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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2020
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Jerry Wayne Smith, Irvine, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A cooking vessel according to one example embodiment includes a food receptacle for holding food during cooking. The cooking vessel includes an inner shell and an outer shell. An outside surface of the inner shell forms the food receptacle. A portion of an inside surface of the inner shell is spaced from a portion of an inside surface of the outer shell forming a sealed volume between the inner shell and the outer shell. A heat pipe is positioned within the sealed volume between the inner shell and the outer shell for distributing heat through the sealed volume between the inner shell and the outer shell. Embodiments include those wherein each of the inner shell and the outer shell includes a respective bottom wall and a respective side wall.