and transparent plastic to add the value of the product.

Abstract: A steam pressure cooker, includes a pot with a horizontal pouring rim, a lid for closing the pot, and an elastic seal positioned between the lid and the pot. At least two moveable clamps are arranged peripherally in even spaced-apart relationship, for clamping the lid and the pouring rim, when the steam pressure cooker is closed, and clearing the pouring rim, when the steam pressure cooker is opened. The clamps and the lid are covered by a cap which supports a handle comprised of two handle parts, which are respectively connected to the cap and the lid. Actuation of the handle effects a coaxial rotation of the cap relative to the lid between two end positions, whereby in one end position the clamps are moved outwards, until the pouring rim is cleared. A tip clamping mechanism secures the cap relative to the lid in the end positions.

Abstract: The invention relates to an improved cookware vessel and a method of manufacturing the same. The cookware vessel comprises an inner core body of a foamable metal, and an outer shell surface of a non-porous metal. The shell surface may employ a finishing material suitable for use with food products. This construction provides a cookware vessel having a decreased weight and increased conductivity compared to other cookware vessels currently on the market.

Abstract: The invention, in one embodiment, is directed to a lid securing device. The device includes a first end adapted to interfit over a first handle of a container, a second end adapted to interfit over a second handle of the container, and an intermediate portion extending between the first end and the second end and adapted to engage a lid to exert a securing force between the lid and a container. Optionally, a portion of the device is elastic to further enhance the securing force between the container and the lid.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of processing a product, such as food product, are disclosed. Untreated product is placed inside a bottom-unloading basket that is, in turn, placed within a covered vessel. For processing a food product, a porous steamer apparatus is provided for insertion into a covered cooking vessel. The steamer apparatus is comprised of two unfastened pieces, a basket and a support base, each of which has a plurality of small holes through which steam, but not food product, may pass. The basket holds the food product, is roughly cylindrical in shape, has an open-ended top and an open-ended bottom, and rests firmly upon, but is not fastened to, the support base during the steam-cooking process. The support base has an inverted conical shape and a vertical pole that has a hook-shaped upper terminus and that is integrally-connected to and protruding above and below the uppermost point of the support base.

Abstract: Vacuum producing appliance and associated food and beverage holding vessels, the vacuum producing appliance with a hollow housing, the housing enclosing a vacuum pump, a pressure switch, a vacuum holding tank, a solenoid valve, a power switch, and associated tubing to attach the components to each other. A conical shaped concavity built into the bottom of said housing capable of drawing air from a vessel and passing it through said vacuum. A plurality of vessel sealing lids interact with the vacuum producing appliance, said lids having a convex conical shape at their top surface that can interface in an air tight way with a mating concave conical shape located in said main housing, said lids having a check valve that allows air to leave said lid but not reenter it. The lids are capable of interfacing in an air tight way with the mouth of a jar, bottle, can or the like so that a vacuum can be drawn in said jar, bottle or can.

Abstract: A lid (10) for a saucepan includes a glass or plastics cover (11) having an opening (23) and a disc (14) secured to the cover and extending across the opening. The disc has a steam aperture (17) through which steam from the saucepan can escape. A handle (13) is secured to the cover by attachment to the disc. The arrangement provides increased strength as compared to a glass or plastics lid having a steam release aperture formed directly in it. The disc (14) can be removed from the opening for cleaning purposes.

Abstract: A self-locking device for positioning an opened container lid disposed at the jointing area of a container body and the container lid includes a transmission shaft, a positioning shaft, a heavy hammer and a rod thereof, an upper connecting piece and a lower connecting piece are respectively disposed on the lateral sides of the container lid and the container body; at one end of the positioning shaft, an arcuate concave slot matching with an arcuate opening port is disposed at a position corresponding to the arcuate opening port; when the container lid is opened, the arcuate opening port of the upper connecting piece and the arcuate concave slot on the positioning shaft overlap and lock each other to prevent the container from falling so as to facilitate the user's access to the object inside the container.

