Abstract: An infusion cooking assembly for infusing flavor into items during cooking includes a housing that has a top, which is open. A set of holes is positioned through a bottom of the housing. A set of cups is positionable in an internal space of the housing. Each of set of rods is coupled to and extends bidirectionally from a lower surface of a respective cup. The rods are complementary to the holes. A lid is reversibly couplable to the housing to cover the top. A tube is coupled to the lid and is fluidically coupled to interior spaces of the cups. The tube is configured for placement of an item to be cooked and flavored, such as a chicken. The cups are configured to insert flavoring items into the interior spaces. The flavoring items are heated and infused into the item to be cooked as the item is cooked.

Abstract: Room darkening window curtain rod assemblies that include a curtain rod and two bracket assemblies, each including a removable magnetic finial are disclosed. Each bracket assembly includes a wraparound leg that extends perpendicularly from an axis of the curtain rod toward a wall or window frame upon which the assembly is installed. The removable finials allow a curtain to be drawn onto the wraparound leg of each bracket assembly from the curtain rod to provide curtain wraparound regions. The curtain wraparound regions reduce or prevent light from entering into a room, and allow the bracket assemblies to be hidden. Once the curtain is extended into the wraparound regions, the magnetic finials are magnetically attached to the bracket assemblies with portions of the curtain located therebetween.

Abstract: A cooking appliance including a body provided with a heating part, a control panel detachably provided at the body, and a coupling unit configured to allow the control panel to come into close contact with the body. The coupling unit includes a first lever rotatably provided at an inner side of the control panel and is configured to receive an external force outside the control panel. The coupling unit also includes a second lever provided in between the control panel and the body to allow the control panel to come into close contact with the body while interlocked with an operation of the first lever.

Abstract: An apparatus for transporting articles between working locations includes one or more rotatable ground engaging wheels mounted towards the bottom of the apparatus for rotation about an axis to provide rolling support for the apparatus, a manually engageable pulling handle, a frame, at least one container connected to the frame, and an audio playback device. The audio playback device includes one or more speakers and is configured to be releasably connected to the apparatus. The pulling handle and the one or more ground engaging wheels are arranged to enable a user to manually pull the pulling handle generally rearwardly so as to tilt the apparatus rearwardly to a tilted rolling movement position, thereby enabling the user to roll the apparatus to a desired location by pushing or pulling the pulling handle in a desired direction.

Abstract: A cooking appliance includes an upper housing having a first heating plate and a lower housing having a second heating plate. A handle is connected to the upper housing and is operable to move the upper housing between an open position and a closed position. The cooking appliance further includes a drip tray that is slidably received in said lower housing.

Abstract: A combination oven and cutting board has a front opening door and a metal upper surface with features that cooperate with the cutting board. The oven may have an internal heating cavity and a front opening door that incorporates a magnet that is used to pull a rack out of the oven.

Abstract: Provided is a cooking/grilling apparatus, primarily for outdoor use, providing smoking and/or direct or indirect heat cooking capability, and offering the user enhanced cooking flexibility, temperature control, safety and convenience of operation. The grill apparatus is unique in that it offers a downward opening lid that rotates, such as on rollers or a pivot mechanism, to a fully open position beneath the base plate of the cooking enclosure, and reverses to an upward rotation to re-close the cooking enclosure. Moreover, the grill apparatus offers a vertically adjustable cooking grate, controlled by a continuous loop cable, moving over a set of pulleys, thereby reliably controlling the height of the cooking grate when affixed to a crank on the outer surface of the grill, wherein movement of the grate can also be locked in place.

Abstract: An extendible oven rack apparatus includes an oven rack, a lower frame and first and second slide assemblies connected between the oven rack and lower frame. A locking assembly is connected to the lower frame for selectively locking the lower frame into the oven. The locking assembly includes a locking pin laterally movable relative to the lower frame and a locking bar longitudinally slidable relative to the lower frame for selectively locking the locking pin its laterally outward position.

Abstract: An oven accessory may include a frame structure formed of a material that is substantially invisible to RF energy and a plurality of removable inserts. The frame structure may include legs and a periphery supported by the legs to be elevated above a base disposed within an oven. The periphery may define a receiving opening and lie in a first plane that is spaced apart from and substantially parallel to a second plane in which the base lies. At least some of the removable inserts may be configured to be interchangeably disposed at the receiving opening independently of each other. At least one of the removable inserts may be configured to define at least one elevated food holding location to combine with at least one other food holding location to enable support of a food product in a substantially vertical orientation.

