Patent ID: 9320388
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: A23L,A23V,A47J

Claim Text:
1. A portable apparatus for preparing and cooking a food product, the apparatus comprising: a main container for holding the food product; a liquid inlet opening into the main container for controllably providing liquid into the main container with the food product; an inlet valve connected to the liquid inlet for automated regulation of inflow of the liquid into the main container; a liquid outlet opening from the main container for controllably removing liquid from the main container without removing the food product; an outlet valve connected to the liquid outlet for automated regulation of outflow of the liquid from the main container; a heater associated with the main container for automated heating of the food product and the liquid in the main container; a controller in communication with the main container for automatically regulating the inflow of liquid into the main container, the outflow of the liquid from the main container, and the heating of the food product and the liquid by the heater; one or more seasonings containers attached to the main container configured to contain a seasonings package; and a sensor associated with the seasonings container for reading a code on the seasonings package and for automatically communicating information read from the code to the controller, the code containing data about usage of one or more seasonings in the seasonings package, wherein the controller adjusts one or more parameters of the apparatus based on the information from the sensor read from the code on the seasonings package, the controller configured to open or close the inlet valve or the outlet valve for liquid delivery to or removal from the main container, the controller further configured deliver one or more seasonings from the main container according to a recipe.