Heating, steaming and storage bowl for food

Abstract

A lid and bowl assembly for cooking and storing food has a lid having a raised portion, a pair of opposite convex walls and a pair of opposite concave walls extending from the raised portion. A bowl has a bottom wall, a pair of opposite concave walls and a pair of opposite convex walls extending from the bottom wall. The lid has a pair of convex handles and a pair of concave handles. The bowl has a pair of concave handles. The lid has a plurality of tabs formed near the convex handles and the concave handles of the lid. A pair of ribs are formed on an underside of the lid adjacent the concave handles of the lid. The lid and bowl can be assembled in a steaming configuration, a baking configuration or an inverted lid configuration. Apertures are formed between the lid and bowl for venting and straining.

1 . A lid and bowl assembly for cooking and storing food, comprising; a
 lid having a raised portion, a pair of opposite convex walls and a pair of opposite concave walls extending from said raised portion;   a bowl having a bottom wall, a pair of opposite concave walls and a pair of opposite convex walls extending from said bottom wall.   
     
     
         2 . The lid and bowl assembly of  claim 1 , wherein said lid comprises a pair of convex handles and a pair of concave handles. 
     
     
         3 . The lid and bowl assembly of  claim 2 , wherein said bowl comprises a pair of concave handles. 
     
     
         4 . The lid and bowl assembly of  claim 3 , wherein said lid comprises a plurality of tabs formed near the convex handles and the concave handles of said lid. 
     
     
         5 . The lid and bowl assembly of  claim 4 , wherein a pair of ribs are formed on an underside of said lid adjacent said concave handles of said lid. 
     
     
         6 . The lid and bowl assembly of  claim 5 , wherein in a steam position, said lid is mounted to said bowl such that said concave walls of said lid are aligned with said convex walls of said bowl. 
     
     
         7 . The lid and bowl assembly of  claim 6 , wherein apertures are formed by said convex walls of said bowl and said concave handles of said lid. 
     
     
         8 . The lid and bowl assembly of  claim 7 , wherein apertures are formed between said convex handles of said lid and said concave handles of said bowl. 
     
     
         9 . The lid and bowl assembly of  claim 5 , wherein said ribs minimize rotation of said lid with respect to said bowl and said ribs. 
     
     
         10 . The lid and bowl assembly of  claim 2 , wherein in a baking configuration, the concave handles of the lid are aligned with the concave handles of the bowl. 
     
     
         11 . The lid and bowl assembly of  claim 10 , wherein apertures are formed between the concave handles of the lid and the concave handles of the bowl and the ribs. 
     
     
         12 . The lid and bowl assembly of  claim 11 , wherein said ribs minimize rotation of the lid with respect to the bowl. 
     
     
         13 . The lid and bowl assembly of  claim 5 , wherein in an inverted lid configuration, the lid is positioned on the bowl such that the raised portion is below an upper surface of the bowl and extends into the bowl. 
     
     
         14 . The lid and bowl assembly of  claim 13 , wherein the concave handles of the lid are aligned with the concave handles of the bowl. 
     
     
         15 . The lid and bowl assembly of  claim 14 , wherein said tabs are positioned on upper surface of the bowl thereby forming apertures between the lid and the bowl.