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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5305686 | Fry basket An improved basket for the preparation of fried food products includes a wire mesh bottom wall and three upstanding wire mesh side walls. A perforate gate is pivotally attached along the fourth side of the basket and is secured in a closed configuration b... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5297534 | Barbecue grill apparatus A barbecue pit is arranged to include a rotary shaft mounted in adjacency to the pit having an extension shaft, wherein a mesh basket is arranged for selective positioning over the barbecue pit for ease of access to the basket and for food components posi... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5277106 | Easily assembled barbecue grill with heat distribution plate The heat distribution plate provides controlled flare-up through a system of drop-in distribution plates having holes or slots to allow dripping fats to be ignited. Good heat uniformity across the entire grill is afforded, and the controlled flare-up prov... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5275288 | Cake rack The present invention is a wire cake rack for supporting either tubular or rectangular cakes while they cool. The wire cake rack can be either a round cake rack for supporting tubular cakes, e.g. Bundt cakes or a rectangular cake rack for supporting recta... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275094 | Divider basket for steam cooking utensil A steam cooking utensil includes a base and a boiling liquid reservoir defined by the base. A heater is mounted in the base to heat liquid in the boiling liquid reservoir. A cooking bowl is supported by the base and includes a food support surface having ... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5265523 | Heating equipment for cold foodstuffs An apparatus for heating foodstuffs contained in packages of parallelopiped shape which includes a container for a heating medium, a placing table disposed inside the container, and a heater for heating the heating medium. The placing table has rectangula... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5253634 | Grilling apparatus An outdoor grill apparatus, comprising four side walls, a floor portion, and a cover portion hingedly moveable between open and closed positions, the container defined by the walls and floor portion and cover defining the grilling area therein. Further th... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5242704 | Method for cooking food using a flame suppressant marinating grill overlay A flame suppressant marinating grill overlay and method of use are disclosed having raised outer edges, gutters and ridges, said ridges being disposed between said gutters. The ridges contain holes. The flame suppressant marinating grill overlay is placed... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5237914 | Cooking grill assembly A cooking grill assembly adapted to be placed on the upper work surface of a barbecue heating unit. The grill assembly consists of two overlapping slotted plates, a grill component and an underlying drip pan component, releasably hinged together along one... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5235904 | Multi-flex cooker This invention is a cooking device which consists of cylindrical main vessel with a flared open top with annular shoulders on which is seated the perforated annular shoulder of a smaller cooker vessel that extends downwardly in the main vessel, a tray-lik... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5232609 | Self-supporting element used during the fermentation and baking of bread making products General purpose equipment is provided for supporting bread making products or similar during the process of fermentation and baking of the dough, including as basic unit elements: a tray with side flanges (1), one or more replaceable and interchangeable n... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5215003 | Support for cheese manufacture A support for manufacturing and storage of cheese, including a mesh which is weared and stretched, and then secured on a peripheral, rigid reinforcement. The mesh has weft threads and warp threads which are interlaced, forming crossing zones. A coating of... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5213027 | Barbecue grill assembly A barbecue grill assembly including a main cooking chamber, a removable cooking grid positioned within the main chamber above a primary heat source, a frame for supporting the cooking grid and a drawer element connected to and supporting the frame for rol... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5211105 | Smokeless and scorchless grill pan A smokeless and scorchless grill pan comprising a food plate, an oil pan placed under the food plate, and a lower pan placed under the oil pan for burning a fire to heat the oil pan and the air in a hollow space between the oil pan and the food plate, the... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5211106 | Apparatus and method for cooking casingless shaped food products An apparatus and a method for cooking a casingless food product such as a casingless sausage or the like is provided. The apparatus includes a tray to support a plurality of casingless sausages and the like which nest within laterally extending recessed a... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5199347 | Perforated steam plate A perforated steam plate mainly consists of a retaining plate and an upright tube vertically connected to the retaining plate via a central hole thereof. The retaining plate is a convex plate and therefore allows an adequate space between the retaining pl... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5197378 | Pizza screen or pan receiving and holding assembly A pizza screen or pan receiving and holding assembly for use in combination with a pizza baking oven is disclosed. The assembly includes a main frame formed of side and end rails interconnected in a generally rectangular pattern with casters provided at t... | 03/30/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5193444 | Apparatus for heating, cooking and roasting food A forced air oven for and a method of heating, cooking or roasting granular food, such as nuts, seeds and coffee beans. The apparatus houses a hollow cylindrical drum into which food is placed. A heated gaseous stream is forced through the inside of the d... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5189947 | Rice and vegetable steamer A steam cooker having a high capacity heating element in the bottom wall of the cooker reservoir employs a body of heat conducting metal to define a shallow boiler for transferring heat to water in the reservoir from a metal sheathed electric resistant he... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5189946 | Self-draining cooking pot A self-draining cooking pot, such as a pasta pot, which facilitates the draining of liquid. A handle assembly includes a valve module which is readily-removable to facilitate cleaning, and a strainer to block the passage of food into the valve while permi... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5189945 | Water cooled barbecue grill A grilling surface is cooled by circulating water from a reservoir. The surface is preferably formed by two parallel metal sheets which are deformed to space them apart and to form heat passageways therethrough. The sheets and the circulation passageway f... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5188089 | Barbecue grill support A grill support is disclosed for supporting a barbecue grill in locations where a table is not available. The grill support may be attached to a ladder or to a balcony rail or similar support structure and includes a support platform supported in cantilev... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5179932 | Collapsible picnic cook-stove A collapsible picnic cook-stove comprising, in combination with a disposable pan-shaped fuel holding member for burning fuel, a first ring-shaped support defining an opening and to which are pivotally connected three or more circumferentially spaced legs.... | 01/19/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5174197 | Portable barbecue device A barbecue device is disclosed, which includes a cooking support member in the form of a slightly concave plate or grid. A support is pivotally connected to the rim of the cooking support member with the support being rotatable from a stowed position, at ... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5163359 | Cooking apparatus Cooking apparatus comprising a pair of burners offset from a grill so that grease from the cooking food drips into a sump rather than onto the burners. A series of slats above the burners direct and distribute the heated air to the grill, each slat interc... | 11/17/1992 |
| 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 |
| 5148737 | Hot air circulating oven and food heating apparatus A food heating oven comprising a plurality of perforate food baskets removably mounted to respective prongs of a rotating rod in an oven chamber. Hot air is blown through the oven chamber to heat the food in the baskets. Each prong is color coded, and the... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5140896 | Rotisserie grill An improved rotisserie grill is provided and consists of an elongated rectangular framework having four vertical legs, one in each corner and two side cross members, each extending horizontally between two legs. A rotatable spit is supported longitudinall... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5134927 | Automatic forced air food heating apparatus Automatic forced air food heating apparatus having an automatic feeding bin for automatically feeding french fries or the like into a rotary heating basket, a warming compartment for maintaining foods heated in the heating basket at serving temperature fo... | 08/04/1992 |
| 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 |
| 5105725 | Barbecue grill and cooking grid element A barbecue grill and cooking grid element including a shell-like housing having a bottom wall and an upstanding peripheral sidewall; a cover hingedly connected to the shell-like housing; a heat source mounted in the shell-like housing; and, a grid element... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5103799 | Collapsible barbeque grill A collapsible charcoal grill has two frames pivoted together at one end. One frame is retained in a vertical position by struts and the other frame has folding support means. A broiling grill has hooks at one end for engagement over one of a number of spa... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5097754 | Automatic air cooking system for vending machines A closed-loop air cooking system for use in a vending machine that vends french fried potatoes and the like, including: a) a closed-loop air duct assembly; b) a cooking basket mounted for rotation within the air duct assembly; c) a fan for forcing air thr... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5097753 | Steam cooking utensil A steam cooking utensil includes a base, a boiling liquid reservoir defined by the base, and a heater mounted in the base to heat liquid in the boiling liquid reservoir. A drip ring is supported in the base above the liquid reservoir. A cooking bowl is su... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5085203 | Movable grill for a barbecue In barbecuing, food generally sticks to a fixed grill rack. This invention provides means for keeping the food "unstuck" while cooling and this is achieved by moving two adjacently disposed grilling racks, one having a fixed elevation relative to the unde... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5076155 | Cookware organization A cookware organization arranged for accommodating and directing grease from various foods into an underlying container pot. The organization is optionally formed of ceramic to permit microwave-type cooking, and includes an underlying container pot, a con... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5076434 | Supporting container for pizza dough shells and a package for the same formed by the container A pizza dough shell container which makes up into a package having a plurality of similar containers supporting a single pizza dough shell in each container so that by forming a package of many containers the pizza dough shells are protected during transi... | 12/31/1991 |