Abstract: A lid for a cooking vessel may be placed in different rotational positions to adjust the amount of venting or provide for pouring. The lid may have different radius lengths for different edge portions. A cooking vessel rim may have corresponding radius lengths such that the lid may be placed on the cooking vessel in a venting or non-venting position.

Abstract: A plastic chime ring capable of being attached to a knock-down drum without the use of adhesives, seaming or welding is disclosed. The chime ring comprises an annular upper portion, an outer ring portion and inner ring portion wherein the inner and outer ring portions define a U-shaped opening throughout the circumference of the ring and at least one ring portion has a locking mechanism on its inner edge. The outer ring portion includes a flange that allows the chime ring and drum to be removed from an attachment apparatus without the chime ring and drum being separated from each other. The inner ring portion includes a curved edge on its outer surface that guides the rim of a knock-down drum into the U-shaped opening. Apparatus for attaching the chime ring to a knock-down drum is disclosed. The apparatus includes an adjustable shaft, a narrowed mandrel and a collapsible guide.

Abstract: A container for holding foods comprises a base member (1); a cover member (3) which is connected to the base member (1) by releasable locking engagement; a first recessed carrying handle (20) provided on a lower side of the base member (1); and a second recessed carrying handle (11) provided on an upper side of the cover member (3). To achieve a substantially flat support surface for both the base member (1) and the cover member (3), the first and second carrying handles (20, 11) are integrated with and recessed into the contour of the base member (1) and of the cover member (3), respectively, such that each of the base member (1) and the cover member (3) have substantially flat surface portions so that the container will rest stably on a flat support surface such as a table in both the upright and inverted positions of the container.

Abstract: A container for use in making popcorn in a microwave oven has an outer enclosure enclosing an outer cavity. The outer enclosure is preferably made from a rigid or semi-rigid microwave transparent material. An inner enclosure is enclosed within the outer cavity. A susceptor is provided for absorbing microwave radiation to heat popcorn kernels. The inner enclosure will release a plurality of un-popped popcorn kernels and a charge enclosed in the inner enclosure when the container is subjected to a heat source such as microwave radiation. The outer enclosure is movable, by application of external forces to the outer enclosure, from a first configuration to a second erected configuration and the outer cavity has increased in size so as to accommodate popped kernels released from the inner enclosure.

Abstract: A counter-top appliance has a food container with internal fins extending inward from the outer wall at an angle offset from radial. The food container is coupled to a motor for rotation in either of two directions. One direction of rotation produces a scooping, elevating and subsequent discharge of liquid and fluent materials such as might be useful for washing or breading, while the second direction of rotation presents a surface adapted for massaging meat during marinating. The food container is preferably sealed through vacuum, and has a simple geometry which greatly facilitates thorough cleaning of the container. Meats, produce, pasta, and other diverse foods are processed using the counter-top appliance, and a method for processing one or a sequential set of foods is disclosed.

Abstract: A cooking vessel has a container having an encircling container margin bent outwardly and with a cover having an encircling cover margin bent outwardly. The container can be closed airtight by the cover with the aid of a closing mechanism acting on the container margin and cover margin. The closing mechanism comprises a closure ring extending over the container circumference with a C-profile cross section open radially inwardly, which, with the aid of an actuating mechanism, can be moved from an open position with greater diameter, in which the cover can be lifted from the container, into a closed position with lesser diameter, in which the container margin and the cover margin are clamped together by interspacing a sealing ring between a lower flank and an upper flank of the closure ring.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an oxygen-level controlled, modified atmosphere package consisting of a cup and a lid preferably in the form of a dome. In one preferred embodiment, the dome is not sealed to the flange of the cup, but rather extends circumferentially around such flange and with a hermetically sealed diaphragm disposed over the top opening in said cup. The interior of the package is designed to contain food and other perishable components having defined metabolizing characteristics. The package polymers are controlled to provide a selected environment for preserving the freshness of foods packaged in a modified gas atmosphere sealed inside the package with the food. The invention incorporates various mechanically enhanced characteristics, as well as offering enhanced safety with package tamper evidence visible to the consumer.

