| CPC A47J 27/18 (2013.01) [A23L 5/13 (2016.08); A47J 27/10 (2013.01); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01)] | 13 Claims |

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1. A method of preparing food comprising:
pivoting an upper portion of an apparatus about a hinge relative to a lower portion of the apparatus;
placing an uncooked seitan loaf onto a lower internal volume defined by the lower portion;
pivoting the upper portion about the hinge to close the apparatus and define a combined internal volume of the apparatus by the upper portion and the lower portion, with the uncooked seitan loaf disposed within the apparatus;
fastening the upper portion to the lower portion;
submerging the apparatus in a cooking liquid;
flowing the cooking liquid into the combined internal volume;
cooking the uncooked seitan loaf into cooked seitan loaf;
ascertaining that the apparatus is floating before removing the apparatus from the cooking liquid; and
the method further comprises:
before placing the uncooked seitan loaf into the lower internal volume, inserting a removable divider across a cross-section of the lower internal volume extending upward toward an upper internal volume of the upper portion and separating the combined internal volume into at least a first section and a second section, wherein placing the uncooked seitan loaf into the lower internal volume comprises placing the uncooked seitan loaf into the first section of the different sections of the combined internal volume,
after submerging the apparatus in the cooking liquid and before cooking the uncooked seitan loaf into the cooked seitan loaf, removing the apparatus from the cooking liquid,
after removing the apparatus from the cooking liquid, placing a food item different from the uncooked seitan loaf into the second section of the different sections of the combined internal volume, the second section separated from the first section by the removable divider, and
after placing the food item into the second section of the different sections of the combined internal volume, submerging the apparatus in the cooking liquid.
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