Abstract: A rack for an appliance includes a main section having a support frame, and an arm coupled to the support frame and movable relative to the support frame between a first position and a second position. In one example, the arm is movable towards the first position and is configured for engagement with a stop portion of an appliance cavity for inhibiting removal of the main section therefrom. In another example, the appliance cavity includes at least one stop portion, and the arm is movable towards engagement with the stop portion for inhibiting removal of the main section from the appliance cavity.

Abstract: A retractable oven rack includes a slidable wire base with four wire sections extending generally horizontally around a periphery. Two of the wire sections extend parallel to each other along the width of the wire base and the other two extend parallel along the length. The four wires sections are connected to each other at their ends. A pair of support rods extend from and respectively parallel two of the wire sections along the length of the slidable wire base. The oven rack also includes a grid shelf having a pair of raised wire sections extending the length of the grid shelf that are slidably supported on the pair of support rods for allowing the grid shelf to be supported and slide on the pair of support rods.

Abstract: An oven rack for an oven that providing additional clearance for an object on the oven rack. The oven rack comprises a generally rectangular shape including a front member, a rear member, and side members extending between the front and rear members. A grid structure is connected to the front, rear and side members and supports objects on the oven rack. Two rear rails are connected to the rear member to help retain objects on the oven rack. The rear rails project rearwardly and upwardly from rear member and define a free space being between the rear rails providing additional clearance for objects placed on the oven rack.

Abstract: A programmable cooking system includes a controller, at least one of a cooking range and an oven interfacing with the controller, a set of scales interfacing with the controller, a timer interfacing with the controller and at least one data entry component interfacing with the controller.

Abstract: A method of controlling an oven is provided. The oven includes a first heater, a second heater having a lower output than the first heater, at least one third heater, and at least one fan blowing a heat of the third heater to a cavity. The first heater operates for cooking food and then the second heater operates after the first heater stops. Then, the third heater and the fan continuously operate while the first heater and second heater operate.

Abstract: An oven includes an oven cavity having multiple pairs of horizontally disposed guide slots recessed into the side walls of the oven cavity. At least one oven rack is configured with at least two wheels mounted on axles secured to at least one hinged support along an edge of the oven rack. After the oven rack is inserted into the oven cavity, the hinged support is pivoted to move the axles of the wheels to a generally horizontal position to cause the wheels to engage the horizontal slots and support the oven rack. The oven rack is removed from the oven cavity by lifting the oven rack to cause the wheels to disengage from the horizontal guide slots and to pivot so that the axles are at an angle with respect to the horizontal position. With the wheels disengaged from the guide slots, the oven rack is readily removable from the oven cavity.

Abstract: A cooking apparatus which is affixed to a wall using a mechanism allowing the cooking apparatus to be fixed in a horizontal position when it is to be used or moved into a vertical position when it is to be stored. The cooking apparatus incorporates a lid covering the cooking apparatus which is lifted into a vertical position during cooking to constitute a protective barrier between the cooking area and the wall upon which the cooking apparatus is mounted. The cooking apparatus incorporates two (2) retractable or foldable shelves, which are retracted or folded within the cooking apparatus when not in use and which, after lifting the lid, are extended or folded out on either side of the cooking apparatus for use during cooking.

Abstract: A guard for protecting a cook or chef from burn injury from accidentally touching a hot oven rack comprising a sleeve of material mounted on the front rail of a metal oven rack. The sleeve is formed of a material having a thermal conductivity that is lower than than the thermal conductivity of the metal oven rack, so that when the guard is accidentally touched, insufficient thermal energy is transferred to an oven user to cause a burn, allowing the oven user to withdraw from the sleeve before injury can result. Preferably, the material forming the sleeve is heat resistant and has a lower thermal mass and thermal conductivity than the metal oven rack.

