Patent ID: 6189722
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A cookware system, comprising:at least one cooking container having a bottom wall, a perimeter side wall upwardly extending around said bottom wall, and an upper edge defining an open top into the respective cooking container;said cooking container having at least one dividing wall therein upwardly extending from said bottom wall of the respective cooking container and dividing said cooking container into a plurality of cooking compartments; andan associated lid resting on said upper edge of the cooking container to substantially cover said open top of the cooking container; andsaid lid having a lower face, and at least one partition downwardly depending from said lower face of the lid, said dividing wall having a top edge, said top edge of said dividing wall having an elongate divider channel extending therealong, wherein said partition of said cooking container has a lower edge, said lower edge of said partition having a downwardly extending elongate partition therealong, said partition being inserted into the divider channel of the corresponding cooking container, said partitions and channels forming moisture barriers between each of the cooking compartments to keep each cooking compartment separated when cooking with the lid on the cooking container, said channels in said divider walls forming a outward flow path for moisture to the perimeter side wall for permitting escape of said moisture from said cooking compartments.