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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7690294 | Cooking and serving system and methods An improved system and methods useful for the cooking of one or more food items by the application of a non-ambient temperature developed within a temperature retentive element. The temperature retentive element can be sized and shaped to form a cooking box in which... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7424848 | High speed cooking device and method A cooking device that is capable of rapidly cooking food products such as in toasting bread products or cooking pizza. The cooking device uses air impingement from above and/or below the food product. In some cases an infrared heater is additionally used to impart a... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7380548 | Stove apparatus A stove comprising a frame bounding an area to receive a burner, a heating cavity assembly mounted on the frame and having four side walls and a bottom wall having an opening therein, and a collar mounted in the heating cavity assembly around the opening. Front, rea... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7331278 | System for a gas grill that allows it to cook fatty and slow cooking meats A single free standing apparatus which is operable in conjunction with any number of well known grills to permit preparation of a greatly enhanced foodstuff. The apparatus simultaneously accumulates and causes vaporization of grease and fatty liquids, while enhancin... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7287463 | Cylindrical broil apparatus A circular cylindrical broil apparatus includes an outer cylinder and a core part. The outer cylinder has an upper opening at the top thereof and is provided with a lower recess at an outer wall thereof and the lower recess is inserted with a movable heat initiating... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7241977 | Cooking apparatus and method therefor An apparatus for cooking a food item therein is disclosed. The apparatus has a housing defining an interior and includes at least first and second opposed walls. A rotating member is positioned between the first and second walls of the housing, and the rotating memb... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7241466 | Charcoal flap assembly for gas grills The present invention is drawn to a gas grill or add-on component for a gas grill that provides the additional functionality of permitting grilling with either gas, charcoal briquettes, or wood chips. The additional functionality of being able to cook with charcoal ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7219663 | Kit, apparatus and method for use in cooking over an intense heat source A portable cooking kit, apparatus and method is usable for moderating heat from an intense heat source, such as an outdoor grill or 1. The apparatus includes a food support member, including a perforated panel surrounded by a rim. The food support member rests on to... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7210402 | Cooking apparatus A cooking apparatus includes a body, a pair of heating units, a grill unit, a heat reflecting unit, and a cooling fan. The heating units are arranged between the grill unit and the heat reflecting unit. The heat reflecting unit includes inner and outer reflecting pl... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7150220 | Cooking apparatus having a contamination preventing unit A cooking apparatus which allows an interior of a cabinet thereof to be easily cleaned. The cooking apparatus includes a cabinet. The cabinet has an opening in a top surface defining a heating space. A heating unit to heat food is installed in the heating space and ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7060942 | Cooking apparatus and method therefor An apparatus for cooking a food item therein has a housing defining an interior and includes at least first and second opposed walls. A rotating member is positioned between the first and second walls of the housing, and the rotating member is capable of engaging an... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7036424 | High speed baking in novel toasting apparatus An electric baking oven includes an open mesh vertically oriented baking basket to hold food while the food is baked in air by a programmed combination of radiant and convective and conductive energy transfer. An electrical programming control controls the energy fr... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7021201 | Radiant baffle for gas fired cooker A gas-fired grill that includes a full length side burner and baffle for channeling heat towards food on a rotisserie spit. The burner and baffle are the same width as the grill. The baffle is made of a reflector shield stamped from sheet stock, corrugated for stren... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7021200 | Cooking apparatus A cooking apparatus having a body, one or more heating units, a grill unit, and a heat reflecting unit. The heating units are arranged between the grill unit and the heat reflecting unit. The heat reflecting unit has front and rear plates, side plates, and a pair of... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6998582 | Cooking apparatus An open-air cooking apparatus for cooking pizza and the like, includes a horizontal, rotatable, circular turntable cooking surface, sized to support and cook several items simultaneously. The turntable should preferably structured to provide constant, even heat thro... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6951213 | Portable barbecue grill A portable gas cooking grill apparatus comprising a grill having a hood and a firebox. It is preferable that the hood can be received by and seated upon the firebox, thereby enclosing the grill. A burner assembly, capable of heating the interior portion of the grill... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6945160 | Outdoor cooker and smoker apparatus A cooker and smoker apparatus for an outdoor grill is comprised of a plurality of louvers that are pivoted between a first position where the louvers overlap each other and a second position where the louvers are oriented uprightly relative to each other for the res... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6942119 | Cover for a cooking container and method of using A cover for a cooking implement, such as a grill, and a method of using such a cover in order to assist in the cooking of food with steam. The cover comprises a raised portion and a reservoir adjacent the raised portion. The reservoir has first and second walls and ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6923110 | Vertical-pit barbecue using charcoal, lava rock, wood, gas and other fuels The invention concerns a vertical-pit barbecue using charcoal, wood or lava rocks. The invention concerns a box-shaped barbecue (1) accessible from the top. One or both opposite side(s) of the box is/are cut out in the horizontal direction (13) and is/... