Cooking device and components thereof
First Claim
1. A cooking system for cooking food, the system comprising:
- a housing defining a hollow chamber configured to receive a food container, said housing having an upper portion defining an opening to said hollow chamber;
a pressure lid attachable about said upper portion of said housing and configured to extend across said opening to said hollow chamber;
a convection lid attachable about said upper portion of said housing and configured to extend across said opening to said hollow chamber;
a heating element included with said convection lid;
wherein said cooking system operates in a plurality of modes, said plurality of modes including a pressure cooking mode and a dry cooking mode, wherein in said pressure cooking mode the cooking system operates as a pressure cooker and in said dry cooking mode the cooking system operates as a dry cooker.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a cooking system for cooking food, the system including a housing defining a hollow chamber configured to receive a food container. The housing has an upper portion defining an opening to the hollow chamber. A lid is attachable about the upper portion of the housing and is configured to extend across the opening to the hollow chamber. At least one heating element is associated with at least one of said housing and said lid. The cooking system is operable in a plurality of modes including a pressure cooking mode and a dry cooking mode. In the pressure cooking mode, the cooking system is operable as a pressure cooker and in the dry cooking mode, the cooking system is operable as a dry cooker.
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27 Claims
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1. A cooking system for cooking food, the system comprising:
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a housing defining a hollow chamber configured to receive a food container, said housing having an upper portion defining an opening to said hollow chamber; a pressure lid attachable about said upper portion of said housing and configured to extend across said opening to said hollow chamber; a convection lid attachable about said upper portion of said housing and configured to extend across said opening to said hollow chamber; a heating element included with said convection lid; wherein said cooking system operates in a plurality of modes, said plurality of modes including a pressure cooking mode and a dry cooking mode, wherein in said pressure cooking mode the cooking system operates as a pressure cooker and in said dry cooking mode the cooking system operates as a dry cooker. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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15. A cooking system for cooking food, the system comprising:
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a housing defining a hollow chamber configured to receive a food container, said housing having an upper portion defining an opening to said hollow chamber; a food container receivable within said hollow chamber; a pressure lid attachable about said upper portion of said housing and configured to extend across said opening to said hollow chamber; a convection lid attachable about said upper portion of said housing and configured to extend across said opening to said hollow chamber; at least one heating element included with said convection lid; wherein said cooking system operates in a plurality of modes, said plurality of modes including a wet cooking mode and a dry cooking mode, wherein in said wet cooking mode the cooking system operates as a wet cooker and in said dry cooking mode the cooking system operates as a dry cooker, and wherein said cooking system operates in said wet cooking mode, and then operates in said dry cooking mode, without having to remove said food container from said hollow chamber. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 27)
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Specification