Abstract: A replaceable individual proofing cup for use in proofing English muffin doughballs and comprising a flanged, flat-bottomed, cylindrical receptacle formed of porous, interlocked-fiber wool felt and having minimum draft in its sidewalls giving good doughball release characteristics for depositing proofed doughballs into grilling cups of a conventional traveling English muffin griddle and minimum lay in its bottom so as not to restrict lateral growth of the doughballs when proofing.

Abstract: A cup and cover turnover mechanism for muffin grilling griddles having a cup flight which straddle mounts spaced roller chains of a cover and hearth flight, wherein the conveying chains of each of said flights engage identical sprockets which mount for rotation about the turnover axis of the griddle and coordinate each cup thereon in fixed relation with a cover as the muffin is bottom-grilled and turned over on the pitch circles of said sprockets for top-grilling on the hearth flight of the griddle.

Abstract: A device for the gravity transfer of viscous flowable materials between a pair of partly filled closed containers disposed one above the other comprising a generally cylindrical connector body having opposed tapered ends for stopper-like insertion into the pour openings of said containers and having a non-clogging air vent tube therein which is of a length to extend upwardly into fluid communication with the air pocket above the level of the contents of the partly filled upper container, the lower end of the vent tube terminating in a widened and sharp-edged air entrance opening.

Abstract: A continuous griddle comprising a cover/hearth plate chain web which transports muffin covers in the forward direction and doubles as hearth plates when inverted and moved in the backward direction, and a cup chain web which transports cup flights in coordinate over/under relation with said cover flights and said hearth flights in both forward and backward directions. Lift tracks under said cover flight cooperate with said cup plate web to lift the cups against the covers to flatten the muffin tops during grilling of the muffin. Cover and cup flight turnover means invert said cups and said covers in coordinate relation one to the other with the muffin contained therein during reversal of direction. Hearth plate lowering and cup flight lift tracks over and under said hearth flights and cup flights cooperate with said cover/hearth plate web and said cup plate web, respectively, to withdraw the muffins from said cups without damage thereto.