Abstract: A pot having a lid for cooking and draining food includes a lid (2) having an outer convex top (20), with a central knob (21), which is dome-shaped and perforated by a plurality of through apertures (25,26) in one sector thereof, extending within one half of the top (20). The lid (2) further includes an edge (22) and a leaning swell (23) for leaning onto an upper brim (10) of the pot (1), which extends with a cylindrical band (24) for the reciprocal sliding coupling of the lid (2) with a mouth (11) of the pot (1), the cylindrical band (24) having an outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the mouth (11) so as to accomplish a substantially airtight coupling when one is inserted into the other. The lid (2) is provided with releasable engagement means for the fast locking of the lid (2) on the pot (1) at the cylindrical band (24) of the lid (2) and in the mouth (11).

Abstract: Pressure cookers are disclosed comprising a pan having a pan ramp, a lid having a handle and a lid ramp cooperative with the pan ramp to provide a bayonet closure, such that the pan and lid ramps can be cooperatively engaged in the closed position, an abutment for preventing further rotation of the lid, a lock mechanism for locking the lid relative to the pan, a controller to control the lock mechanism to move it an unlocking and locking positions in which the lid cannot be removed from the pan, a pressure indicator mounted with respect to the lid movable between positions in which the pressure within the pressure cooker cannot leak therethrough and is permitted to leak therethrough, and a unitary assembly mounted on the lid independent of the handle in which the pressure indicator, the controller and the lock mechanism are mounted on the unitary assembly.

Abstract: A dual functioning lid that seals a container using a container sealing lip (10), and holds a bagel using a bagel steadying lip (20) and a bagel steadying protrusion (30), allowing the user's hand to be insulated from a hot bagel while applying an edible spread to the bagel.

Abstract: A steam pressure cooker includes a pot having an outwardly directed horizontal pouring rim and formed with a V-shaped circumferential depression which points inwardly to define a conical surface in an upper rim area. A lid can be placed upon the pot for closing and includes a circumferential groove. Positioned between pot and lid is a rubberized elastic sealing element which is held in the circumferential groove. The sealing element has a sealing body of substantially U-shaped configuration to define two sealing lips in coaxial parallel relationship to the vertical pot axis. One sealing lip bears against an inner wall of the pot and interacts with the conical surface of the pot, when the lid is placed upon the pot. A locking mechanism embraces and thereby clamps the lid and the pouring rim, when the steam pressure cooker is closed, and clears the pouring rim, when the steam pressure cooker is opened.

Abstract: A fresh packaging system for roast and ground coffee having a top load capacity of at least about 16 pounds (7.3 Kg) comprising a container with a closed bottom, an open top, and a body enclosing a perimeter between the bottom and the top. A protuberance is continuously disposed around the perimeter of the body proximate to the top and forms a ridge external to the body. A flexible closure is removeably attached and sealed to the protuberance so that the closure seals the interior volume of the container. The container bottom and container body are constructed from a material having a tensile modulus number ranging from at least about 35,000 to at least about 650,000 pounds per square inch (at least about 2,381 to at least about 44,230 atm).

Abstract: An electric frying pot includes an outer pot body. and an inner pot. The outer pot body is provided with plural support members and a socket on its bottom base having a. micro-switch fixed under to connect the socket. The socket has two notches and an inserting groove on top and a sliding cover inside, a ring electric-heating tube fixed at the bottom of the inner pot, having two thirds embedded therein and two pins protruding at two opposite ends, with an actuating rod longer then the pins fixed between. Thus, when the inner pot is placed in the outer pot body, the actuating rod pushes the sliding cover to move away to let the actuating rod and the pins respectively inserting in the inserting grooves and the notches, synchronously with the bottom of the inner pot pressing the lug of the micro-switch to turn on power.

Abstract: The invention, in one embodiment, is directed to a lid securing device. The device includes a first end adapted to interfit over a first handle of a container, a second end adapted to interfit over a second handle of the container, and an intermediate portion extending between the first end and the second end and adapted to engage a lid to exert a securing force between the lid and a container. Optionally, a portion of the device is elastic to further enhance the securing force between the container and the lid.

