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1. A cheesecake pan system (100) for aiding even cooking of a cheesecake when placed into an oven, wherein the system (100) comprises:
(a) a cheesecake pan (110) having a separate cheesecake pan bottom plate (111) and a separate cylindrical cheesecake pan side wall (113),wherein the round cheesecake pan bottom plate (111) comprises a planar surface having a cheesecake pan bottom plate side wall (126) perpendicularly disposed on a cheesecake pan bottom plate outer periphery (118) thereon, wherein the cheesecake pan bottom plate side wall (126) comprises a cheesecake pan ridge (125) disposed around a cheesecake pan bottom plate side wall outer periphery (128) thereon, wherein the cheesecake pan bottom plate side wall (126) comprises a cheesecake pan lip (123) perpendicularly disposed on the cheesecake pan bottom plate side wall outer periphery (128) thereon adjacent to a cheesecake pan bottom plate side wall lower edge (129), wherein the cheesecake pan lip (123) projects out and away from the cheesecake bottom plate side wall (126), wherein the cheesecake pan lip (123) comprises a cheesecake pan lip outside diameter (124),wherein the cheesecake pan side wall (113) comprises a gap (120) disposed from a cheesecake pan side wall top (114) to a cheesecake pan side wall bottom (115), wherein the cheesecake pan side wall (113) is spring-biased, wherein in an open, first position, the gap (120) is spread apart and the cheesecake pan side wall (113) comprises a cheesecake pan first diameter, wherein in a closed, second position, the gap (120) is closed and the cheesecake pan side wall (113) comprises a cheesecake pan second diameter smaller than the cheesecake pan first diameter,wherein a pan groove (121) is disposed around a cheesecake pan side wall inner periphery (116) proximal to the cheesecake pan side wall bottom (115);wherein the cheesecake pan bottom plate (111) is adapted to snuggly fit in the pan groove (121) via the cheesecake pan ridge (125) on the cheesecake pan bottom plate side wall (126) forming the cheesecake pan (110) when the cheesecake pan side wall (113) is in the second position;
(b) a water base pan (130) having a contiguous water base pan bottom plate (131) and a water base pan side wall (133), wherein the water base pan bottom plate (131) is round, wherein the water base pan bottom plate (131) comprises a vapor hole (140) centrally disposed in a raised water base pan bottom plate floor section (132) therein, wherein an annular trough (141) is disposed on the water base pan bottom plate (131) and defined by the water base pan side wall (133) and the raised water base pan bottom plate floor section (132), wherein a water base pan ledge (142) is disposed around a water base pan side wall (133) adjacent to a water base pan side wall top (135), wherein the water base pan ledge (142) comprises a water base pan ledge inside diameter (143), wherein the water base pan ledge inside diameter (143) is slightly greater than the cheesecake pan lip outside diameter (124) and is designed to receive the cheesecake pan lip (123); and (c) an annular sealing ring (150), wherein a ring groove (152) is disposed around a sealing ring inside periphery (151) thereon, wherein a ring groove diameter (153) is generally equal to the cheesecake pan lip outside diameter (124), wherein the sealing ring (150) is designed to stretchably and sealably fit over the cheesecake pan lip (123), wherein the cheesecake pan (110) is sealably disposed on the water base pan ledge (142) via the sealing ring (150) over the cheesecake pan lip (123). |
