Cooking device and components thereof
View Patent ↗Disclosed herein is a cooking system for cooking food, the system including a housing defining a hollow chamber configured to receive a food container. The housing has an upper portion defining an opening to the hollow chamber. A lid is movably attached to the housing. The lid is moveable about a hinged axis between an open position and a closed position. A foot for supporting the housing is substantially vertically aligned with the hinge axis to stabilize the housing when the housing is oriented at a 15 degree angle and the lid is in the open position.
1. A cooking system for cooking food, the cooking system comprising:
a housing defining a hollow chamber configured to receive a food container, said housing having an upper portion defining an opening to said hollow chamber;
a lid movably attached to said housing, said lid being moveable about a hinged axis between an open position and a closed position; and
a foot for supporting said housing, said foot being aligned with said hinge axis to stabilize said housing when said housing is oriented at a 15 degree angle and said lid is in said open position,
wherein said foot extends in a horizontal direction beyond an outermost extent of a vertical wall of said housing.
2. The cooking system of claim 1 , wherein said housing further comprises a spine and said lid is coupled to said housing at an upper portion of said spine.
3. The cooking system of claim 1 , the cooking system further comprising a second foot, said foot and said second foot being disposed at opposing sides of said housing.
4. The cooking system of claim 3 , wherein said foot is larger in at least one dimension than said second foot.
5. The cooking system of claim 4 , wherein said foot extends a first distance from said housing and said second foot extends a second distance from said housing, said first distance being greater than said second distance.
6. The cooking system of claim 1 , further comprising a shock absorbing material disposed at a contact surface of said foot.
7. The cooking system of claim 1 , wherein the cooking system is operable in a plurality of cooking modes, wherein in a first cooking mode of the plurality of cooking modes, the lid is in said closed position and closes said hollow chamber of said housing.
8. The cooking system of claim 7 , further comprising a second lid that is mountable to said housing and is adapted to close said hollow chamber.
9. The cooking system of claim 7 , wherein said second lid is mountable to said housing to seal said hollow interior when said lid is in said open position.
10. The cooking system of claim 9 , wherein said second lid seals said hollow interior when said cooking system is in a second cooking mode of said plurality of cooking modes.
11. The cooking system of claim 1 , further including an insert for supporting the food item, said insert being receivable within said food container.