Abstract: A hinge lid for a food container is provided, which is adapted to fasten over the rim or lip of any different size and shape containers at a point(s) by means of a clamp, and includes a flip-open section, which allow easy quick repeated opening and closing with one hand. The edge of the flip-open section may contain a small open section to anchor a serving utensil.

Abstract: A marinading and storage container that holds a chicken in place allowing the container to be turned upside down to advance the marinading process and that resembles the chicken from the outside with a breast and legs that support the container in the upside down position.

Abstract: The present invention is a device for baking spherical food products. It includes a main support, made of material capable of sustaining a temperature of at least 500 degrees Fahrenheit, which has an outer perimeter for nesting atop a pan or its equivalent, e.g., a cake pan, brownie pan, cookie tin, a pot, a frying pan, or even a piece of aluminum foil folded on its edges to act like a pan. The primary purpose of the pan is to receive and hold grease and drippings from the food products being cooked in the present invention devices. The main support of the present invention device includes a plurality of semispherical recesses, each having a predetermined outer radius, and being located on the main support, typically in an orderly fashion, and having a plurality of drainage holes located thereon. The invention may be formed of a high temperature tolerant material such as metal, ceramic and glass, and may also have a non-stick coating.

Abstract: A freestanding cover for a food tray has a flange section and a support section extending downwardly from the flange section. The support section supports the cover independently of the tray, with the flange section positioned above the tray opening. The freestanding is inserted into a heated compartment in a food warming cabinet and is supported on a shelf mounted in the food warming cabinet. A retainer provided on the cover engages the shelf to prevent the cover from moving forward or backward. With the retainer so engaged, a tray containing previously cooked food portions may be inserted into and removed from a receiving space in the cover, leaving the cover inside of the compartment.

Abstract: A pressure cooking apparatus has a locking device for locking the lid of the apparatus relative to the pan of the apparatus. The lid includes lid ramps for engaging pan ramps on the pan. The locking device is mounted to move along the wall of the pan in an inter-ramp zone so that the locking device has a locking position flush against a lateral edge of a pan ramp.

Abstract: This invention concerns a cooking utensil having a base constituted by a composite structure including an insert plate in aluminum and an external plate in stainless steel with perforations allowing the insert plate in aluminum to be flush with it, characterized in that the central zone of the base is stamped to form a sunken disc zone without perforations, and in that the density of perforations has a maximum value in an intermediary annular band, the density of perforations being greater than 20%.

Abstract: A cookware 1 comprising a container 4 and a lid 2 fittable therewith, wherein when the lid 2 is fitted with the container 4, the container 4 and the lid 2 collectively define at least two differently sized openings 12, 14 allowing contents in the container 4 to be poured out.

Abstract: A multipurpose cooking pan has an outward top flange round the top open side thereof, slots and holes on the outward top flange for guiding external heat energy into the inside of the cooking pan during cooking, an endless positioning groove on the outward top flange for the positioning of the pan cover covering the cooking pan, and at least one sloping guide notch cut through a part of the outward top flange for enabling liquid means to be guided out of the cooking pan when the user tilting the cooking pan.

Abstract: A cooker having a base unit and a cover. The cover including a top and bottom ends. The bottom end having a circular edge extending straight and upwardly therefrom to form an annular wall. The annular wall further extending inwardly to form a top portion.

Abstract: A food warmer has a cover hinged on a flame by a pair of side hinges for rotation around an axis between a closed position and a fully open position, with there being present between the cover and the frame at least one spring for opposing the rotation moment generated by the weight of the cover. Each hinge includes a pivot element on the frame and a fork, shaped bracket on the cover releasably engagable with and rotatable on the associated pivot. A spring contained in at least one of said pivots reacts on the fork engaged therewith to oppose the rotation movement generated by the weight of the cover.

Abstract: An energy-efficient cooker is formed of a main body, an insulation body made integrally with the main body, a base body fitted over the bottom of the main body for making contact with a heat source, and a lid covering an open top of the main body. The main body is provided with a vacuum space which is partially filled with an action fluid to bring about a fast and uniform heat transfer. The insulation body, the base body and the lid are provided with a vacuum space to minimize the loss of heat of the food that is cooked and contained in the main body.

