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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5355777 | High temperature adiabatic cooking device A cooking device having an outer pot and an inner pot removally suspended in the outer pot is proposed for better and easier cooking of foodstuff. The inner pot is made of thermally conductive, metallic material and is adapted for initially cooking foodst... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5347918 | Vacuum thermal cooker A vacuum thermal cooker comprising an outer cooler, an inner cooker, a sealing lid unit and an insulating disc, the inner cooker being used for boiling food and then to be placed in the outer cooker sealed by the sealing lid unit and then the air in the o... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5335809 | Heat insulating container A heat-insulating container comprising a cylindrical container having a heat-insulating layer disposed between a metal inner cylinder and a metal outer cylinder; a synthetic resin inner case with a wide mouth, in the straight cylindrical container; and a ... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5325841 | Barbecue apparatus and method Barbecue apparatus includes a housing and a top defining a primary vent interconnecting the interior of the housing to the ambient atmosphere. A fuel grate is located within the housing interior spaced from the housing bottom. A grill is located in the ho... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5320028 | Cooking utensil A cooking utensil includes a container having a peripheral wall at its upper end outwardly circumscribing its open top and defining therewith an annular reservoir for receiving a quantity of water. A lid overlies the container open top and includes a depe... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5259299 | Non-stick outdoor cooking unit An outdoor cooking unit having a cooking surface and a separate grease collecting unit where the cooking surface is coated with an anti-stick compound such as TEFLON and the unit is designed and constructed to preclude overheating the anti-stick coating.... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5251542 | Heat insulating cooking vessel In a heat insulating cooking vessel wherein a cooking pot with a lid element is contained in a freely removeable fashion within the inner space of a heat insulating container consisting of a heat insulating container and a lid which closes the mouth porti... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5213028 | Multiple purpose cooking utensil system A multiple purpose cooking utensil system. The cooking utensil system consists of a cooking utensil vessel preferably made of aluminum and a cooking utensil cover preferably made of stainless steel or non-metallic material. In addition to serving as a coo... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5205207 | Multimodal rotisserie A lower housing defines an elongated heat chamber with side-mounted longitudinally extended linear gas burners which heat the space in the chamber and also edibles mounted on a longitudinal spit which rotates at about the top of the housing. Removable cov... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5203252 | Toaster with multi-function A toaster with multi-function has a heating plate including two recess one of which is sized to receive a coffee cup thereon to warm up while the other recess is sized to receive an egg broiler which has a plurality of holes adapted two receive eggs there... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5195423 | Smoker assembly A two-part smoker assembly having a slide-detachable fire chamber engageable to a separable smoking chamber, the latter capable of being mountably rested atop the firebox walls of a grill. The slide-detachable smoking chamber has front and rear access doo... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5176067 | Indoor grill An apparatus for grilling food includes a base, a reflector positioned within the base, a heating element mounted upon the base and spaced above the reflector, and a food-supporting grill. The reflector includes a downwardly sloped bottom surface having a... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5168796 | Combination table and cooking grill A combination table and cooking grill comprising a substantially horizontal table top having a centrally disposed aperture formed therethrough with a table support surface formed about the periphery thereof mounted on the upper portion of a substantially ... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5165328 | Expandable countertop oven A rapid cooking method is provided in which food pieces are contacted with an air stream at a velocity of at least 1,000 linear feet per minute. Rapid cooking equipment is disclosed which creates high velocity air current.... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5163358 | Two-in-one barbeque grill The grill has separately adjustable left and right grill surfaces and independently controllable left and right burner portions. A removable heat shield impedes heat transfer between the left and right sides, to permit different cooking temperatures at th... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5154114 | Multiple purpose cooking utensil system A multiple purpose cooking utensil system. The cooking utensil system consists of a cooking utensil vessel preferably made of aluminum and a cooking utensil cover preferably made of stainless steel or non-metallic material. In addition to serving as a coo... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5129312 | Radiant baffle assembly for gas-fired cooker A radiant baffle assembly for gas-fired outdoor grills wherein food mounted on a spit in a cooking zone is cooked from the side by a vertically extending baffle structure which is heated to radiant temperatures by its contact with combustion gases and rad... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5121676 | Barbecue grill and cooker A barbecue grill which cooks food at a lower and more evenly distributed temperature and which can be effectively used for a large variety of barbecuing and cooking activity, including cooking meat, fish, vegetables, bread and the like. More particularly,... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5105726 | Portable universal cooking grill A portable cooking grill has a bottom wall and side and end walls which are hinged to the bottom wall to form an open box or enclosure which can be collapsed by moving the walls proximate to the bottom wall. One pair of walls is provided with mating, mult... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5078049 | Barbecue pit and smoker An enclosed cooking apparatus for barbecuing, curing and smoking food products such as beef, chicken, pork, fish and wild game in which a combustion chamber is disposed in the base for burning a fuel source, such as charcoal and wood. Food products are su... