Patent ID: 7706671

Claim:
A container for heating contents, the container comprising: an internal cavity forming a concave internal cavity configured to receive the contents; an outer surface encompassing the internal surface; an electric heating element interposed between an internal surface and an outer surface; a connector configured to connect to a power source so as to provide power to the heating element; at least one of a temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature of the contents, a pressure sensor configured to sense a pressure within the internal cavity, and a motion sensor configured to sense a motion of the container; an input configured to receive a first command and a second command, a processor configured to set a desired temperature to which said contents are to be heated based on the first command, and said processor having two sets of instructions executable in at least one of two modes of operation, the instructions for the first preset mode instructing the processor to operate in a first preset display mode, said first preset display mode comprised of predetermined intervals display of the actual and desired temperature of the contents displayable upon at least one display, said processor being further configured to control the electric heating element based upon said first command and based upon at least one of a temperature of the contents, a pressure within the internal cavity, and a motion of the container, wherein instructions for the second mode instructing the processor to operate in a second manually selectable mode is separated by an interval display of the actual and desired temperatures as designated by the second command and displayable on at least one display; and an alarm with an indication of temperature is configured to be activated by said processor in accordance with one of said second mode having at least one of two or more alarms temperatures and two or more temperature indications separated by an interval; wherein the contents are capable of being heated by the electric heating element or an external heating source.