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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7806046 | Food product toaster A toaster for bread-type food products includes a housing defining at least one toasting cavity having an upper mouth for depositing the food products into the cavity and a lower opening from which toasted food products exit the cavity. A perforate rack is provided ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7159510 | Vertically oriented jerky dehydrator A jerky dehydrator comprises several baskets for receiving and retaining the product to be dehydrated and a racking grid for retaining several baskets in a vertical orientation. The racking grid is inserted into a metal tray, and the tray is inserted into the oven o... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7036424 | High speed baking in novel toasting apparatus An electric baking oven includes an open mesh vertically oriented baking basket to hold food while the food is baked in air by a programmed combination of radiant and convective and conductive energy transfer. An electrical programming control controls the energy fr... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6998582 | Cooking apparatus An open-air cooking apparatus for cooking pizza and the like, includes a horizontal, rotatable, circular turntable cooking surface, sized to support and cook several items simultaneously. The turntable should preferably structured to provide constant, even heat thro... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6931985 | Cooking vessel A cooking vessel that combines the functions of a grill and an oven. The vessel includes a cooking chamber having an upwardly arched ceiling comprised of fire brick. A cooking surface is located within the cooking chamber. A pull-out mechanism is attached to the coo... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6621053 | Toaster oven rack A reversible rack for an electric toaster oven that includes a frame and a plurality of support wires. At least some of the support wires have a plurality of projections on a first side of the rack. When the rack is positioned in the oven with the first s... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6578568 | Fire pit grill with a vertically foldable bracket on a rotatable sleeve A new fire pit grill comprises a vertical support that may be driven into the ground or otherwise supported in a vertical position. On the vertical support is an adjustable stop which may be set at any desired height. Resting on the stop is a sleeve and b... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6354194 | Rotatable cooking apparatus A cooking apparatus is provided which includes a rotatable food support member for supporting a food item thereon. A drive mechanism is connected to the food support member for rotating the food support member. The cooking apparatus further includes upper... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6125740 | Rotatable cooking apparatus A cooking apparatus is provided which includes a rotatable food support member for supporting a food item thereon. A drive mechanism is connected to the food support member for rotating the food support member. The cooking apparatus further includes upper... | 10/03/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5664483 | Electric toaster An electric toaster which comprises a body having a compartment (20) for accommodating a slice of bread, a vertically movable support for supporting a said slice of bread in the compartment (20), an operating member (36/42) operable to move the support do... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5481964 | Barbecue pit structure and method A barbecue pit has a oven and a firebox mounted upon a frame which includes a reach pole, wheels, and a trailer hitch. The heat and smoke from the firebox enters into the bottom of the back of the oven. A baffle regulates the flow of heat into the oven an... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5317960 | Bread toaster Bread toaster includes a housing with a top opening and a cage for containing bread which is movable through the opening from a loading position outside the housing to a heating position inside the housing. The cage includes a first half and a second half... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5247877 | Automatic barbecue grill A novel barbecue grill with mechanical linkages which automatically perform the following functions when the user pulls a single handle: (1) the lid opens; (2) the grill surface moves out of the grill; (3) a drip pan may optionally travel under the grill ... | 09/28/1993 |
| 4307285 | Toaster/oven with removable cooking chamber side liners A toaster/oven comprises a housing and a cooking chamber defined within the housing by a cooking chamber bottom panel, first and second cooking chamber side panels, a cooking chamber top panel and a cooking chamber back panel (which may be removable), the... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4238995 | Toaster control High intensity radiant energy is supplied to the surface of food items by a quartz iodide lamp. A temperature probe which senses both the ambient temperature in the toaster housing and the lamp radiance controls the on-time of the lamp to produce the desi... | 12/16/1980 |