Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7021203 | Vented countertop rotisserie oven An enclosed rotisserie cooking oven having an enclosure able to rest on a horizontal surface housing a rotisserie spit, and opening to introduce food into the enclosure, a door covering the opening having a first and a second axle rod protruding from the door's peri... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6959641 | Barbeque stick for barbeque stove The present invention discloses a barbeque stick for barbeque stoves, which installs a first liner and a second liner in a handle and forms a barbeque stick by connecting the first liner with a rod, and the barbeque stick is installed onto a barbeque stove. If it is... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6868776 | Method and apparatus for deep-frying a chip food product The apparatus is a chip fry lid having an array of long and short posts for contacting and agitating the chips during the deep frying process. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, each of the posts is formed by proximate sets of wire bent to form a series o... | 03/22/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6644176 | Grill top cooking tool A novel grill top cooking tool is provided that contains and cooks food on a grill surface. The grilling tool is comprised of a main body with removable perforated or slotted end caps that are secured to either edge of the main body. An attaching device a... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6553898 | Cooking tongs A barbecue cooking tool with a pair of hand holdable implements. The implements are configured so as to be capable to firmly hold an entire rack of ribs therebetween during a barbecue grilling process without the ribs separating and falling apart. The too... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6526876 | Handle for cookware A rotatable handle for use with an associated cookware item including an attachment member having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end being rotatably secured to a first portion of the cookware item and the distal end having a gripping member... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6386094 | Apparatus for deep-frying a chip food product The apparatus is a chip fry lid having an array of long and short posts for contacting and agitating the chips during the deep frying process. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, each of the posts is formed by proximate sets of wire bent to form... | 05/14/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6178877 | Portable roaster A portable roaster having a drum that is rotated either by hand or by a motor and able to roast a variety of items including fruits and vegetables, nuts, meats and seafood depending on the type of roaster drum or drum attachment used.... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6085642 | Guard dog cooking utensil A cooking utensil is provided for use over open fires, grates or the like. The utensil has a metallic Rod having an insulating handle end and a pointed skewer end. Near the skewer end a slideable protective cover of an open mesh design is mounted to move ... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6003436 | Grilling appliance and food holder therefor A grilling appliance includes a housing having a vertical food compartment for receiving a food article in a vertical position, a heated first grill- plate mounted in a vertical position in one side of the food compartment, a heated second grill plate mou... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5937743 | Cooking device for traditional tacos A cooking device for traditional tacos is disclosed, comprised of a first mold half and second mold half, of identical crescent or arched shaped configuration. The center semi-circular central portion of the first mold half and second mold half is removed... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5823589 | Accessory for charcoal grill A food-handling device for grillers which utilizes a unique pivoting structure to rotate a tined array about a center axis allowing relatively fragile food items such as fish to be turned over and removed from the grill surface without sticking or breakin... | 10/20/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5704279 | Device for cooking or grilling small pieces of food and method of use A device for grilling small pieces of food is described which is a basket including a mesh. The device fits inside of conventional grills even when the lid of the grill is closed and can be easily removed for shaking and turning over of the small pieces o... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5676045 | Outdoor grill An outdoor grill has a firebox positioned in a corner at the intersection of the sidewall and bottom of the grill. The firebox has a heat directing surface oriented at an angle to match the angle of the cooking rack which has a handle extending through th... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5586488 | Portable pizza oven A portable pizza oven comprising a fixed upper casing, a fixed lower casing, the upper and lower casings defining therebetween an opening, an upper heater assembly located within and fixed to the upper casing, a lower heater assembly located within and fi... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5558009 | Device for cooking or grilling small pieces of food and method of use A device for grilling small pieces of food is described which is a basket including a mesh. The device fits inside of conventional grills even when the lid of the grill is closed and can be easily removed for shaking and turning over of the small pieces o... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5520098 | Device for cooking or grilling small pieces of food and method of use A device for grilling small pieces of food is described which is a basket including a mesh. The device fits inside of conventional grills even when the lid of the grill is closed and can be easily removed for shaking and turning over of the small pieces o... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5497697 | Tumbler basket An improved tumble basket for use with a rotisserie is provided comprising a generally cylindrical basket having first and second ends. Attached to said first end, co-axial with said basket is means for supporting said first end on the barbecue and for in... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5355778 | Handheld, rotatable food roasting apparatus A handheld, rotatable food roasting apparatus for use in supporting food over a campfire or the like includes a cylindrical receptacle including opposed axial ends, an open interior space, and an opening formed in one of the axial ends through which food ... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5158009 | Rack apparatus for barbecuing ribs A rack for cooking barbecued ribs includes a plurality of curved legs which generally conform to the shape of the ribs. The legs are welded perpendicularly to a single longitudinal member. A handle attached to the longitudinal member makes it possible to ... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5048882 | Barbecue basket with removable handle A removable handle for a barbecue basket having an attached mounting bracket with spaced apart flange portions, each flange portion having an opening of a predetermined shape. The handle comprises elongated tong arms connected together by an integral flex... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4904009 | Food handling tongs Food handling tongs include opposed upper and lower plates mounted for pivotal movement between opened and closed positions. The upper plate is provided with a plurality of circular apertures surrounded by upwardly facing frusto conical portions. The lowe... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4569278 | Cooking implement A cooking implement for toasting and similar purposes has an elongated handle and a pivotally mounted food holding member which comprises a pair of legs extending from a pivotal mounting to respective foot portions from which respective arms extend to lie... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4212235 | Barbecue food holder A holder for food as it is barbecued over an open charcoal bed, the holder consisting of a clamp comprising a pair of open grids linked pivotally together at their forward edges and having elongated handles projecting from their rearward edges whereby the... | 07/15/1980 |
| 4095832 | Rotating cooking spatula A rotating cooking spatula for use in the cooking and turning of items of food such as eggs, hamburgers, and the like. When cooking and/or frying foods, the rotating spatula device of this invention would be used to pick up the food item. The user then by... | 06/20/1978 |
