US Patent 7124901 Cooking device for cooking corn

A cooking device for cooking sweet corn allows the ears of corn being cooked to be suspended within a microwave oven cavity so that the corn may be cooked in a greatly reduced time compared to conventional cooking methods, while providing even cooking results. The cooking device comprises a base supporting one or more vertical supports capable of suspending ears of corn within a microwave oven cavity. Holders, inserted into the ends of ears of corn to be cooked, are received by the vertical support(s) for suspending the ear of corn.