Abstract: A cooking oven has a housing and walls which enclose an oven chamber in which a rotisserie supports food to be cooked. The heat for cooking the food derives from a burner having a plenum and tiles in front of the plenum, with the tiles being exposed to the oven chamber along the upper wall of the chamber and near the rear of the chamber. A removable baffle fits into the oven chamber along the upper wall ahead of the burner and it forms an air duct in which two blowers revolve. The blowers draw air from within chamber into the duct and forces it out of the duct downwardly so that it impinges on the food as the food passes beneath the discharge region of the duct, A deflector keeps the air so discharged for disturbing the flame along the tiles of the burner.

Abstract: A barbecue appliance capable of cooking a variety of foods by disposing a rotary grill in which food is held vertically within a cooking chamber between heating members provided therein and rotating the rotary grill between the heating members, so that an optimum cooking state is obtained. The barbecue includes a cooking unit and a rotary grill which may be inserted into the cooking unit. The cooking unit has an outer casing provided with an elongated top opening and having a removable drip reservoir provided in the bottom thereof, a main frame encased by the outer casing and having a bottom wall and side walls defining therewithin a vertical cooking chamber opened and its top, heating members disposed on both sides of the cooking chamber, a drive section having a driving gear extended to the inside of the cooking chamber, a solenoid-releasable lifting and lowering mechanism for lifting and lowering the rotary grill in the cooking chamber.

Abstract: Apparatus or device for the preparation of fowl which has been dressed, comprising a heat transfer member having an exterior configuration which substantially conforms to the interior cavity of the dressed fowl and which, when inserted into the cavity, makes substantially total contact with the interior wall such that when the heat transfer member, with fowl mounted thereon, is placed in a heated environment, the fowl is initially seared in the interior cavity and thereafter cooked for human consumption in accordance with the method prescribed herein.

Abstract: A cooking device comprising: an insulated housing defining a cooking cavity therein having a front opening; a radiant heat source disposed within the cooking cavity and positioned adjacent a rear wall of the housing; a rotating vertical support having a first end, centered in the housing; a plurality of rigid elongated skewers aligned along the length of the vertical support and disposed horizontally therethrough for holding various items of food to be cooked, the food items travelling in a circular path about the longitudinal axis of the rotating vertical support; and a motorized mechanism detachably connected to the first end of the vertical support for rotating the vertical support about its longitudinal axis.

Abstract: The invention is an oven system for roasting, cooking, baking and regenerating, as well as for grilling foodstuffs by supplying heat into a cooking space of the oven. The oven system includes at least one slide-in frame movable into and out of the cooking space, respectively, the slide-in frame having at least two respectively connected rotating discs which are rotatably supported on the opposing inner sides of the slide-in frame. The oven system also includes receivers for the foodstuffs which are releasably attached to the rotating discs and at least one drive mechanism mounted on the oven for rotating a rotating disc. The drive is engageable with and disengageable from the rotating disc.

Abstract: A roasting oven including upper, lower, front, and rear walls and left and right end walls defining, in combination, a hollow envelope having a substantially curved upper surface, the housing including, within at least one of the front and rear walls, an opening for inserting and removing meats to be roasted to, in a normal state of operation, provide a continuously uninterrupted fluid communication between an oven interior defined by the walls, the envelope and the atmosphere; at least one infrared radiation element situated within said envelope of the oven housing, the element facing the oven interior to enable infrared radiation transmitted into the envelope to be reflected about the oven interior, the substantially curved upper surface of the envelope of the housing containing heated air to, in combination with directed radiated energy from the infrared element and reflected radiation therefrom, create sufficient oven temperatures within the substantially curved upper surface of the oven housing to accomp

Abstract: A convertible barbecue capable of grill cooking and rotisserie cooking. The barbecue includes one or more radiant such as briquette trays for holding refractory briquettes underneath a food item to be cooked. In the grill-cooking mode, the briquette trays are supported horizontally underneath a grill rack, while in the rotisserie mode a front briquette tray is removed and a rear briquette tray is angled so as to be out from underneath a spit for rotisserie cooking of food items. In an alternative configuration both front and rear briquette trays may be repositioned toward the rotisserie spit.

