Patent ID: 7105780

Claim:
A cooking device comprising: a body; a tank carried on the body and adapted to hold water; a basket received in the tank for containing a food to be cooked in the water in the tank; electrical heating means on the body for heating the water in the tank and thereby cooking the food in the water in the tank; actuation means connected to said basket for moving said basket between a lower position inside said tank with the food in the basket submersed in the water in the tank and an upper position at least partially outside of said tank with the food in the basket substantially out of the water in the tank; a first temperature sensor for at least one portion of said tank; a timer; control means for said actuation means connected to said sensor and said timer for moving said basket in response to signals received from said temperature sensor and from said timer; and stirring means including a drive part carried on the body and a rotatable element mounted on the basket, movable in the basket, and couplable to the drive part when the basket is in the lower position for stirring said food when the basket is in the lower position.