Abstract: A barbecue apparatus is provided, the apparatus comprises: a grill body comprising at least one cooking chamber and a fire bowl having a topside opening; at least one lid, and the lid being designed to cover the topside opening of the fire bowl during a closed position; at least one mounting assembly attached to the firebowl, and the mounting assembly having at least one aperture; and at least one swing out shelf system, and the system comprises at least one shelf and at least one bracket with opposing ends, a first end being connected to said shelf and a second end comprising at least one shaft extending downwardly therefrom and designed to fit and rotate within the aperture of the mounting assembly whereby the shelf can be swung between a first position for use and a second position for storage, at least a portion of the shelf being situated away from the topside opening of the fire bowl in the first position and the shelf is situated generally above the topside opening of the fire bowl during the second po

Abstract: A baking apparatus with a removable rack and adjustable pan supports provides the user with versatility by permitting manual re-configuration of the spacing of the oven racks as desired by the user. The removable rack component includes two interfaces for the oven, a locking rib on the top and a fastener or plunger on the bottom. These permit the user to manually remove the rack from the oven without using tools or other apparatus. The adjustable pan supports include offset tabs for removably and easily engaging the oven rack. The pan supports are removed and repositioned, adjusting shelf height and distance, by lifting and turning the pan supports 90 degrees to release the supports from the rack slot, removing the supports, and repositioning them as desired.

Abstract: An electric oven includes an oven body, a first convection system having a first convection heater and a first convection fan that are installed in the oven body to operate for a first space in the oven body, and a second convection system having a second convection heater and a second convection fan that are installed in the oven body to operate for a second space in the oven body. Further, the first and second convection fans are driven by a single common driving unit.

Abstract: A barbecue has a pair of storable shelves mounted on opposite portions of the barbecue housing adjacent the upper open end of the housing. The shelves are rotatable about generally vertical pivot axes so that each can be swung between a first position for use outside the housing and a second position for storage inside the housing. The shelves are positioned, one over the other, for storage inside the housing when each is in the second position. Swinging movement of each of the shelves between the first and second position is provided by a downwardly extending shaft at an end of a bracket on which the shelf is mounted, which shaft is rotatably received within a mating vertical aperture in a mounting assembly mounted at the inside surface of the barbecue housing. Recesses in the shelf brackets permit the brackets to be positioned over and to nest on the rim of the housing when in the first position outside of the housing.

Abstract: A heating cooker capable of evenly supplying steam from a steam generator into a cooking cavity. The heating cooker includes a cooking cavity, a steam generator to supply steam into the cooking cavity, and food racks installed in the cooking cavity to support food thereon. Each of the food racks is fabricated with a pipe having a plurality of steam discharging holes so that the steam is fed into each of the food racks. Thus, the heating cooker allows the steam to be distributed through entire portions of the food racks to allow the steam to be evenly discharged into the cooking cavity.

Abstract: A multirack speedcook oven includes a cooking cavity, a plurality of racks within the cooking cavity, an RF generation module operationally coupled to the cooking cavity and configured to deliver microwave energy into the cooking cavity, at least one heat source positioned within the cavity and configured to supply heat energy to the cooking cavity, and a control configured to accept data regarding said plurality of racks, the control operationally coupled to the RF generation module, and the at least one heat source for selective control thereof based on the accepted data.

Abstract: A barbecue grill is disclosed that includes a main grill body including a cooking chamber, the frame, and an improved shelf. The improved shelf includes a substantially planar portion and either a pair of tool hangers configured to receive barbecue instruments and tools and/or a hand pull. The tool hangers are attached to the substantially planar portion and project therefrom in a manner wherein the tool hangers oppose each other. The hand pull is configured to be accessed by a user from under the shelf, and maybe further configured to fit user's cupped and upwardly-turned hand. Additionally, the hand pull is preferably configured to be ergonomically shaped for a user's hand.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention provides a coated steel wire oven rack. The preferred coated steel wire oven rack includes a plurality of elongated steel wire members joined together to form an oven rack having an outer surface. The plurality of elongated steel wire members are made from a steel rod material containing from about 80 to about 99.9% by weight of iron, from about 0.001 to about 0.08% by weight of carbon and from about 0.001 to about 0.2% by weight of a carbon stabilizing transition metal, preferably selected from the group consisting of Vanadium, Tantalum, Titanium and Niobium. The plurality of elongated steel wire members are preferably made from the steel rod material by drawing the steel rod material to form steel wire; wherein the diameter of the cross-sectional area of the steel rod material is reduced by at least about 20% when the steel rod material is drawn to form the steel wire.

Abstract: The invention provides a fireplace having a warming shelf, suitable for warming beverages, such as coffee, tea or hot cocoa; food items; and other items, for example, clothing, such as mittens or socks.