Abstract: A rotisserie oven includes a plurality of spits spaced one above the other such that the upper spits are staggered slightly forwardly with respect to the lower spits. Each spit is located forward of respective curved heating plates. Fat dripping from rotating chickens falls therefrom, missing chickens therebelow.

Abstract: A rotary cooker includes a cabinet assembly having a bottom, a top, opposite sidewalls, a front wall and a back wall. A door opening is formed in the front wall and is selectively closed by a door hingedly mounted on the front wall. A spit/rotisserie assembly includes a drive shaft rotatably received in bearings mounted in the cabinet assembly sidewalls, and further includes a rotisserie selectively mounted on the drive shaft for operation in a rotisserie configuration. The rotisserie can be removed from the drive shaft for operation in a spit cooking configuration. A drive assembly includes a motor drivingly connected to the drive shaft, a battery for selectively powering the motor and a photovoltaic solar collector array for charging the battery.

Abstract: The tabletop device for the preparation of meals comprises a burner, which may preferably be placed on a plate of wood, stone or the like in a nonslipping manner, and a grilling material carrier removably disposed above the burner. The burner is surrounded, at a lateral distance from it, by a chimney-like hood at least partly spaced from the plate and rising above the burner, whose side walls in combination with the walls of the burner delimit air flow channels communicating with ambient air at the bottom end. As a result of these measures an air flow acting upwards from below will be generated when the burner flame is ignited, spreading the flame across the entire burner surface and enriching it with oxygen to a great extent.

Abstract: A rotisserie oven including separate convection and radiant heating elements is provided with individually controllable fans to allow precise control of food quality during different operational modes of the oven. In particular, a cooling fan is provided which may be operated separately of convection fans to prevent unwanted air circulation within the oven. According to a further embodiment of the invention, the upper surface of the oven is provided with substantially flat and seam-free configuration to allow for easy cleaning. Channels provided for directed convection currents are easily removable to facilitate cleaning. A control system allows for selection of predetermined operational modes utilizing individual fan and heating element control.

Abstract: An electric barbecue grill including a grill body having a half-round cooking chamber at the top and an electric heating coil horizontally disposed within the cooking chamber at the bottom, a motor mounted outside the cooking chamber and having a sprocket gear on the motor shaft thereof, a rotary cooking grid supported on pulleys within the cooking chamber at the set elevation and rotated horizontally by the sprocket gear along a track on the set elevation.

Abstract: An easy to clean and sanitize skewer driver for driving the horizontally supported skewer in the rotisserie oven for roasting chickens and other food products is formed from an outer and an inner sleeve where the inner sleeve is affixed to a planet gear and is journalled in the outer sleeve for rotary motion. A pin bisecting the inner sleeve retains the inner sleeve and planet gear and defines a recess or socket for accepting the end of and driving the skewer for rotation about its own axis, The outer sleeve is frictionally fitted to the reel plate to orbit in the rotisserie oven so that the skewer rotates with and relative to the reel plate.

Abstract: Cooking apparatus that uses a housing with a fireplace to support a fire for cooking food. A spit for supporting food is rotatably connected to the housing and receives heat generated from the fire in the fireplace. The spit may include at least three driven shoulders disposed substantially equidistant from one another around the periphery of the spit. Driving apparatus is connected to the housing for rotating the spit and has a drive member rotatably connected to the housing. The driving member may include at least four driving shoulders disposed substantially equidistant from one another to engage the driven shoulders on the spit so that the spit rotates more than one complete revolution every time the drive member is rotated. The housing may include a reclamation trap disposed beneath the spit to recover the juices produced when cooking the food on the spit. The driving member may include an axle rod and elongated slats having a length sufficient to allow large food items to be mounted to the spits.

