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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7591220 | Portable roller grill A portable roller grill for cooking hot dogs includes an array of rollers coupled between a drive-end bracket and an idler-end bracket of a frame and a drive system. The drive system includes drive gears and intermediate gears arranged between the drive gears such t... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7377209 | Hot dog cooker Apparatus comprising a hot dog cooker having a rack with flat faced bars configured to move above and along a cooking surface so as to cause hot dogs to rotate along heated ridges of the surface. The ridges mark the hot dogs circumferentially as they are rolled alon... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7367261 | Section divider ensemble for roller grill for cooking human food A roller grill for cooking human food is disclosed which comprises a housing having a plurality of tubular cooking members rotatably mounted within the housing and a divider ensemble shaped to be positioned on the tubular cooking members for sectioning the tubular c... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7347197 | Food roasting apparatus A food roasting apparatus according to the present invention includes an elongate rigid rod with opposite first and second ends, a handle attached to the first end, and a basket attached to the second end. The rod defines a rod longitudinal axis, the basket defines ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7334517 | Section divider ensemble for roller grill for cooking human food A roller grill for cooking human food is disclosed which comprises a housing having a plurality of tubular cooking members rotatably mounted within the housing and a section divider ensemble for sectioning the tubular cooking members into a first cooking area and a ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7258053 | Hot dog slicer A food slicer 10 of the present invention contains a hollow body 12 having an inner wall 13 defining an interior 17 and an outer wall 15 for containment of a food product therein. A plurality of blades 32 extends across the ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7234392 | Open flame rotisserie utensil having spiral wiener receptacle An open fire cooking utensil which has a simple and effective detachable skewless wiener holding end portion. The simplicity of the design makes it rugged, and easy to clean. The rotisserie utensil for roasting food comprises: a handle portion; an elongate shaft hav... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7219936 | Campfire rotisserie A hand held rotatable campfire rotisserie. The device features the ability to rotate the tined end from the handle end internally. The length of the overall device allows the user to roast items placed over a heat source at a comfortable distance from the heat sourc... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7195551 | Casingless food production methods, systems, and associated wrappable coverings Systems, methods, and associated devices for casingless production of food products include: (a) moving at least one flexible cover member having a predetermined length with primary surface and opposing lateral edge portions along a predetermined travel path; (b) in... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7166820 | Rotating-type oven The rotating-type oven includes a driving device, electrothermal pipes, rollers, holders and a box. The electrothermal pipe is installed in the roller, and the electrothermal pipe is connected with the roller via a porcelain base and a plug. The porcelain base is fa... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7166020 | Method and apparatus for transporting sausage to a treatment room A method is for transporting one or more sausages provided with a suspension member into a treatment room. The sausages are placed in a holder in a desired position. A number of holders with the sausages therein are disposed adjacently of each other in the desired p... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7150140 | Device for twisting decorative materials A device for twisting decorative material from rolls comprising a shaft having two ends, an attachment means for affixing at least one roll of decorative material provided on one end of said shaft, and a crank provided on the other end of said shaft. ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7143687 | Roller grill having rollers with a roughened surface A roller grill assembly includes a roller grill housing and a plurality of rollers that are rotatably mounted in the housing, each roller having an external surface. The assembly also includes one or more heating elements provided in each roller for heating the exte... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7138609 | Rotisserie oven having horizontally and vertically oriented cooking elements Indoor use rotisserie ovens which have construction features and scale which make the cleaning process easier. Shown are indoor use rotisserie ovens which also may rotate cooking foods about either a horizontal or vertical axis, which makes their applications more v... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7069845 | Equipment for the automatic tray positioning of articles, in particular sausages or other alimentary products Equipment for the automatic tray positioning of single cylindrical or spherical pieces. The equipment includes a first conveyor for the feeding of a sequence of single pieces along a first direction and a second intermittent advancement conveyor for the feeding of s... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7024987 | Baking assembly for battered food items A baking assembly bakes a food item prepared to be baked on a stick with a batter. The baking assembly includes a first heating element including a reservoir for receiving the batter and the food item therein. The reservoir defines a longitudinal axis. A second heat... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6998593 | Microwave oven with inner container A microwave oven includes a cooking cavity, a skewer which receives food therethrough to hold the food, and a container which contains the food therein so as to prevent oil produced from the food from being adhered to an inner wall of the cooking cavity. Accordingly... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6958168 | Baking rack assembly and method for automatic bread making machine An automatic bread making machine having a baking chamber and a container for receiving bread making ingredients is provided with a backing rack assembly that is selectively placed into and removed from the baking chamber. The baking rack assembly is provided with a... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6899020 | Jerky oven A smoker oven that includes a housing having an internal cavity having a top portion, a mid-portion, and a lower portion. The internal cavity houses a support frame that has at least one generally horizontal support surface for supporting and rotating a jerky rack. ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6838644 | Household sectional oven and warmer cooking apparatus The present invention discloses a household sectional oven and warmer cooking apparatus, which comprises an electric heating device therein for controlling the heating temperature and time of an oven by a switch control, an opening disposed at the top of the oven, a... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6832544 | Portable sandwich preparation apparatus A sandwich preparation apparatus mounts a plurality of sandwich holder members arranged to receive, support and retain a sandwich in a partially open, generally upright condition for convenient filling with various, desired food ingredients and condiments, each of t... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6800314 | Multi-tier rotary grill A multi-tier rotary grill for grilling and heating food items such as hot dogs, sausages, metts and similar food items. The rotary grill includes heated rollers that are arranged in vertically spaced apart roller tiers. The rollers in the multiple roller tiers lie i... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6782802 | Roller grill assembly for cooking human food A roller grill assembly for cooking human food has a plurality of horizontally aligned roller tubes which can be arranged to extend at an angle of about 3° to 5° are rotatably mounted to a housing frame. A sealing assembly comprises a bearing member and an annular... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6783784 | Method and system for forming a cooked product using ultrasonic energy A system and method for forming a cooked, shaped product (e.g., an animal food) is provided. A flowable substrate is introduced into one or more shaping chambers in a fixture configured to both shape and cook the substrate. An ultrasonic energy source in communicati... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6764705 | Casingless flowable food production methods, systems, and associated elongated forming tubes Systems, methods, and associated devices for casingless production of food products include: (a) providing at least one forming tube having sufficient structural rigidity to be substantially non-deformable and having a preformed internal cavity space of predetermine... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6726948 | Method and system for moving a flowable substrate through a heated chamber A system and method for moving a flowable substrate through a chamber is provided. The chamber extends between first and second open ends and is both shaped and heated such that the flowable substrate can be shaped and cooked therein. A pushing force is applied to t... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6701827 | Rotary food cooking apparatus During camping trips, picnics, or other similar outings, a food, such as a hot dog or wiener, can be cooked over an open fire. Instead of a typical sharpened stick or fork being used to hold the hot dog over the fire, the device described provides rotary ... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6681684 | Multi-layer platter apparatus A multi-layer platter apparatus includes an extensible elongated rod having a plurality of hollow tapered sections which are disposed concentrically one around the other in a retracted position and which are movable relative to one another along the lengt... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6644178 | Jerky oven A smoker oven that includes a housing having an internal cavity having a top portion, a mid-portion, and a lower portion. The internal cavity houses a support frame that has at least one generally horizontal support surface for supporting a jerky rack, th... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6393971 | Roller grill assembly for cooking human food A roller grill assembly for cooking human food has a plurality of roller tubes rotatably mounted to a housing frame. A sealing assembly comprises a bearing member, and an annular sealing member. The bearing has a bore for receiving a roller tube. The bear... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6354193 | Roaster oven for roasting hot dog A roaster oven for roasting hot dog includes a roaster oven body, a roast frame and a transmitting device combined together. The roaster oven body has an opening on a top side for the roast frame to fit therein, and the transmitting device is driven to ro... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6349634 | Grill with improved rotary heating elements An improvement to a grill wherein the affective radius of a rotary heating element is locally varied to improve engagement and rotation of a food items, including next generation dough involved food items and the like, on the grill. Attachments for retrof... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6308617 | Device for binding roasts, sausages and the like by means of elastic rings Device for binding roasts, sausages and the like, comprising a vertical rod having a clamp and a threaded rod with a control knob for fixing the vertical rod to the table, wherein: a concave element, suitable for containing the "roasts" to be bound by the... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6220152 | Barbeque rotisserie enclosure A barbeque rotisserie enclosure includes a hollow vessel for substantially releasably encapsulating food to be barbequed. The hollow vessel includes a hollow cylinder having a first closed end and a second open end the second open end for placing food int... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6196121 | Hand-held cooking utensil A hand-held cooking utensil for safely holding and rotating food items when cooking upon an open fire. The hand-held cooking utensil includes a handle member including a housing having an open first end and a second end having an opening therethrough and ... | 03/06/2001 |
| 5992304 | Apparatus for treatment of food products A unit for molding and heat treating food products, including a series of parallel, horizontal, upwardly facing generally U-shaped molds. A lid element extends under the bottom of each mold, and the entire mold assembly is fixed to support means which per... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5906152 | Food grill and cooking basket A cooking grill is provided with a tubular compartment positioned within a fuel container. The tubular compartment has a removable tray upon which food items may be placed. Heat is evenly distributed within the tubular compartment by burning charcoal or t... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5890421 | Bread stick rack for portable bread ovens A bread stick rack for portable bread ovens fits within the baking well of a home kitchen appliance type portable bread oven. The rack is readily insertable and removable from the bread oven and has a plurality of individual bread stick molds. In use, rol... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5797312 | Microwave steam chamber cooker An assembly of elements is provided for cooking elongated foods in a microwave. The assembly having a lid, a base and a tray. Food is placed on the tray which is then placed on the base. The base contains a steam producing liquid at a level below the bott... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5775207 | Safety fork for use over camp fires and grills A safety fork for roasting hot dogs and marshmallows over an open fire. The fork has an elongated shaft with a handle at one end and a hook at the other. The hook is formed from a pair of tines extending forwardly, then bending rearwardly forming a bight ... | 07/07/1998 |