Abstract: A two tiered warming rack makes use of the additional height of the upper housing of a gas grill and utilizes the support linkage of the first warming rack. The second warming rack is fixed to the first rack and moves therewith. The second rack is generally parallel to the first rack and maintains the same orientation as the first rack. Preferably, the second rack is supported in a cantilevered manner from the rear portion of the first rack.

Abstract: A tray for use with a barbecue having one or more griddles partly or wholly outlying or able to outlie the base of the barbecue wherein the tray is locatable beneath the griddles or the parts of griddles outlying the base to direct fat falling therefrom to the base is described. The tray is particularly suitable for use with multi-level hooded barbecues.

Abstract: A collapsible multi-level baking rack assembly includes a plurality of racks, at least one connector leg and at least one leg retainer. Each rack includes at least one horizontally projecting lug. Each connector leg defines a plurality of substantially horizontal, vertically spaced slots for removably receiving a lug of one of the racks to support and space apart the plurality of racks. The retainer leg mutually engages a lug of each rack and the connector leg to retain each lug in each slot of the connector leg.

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: An eco-grill pan comprises a flat bowl having a bottom. The bottom has a collecting channel therein and a plurality of elevations extend upwardly from the bottom. The elevations have at least two sides and pairs of elevations define a valley therebetween. At least one side has an opening therethrough an at least one impression in the side near the opening. The collecting channel of the bottom is transverse to the elevations. The drill pan is of a one-piece casting construction.

Abstract: An oven rack assembly to support cooking vessels within an oven that is capable of being pulled outwardly and upwardly exterior to the oven's interior heating chamber. The rack is situated within a frame generally conforming to the shape and size of the interior cooking region of a conventional oven. Generally L-shaped arms are pivotally attached to the rack and the frame, the arms being of a shape and dimension to allow the rack, when pulled and removed from the interior of the oven, to be raised to any one of several heights, including a height approximately equal to that of the upper exterior surface of the oven, while maintaining a horizontal orientation at all times. The assembly has a locking mechanism to allow the user to raise the rack to any one of several convenient heights.

Abstract: A barbecue grill assembly adapted for simultaneously cooking one food and warming another, the grill comprising a base component having an upper portion and lower portion, a rearward end, a forward end, and two side walls extending between the rearward and forward ends, an opened top, and a closed bottom, the base component having a charcoal rack positioned within lower portion, the base component further having a food rack positioned above the charcoal rack; a lid component having an upper portion, a lower portion, a rearward end, a forward end, and two side walls extending between the forward and rearward ends, a closed top and an opened bottom, rack receiving means positioned upon the side walls of the lid component; an upper lid rack adapted to be received within the upper rack receiving means of the lid component; and a lower lid rack adapted to be received within the rack receiving means of the lid component, the distance between the upper lid rack and the lower lid rack being such that food items may b

Abstract: An eco-grill pan with a grill surface formed of grill rods disposed at a distance from one another has fat drain channels disposed between them and a fat collecting channel. The grill pan is formed of one-piece construction and between the grill rods and each fat drain channel at least one fat drip edge exists and is disposed above a corresponding fat drain channel. Due to the overlapping, the dripping fat is collected by the fat drain channel. The fat collecting channel encircles the grill surface so that the collected fat can be collected and readily be poured off.

Abstract: In grilling foods, a grate is placed over the heat source. Foods are placed on the grate for cooking. The grill grate cover of this invention comprises disposable, heat-proof tubes which removably slip onto the grate bars. After use, they are removed, thrown away, and replaced.

Abstract: An outdoor grill having two food warming racks which are pivotally mounted in the upper housing member of the grill enclosure and which are interconnected to each other and to the lower housing member by links for supporting said racks in spaced parallel relation as the upper housing member is moved between its open and closed positions.

Abstract: A disposable foil grill is disclosed which consists of a corrugated and perforated sheet of heavy duty aluminum foil. The corrugations allow smoke to access virtually the entire bottom surface of the food being cooked so that the desired barbecue flavor is obtained. Fat from meat being cooked drips into troughs formed by the corrugation and exits through holes in the troughs onto the coals for generation of the smoke and flame which give food a desireable barbecue flavor. Another advantage of the disclosed disposable grill cover is that the distances between adjacent troughs may be changed by a slight pull on the ends of the foils to perfectly align the troughs with the spacings between the wire grating of the grill. In this way, holes formed in the bottom of the troughs for fat drippings do not allow the drippings to come in contact with the wire grating.

