Abstract: A gas range has a plurality of burners each of which extend through a respective burner opening in a range top of the gas range. A gap is formed between each burner assembly and its respective opening. Each burner assembly includes a burner head which includes an annular air stability ring which extends into the gap between the burner assembly and the range top. The air stability ring deflects flue products escaping through this gap away from the burner ports. By deflecting the flue products away from the burner ports, the flame eminating from the burner ports is stabilized permitting more efficient combustion of the gas.

Abstract: The invention concerns a cooking appliance comprising devices for cooking of which at least one burner with spiralling flames. The ducts for delivering the fuel mix towards the external part of the burner with spiralling flames are inclined with respect to a peripheral line on which the flame outlets are distributed. The invention is useful for high-powered gas burners for cooking food.

Abstract: A stove top protective cover for protecting a stove top from stains and spills when cooking on the stove top. The stove top protective cover includes a flexible panel with a plurality of spaced apart sets of concentric separation lines. The panel is separable along each of the separation lines to form corresponding holes through the panel.

Abstract: A new cooking range control panel protection attachment for protecting the control panel of a cooking range from the accumulation thereon of dirt and grease. The inventive device includes a generally rectangular elongate panel member having a pair of faces, a pair of opposite ends and a pair of sides extending between the ends of the panel member. One of the faces of the panel member is designed for positioning adjacent a control panel of a cooking range such that the panel member covers the control panel of the cooking range. The panel member has a number of spaced apart holes therethrough extending between the faces of the panel member. Each of the holes is designed for extending a rotating shaft of a control knob of a control panel of a cooking range therethrough.

Abstract: A stove safety guard system that includes a lower safety guard that is detachably attachable to the side walls of a stove unit and supported in the front by the oven handle and an upper safety guard that is detachably secured to the upper and side exterior surfaces of the exhaust hood of the stove unit.

Abstract: A range guard apparatus for preventing hot food splashes from injuring persons, particularly young children, in the vicinity thereof. The apparatus comprises a transverse front wall member and first and second side wall members attached on opposite ends of the front member respectively. In use, the apparatus is attached proximal to the front edge of a range or stove top with each sidewall member extending rearwardly and providing gripping surfaces engageable with confronting side surfaces of the range or stove top to which the apparatus is thusly attached. The front wall extends above the flat stove or range top surface a sufficient distance to deflect hot foods particles emitted during cooking from being projected outwardly beyond the front plane of the stove or range where if undeflected such splattering could cause burns or other injuries to persons in the vicinity of the cooking appliance.

Abstract: The invention provides a device for clasp the rims of openings in shaped bodies made of glass ceramic, glass or ceramic, especially openings for the passage of atmospheric gas burners on cooking hobs or stovetops, from mechanical damage and for preventing soiling and damage to arrangements situated underneath the shaped body owing to the ingress of liquids through the openings in the shaped body. The clasp reaches over the rim of the respective opening and extends onto both the top and bottom sides of the shaped body. A sealing and/or heat-insulating material is advantageously inserted between the shaped body and the clasp.

Abstract: An improved burner system for a gas range is provided. The burner system includes an annular metal pan through which the gas flame selectively projects, and an annular grill or grate overlying the pan on which the bottom of a cooking utensil is selectively supported. In addition, the inventive system includes an element for directing the gas flame inwardly and upwardly towards the bottom of the utensil, as well as for substantially reducing heat loss generated by flame operation.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a guard for surrounding the exposed perimeter of the top of a domestic stove. The guard is releasably attached to the stove top such that when it is attached to the stove it securely encloses the burners and pots resting on the burners. The guard prevents the passage of a finger through the guard such that a person is prevented from contacting the burner or pots on the stove when the guard is attached to the stove.

Abstract: A safety device for a cooking range having at least one burner grid with supporting radial bars include an open-top receiving member and a plurality of circumferentially spaced anchoring members extending outwardly from the receiving member. Each anchoring member has a pair of spaced legs adapted to straddle one of the radial bars, so that the receiving member is prevented from a lateral and rotational displacement.

Abstract: A substantially U-shaped guard that is attached to pivots that are mounted on the side of the stove. The pivots allow the guard to be moved quickly into or out of position and are detachably secured to the guard so the guard can be removed for cleaning.

Abstract: A stove-mounted grease splatter guard made of a flexible plastic or glass protection portion which attaches to a range via a base portion. The protection portion extends outwardly from the range at an obtuse angle and prevents children from reaching a top surface of the stove. The protection portion also aids in preventing splattering grease from striking the children or reaching the floor on which the stove rests. The base portion is connected to the range with a magnet and hook-and-loop fastener combination.

