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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2023
Midea Group Co., Ltd., Beijiao, CN;
Eric L. Scalf, Louisville, KY (US);
Brian M. Langness, Shelbyville, KY (US);
MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Beijiao, CN;
Abstract
A pressure cooker utilizes a vapor compression cooling system that is physically separate from the heating element that heats the bottom of a crock and includes a cooling coil that circumscribes the side wall(s) of the crock to cool the crock through the circulation of a fluid through the cooling coil. Such a vapor compression cooling system may be used to provide various functions in a pressure cooker, including, for example, refrigerating food during a delay portion of a delay pressure cooking operation, accelerating depressurization during a depressurization portion of a pressure cooking operation, and performing a cooler operation to chill liquids, beverages, and the like.