Patent ID: 8071923

Claim:
A container 10 for preparing pasta food products in a microwave oven, comprising: a substantially rectangularly shaped base section 20 including a lower ledge 22 and a sump 30 including a raised center section 18 defining a channel 16 along a portion of an outer periphery of the base section wherein the raised center section has a height less than a height of the lower ledge; a chamber 27 defined by first elongated sides 24 A and ends 24 B extending upwardly from a periphery of the base section, the chamber substantially separated from the base section by insertion of elongated pasta food products; an upper ledge 28 annularly formed at a periphery at a top of the first elongated sides and ends extending outwardly therefrom and including second elongated sides 32 A and ends 32 B extending upwardly from a periphery of the upper ledge; and an outwardly extending flange formed annular to a periphery defined by the second elongated sides and ends.