Abstract: A cooktop for a food cooking apparatus includes a cooking surface having a number of heating units, wherein the cooking surface is located within a well defined by the surface and surrounded by walls on all four sides. The front wall at least prevents direct access to the cooking surface by a child standing on a floor surface in front of the apparatus, as a safety measure. The walls also serve to prevent a saucepan or other cooking utensil being pulled off the cooking surface, or accidentally dislodged. Also, any spilled food or the like will be constrained within the well and will not spill off the cooktop.

Abstract: Simmer performance in gas ranges is improved by providing a burner grate with a flame impingement ring centered over the gas burner. The burner grate includes a base and a plurality of fingers attached to the base. The flame impingement ring is attached to all or some of the fingers. The flame impingement ring is sized so that simmer flames from the gas burner will impinge thereon. Thus, the flames are directed away from direct impingement on the cooking utensil, and some heat from the flames is absorbed by the grate. The flame impingement ring can have many cross-sectional configurations including curved, circular, oval or straight.

Abstract: A shield assembly is disclosed for use with a stove, which comprises a stove top with a work surface, a heating mechanism disposed on the horizontal top surface and at least one control knob affixed to the work front surface. The shield assembly comprises a shield made of a material transparent to visible radiation, and a mechanism affixed to the shield assembly for releasably securing the shield assembly to the vertical front surface at a point intermediate the control knob and the heating mechanism.

Abstract: A spatter guard (10) which attaches to recreational vehicle folding stove top covers (18) having a hook (12) and a magnetic strip (15) so as to engage either magnetic or non-magnetic types of covers.

Abstract: A concept for a support stand adapts an Asian WOK to a Western kitchen range. The stand provides an upper ring to receive a round bottomed WOK; the ring has sufficient diameter to accommodate the WOK securely in the stand. The base of the stand adapts to prior art drip pans placed in heating wells, where the well has gas or electrical heating elements located according to the type of range, and thus anchors the stand to the kitchen range top.A second concept modifies existing drip pans to provide both the functions of drip pan and support stand in a single, combined support stand. This stand replaces existing stands and drip pans and anchors the WOK to the kitchen range top.A third concept converts a prior WOK fire ring into a trivet allowing use of the WOK at a dinner table.

Abstract: A two-piece support ring structure for supporting a wok cooking vessel on top of a burner cylinder of a cooking range. The structure features two components: a top ring of a substantially circular shape upon which sits a wok; and a base ring having a substantially circular shape that removably rests on the burner cylinder. The top ring removably rests on the base ring. The base ring itself comprises a first ring and a first mating means disposed on top of the first ring for removably coupling the base ring to the top ring. The top ring comprises a second ring upon which sits the wok, and a second mating means projecting from the bottom of the second ring for removably coupling the top ring to the first mating means. The base ring further comprises a third mating means for removably coupling the base ring to the burner cylinder.

Abstract: An adjustable deflector device is provided for selective positioning above the ventilator of a cooking range of the type where the ventilator is disposed adjacent to and flush with the cooking range heating elements. The deflector device comprises support means having first and second ends, the first end includes a first support portion and the second end includes a second support portion. The first and second portions are disposed at an angle with respect to each other. The first end is movably attached to the cooking range so that the first support portion is positioned at an angle with respect to the range. The first support portion is rotatable and extendable about its longitudinal axis. The second support portion includes a deflector portion having a width at least equal to the exhaust means and a length substantially equal to the exhaust means.

Abstract: This invention relates to a spirit stove. The spirit stove comprises a top (11) which is provided with at least one hot plate (15) of hear conducting material which is placed so that the plate joins the top. The stove has a spirit burner (33, 36, 37, 38) which is placed below the plate and to which air flows and from which fumes leave by natural ventilation. The plate is surrounded by a heat insulating material (23) having a surface which is exposed to the flames and/or the fumes.

Abstract: A heat reduction volume compensator for use with a drip coffee maker in which the temperature applied by a hot plate to a coffee pot is reduced as the amount of liquid in the pot decreases by means of resilient segments that lift the pot away from the hot plate as the weight of the liquid in the coffee pot decreases.

Abstract: A barrier for appliances and the like having a substantially rigid panel, a mount adapted to be secured in fixed relation to the appliance and fasteners for securing the panel on the mount to proscribe a protected zone relative to the appliance.

Abstract: A chafing dish burner including an open-topped cylindrical base, a cover having an opening therein selectively occludable by a linearly sliding valve, and an annular windscreen mounted to the cover in spaced relationship thereto by a plurality of legs.

Abstract: A stove-top safety grate flame deflector is disclosed for gas stove burner grates. The deflector includes generally a plate-like member and a downwardly extending protective skirt for preventing flames or heat from heating a pot handle beyond what can be tolerated by hand touch. The deflector and protective skirt are positioned and proportioned to permit universal mounting capability on virtually any gas stove safety grate. The deflector and protective skirt can also be formed integrally with a stove-top grate.

