Cook & Conserve Collection
Stainless steel is an antibacterial material and therefore often used in the kitchen, where hygiene and perfect food preservation are fundamental requisites.
The Cook & Conserve Collection is based on a common behavior to store cookware with left over food directly into the fridge. The set is made of high-quality stainless steel combined with silicone gaskets, allowing the user to seal the pots airtight and keep the food fresh.
The red silicone accents together with the glossy pots make the set perfectly suitable for modern kitchens and isolate the heat from the handles for a safe user experience.
Research
Stainless steel has great features for hygienic food preparation. It also evenly heats up the pots, which is perfect for cooking. However, once the heat is transferred to the handles, users can easily burn themselves.
Through our extensive research we figured out that people use cookware for much more than only preparing meals. Leftover food is frequently kept inside the cooking pot for a while. In some cases the entire pot is stored inside the fridge to keep food fresh for later, or to reduce the amount of dishes. Unfortunately air still has access to inside of the pot and therefore food can spoil fast.
How can stainless steel cookware also function as storage option to keep food well preserved?
The solution
The Cook & Conserve Collection is a tri-ply stainless steel cookware set that includes 5 cooking essentials and 3 lids. Each lid has a glass surface with smart plug and stainless steel border with external silicone seal.
By pressing the lid all the way down, users can turn the pot into an airtight food container. The movement downward will create air pressure inside the pot to push the plug slightly up, so that air can escape. Once the air is out of the pot, the plug moves down through gravity for an airtight seal. This allows users to keep food longer fresh.
In a normal cooking scenario, the plug is continuously pushed upward by pressure, so that steam can escape. The silicone connection between the handles and the pot body form a heat-resistant joint. This allows users to prepare their meal in a safe and convenient way.
Smart lids can seal the pot to conserve the food
Silicone joints avoid that the handles get hot
Stainless steel base
Unlike other metals, stainless steel does not modify the colour, the fragrances or the flavours of food and it does not release toxic substances. This makes stainless steel the perfect material for storing food.
Heat-resistant knob
The seamless integration of the knob allows users to stack the pots on top of each other. The layer of air in between the connection of the knob and the stainless steel surface on the inside of the lid avoids that the knob gets hot.
Pasta strainer
The set comes with a strainer that slides inside the soup pot. The top border of the strainer matches with the diameter of the pot, which allows the user to cover both items with the same lid.
