Patent ID: 8826805

Claim:
A cooking appliance, comprising: a base; an electric motor housed in said base, said electric motor including an output shaft extending upwards from said base; a container engageable with said base and configured to receive one or more food ingredients; a heater for converting a liquid into a cooking vapor; and a blade assembly rotatably coupled to said output shaft of said motor and mounted within said container, said blade assembly including a body having a top hub defining a passageway leading to an interior of said body; a boiler chamber; and a vapor conduit having an inlet in fluid communication with an outlet of said boiler chamber and an outlet in fluid communication with said top hub of said blade assembly; wherein said blade assembly includes at least one vapor aperture in a top of said body and at least one vapor outlet located adjacent to a bottom of said blade assembly, said at least one vapor aperture and said at least one vapor outlet allowing the egress of cooking vapor from said interior of said body into said container.