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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4100682 | Treatment of commodities through contact with fluid media The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for subjecting commodities to treatment through contact with fluid media including a plurality of movable conveyances having walls and being arranged so as to form a conveyance train which forms a pa... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4095516 | Grilling apparatus In a grilling apparatus there are provided elongated fuel supports receiving particulate coal fuel, and which are loosely suspended at each end on shoulders provided in the housing of the apparatus.... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4089322 | Food processing technique A fast food service technique in which a meal is pre-cooked and then transferred to a tray in which the food is refrigerated at a temperature just above its freezing point to preserve the meal without degrading its texture or flavor. When the food is to b... | 05/16/1978 |
| 4078479 | Burn-proof cooking utensil Disclosed is a cooking utensil capable of cooking food without burning, which is characterized by the fact that the inner side of the bottom plate thereof contains a circular concave at the center thereof, radial rows of concaves disposed outside the circ... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4076008 | Barbecue apparatus and method A barbeque oven wherein meat is suspended on a perforated food rack within an enclosed, heat retaining housing, and heat and smoke from a firebox adjacent one end of the housing is directed along the length of the housing within a tempering passageway and... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4071739 | Convertible radiant convection oven Disclosed is an oven which may or may not be incorporated in a domestic cooking range. The oven is characterized by the presence of a fan inset in one side wall of the oven. A plate having upper and lower slots approximately aligned with the conventionall... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4071738 | Ventilated range with convertible radiant convection oven Disclosed is a domestic cooking range of the ventilated type having surface elements and an underlying oven characterized by an extension of the ventilating fan motor shaft carrying an auxiliary fan disposed within the oven which provides forced circulati... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4068572 | Apparatus for heating food The invention relates to a method of heating food stuffs, especially discrete articles such as potatoes, meat and bread in a heat-insulated housing, employing heated gases circulated through the housing at high velocity. The invention is further concerned... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068115 | Food serving tray A food serving system for delivering prepared meals to locations remote from the point of preparation, such as to patients in hospitals and nursing homes, which includes a mobile cart having its own low voltage rechargeable power pack that may be utilized... | 01/10/1978 |
| 4064796 | Cooking apparatus Apparatus for cooking various food items. The apparatus includes an enclosed cooking compartment disposed a spaced distance above a reservoir which contains a quantity of cooking oil. A rack is provided for suspending the items of food at spaced apart dis... | 12/27/1977 |
| 4051347 | Method and apparatus for baking food in a closed cooking space in which heated air is circulated A method and apparatus for baking food in a closed cooking space in which heated air is circulated. The temperature of this heated air is varied about a predetermined mean temperature value by generating a plurality of sequential heat radiation pulses, by... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4029463 | Method for baking food products Food products are baked in a forced-convection oven having a baking chamber into and out of which a rack carrying the food products on superposed trays may be rolled. Air is circulated horizontally through the baking chamber by a pair of vertically dispos... | 06/14/1977 |
| 4020323 | Energy saving broiling oven A broiling oven formed by an oven liner and an access door. Two electric radiant heating elements are located beneath the top wall of the oven liner. A hinged reflective plate is supported at each side of the innermost heating element. When these plates a... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4002113 | Cooking apparatus A cooking apparatus capable of effectively cooking food, such as steaks and hamburgers, without a flame flare-up of the greases or fats. The cooking apparatus includes an upwardly open container for supporting flavor producing means, such as chips and spi... | 01/11/1977 |
| 3982479 | Energy saving cooking utensil A cooking utensil having an outer flange with inward or outward flaring lower base perimeter rim which covers the entire heating element of a stove and recirculates heat which would otherwise escape around the bottom of the cooking utensil. Alternate embo... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982478 | Food preparation and storage device An apparatus for cooking or storing foods. The food is prepared on a skewer in its own individual cooking chamber to reduce the amount of energy used in cooking. Each cooking chamber is provided with a receptacle for collecting grease drippings and the li... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982522 | Portable forced draft cooker A portable forced draft solid fuel burning cooker in which a duct defining base supports a centrally disposed electrically operated blower unit. Two heater units that use fuel such as briquets, acorn, small pieces of wood, twigs and the like are supported... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3978782 | Hors d'oeuvres oven A cooking device for preparing food items and includes an open top base member supported on a support structure and having a fuel holder therein for retaining a combustible fuel adapted to direct heat upwardly toward a heat shield and deflector supporting... | 09/07/1976 |
| 3967613 | Barbecue type cooking grill A cooking grill which provides moist or dry heat for cooking meat or meat products and which includes an enclosure, a heat source, a body of water in the enclosure and a foraminous member above the heat source to prevent the passage of flame so as to prec... | 07/06/1976 |
| 3959620 | Electric barbecue grill An electric barbecue grill comprises a cooking vessel and a housing connected centrally thereof. Electric heating means are provided and include a heating elements mechanically mounted on a hollow member of the housing in relative positions for different ... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3956979 | Multi-element vertical rotisserie The invention generally relates to vertical rotisserie structures wherein arcuate heating elements direct heat onto a foodstuff held on a spit mounted in the general focus of the heating elements. The present invention particularly provides a plurality of... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3954053 | Rack oven In a rack oven for heating food products a rotatable rack suspension frame is mounted at the top of the oven chamber. The frame and the door of the oven chamber are vertically displaceable and mechanically connected with each other such that the opening o... | 05/04/1976 |
| 3935809 | Grilling apparatus usable as a space heating means Grilling apparatus with a heating arrangement, a grilling tub or housing with a dripping pan, and a hood which can be used to cover the grilling tub. The heating arrangement has a vertically arranged heating plane, the grilling tub opens towards the front... | 02/03/1976 |
| 3934748 | Cookware containers The container of a cookware unit includes a cartridge member and a replaceable infix member, both of which are of substantially the same configuration and in which the infix member is removably positioned in the cavity of the cartridge member. A non-stick... | 01/27/1976 |
