Patent ID: 7617766

Claim:
An apparatus for steaming and blending food products, comprising: a base including a support; a container assembly supported by the base; a steam chamber supported by the base and including a steam exit port; a heater for providing heat to the steam chamber; a drive shaft; an electric motor supported by the base and operatively associated with the drive shaft; the container assembly having a bottom end portion, the container assembly including a container, a steam inlet passage, and a lid removably coupled to a top end portion of the container; and a blade assembly disposed within the container, the container assembly being mountable to the base support in a first upright orientation wherein the bottom end portion adjoins the base support and the drive shaft is operatively engagable with the blade assembly, the container assembly also being mountable to the base support in a second, inverted orientation such that the container assembly is inverted relative to the base and wherein the steam exit port is in fluid communication with the steam inlet passage.