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A food steamer includes a housing that contains a steam generating chamber covered by a removable top plate that mounts a plurality of steam injection needles. Steam is conveyed from the chamber upwardly through the needles, exiting through the upper open end of the needles. The needle mounting plat

A food steamer includes a housing that contains a steam generating chamber covered by a removable top plate that mounts a plurality of steam injection needles. Steam is conveyed from the chamber upwardly through the needles, exiting through the upper open end of the needles. The needle mounting plate is removably secured to the housing by way of a U-shaped pin which threads through mating projecting portions on opposite sides of the plate and on opposite sides of the chamber. The plate may be removed by pulling outwardly on the U-shaped pin and lifting the plate off of the housing. A removable cover is mountable on the housing over the injection needles. A drawer is slidable into and out of the cover and includes a portion for containing the food item to be warmed. The interior of the drawer communicates with the upper open end of the needles so that the food within the interior of the drawer may be steamed.

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A steamer for warming food items, said steamer convertible from a needle injection steaming mode to a flash steaming mode, said steamer comprising: a housing; a chamber defined within said housing, said chamber including means for generating steam; a plurality of hollow, upstanding injection needles

A steamer for warming food items, said steamer convertible from a needle injection steaming mode to a flash steaming mode, said steamer comprising: a housing; a chamber defined within said housing, said chamber including means for generating steam; a plurality of hollow, upstanding injection needles, mounted on said housing, and adapted in said needle injection steaming mode to pierce a food item, each of said needles including a pair of spaced apart open ends, and each of said needles in fluid communication by way of one of said open ends with said chamber; a removable riser plate mountable on said housing, said riser plate including a plurality of apertures therein arranged to permit the riser plate to rest on the top of said housing, said riser plate further including an upstanding peripheral flange extending upwardly from the top of the housing past the tops of said needles; an enclosure removably mountable on said riser plate, covering said needles and in fluid communication with the other open end of each of said needles, said enclosure including a pair of inwardly projecting guide rails for engaging the peripheral flange of the riser plate and supporting the enclosure thereon; and an open top drawer slidable into and out of said enclosure on said guide rails at a position above said needles, said drawer being adapted to contain said food items to be flash steamed within the interior of said drawer, said drawer interior being in fluid communication with said chamber by way of said needles when said drawer is located within said enclosure.