Patent ID: 7872214
Filing Date: 2011-01-18
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A kitchen appliance for cooling and heating foodstuff, said appliance comprising: a housing having a base and a side wall extending therefrom to define a cooling and heating cavity therein, said housing further having a housing rim defining an opening to said cooling and heating cavity; a container removably mountable within said housing, said container having a generally hollow interior and a container rim defining an opening for accessing the interior thereof, said interior being capable of retaining said foodstuff therein, said container being sized and shaped to fit within said cooling and heating cavity; a lid removably mountable to said housing rim of said housing, said lid being sized and shaped to cover said opening of said container when placed on said housing rim; a heating element disposed within said housing sufficiently proximate said cooling and heating cavity to heat said cooling and heating cavity, wherein said heating element is a heating coil; and at least one cooling element disposed within said housing sufficiently proximate said cooling and heating cavity to cool said cooling and heating cavity.