Patent ID: 8067048

Claim:
An apparatus for cooking foodstuff in a pressurized flow of hot inert gas in the absence of added fats comprising: a) a sealable cooking chamber having a sealable opening, a gas inlet, and a gas outlet; b) a holder for containing the foodstuff sized to fit within the cooking chamber; c) a gas heater coupled to a source of a pressurized inert gas and to the gas inlet; d) a pressure sensor; e) a pressure regulator coupled to the pressure sensor for maintaining a selected pressure within the sealable cooking chamber; f) a temperature sensor; and g) a temperature controller coupled to the temperature sensor and to at least one of the gas heater and the source of pressurized inert gas wherein a flow of hot inert gas during operation of the apparatus is maintained by the pressure regulator at a chamber pressure above 6 bar, and by the temperature regulator at a temperature between 160° C. and 360° C.