A system and method for storing, preserving and cooking meals using the sous-vide technique. The system and method of the present invention is designed to automatically cook, upon request a meal having various ingredients by immersing bagged food in temperature controlled liquid. The cooking time may be manually or automatically programmed from downloaded cooking direction associated with the food. The cooking request may be given by a user from the physical apparatus or using a mobile device application.

Multiple food ingredient dispensing device that include a body having a dispensing opening and an internal orifice plate that supports a release mechanism. The device either includes a carousel unit on a central axle or a carrier that turns on a bearing. The carousel unit or carrier hold a plurality of ingredient pods that contain food ingredients, and which rotate relative to the body. Rotating the ingredient pods can cause a selected one to rotate over the release mechanism. The release mechanism can then cause a controlled volume of the food ingredient to fall from associated ingredient pod. Also included are a viewing window with measurement indicia and a measurement adjust knob that adjusts the amount that falls when the release mechanism is opened. A dispensing opening then allows the food ingredient to fall out of the dispensing device.

The present application discloses a new steamer and steamer baskets that can be used with the new steamer. The new design provides a water-level window for observing the water level in the bottom tray of the steamer and an aperture for adding water to the bottom tray when the water level is low. Unlike a traditional multi-tier steamer in which food trays must be removed in sequence from top to bottom, the new design disclosed herein allows each streamer basket to be individually removed and placed.

The invention provides a beverage preparation vessel comprising: a base for supporting the vessel on a surface, a wall extending from the base and projecting upwardly therefrom to form a receptacle for receiving liquid, and a rim extending around an upper edge of the wall defining an opening to the receptacle and having a spout for pouring the liquid from the vessel, wherein the wall has a closed double-walled configuration comprising an inner wall and an outer wall being disposed in a spaced apart arrangement such that a gap is formed therebetween wherein the outer wall is thermally insulated from the inner wall and defines an external surface that can be gripped by a hand of a user, and the inner wall defines an internal surface that contacts the liquid in the receptacle and has measurement markings to enable the user to visibly measure the volume of liquid in the receptacle, and wherein the vessel has a profile that allows alike vessels to be stacked in a nested arrangement.

An electronic apparatus is disclosed. The electronic apparatus according to the disclosure includes a heating part heating a subject for cooking, a communication interface receiving a sensing value from an external sensor, a memory storing at least one instruction, and at least one processor that is connected with the memory and controls the electronic apparatus, wherein the at least one processor is configured to, by executing the at least one instruction, acquire information on the temperature of the subject for cooking from the external sensor, identify a heating temperature corresponding to a pattern of the change of the temperature of the subject for cooking, and control the heating part to heat the subject for cooking at the heating temperature.

A coffee storage container provides for the removal of coffee without introducing air into the remaining coffee within the container. The container includes a container body defining an internal chamber, a dispenser, and a floating ceiling. The dispenser includes a top side located within the internal chamber that provides a resting surface for coffee stored in the internal chamber. The dispenser dispenses the coffee through a bottom side of the dispenser. The floating ceiling is located within the internal chamber above the dispenser. The floating ceiling rests on the coffee stored in the internal chamber and moves downwards with a top level of remaining coffee in the internal chamber as the coffee is dispensed through the bottom side of the dispenser. The floating ceiling and the top side of the dispenser define a storage space for the coffee that decreases in volume as the coffee is dispensed by the dispenser.

The present invention is a measuring device having of a shaft having a first bowl on a first opposing longitudinal end of the shaft and a second bowl on a second opposing longitudinal end of the shaft, such that the first bowl and second bowl are each sized to be between to 1/10 of a label on each bowl. The measuring device is used for making micro cocktails that can be easily scaled up.

A portable foodstuff container and method of dispensing foodstuff from the portable container are disclosed herein. Such a portable foodstuff may include a portable body with a reservoir configured to contain a foodstuff and a dispenser configured to dispense the foodstuff contained in the reservoir, a pump disposed within the body and configured to convey the foodstuff from the reservoir to the dispenser when activated to dispense the foodstuff through the dispenser, and a controller disposed in the body and coupled to the pump. The controller may be configured to activate the pump to dispense a user-selected amount of foodstuff from the dispenser.

A steam generating apparatus includes: a steam generator including a housing capable of storing water therein, and a heating unit for heating the housing so as to generate steam; a water level measurement unit for measuring a water level in the housing; and a water supply unit for supplying water into the housing. A controller controls, when a time during which the measured water level does not exceed the threshold value continues for a first time, the water supply unit to start water supply into the housing, and controls, when the time during which the measured water level does not exceed the threshold value continues for a second time longer than the first time, the heating unit to stop heating of the housing.