METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COOKING FOODSTUFFS USING AUXILIARY STEAM

摘要

An apparatus and method for cooking small quantities of low and normal moisture content foodstuffs in a sealed pressurised container (12) by immersing the foodstuffs in a heated liquid cooking medium and injecting super-saturated steam into the vessel upon the closure of the lid (14). Super-saturated steam is generated within a heated injection tube (58) and creates an instant pressure seal and initiates a cycle of repeated vacuum pulse cooking flashes of the moisture and water contained in the foodstuffs placed within the vessel to super-saturated steam as the pressure increases and decreases in accordance with pressure regulating means for at least a timed cooking period.