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5067396 | Cooking device with heat funnel A cooking device including a deep pan having a funnel located centrally in the bottom thereof through which heat may rise and circulate in the interior areas of the pan. The pan may also include a griddle which acts as a cover, the heat funnel being adjac... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5056424 | Picnic cooking assembly A picnic cooking assembly includes a skillet, a cooking pan, and a kettle. The cooking pan nests within the skillet and the kettle nests within the skillet over the cooking pan. The cooking pan, inverted, fits over the skillet to form a food storage conta... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5031519 | Heat insulating cooking vessel A heat insulating cooking vessel includes a heat insulating outer container, an inner container which is releasably housed in the outer container, and a heat insulating lid member for closing the opening portion of the outer container when the inner conta... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4979436 | Smoking and baking apparatus A smoking and baking apparatus which is characterized by a cabinet having an outer shell and an inner shell that define a smoke channel therebetween. A firebox is located in the bottom of the cabinet and a pair of spaced flanges are positioned over the fi... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4962696 | Grill top smoker A smoking for use with a patio grill of the type having an open horizontal cooking surface and means therebelow for providing heat such as by burning charcoal, an electric heating element or a gas fire, the smoker being formed of a bottom section having a... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4962697 | Combination grilling and smoking cooker The present invention comprises a pivotable cooker that can be used for smoking food in one position and grilling food in another position. The housing has two open ends and is pivotable about the middle section. When one open end is disposed on top, the ... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4957039 | Five in one cooker A cooker apparatus for simultaneously cooking fajitas in a pan while barbecuing on a grill. The apparatus has an upwardly opening chamber supported at the bottom thereof, and a burner for heating is contained inside of the chamber. The grill is supported ... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4926838 | Charcoal grilling unit A grilling unit for cooking or roasting large quantitites of food items at a single time is described. The unit employs a grilling surface positioned on a grid frame which is continuously adjustable by means of a bevel gear transmission. Roasting of food ... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4920873 | Stackable chafer assembly A stackable, portable chafer assembly comprising a stack of chafter units in which a first lowermost unit has a frame which supports a water pan and the other units of the first unit nest within that pan in compact fashion. The frame of the first unit is ... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4905664 | Combination grill and deep fryer A combination grill and deep fryer is provided having a plurality of horizontal, parallel tubes with an intake manifold at one end and an exhaust manifold at an opposite end. Combustion gases are delivered to the tubes via the intake manifold and drawn th... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4889042 | Electric household appliance combining a toaster and an oven Electric household appliance (1) which combines toasting of bread (A) and cooking or heating of dishes (B) by an appliance (1) which comprises separate elongated compartments (2, 3) extending in parallel relation respectively for toasting (2) and cooking ... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4886044 | Infrared gas grill A hollow, upright cabinet supports therein a cooking grid and a plurality of upwardly facing gas burners which emit infrared head toward the cooking grid. A shield assembly having angled baffles is removeably mounted over the burners to shield the meat di... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4878424 | Cooking apparatus A cooking apparatus having a lower cooking platen and an upper cooking platen mounted on a plate support arm for swinging movement between a lower cook position and a raised position inclined upwardly from the lower platen. The rearward portion of the low... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4869163 | Smoking unit for gas grills A smoking unit for a gas grill, which smoking unit is characterized by a housing shaped to fit inside the gas grill, a bottom provided in the housing for receiving a quantity of smoke-generating wood chips and a perforated smoke tray located above the bot... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4852545 | Apparatus for cooking food An apparatus for cooking food has two plates which can be heated and of which one plates is movable relative to the other to apply heat and pressure to an initial food material for cooking the same, wherein a drive for moving the one plate is formed as a ... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4805587 | Gas grill A cooking grill assembly of high energy efficiency is disclosed. A gas burner arm heat source is oscillated through an arc of a variable amount in order to limit the heat source cooperation with the cooking grill to that area of the grill on which the foo... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4803919 | Cooking apparatus for communities A cooking apparatus including a cooking vat and a hinged lid responsive to a control mechanism and provided with devices for vacuumizing and pressurizing the vat, respectively. The hinged lid includes a single opening lined with a tubular sleeve communica... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4759276 | Fold up leg barbeque conversion from free standing to table deep fry insertion A portable barbeque module having an outer shell, cooking grid, lava rock brickettes, a grill, a perforated plate or woven wire grate holding the brickettes and equipped with a heat distributing baffle, handles and folding legs. With the legs folded up th... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4748903 | Combination oven and popcorn popper unit A combination oven and popcorn popper unit usable to cook or heat food items and to pop popcorn kernels. A lower oven section has internal walls defining a food-receiving compartment, and a food supporting member is located in the compartment for supporti... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4744524 | Equipment for making no-beany flavor soymilk An equipment is described to produce soymilk without the undesirable beany flavor and bitter taste of ordinary soymilk. The equipment comprises grinding soybeans totally in an aqueous medium at room temperature without trapping any air, cooking the result... | 05/17/1988 |
