Abstract: A cooking article includes a cooking utensil and a handle. The handle includes several hollow seasoning compartment sections. The handle also includes a rotatable handle cap, a seasoning compartment section selector, and first and second release shafts that rotate together. The first and second release shafts and a release button move together along the axis of the handle. Rotating the handle without depressing the release button, selects one of the seasoning compartment sections such that an opening of the second release shaft is positioned above an opening the selected seasoning compartment section. Pressing the release button moves the release button and the first and second release shafts such that the opening of the second release shaft is aligned with the opening of the selected seasoning compartment section, releasing seasonings from the selected seasoning compartment, through the opening of the second release shaft, into a cavity of the second release shaft.

Abstract: A cooking article includes a cooking utensil and a handle that is removably connected to the cooking utensil. The handle includes a plurality of hollow seasoning compartment sections, each section configured to store grindable seasonings. The handle includes a selector switch configured to select one of the plurality of seasoning compartment sections for grinding and dispensing seasonings. The handle includes a plurality of sliding members. Each sliding member is associated with a corresponding seasoning compartment section and includes one or more grinding teeth configured to grind the grindable seasonings of the associated seasoning compartment section. The handle includes a lever configured to be pressed and released. When the lever is pressed and released, the lever moves the sliding member associated with the selected seasoning compartment section back and forth, causing the sliding member's grinding teeth to grind the grindable seasonings in the selected seasoning compartment section.

Abstract: A cooking article includes a cooking utensil and a handle that is removably connected to the cooking utensil. The handle includes a plurality of hollow seasoning compartment sections, each section configured to store grindable seasonings. The handle includes a selector switch configured to select one of the plurality of seasoning compartment sections for grinding and dispensing seasonings. The handle includes a plurality of sliding members. Each sliding member is associated with a corresponding seasoning compartment section and includes one or more grinding teeth configured to grind the grindable seasonings of the associated seasoning compartment section. The handle includes a lever configured to be pressed and released. When the lever is pressed and released, the lever moves the sliding member associated with the selected seasoning compartment section back and forth, causing the sliding member's grinding teeth to grind the grindable seasonings in the selected seasoning compartment section.