Patent ID: 8080766

Claim:
A steam cooker, comprising: a first steam cooking chamber having an access door; a second steam cooking chamber having an access door; a steam generator unit for heating water to generate steam, the steam generator unit connected for selective delivery of steam to the first steam cooking chamber alone, the second steam cooking chamber alone or both the first steam cooking chamber and the second steam cooking chamber, the steam generator including at least first and second energizable heating elements for heating water, and an associated controller that operates to: (i) energize both the first and second heating elements when initially heating water to bring the steam generator up to a set operating condition; (ii) energize one, but not the other, of the first heating element or the second heating element, when only the first steam cooking chamber requires steam for cooking; and (iii) energize both the first heating element and the second heating element when both the first steam cooking chamber and the second steam cooking chamber require steam for cooking.