Patent ID: 8453563

Claim:
An apparatus for barrier submersion cooking comprising: a. a vessel comprising a first cooking chamber half and a second cooking chamber half, each cooking chamber half having first and second food cavities, respectively, dimensioned such that when the first and second cooking chamber halves are mated, the first and second food cavities form a food item containment area having a predetermined geometric form which will intimately contact a food item having a corresponding predetermined geometric form, said vessel effectively dimensioned such that when placed into a hot liquid cooking medium a vent remains above a top surface of the hot liquid cooking medium, said first and second cooking chamber halves each having left and right sides and a bottom therebetween; b. a rack for lowering said vessel into the hot liquid cooking medium to an effective depth such that said food item containment area is below the top surface of the hot liquid cooking medium and said vent is above the top surface of the hot liquid cooking medium; wherein the vessel prevents the hot liquid cooking medium from contacting the food item and is formed of a material that conveys heat from the hot liquid cooking medium to the food item when the vessel is lowered into the hot liquid cooking medium; and, c. a gasket permanently attached to the left and right sides and bottom of said first and second cooking chamber halves to produce a liquid tight seal between said first and second cooking chamber halves; d. a channel fabricated into each of the first and second cooking chamber halves, said channels positioned such that when the first and second cooking chamber halves are mated, the mated channels form said vent.