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Compartmentalized Meal Warmers

Plate Cooker Heats Dishes Collectively to Separate Settings

— November 14, 2013 — Art & Design
Anyone in the habit of eating leftovers for any meal will appreciate the convenience served up by the Plate Cooker. The compact appliance looks a little bit like a sandwich press, but it contains a compartmentalized element that can heat different sections of its surface for different lengths of time.

This is particularly useful when you've got several types of food that might reach their ideal temperatures in one minute, five minutes or even ten. With Ranhee Chung's invention, you can divide up your rice, your vegetables, your meat and your soup into a container that resembles a bento box. Align the tray correctly within the Plate Cooker and use the digital interface to set different heating times to the individual areas. This will ensure that nothing will be over- or undercooked and everything will be deliciously warm at once for immediate eating.
Trend Themes
1. Compartmentalized Meal Warmers - Opportunity for innovative meal warming solutions that allow for heating different sections of food simultaneously and for different lengths of time.
2. Convenient Food Storage - Opportunity for compartmentalized food containers that allow for the separation and individual heating of different food items.
3. Customizable Cooking Appliances - Opportunity for cooking appliances with digital interfaces that allow for setting different heating times for different compartments.
Industry Implications
1. Kitchen Appliances - Disruptive innovation opportunity in the kitchen appliance industry to create compact, versatile, and customizable meal warming solutions.
2. Food Packaging - Opportunity for innovation in food container design to create compartmentalized containers for storing and heating different types of food separately.
3. Smart Home Technology - Disruptive innovation opportunity in the smart home industry to integrate digital interfaces into cooking appliances for customized heating settings.
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