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A pasta cooker which includes an open water tank shaped to receive pasta for cooking, a heater for boiling water in the tank, a trough positioned to receive and collect starch foam from an upper surface of the water in tank, and a drain for draining water from the trough and tank, the drain includin

A pasta cooker which includes an open water tank shaped to receive pasta for cooking, a heater for boiling water in the tank, a trough positioned to receive and collect starch foam from an upper surface of the water in tank, and a drain for draining water from the trough and tank, the drain including a screen box for filtering pasta particles and starch foam from drained water to prevent clogging of drains downstream of the screen box. The trough is coextensive with a front upper edge of the water tank, and the cooker includes a water fill valve which is actuatable to fill the tank such that a small amount of water continuously washes over from the tank into the trough during the cooking of pasta, thereby conveying starch foam floating on the upper surface of the water of the tank to the trough. The screen box includes a removable drawer having perforated sides and positioned to receive the water and starch foam drained from the trough and tank. The drawer is positioned within a housing shaped to collect water flowing through the drawer, and to receive water which overflows from the drawer in the event that the drawer becomes completely clogged. The screen box includes a downwardly and rearwardly sloping floor to direct drained water toward a rear opening connected to a conventional drain pipe. The pasta cooker preferably includes a second tank, also draining into a screen box, for washing cooked pasta. The second tank also includes a flexible spray nozzle for cleaning both tanks and washing cooked pasta.

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An apparatus for cooking pasta comprising: a tank for holding water, the tank including an upper portion and a lower portion; a heater for heating water in the tank; a trough along one side of the tank and communicating with the tank, the trough including a wall sloping downwardly from the tank uppe

An apparatus for cooking pasta comprising: a tank for holding water, the tank including an upper portion and a lower portion; a heater for heating water in the tank; a trough along one side of the tank and communicating with the tank, the trough including a wall sloping downwardly from the tank upper portion to the tank lower portion and the trough being positioned to receive and collect starch foam generated by cooking pasta and water from an upper surface of water in the tank; a drain in communication with the trough lower portion for removing starch foam and water from the trough; and a screen in communication with the drain for receiving and capturing pasta starch entrained in water received by the trough; wherein starch foam generated by boiling of pasta in the tank is automatically and continually removed from the upper surface of the water in the tank during cooking of the pasta, and further comprising a means for filling the tank with water.