Patent ID: 8707860

Claim:
A food cooking apparatus comprising: a container for receiving a cooking liquid to be heated; a food strainer-basket positionable within said container for partially submerging within said cooking liquid, said container and said strainer-basket having an oblong shape wherein the median length dimension is greater than the median width dimension, for positioning of the basket in the liquid for cooking of the food and for repositioning of the cooking basket above the liquid for straining of the food; wherein said cooking container contains a lower portion and an upper portion configured in an oblong shape having a median length dimension that is greater than the median width dimension, said upper portion comprising a primary circumferentially outwardly extending upper lip and a secondary circumferentially outwardly extending lower lip; wherein aid strainer-basket includes a lower portion and an upper portion, said lower portion submersible in said cooking liquid and having selectively placed strainer aperatures, and configured in an oblong shape having a median length dimension that is greater than the median width dimension; wherein said container and said strainer basket are generally oval, said container having an oblong shape wherein the median length dimension is greater than the median width dimension and said strainer-basket having an oblong shape wherein the median length dimension is greater than the median width dimension; wherein said strainer-basket is insertable into said cooking container when the median long dimension of the cooking container and the median long dimension of the said strainer-basket are aligned; wherein said strainer-basket is not insertable into said cooking container when it is rotated 90 degrees so that the long median dimension of said strainer-basket is perpendicular and misaligned with the median short dimension of said cooking container, therein providing support for said strainer-basket above said cooking container for straining of the food; and wherein said cooking container includes a circumferentially outwardly extending lower secondary lip below the top lip, and when said strainer-basket is raised and rotated above said cooking container for draining of the food, said lower portion of said strainer-basket is supported within said secondary outwardly extending upper lip of said cooking container.