Patent ID: 9603477
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: A23L,A23V,A47J

Claim:
1. A device for cooking food, the device including: a reservoir for retaining water; a user interface having one or more user input elements and a display element; a user interface receives user input of a food style, wherein the food style for a selected food type of eggs includes a user selected egg white texture and a user selected egg yolk texture; a heating element for heating water in the reservoir; a temperature sensor element for providing a temperature signal indicative of water temperature in the reservoir; and a processor module, the processor module being coupled to the user interface for receiving the user inputs; the processor module being coupled to the temperature sensor element for receiving the temperature signal; wherein the processor module control operation of the heating element for regulating the temperature of water in the reservoir based on the temperature signal, the cooking temperature and the cooking time; wherein the processor module, from both the user selected egg white texture and the user selected egg yolk texture, determines both a corresponding cooking temperature and a corresponding cooking time.