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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4720410 | Heat-activated blotter The present invention is an absorbent pad for use below a meat product or the like during storage and during cooking. The pad includes a blotter means adapted to absorb liquids released from the meat product during cooking. In order to prevent substantial... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4704955 | Cooking apparatus Cooking apparatus includes a ploughshare shaped dish, the concave surface of which includes a plurality of raised formations on which food may be cooked. Drainage channels are defined on this surface, the channels leading to indentations defined in the op... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4677906 | Pan insert A pan insert for removing and draining food from within a cooking receptacle. The insert has a flat tray which holds a roast or the like with the tray dimensioned to fit within the cooking receptacle. The tray has three side panels which hold the food on ... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4666727 | Wok cooking adapted for oriental and western modes A method of wok cooking in a utensil having a generally flat bottom cooking area and a generally upwardly facing food retaining shoulder which is elevated alongside the cooking area and extends toward an upwardly extending wall, comprises cooking the food... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4633772 | Griddle mounted hot dog turner with lift off detachable drive unit An apparatus for automatically turning hot dogs upon a conventional griddle which has an easily attachable and detachable motor drive unit and continuously turns the hot dogs and cooks them properly on the griddle. The turner has a grid which slidably res... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4608917 | Stove top broiler combination Combination stove top broiler and griddle in simplified structural form easily dismantled and cleanable providing simple geometric shapes with a minimum number of tight corners and crevices and including means to drain grease and scrape debris. The broile... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4598634 | Broiler/griddle A portable broiler and griddle apparatus which is placed on top of the burners on a cooking range to convert the range interchangeably into a broiler for flame broiling or a griddle for frying. The apparatus comprises a three-sided fire box within which r... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4586430 | Press for extracting juice from comestible solids and semi-solids such as fruit and vegetables A press for extracting juice from comestible solids and semi-solids such as fruit and vegetables which includes a sectionalized stationary perforated platen, a juice pervious conveyor belt for carrying comminuted comestible into pressing position over tha... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4574777 | Frying pan A frying pan is disclosed comprising an upward-facing pan border surrounding a pan bottom to define a pan body, the pan bottom including an upper side to provide a frying surface and a bottom side to provide a stand surface. At least one depositing surfac... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4567819 | Apparatus for two-sided grilling of hamburger patties A front loading and unloading grill apparatus for two-sided grilling of hamburger patties. The grill apparatus includes upper and lower cooking platens, a patty support panel at the front of the lower cooking platen and an endless conveyor for advancing u... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4535748 | Charcoal grill A charcoal grill has a solid bowl member formed with a set of indentations in which charcoal briquettes may be individually placed, burned and the ashes therefrom collected. A wire mesh grill member is supported above the bowl.... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4522117 | Apparatus for preparing scrambled eggs An apparatus for preparing scrambled eggs on a grill surface, wherein liquid scrambled eggs mix are placed within egg rings, each having a lower edge portion in intimate contact with a heated grill surface, and the egg rings are moved repeatedly to and fr... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4517886 | Grease collection system for range A grease collection system is provided for a range which includes grilling capability. A collection container is located in the inner panel of the range generally adjacent the oven cavity opening. The container is generally flush with the inner panel and ... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4512250 | Apparatus for cooking eggs A method and apparatus for cooking an egg is disclosed wherein a grill surface is provided for supporting an egg thereon and wherein a steam containment enclosure is provided to cover the grill surface. A shelled egg is placed on the grill surface under t... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4462388 | Frying pan The invention relates to a new-type, easy-to-clean pan of compact, attractive form with divided useful surface, namely a frying surface and a depositing surface, which are distinguished from one another by a temperature gradient.... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4455927 | Heat accumulating hot plate for the preparation and cooking of food Heat accumulating hot plate for the preparation and cooking of food, comprising a slab element formed from a stone of isotropic crystallographic structure and having a high thermal capacity. The slab is supported by a metal structure effective to keep it ... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4429625 | Cooking sheet and lifter for poultry, meat and the like Conventional meat and poultry lifters are usually made from heavy wire and the like in the form of a frame so that the meat or poultry can slip out when lifted from the pan. Furthermore, the wire frame often cuts into the cooked flesh of the meat or poult... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4403540 | Bacon grill The disclosure is of an electric grill assembly for broiling bacon. The grill comprises a housing, defining an inner chamber; lid means giving access to the chamber; heating elements positioned within the chamber; and a removable grill member which is pos... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4369763 | Cooking table A cooking table of the type having a stationary portion at which persons may be seated and a mobile portion comprising a griddle plate movable from table to table. The stationary portion of the table is essentially of U-shape adapted to receive the mobile... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4352324 | Frying pan with a removable grease catcher A frying pan with a removable grease catcher which will prevent the accumulation of hot cooking oil or grease and which can be used to fry various types of food without washing the frying pan. The frying pan includes a base with a frying surface, a flared... