Patent ID: 7378623

Claim:
A dual wall cooking vessel, the vessel comprising: a) an inner vessel having a bottom portion surrounded by vertical walls terminating at an inner rim to form an inner surface for containing fluids, b) an outer vessel frame having a substantially circular perforated bottom portion surrounded by vertical walls terminating at an outer rim and surrounding the inner vessel, c) wherein the inner vessels is nested within the outer vessel such that the inner rim and the outer rim are concentrically aligned with each other whereby a horizontal cavity is formed between the inner surface of the outer vessel and the outer surface of the inner vessel, d) a magnetic cap disposed below the bottom of the outer vessel frame, e) a thermally conductive material interposed between the inner surface of the cap and the outer surface of the inner vessel, said material bonding the inner vessel, outer vessel and cap together by extending through perforations in the bottom of the outer vessel to occupy the space between the cap and the bottom of the inner vessel.