Patent ID: 7484455

Claim:
A cooking device comprising: a base; a bowl on the base and capable of holding water; electrical heating means juxtaposed with the bowl for heating water therein; a basket fittable in the bowl and shiftable between a lower position immersed in the water in the bowl and an upper a position largely out of the water in the bowl; a closing cover applied on said basket; first drive means connected between the basket and the base for shifting the basket between its upper and lower positions; first sensor means for detecting a temperature of water inside the bowl; a timer settable to different predetermined time intervals; control means connected to the first sensor means, the first drive means, and to the timer for starting the timer and moving the basket from the upper position to the lower position when the sensor means detects that the water in the bowl is above a predetermined temperature and for moving the basket from the lower position to the upper position after a preset time interval as set in the timer.