Abstract: A shield attachable to a cooking stove to prevent small children from reaching surface burner units or hot cooking containers on the stove top surface. The shield includes an upstanding panel spaced forwardly from the stove and two horizontal plates extending from the lower edge of the panel into a door clearance space along the upper edge of an oven access opening. Screws can be extended through slots in these horizontal plates to rigidly mount the protective shield on the stove.

Abstract: A gas cooking appliance for cooking chow mein, pan cakes or the like on a hot plate mounted thereon, which cooking appliance includes a pulse combustion burner installed within as internal compartment of the appliance and having a combustion chamber coupled with a bottom portion of the hot plate to take place pulse combustion of a mixture of gaseous fuel and air supplied thereinto, wherein the hot plate is in the form of a thick metallic plate formed therein with a tailpipe passage which is connected at one end thereof to an exhaust port of the combustion chamber and extends outwardly through the metallic plate to permit the flow of combustion products discharged therethrough from said combustion chamber.

Abstract: A flame deflector is disclosed for use on gas stove burner grates. The deflector includes a top deflector and lower skirt/mounting member. The top deflector plate serves to keep rising flames from heating a cooking utensil handle. The skirt/mounting member keeps the device from moving on the burner grate. The invention is suitable for use on all burner grates regardless of the shape and size, and a variety of embodiments are disclosed for mounting the invention on different burner grates.

Abstract: A brewing apparatus for brewing coffee or the like having a warmer plate includes a warmer plate cover of heat resistant plastic material. The warmer plate includes a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface is patterned to produce uniform heat distribution for removing any hot spots in the warmer plate to reduce substantially any further brewing action of the brew thereby prolonging the desired freshness taste of the brew. The bottom surface is patterned to correspond to the exterior surface shape of the warmer plate. Thus, in one embodiment the surface is flat; in a second embodiment the bottom surface is grooved to correspond to a vessel retaining flange of the warmer plate and includes a depending flange for warmer plate cover retention on the warmer plate. The warmer plate cover being of plastic soft enough to reduce substantially the breaking of fragile brew vessels.

Abstract: Equipment for the controlled and uniform cooking of foods of lesser thickness so that cooking occurs uniformly on the whole upper surface of the food and uniformly on the whole lower surface of the food comprising a base having a hole; a lower burner disposed below the hole; a heat conducting plate disposed over the hole, a lower surface of food resting on the plate being uniformly cooked by the thermal conduction from the lower burner through the plate; a chamber having an open bottom spaced from the plate; an upper burner disposed in the chamber; a fume deflector device mounted to the chamber and mounted between the upper burner and the heat conducting plate for deflecting and evenly distributing hot fumes generated by the upper burner so that a uniform column of hot fumes descends vertically toward the heat conducting plate and strike perpendicularly over an upper surface of food resting on the plate; and a deflector ring encircling and concentric with the chamber and having a lower end in contact with at

Abstract: Outdoorsman's stove is light, compact, efficient, stands securely, and provides excellent support for a pot. The windscreen is cup-shaped, embraces the burner, is large enough to define a substantial heating area on the bottom of the pot, and holds the pot support. The windscreen is held slightly elevated on divergent legs. When not in use, the legs, pot support and burner demount and can be stored within the windscreen.

Abstract: A gas-fired barbecue grill is provided with a pair of generally rectangular metal plates disposed in the grill above the burner unit and below the cooking grate at an inclined position to prevent the pooling of food drippings and grease which tends to result in grease fires.

Abstract: A stand for supporting a non-stick cooking liquid spray dispenser at a predetermined height above a heated cooking surface, such as a griddle, is disclosed. The stand, fabricated of an insulating material such as a high temperature plastic, is a generally tubular structure including a base section, an upper section for receiving and retaining the dispenser and a smaller diameter intermediate section joining the base and upper sections. The intermediate section defines a chamber in communication with the upper section for retaining sufficient air heated by the high temperature griddle to maintain the desired temperature level of the cooking liquid. Baffling disposed between the chamber and the base section deflects hot air rising from the griddle and provides radiative surfaces so that the temperature of the cooking liquid does not exceed a temperature range that is optimum for applying the liquid to the cooking surface by spraying.

Abstract: A gas-fired cooking range having a powered combustion air and gas input; proportional turndown burner control irrespective of the number of burners being used or the degree of turndown of any burner; light-weight jet impingement/radiation members being provided on each burner for efficient heat transfer to utensils and a simplified ignitor/sensor system for all burners operable by any individual burner control.

Abstract: A panel that fits on the top of a stove in a mobile vehicle. The panel has holes registering with the burners in the stove, for receiving the cooking utensils placed on the burners. Confining upstanding flanges surround the holes to retain the cooking utensils against sliding movements in the movements of the vehicle. The panel is held in place by peripheral downturned flanges engaging the side surfaces of the stove, or by engagement of the panel with wall elements at the sides of the stove.

