Food steamer

A steam cooker

A food steamer or steam cooker is a kitchen appliance used to prepare various foods in a sealed vessel that limits the escape of air or liquids below a preset pressure.

Advantages

A steam cooker catchment which collects water condense with nutrients

Most steam cookers also feature a juice catchment, which allows all nutrients (otherwise lost as steam) to be consumed. When other cooking techniques are used (e.g. frying with butter or oil), these nutrients are generally lost, as most are discarded after cooking

Due to their health aspect (cooking without any oil), food steamers are used extensively in health-diets as Cuisine minceur, the raw food diet, Okinawa diet, macrobiotic-diet and the CRON-diet.

Food steamers release less heat to the kitchen environment, therefore helping keep the kitchen cool during hot summers.

Broccoli in steamer

See also

• Steaming
• Food processing
• Pressure cooking