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4345514 | Continuous hamburger grill A continuous rotary hamburger grill has means for forming unshaped balls or scoops or other quantums of ground meat into hamburger patties as it presses them into cooking relation with the rotating grill plate. The meat quantums deposited on the grill pla... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4342259 | Cooking grill An improved grill containing a solid grill plate. Grooves disposed in the grill plate retain juices from the food cooked thereupon to enhance the flavor of the food. The edges of the grill plate curve downwardly allowing excess grease and juice to run off... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4320699 | Flexible separable, non-stick liners for heated cooking surfaces A flexible non-stick liner of thin plastic sheet material such as tetrafluoroethylene polymers is arranged to rest in readily removable covering relation on a heated cooking surface, keeping the cooking surface substantially clean. The liner can be easily... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4286136 | Cooking container for more efficient cooking in a microwave oven A food container is provided for efficiently cooking foods in a microwave oven and for serving them at the table. By use of the container, the food is cooked positioned vertically within the oven so that it absorbs both direct microwave radiation and micr... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4270067 | Electric frying pan The invention relates to an improved frying pan providing good thermal contact between the pan bottom and the heating element, the device comprising a pan adapted with threaded studs to the underside thereof, a support plate adapted with a depression shap... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4214515 | Disposable structure for use in microwave cooking A structure for cooking in a microwave oven strips of food such as bacon that gives off liquid in the cooking process. The structure comprises (1) a nonmetallic base portion having a top surface and a cavity recessed from the top surface of a size adapted... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4188867 | Door mechanism for appliances A toaster/oven having a door and a door frame and door jam peripherally surrounding the cooking chamber front opening. The door is pivotally mounted on two hinge pins, a first hinge pin being received in an opening on one side of the door frame and a seco... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4183291 | Hickory wood cooking plank A hickory wood cooking plank for broiling or baking meats, fish, poultry and the like, in conventional home ovens. The design features a unique, aluminum support stand provided in the form of a pair of L-shaped aluminum elements which are adapted to be re... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4173179 | Cooking assembly A cooking assembly includes a heating plate and two identical outer plates each fabricated of heat conductive material and each including a handle. The outer plates and the heating plate each include a hinge to allow the outer plates to be coupled to oppo... | 11/06/1979 |
| 4121510 | Combination cooking rack and pan A combination cooking rack and pan primarily for use with microwave ovens and the like which includes a molded or formed structure having a corrugated or sawtooth support platform with an extending rim surrounding all four sides of the support platform. R... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4119021 | Gas stove attachment For use with a gas stove having an upper deck provided with at least one opening surrounding a gas burner, a frying attachment comprising a substantially flat tray having raised peripheral edges, legs at each tray corner for supporting the tray above the ... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4112833 | Microwave cooking device A utensil primarily for use in cooking fat containing products such as bacon, frankfurters, sausage, hamburgers and the like, includes an outer shell supported on a base and an inner shell disposed within the outer shell and also supported on the base. Th... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4108142 | Portable barbeque A portable barbeque having demountable components including a support structure, a gas burner, a flat or domed hotplate above the burner mounted on the support structure, the hotplate having a plurality of peripheral apertures draining cooking liquids fro... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4057651 | Meat tray A meat tray of thermoformed plastic foam is provided with high side walls of sufficient stability to retain cut pieces by vertical flutes in the side walls and at the corners.... | 11/08/1977 |
| 3994211 | Griddle for making crepes A griddle for making crepes having a base portion which includes a circular outer rim and a circular inner rim with a circular channel therebetween. The inner rim forms a wall which rises to join with the outer edge portion of the central circular cooking... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3985990 | Microwave oven baking utensil A heating utensil for microwave heating comprising a first microwave-reflective body with an obverse surface which limits the depth of penetration of mirowave energy into an oven load when said load is located thereon and with a reverse surface to said ob... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3974722 | Method of forming recesses in thermoplastic tray A packaging tray, especially adapted for the containment of moisture containing food products such as meat, poultry and fresh produce comprising a bottom supporting surface having a plurality of spaced apart liquid entrapping recesses. The individual rece... | 08/17/1976 |
| 3965807 | Sliding patty griller A sliding patty griller has a frame on which are horizontally mounted a lower heated platen and an upper heated platen parallel to each other and partially overlapped in plan. A conveyor slides patties first over the lower platen, then between the two pla... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3964378 | Tilting frypan with drain system A frypan cooking system is provided with a tilting mechanism to rotate the frypan forward and pour cooking fluid or cleaning water through a pouring lip on the frypan rim. A drain pan is removably mounted in front of the frypan in a fixed position beneath... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3938431 | Electric grill appliance An electric grill appliance comprising a main body having a bottom wall, opposed side walls and a top plate of heat conductive material. The top plate has an outer cooking surface and an undersurface facing the bottom wall. At least one resistive heating ... | 02/17/1976 |
