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Abstract

This invention relates to a cooking apparatus comprising a container having a bottom wall, side wall, and an upper wall enclosing a first inner chamber of the container, where the bottom wall and side wall of the container are thermally insulating, and the upper wall is thermally insulating except for at least one planar and substantially horizontally oriented cooking zone which is thermally conductive, a first phase-change material located inside and substantially filling the first inner chamber of the container, an electric resistance heating element located in the first phase-change material and electrically connected to a source of electric energy, and a releasable lid made of a thermally insulating material adapted to cover and thermally insulate each of the at least one cooking zone.

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First Claim