Abstract: A mobile rotisserie for mass cooking of edible vertebrate products, characterized by a wheel-mounted, open pit wherein a spit conveyor travels from end to end and plural spits engage the conveyor, the spits being rapidly rotated simultaneously as they travel the length of the rotisserie unit. Cooking products are removably impaled while being releasibly compressed on the spits by retainer and strap assemblies, each of which is held upon traveling rods, the latter of which engage the spit conveyor. The travelling rods and spits, per se, are removable during operation and successively transportable with the cooked product from the rotisserie.

Abstract: The bull gear in the planetary gear system of a rotisserie is mounted on the shaft of the reel plates and held stationary for rotating the plantetary gears and maintaining them in a coplanar relationship. The bull gear is biased by a spring having its free end bearing against the face of the bull gear to urge it axially toward the reel plate. The bull gear and planet gears are selected so that the rotational speed of the skewer driven by the planet gear and the orbital speed of the reel plate are such that the same angular location of the skewer passes the same angular location of the heater once every five orbits.

Abstract: A rotisserie mechanism utilizing a base member having a first portion and second portions which are angularly disposed relative to one another. The first and second portions may take the form of a pair of racks and are held to a rotisserie rod. A holding element is locked to the base member and includes a locking device for fastening the holding element thereto. Thus, food items to be cooked on a rotisserie are clipped to the rotisserie rod by the base member and holding element. The rod is easily disengaged from the turning motor and includes block supports and a stop that prevents the rod from accidentally moving downwardly into the source of heat.

Abstract: The skewer for a rotisserie for roasting chicken and the like is formed from a single piece with a straight spine portion having angularly extended drive wings fitting into the cavity of the chicken for positive rotation thereof. The skewer rotates with the reel plate of the rotisserie and relative to and includes support ends for mounting in the reel plates of the rotisserie that include constraints for limiting axial movement for precluding the possibility of inadvertent dislodgement of the skewer from the reel plates. The absence of corners, welds and crevices and the like facilitate cleanliness and avoids the propensity of collecting bacteria and potentially toxic substances.

Abstract: A barbecue device includes an oven container having a top, bottom, opposite sides, opposite ends, and a centrally disposed cooking zone wherein foods are suspended. One or more bins for holding combustible materials are mounted on sides and yet laterally removed from underneath the cooking zone so as to prevent liquids from dripping off of the suspended foods and falling upon the combustible materials. The bins are easily accessible when rigidly and obliquely mounted to extend inside the oven container through an aperture in the side. The portions of the bins facing inward are permeable to smoke and heat while the outwardly facing portions are not. The oblique angle of the bins allow the combustible materials therein to provide an even source of heat to the food, particularly when the food is suspending in rotating rotisserie baskets. A hinged lid and handle facilitate the loading and unloading of the bins.

Abstract: A spit for a rotisserie oven includes first and second support rods extending within the cooking chamber and a plurality of food carrying devices affixed to the support rods. The food carrying devices include a base having a locking portion depending from one end thereof and a skewer portion depending from the other end thereof. The locking portions and skewers cooperate to individually lock the food product on the spit. Accordingly, food can be removed from the spit without removing the spit from the oven. Moreover, more even cooking is obtained since the outer surface of the food is evenly exposed to the heat source.

Abstract: A portable pit cooking apparatus includes a heat distributing assembly which permits controlled burning of a solid fuel material and substantially uniform distribution of heat across the cooking region of the apparatus, a towing assembly which supports the heat distributing assembly above a support surface for rendering it mobile for transport over the support surface to a desired cooking site and for retaining a stationary once the desired site has been reached, a fire height adjusting assembly which permits tailoring of the position of the fire to the type of cooking to be carried out, a rotisserie assembly which provides for uniform and slow cooking of a large quantity of food and permits easy and quick removal and disassembly to clean the parts thereof and to convert to other cooking options, an adjustable hood assembly for covering the cooking chamber, and an ash collection and removal assembly which permits easy washout and cleanup of the apparatus.