Abstract: A compound cover made up of a pair of cover parts of a diameter substantially the same as the kettle. The cover parts rest on the kettle in stacked arrangement, and are rotatable relative to each other. The parts have hole, therethrough in a common pattern, and can be rotated to put the holes in complete register, and out of register where all the holes are completely blocked. The cover parts are of inverted conical shape to facilitate drainage of condensed water back into the kettle. In a modified form, the parts have stepped formation at the periphery for fitting any of a series of different sized kettles within a wide range.

Abstract: This invention relates to a disposable foil pan having a continuous wall and a top ridge surrounding the pan. The wall has at least 10 spaced wall segmented flutes. There are preferably an equal number of segmented flutes on opposite sides of the pan i.e. 3 on each side and 2 on each end of a rectangular or oval pan. The wall segmented flutes having a combined width equal to at least 35% of the length of the wall. Each wall segmented flute has an indented surface facing an inside of the pan, and a raised surface forming the outer wall of the pan. The segmented flutes preferably have a segment length of 0.75 to 2.0 inches and a segmented depth of about ⅛ to ⅜ inches.

Abstract: A cooking pot is provided which includes a base portion and a removable cover therefor. An annular lip of the pot is formed with at least one vent opening therein. Airflow between ambient and a cooking chamber defined within the pot is adjustable by rotating the cover relative to the base portion. The cooking pot is also multifunctional in that it is operable in any one of a plurality of cooking modes including but not limited to an open charcoal-grilling mode, a closed charcoal-grilling mode, an externally-heated charcoal-grilling mode, a grilling and smoking mode, a deep-frying mode, a boiling and simmering mode, a steaming mode, and oven modes.

Abstract: A vessel incorporating an improved article support surface for supporting an article, such as a food product, during processing (e.g., baking, thawing or freezing), has a surface for supporting a food product or another article and a pattern is formed or otherwise incorporated in the article supporting surface. The pattern incorporated into the support surface is comprised of a raised portion and a low portion or valley and combine to define or create a pocket underneath the supported article or food product in which air circulates or flows during processing. In a preferred embodiment various shapes of baking sheets incorporating a “pebble-grain pattern” is embossed on a metal sheet and the embossed metal sheet is then formed into the desired shape. The sheets are constructed of various aluminum alloys used in the food equipment industry including, but not limited to, 3003, 3004 or 5052 aluminum alloys.

Abstract: Cookie Baking Sheet with a perforated aluminum plate one sixteenth of an inch thick, seventeen and one eighth of an inch long and fifteen and three quarters of an inch wide having a plurality of regularly spaced three thirty seconds of an inch diameter circular perforations spaced five thirty seconds of and inch apart center to center, the aluminum plate having longitudinally bent edges at each wide side, the edges bent up at approximately sixty degrees from horizontal and said edges being approximately seven eighths of an inch wide, said aluminum plate having radiused corners of approximately one half of an inch, and said aluminum plate used in conjunction with a top sheet of parchment paper approximately fifteen and three eighths of an inch long by thirteen and one half inches wide.

Abstract: A whistling device for a cooker includes a cooker lid, an annular block, a handle block, and a screw, characterized in that the cooker lid is circular and is having a center opening and a venting hole; the annular block is circular and has a circular opening, an annular groove at a bottom of the annular block, a venting recess in communication with the annular groove, and a protruded arch on a top of the annular block and located above the venting recess; the handle block is generally circular in shape and has a protrusion extending downwardly from a center of a bottom thereof, the protrusion being formed with a center threaded hole aligned with the center opening of the cooker lid, the protrusion being sized to fit within the center opening of the annular block and formed with an annular slot for receiving the annular block, the handle block having a venting recess at a bottom thereof in alignment with the venting recess of the annular block and an arch-shaped slot slidably engaged with the protruded arch of

Abstract: A cooking apparatus includes a container, a spigot, a lid, and a food support. The container has a bottom surface and a side wall that extends upwardly from the bottom surface to a top edge of the side wall. The spigot is attached to the container side wall and has a valve member that is selectively positionable between opened and closed positions. The spigot valve member allows liquid contents of the container to drain from the container when in the opened position, and prevents the contents from draining out of the container when in the closed position. The food support is comprised of a perforated horizontal member with a perforated side wall extending upwardly from the horizontal member. A plurality of vertical members spaced around the periphery of the horizontal member extend upwardly from the horizontal member.