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6860194 | Package for heating a food product An ovenable enclosure (10) for pizza or other heatable food product comprises a box of taint free board having an interior clearance over the pizza, a central vent (15) in the upper surface and a metal plate (16) on lower surface. The enclosure ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6817283 | High speed cooking device and method A cooking device that is capable of rapidly cooking food products such as in toasting bread products or cooking pizza. The cooking device uses air impingement from above and/or below the food product. In some cases an infrared heater is additionally used to impart a... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6640695 | Pizza insert for barbeque grill A pizza insert has at least one tile that rests on a rack that is advantageously spaced above a barbeque grill by a support structure that is connected to the rack and extends downwardly therefrom. The pizza insert also has a rim that extends upwardly fro... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6557546 | Heat shield for portable gas barbeque A portable gas grill that rests on a substrate is disclosed. The grill includes a grill body having a floor, a burner and a heat shield including a substantially planar main portion and having at least one elongate, covered air channel. The heat shield is... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6539843 | Vertical hearth barbecue grill A vertical hearth barbecue grill having a removable, vertical firebox that is backwardly inclined so as to provide a combination of direct and indirect heating. Multiple cooking grids positionable at various heights across the firebox provide an substanti... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6502504 | Device for preparing food The invention relates to a device for preparing food, such as a grilling or baking device, comprising a unit for heating air (5) and possibly a rack. Above the unit for heating air (5) several run-off grooves (11) for the juices of the food being prepared... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6476360 | Shell structure for a heating appliance, and method of manufacturing heating appliance including same A unitary shell for a heating appliance is formed having first and second side panels and first and second end panels. The first end panel has first and second sub panels, each sub panel having a vertical edge and the vertical edges of the first and secon... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6457401 | Flavor plate for barbecues and combination of flavor plate and barbecue A flavor plate is used in a gas barbecue to replace the ceramic briquettes or lava rock used previously. The grid that is located above the burner to support ceramic briquettes is also replaced by the flavor plate. The flavor plate has several vertical pa... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6405641 | Cookware for vertical hearth barbecue grill A cooking container such as a pot, skillet or deep fryer is geometrically shaped to lie upon and to optimally extract heat from the firebox of a vertical hearth barbecue grill. The container has a bottom heat extraction surface that lie directly over the ... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6405640 | Roasting oven A roasting oven system includes elongate food holding wire mesh baskets, each having an axis of rotation defined by a left and right axial device secured to respective end walls of the baskets. The system also includes a housing having respective upper, l... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6389960 | Gas-fired cooking device with griddle surface heated by heat bank A more uniform heating of a griddle surface of a gas-fired cooking device is provided by a plurality of heating chambers disposed below the griddle surface, with each of the heating chambers heated by at least one naturally fed gas burner. A portion of th... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6386093 | Grill flame-up suppressor A grill flame-up suppressor that includes a bottom container assembly, a vent cap assembly and a lifting tong assembly; the bottom container assembly being constructed from a heat resistant metal in the general shape of an open topped can having a flanged... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6371011 | Fast production smokeless broiler A broiler for fast production broiling of meat products with low levels of pollutant emissions incorporates liquid-cooled trough members that are spaced above respective horizontally spaced radiant elements under a grill for directing grease onto a drip p... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6354194 | Rotatable cooking apparatus A cooking apparatus is provided which includes a rotatable food support member for supporting a food item thereon. A drive mechanism is connected to the food support member for rotating the food support member. The cooking apparatus further includes upper... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6334386 | Utensil for cooking food A untensil (10) for cooking food, with raised portions (13) in its interior for a cooking with aesthetic characteristics similar to those produced by cooking on a grill, is provided with such raised portions (13) both on its base (11) and on its rim (12')... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6314871 | Cooking appliance with improved heat distribution Cooking appliances, cooking assemblies, and cooking assembly components that improve heat distribution are provided. In one embodiment, a cooking assembly has a sear grid including a radiant panel having an undulating shape. The panel defines at least one... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6314868 | Direct and indirect outdoor cooker The present invention pertains to an outdoor cooker or barbeque that cooks food by providing direct or indirect heat from a heat source of the cooker to the food. The outdoor cooker has a gas or charcoal heat source that provides direct and indirect heat ... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6305272 | Energy-efficient cooker An energy-efficient cooker is formed of a main body, an insulation body made integrally with the main body, a base body fitted over the bottom of the main body for making contact with a heat source, and a lid covering an open top of the main body. The mai... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6305273 | Toaster with warming chambers A toaster includes a toaster body having a top wall, at least one toasting chamber in the top wall, a bottom, side walls, and end walls. A seat is adjacent to, and extends along at least a portion of one of the side walls (and preferably along both of the... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6298774 | Barbecue grill with an automobile-shaped cover An outdoor barbecue grill including a cooking chamber with a lower portion and an upper portion removably positioned atop the lower portion. An automobile-shaped cover surrounds upper portion at a distance so as to form an insulative air gap therebetween.... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6289795 | Cooking apparatus A cooking apparatus for improved heat circulation and containment when smoking or grilling using electric, gas, or charcoal as the heat source. The base pan design enhances heat containment, and offers a channel design in the bottom of the base pan. A fla... | 09/18/2001 |
