Patent ID: 8109201

Claim:
A kitchen appliance for heating foodstuff, the kitchen appliance comprising: an outer shell having an upper surface and a lower surface; a base enclosing the lower surface of the outer shell, the base being positioned on a supporting surface during heating of the foodstuff, the outer shell and base defining a heating cavity therein; a heating element disposed within the outer shell sufficiently proximate the heating cavity to heat the heating cavity; a cooking pot having a generally hollow interior and a cooking pot rim defining an opening for accessing the interior thereof, the interior being capable of retaining foodstuff therein, the cooking pot being shaped and sized to fit within the heating cavity for heating thereof by the heating element; and a component movably positionable within a portion of the kitchen appliance, the component being sized and shaped to support at least a portion of a utensil above the supporting surface, the component being movable between a storage position in which the component is substantially within the kitchen appliance and a use position in which the component is at least partially removed from the kitchen appliance; wherein the base includes a slot sized and shaped to receive the component at least partially therein, the slot including at least one projection extending orthogonally from a sidewall thereof, the component being positioned on at least a portion of the projection in the storage position.