Abstract: A thermal cooker having high insulating efficiency and capable of boiling and smothering food is provided. A thermal storage ring is connected to an outer bottom surface of an inner pot of the thermal cooker to be heated along with food in the inner pot until the food is boiled. The inner pot with boiled food and heated and glowing thermal storage ring is then positioned into an outer pot and closed with inner and outer lids, so that food in the inner pot is kept boiling with heat released from the thermal storage ring and then be smothered in the thermal cooker for a period of time.

Abstract: A pressure vessel having a container, a cover and a control device for closing and opening of the cover of the container, wherein the control device consists of at least two driving arms movably mounted on the cover. A knob is pivotally mounted on a central axis of the cover, and a rotary plate is co-axially fixed at a lower end of the knob. The rotary plate is rotatably movable together with the knob and particularly formed with at least two rotary drivers corresponding to engagement posts formed on driving arms. Jaws fixed at outer ends of the driving arms driven by the rotary drivers of the rotary plate are movable in a radial direction relative to the central axis of the cover between a locking position in which the cover is locked to the container and an unlocking position in which the cover can be removed from the container.

Abstract: A stacking arrangement for simultaneously stacking plural food filled plates and beverage containers together for use in microwaves and refrigerators. Hollow rings with outwardly sloping sides each having side oval through-holes and upper edge grooves are placed on food filled plates so that the plates can be stacked on top of each hollow ring. A cover with outwardly sloping sides has a handle with a lid and through-hole adjacent to the handle covers the top food filled plate in the stack. The stack can be placed in a microwave, heating oven, refrigerator or freezer. The through-holes in the rings and the cover act as vents to allow heat to be evenly dispersed about the food and to allow the food to be more evenly cooked when being microwaved. The cover and rings can be made of microwaveable plastic such as polypropylene. When not being used the rings can together be inserted into the cover for storage.

Abstract: To enable the use of long lasting filters in a sterilizing container having a broken through area which is covered by a flat filter layer, without any structural alteration thereto, it is proposed that the filter layer consist of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and be built up of compact particles fused together and forming pores between them.

Abstract: A multi-pie maker of generally conventional form is provided with metallic liners that fit snugly against opposing heatable complex surfaces of platens. The liners are preformed into self supporting complimentary shapes that match and fit snugly against the complex heatable surfaces of the platens. The liners are readily removable for washing and cleaning, or replacement when necessary.

Abstract: A cooking pan and lid. The side wall of the pan portion has an elevated portion along its upper periphery. This elevated portion has an opening therethrough for entry of a cooking utensil for the purpose of stirring or otherwise manipulating food cooking in the pan. A plug that is receivable into the opening through the upper periphery of the pan to close the opening while stirring or manipulating of the food in the pan is not required. A vent opening is provide along the periphery of the lid to vent gasses from the food when cooking while the plug is inserted in the opening.

Abstract: The invention relates to compositions and methods for reducing food deposit adhesion to cookware. More specifically this invention relates to a resin composition having a glass transition temperature of at least 180° C. containing an amount of at least one additive selected from fatty acid esters, fatty acid amide, anionic surfactant, or a mixture containing at least one of the foregoing to reduce food deposit adhesion on cookware made from the composition. The invention also relates to a method for providing plastic cookware having reduced food deposit adhesion.

Abstract: A cookware lid having a handle where the handle supports a thermometer having a meat probe and an aperture to cause a whistling sound to warn that the internal temperature of a container has reached 180 degrees, eliminating possible carcinogens, e. Coli bacterium, salmonella and the like.