Patent ID: 9462909
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: A23L,A47J

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for treating food, comprising: a) a housing including a lid portion and a base portion, said lid portion and said base portion separable and defining a cavity therein; b) said cavity completely divided into an upper chamber and a lower chamber by a divider, said upper chamber for holding the food; c) a steam source connected to provide upper steam to said upper chamber and lower steam to said lower chamber; d) a lower infrared source positioned within said lower chamber, said lower infrared source optimized to both superheat steam with a first lower-chamber wavelength and heat said divider with a different second lower-chamber wavelength highly transmitted through said steam; and e) wherein the food is heated by direct heat transfer in said upper chamber, wherein the food is heated by indirect heat transfer from the conduction of heat through said divider from said lower chamber.