Integrated cooling, heating food preparation system
First Claim
1. An integrated cooling, heating food preparation system useful for preparing a masticatable, solid food and being remotely activated through a public exchange computer communications system, which comprises a food-containing volume;
- a means to refrigerate food in said volume; and
a means to cook the refrigerated food in the same volume, wherein the food is capable of being the masticatable, solid food, and means for activation from a remote location of the means to cook said food is provided by employing a connection through the public exchange computer communications system.
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Abstract
Integrated cooling, heating food preparation system has a food containing volume; a device to refrigerate food in that volume; a device to cook the refrigerated food in the same volume; and, optionally, a device to keep warm and/or refrigerate the cooked food in the same volume. The system is suitably controlled, preferably by remote control activation, for a few examples, through a public exchange computer communications system or by radio. The system can be embodied in a form in which the food containing/heating unit is placed in a pre-existing or modified refrigeration cabinet.
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20 Claims
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1. An integrated cooling, heating food preparation system useful for preparing a masticatable, solid food and being remotely activated through a public exchange computer communications system, which comprises a food-containing volume;
- a means to refrigerate food in said volume; and
a means to cook the refrigerated food in the same volume, wherein the food is capable of being the masticatable, solid food, and means for activation from a remote location of the means to cook said food is provided by employing a connection through the public exchange computer communications system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
- a means to refrigerate food in said volume; and
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5. In combination, an integrated cooling, heating food preparation system, which comprises a food-containing volume;
- a means to refrigerate food in said volume; and
a means to cook the refrigerated food in the same volume, wherein means for activation from a remote location of the means to cook said food is provided; and
a larger refrigeration cabinet in which at least a part of said system resides. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
- a means to refrigerate food in said volume; and
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17. A home-scale integrated cooling, heating food preparation system useful for handling food in a kitchen of a home and being remotely activated through a public exchange computer communications system, which comprises a home-scale food-containing volume suitable for handling food in the kitchen of the home;
- a means to refrigerate the food in said volume; and
a means to cook the refrigerated food in the same volume, wherein means for activation from a remote location of the means to cook said food is provided by employing a connection through the public exchange computer communications system. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
- a means to refrigerate the food in said volume; and
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