Abstract: A griddle includes a thick metal plate having a cooking surface and is heated from below by four infrared gas burner units. A deflector plate is mounted adjacent the outer edge of the two outer burner units and is upwardly bent at about a 45.degree. angle for deflecting infrared energy near the outer edges of the two outer burners toward the outer extremities of the bottom of the plate for producing a uniform surface temperature over the cooking surface.

Abstract: A closed top pulse combustion burner for a flat cooking surface. The burner comprises a shallow rectangular box-like combustion chamber with its top providing a cooking surface area. Pulse combustion operation of the burner promotes high thermal efficiency. An internal baffle arrangement in the burner box provides a high degree of temperature uniformity at the cooking surface. The rectangular configuration of the burner unit allows modular construction of multiple burner units which can be individually operated at different times and/or temperatures.

Abstract: A device for concentrating heat from a flame of a gas stove in combination with a cooking utensil includes a first collar rigidly attached to the cooking utensil and mating with a second collar attached to a grid of the stove. The collars may have several peripherally disposed vents. The second collar can be rotated to align the vents and control the venting of the flame of the stove.

Abstract: A cooking table of the type having a stationary portion at which persons may be seated and a mobile portion comprising a griddle plate movable from table to table. The stationary portion of the table is essentially of U-shape adapted to receive the mobile portion in the hollow of the U to enable preparation of foods, meats and the like and demonstration thereof under the immediate observation of the patrons seated at the table. Gas is made available for use in the griddle when the mobile portion of the table is in place, by conduits or pipes with quick connect and disconnect couplings. Other features for the safety, health and comfort of the persons seated at the table include insulating material in the walls of the mobile unit, flame retardant angles on the underside of the griddle plate to block possible injury to guests seated at the table, and kerf troughs on the underside of the griddle plate to insure collection of grease in perimeter troughs on the inside of the U-opening in the stationary portion.

Abstract: A flat rigid pad having a central core of heat insulating material which supports two sheets of radiant heat reflecting material, such as foil, is removably located on the grate of an enclosed cooking chamber having a heat source in the bottom portion of the enclosed chamber. An uncovered cooking vessel containing food is located on the pad. The sheets of foil each have one shiny and highly reflective side, both facing in the same direction, so that the pad can be placed on the grill with both reflective surfaces directed downwardly toward the heat source in the chamber.

Abstract: A frame supports a spatter-intercepting screen positioned adjacent burners of a cooking stove. Grease particles and the like are trapped by the screen to protect walls and appliances near the stove. The screen is substantially transparent and easily cleaned, and in one version can be moved to a retracted position in the frame when the stove is not in use.

Abstract: A gas-fueled range having top burners and individual valves for controlling flow of fuel to the burners, each burner being covered by an inverted cup-shaped grate for supporting a utensil to be heated, the grate having vents for permitting exhaust of combustion flue products, and shutter devices operatively connected to the valve and movable therewith to regulate the effective size of the vents in accordance with variations in size of the burner flames.

Abstract: An oil splatter screen for a deep fat fryer is disclosed which protects the cook and the kitchen from hot oil drops splattered from a deep fat fryer. The device consists of a food basket with a bottom platform for supporting food to be fried, having a transverse dimension which is less than the inside transverse dimension of the frying vessel. A rod is mounted to the bottom platform of the basket, which projects upwardly to a height which is greater than the depth of the frying vessel. The rod supports the basket from above while it is being lowered into the vessel. A splatter screen is slideably mounted onto the rod, having a transverse dimension which is greater than the transverse dimension of the frying vessel's cavity. The splatter screen is supported and remains at the lip of the vessel while the basket is lowered into the cavity of the vessel by means of the rod sliding past the screen.

Abstract: A range guard is formed of a length of transparent resilient plastic shaped to rest on a range top and provide an upstanding wall along the front edge of the range and rearwardly extending side walls which can be resiliently flexed outwardly and have slots adapted to fit over retaining flanges on brackets secured to the range top so that the guard may be selectively mounted on the range or removed therefrom.

Abstract: Improvements in cooking stoves or ranges, whether of the gas or electric variety, which advantageously recaptures and directs heat to the underside of the cooking vessel and at the same time permits restricted air circulation to allow for air-conduction of excess heat from the bowl, beneath the stove heating element, to prevent such bowl from overheating.

Abstract: A screen device for use in preventing grease from splattering within a stove oven while broiling food is disclosed. The screen device includes means for adjusting the height of the screen above an oven rack upon which the screen may be placed. In addition, the screen is provided with leg members which allow the screen to be attached directly to the broiler coils of an electric oven. The present invention is particularly constructed to prevent grease from splattering up to the flame or broiler coils of the oven.