Fecha de publicación: -- Fuente: WIPO "tomato" A method and apparatus is disclosed relating to food processing facilities and commercial kitchens. The inventive all-in-one apparatus of food flavoring, cooking, and rapid cooling can marinate food in vacuum conditions to save time, cook food with convection heat and steam, and cool food rapidly with extreme vacuum cooling (EVC), all automatically with no human interaction. From loading the raw food into the food chamber of the all-in-one apparatus to taking the flavored, cooked, and chilled food out, this apparatus enables very efficient use of time, energy, space, and manpower. Chamber and food temperatures are controlled, monitored, and recorded during the entire food flavoring, cooking, and rapid cooling process to ensure the compliance of food safety regulations. This all-in-one apparatus can revolutionize the commercial food preparation industry and have a big impact on our society.