A system and method providing status information about a task being processed on a computer system is described. for a period of at most 150 hours, andsubsequently decreasing the temperature of the catalyst bed to a value of at most 260\xb0 C. In a further alternative the indemnification may be entirely in the form of a performance bond or put option. The food item is preferably retained in a cooking basket that is dimensioned for insertion into the cooking pot. Spatial volume and a \u201cdim weight\u201d for the object may be calculated.