Abstract: A cooking grill designed to overlie a conventional outdoor barbecue is disclosed having a portable, unitary cooking surface that includes both a griddle section and a charbroil section to allow for the simultaneous and efficient frying and charbroiling of food over the barbecue. Preferably, depending arms are attached to the underside of the unitary cooking surface and are spaced to support the surface when removed from the barbecue such that the surface may be used to serve cooked food. The downwardly depending arms are also located and sized to prevent lateral movement of the cooking surface relative to the conventional barbecue when the surface overlies the barbecue. Additional features of the portable grill include an upwardly extending circumferential lip about each of the griddle section and the charbroil section to facilitate the retention of food on the cooking surface and a unique detachably connectable handle means for moving the cooking surface.

Abstract: An outdoor grilling appliance having a retractable shelf for keeping food warm within the cooking area and above the normal food grilling surface with means interconnecting the keep-warm shelf with the cover of the grill so that upon opening the grill the keep-warm shelf is displaced laterally and partially retracted from above the grilling surface.

Abstract: A vaporizer-burner using liquid fuel such as oil, in which the oil conducted to the combustion chamber is vaporized before being ignited and in which the air required for combustion has been conducted to the combustion chamber along a separate duct. The problem in this type of vaporizer-burners of prior art is the continuous vacuum prevailing in the combustion chamber during operation, which renders the flame unstable and sensitive to changes in ambient conditions, such as wind squalls. With the vaporizer-burner of the invention, the problem has been solved in that the air supply duct has been divided into two parts, one directing air to the oil vaporizing process and the other to the combustion process, and that the supply proportion of said so-called primary and secondary airs can be adjusted with the aid of a turnable flap placed in the duct.

Abstract: A flavorizing element for evaporating greases in an outdoor gas grill consists of an inverted V-shaped member having a pair of flat inclined walls defining an included angle of more than 90.degree. so that grease will evaporate while flowing across the heated inclined walls. The walls have vent openings formed by deforming tabs in the walls.

Abstract: A compact base unit for use in conjunction with a microwave oven or the like includes a lower surface for resting upon a counter top, an upper surface for supporting the oven, and a storage area disposed between the upper and lower surfaces. A work surface is slidingly secured to the base unit by a roller track assembly for allowing the work surface to be either retracted within the storage area of the base unit or slidingly extended in front of the base unit. The base unit includes a camming member connected to a push rod for partially advancing the work surface from the storage area when the push rod is actuated. The work surface includes a cookware support molded of silicone rubber to form a series of concentric, stepped depressions for securely supporting various sized cookware utilized in conjunction with the oven.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a device for holding an object such as a microwave oven above the burner area of a kitchen stove or range of the type commonly used in homes. The disclosed invention includes a platform for holding the object which is rigidly secured to a support. The support is adapted to engage the drip rails on both sides of the burner area of the range to hold the platform at a predetermined height above the burner area. A stiffening member is secured to the platform and to the support to provide rigidity to the shelf which stiffening member has a heat reflective surface extending substantially across the burner area of the range to reflect heat back toward the burner area and away from the shelf.

Abstract: A browning unit is slidably provided in a high-frequency oven cavity. The browning unit is adjustable in location in the oven cavity with the use of a lever provided on an outside wall of the oven for controlling a browning or toasting condition of the exterior of foodstuffs. To prevent leakage of high-frequency energy, a choke mechanism is required at a point through which a lead wire and a supporter for the browning unit are provided.

Abstract: A pivotally mounted, stowable galley which may include a sink, a stove, storage and work areas, the galley having a "down" storage position flush with a vertical surface to which it is attached and an "up" operational position substantially perpendicular to the vertical surface. The galley includes an elongated but relatively thin (in height) rectangular box which houses a sink, a stove (if desired), and storage areas and a double hinged counter top which serves as the galley box closure or lid. The galley is mountable on a boat gunnel overhang and vertical or horizontal wall surfaces and is intended for use in confined areas where space is at a premium, such as in boats, recreational vehicles and the like. When not in use, the galley pivots downwardly increasing available space and occupying very little space when stowed. When in use, complete galley facilities are provided including a sink, a stove, storage areas and adequate counter space.