Compartmentalized cooking pot

Abstract

A cooking pot with internal dividers defining compartments to segregate food being prepared therein is disclosed. Each compartment acts as an autonomous cooking pot, sealed from the other compartments. A lid may be used to cover a portion of the pot, usually corresponding to one of the compartments, so that one compartment is covered and another compartment is uncovered. The cooking pot is of conventional external dimensions, so that a standard lid may be used to cover all of the internal compartments. Various configurations of the cooking pot allow for from two to several internal dividers to form from two to several internal compartments, respectively.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A cooking pot, said cooking pot comprising internal dividers defining compartments for segregating food being prepared therein, each of compartment acting as an autonomous cooking pot, sealed from the other compartments.  
     
     
         2 . The cooing pot of    claim 1    wherein a lid covers a portion of the pot, said portion corresponding to one of said compartments, so that at least one compartment is covered and at least one compartment is uncovered.