Abstract: A rotisserie apparatus for rotating and roasting articles of food comprising a support assembly, a skewer assembly, a rotatable assembly and a drive assembly. The drive assembly turning a plurality of rotatable assemblies which are in turn removably mounted to skewer assemblies. The skewer assemblies hold food stuffs, which a user desires to roast, over a heat source. Because each skewer is independently and removably mounted to its own rotatable assembly, the entire device does not have to be stopped to remove a single skewer assembly. The support assembly, in conjunction with the rotatable assembly, cooperatively suspends the skewer assemblies over the heat source contained therein.

Abstract: A roasting oven includes a housing having upper, lower, front, rear, right and left walls defining a cylindrical oven interior. The oven also includes a spit assembly rotatably disposed in the interior, at least one infrared radiation element in the upper wall facing the interior, a water cavity in the lower wall for holding water and drippings, a rotating shaft disposed between the end walls for rotabably supporting the spit assembly, and drive elements coupled to the rotating shaft for turning the shaft during roasting, in which an opening in the front cylinder is provided for inserting and removing meats to be roasted. The infrared element faces the oven interior and enables infrared radiation to be reflected from meat at the interior while curvature of the upper wall of the interior returns heated air which, together with direct radiated heat from the radiation element and the reflected radiation, creates oven temperature in excess of 800.degree. F.

Abstract: A rotisserie cooking unit has a centrally configured heat source, a pair of removable spit carriers and a pair of removable covers which are configured to provide the function of covering and enclosing the unit and of opening up to serve as drip pans and ash catches.

Abstract: A rotisserie oven includes an air plenum having three sections surrounding a cooking chamber. Two sections extend along opposing lateral walls while a third section extends along the top wall of the cooking chamber. Exhaust vents in the air plenum provide forced, heated air into the cooking chamber from three sides. The inlet and exhaust vents have hooded louvers to reduce the amount of grease entering the air plenum. A grease collection device includes a drawer having two handles for easier manipulation thereof. A control system, disposed at the bottom of the oven near the grease drawer, is isolated from the relatively hot cooking chamber by a stream of cool ambient air. A temperature sensor is disposed on the suction chamber side of a blower and near the oven door so that changes in the cooking chamber temperature are rapidly sensed.

Abstract: Cooking apparatus that uses a housing with a fireplace to support a fire for cooking food. A spit for supporting food is rotatably connected to the housing and receives heat generated from the fire in the fireplace. The spit may include at least three driven shoulders disposed substantially equidistant from one another around the periphery of the spit. Driving apparatus is connected to the housing for rotating the spit and has a drive member rotatably connected to the housing. The driving member may include at least four driving shoulders disposed substantially equidistant from one another to engage the driven shoulders on the spit so that the spit rotates more than one complete revolution every time the drive member is rotated. The housing may include a reclamation trap disposed beneath the spit to recover the juices produced when cooking the food on the spit. The driving member may include an axle rod and elongated slats having a length sufficient to allow large food items to be mounted to the spits.

Abstract: A free standing collapsible, portable barbeque (1) adapted to be moved between a closed/folded configuration and an open/assembled configuration and from an open/assembled configuration to a closed/folded configuration thereby assuming the character of a portable suitcase; the barbeque comprising a substantially cubic receptacle (2) supported by legs (5, 6, 7 and 8) pivotally attached to the underside of the receptacle so that they fold inwardly to a plane parallel with the base of the receptacle.A lid (15) is pivotally connected to the receptacle which when open acts as a rear baffle and when closed as a cover for the receptacle.The barbeque has first and second side baffles (11 and 12) which are adapted to move independently of the lid (15) each pivotally connected to the base of the the receptacle and between a sidewall of the receptacle; and a well (37) formed within said receptacle which acts as a cooking waste trap.

Abstract: A potato baking device comprising a self-supporting base and lid, wherein the base and lid define a cooking chamber for baking potatoes. A heating plate is provided inside the cooking chamber for conducting heat throughout the cooking chamber. A plurality of detachable heat conductive skewers are provided on which potatoes are mounted and placed into the cooking chamber such that the skewers are in contact with the heating plate. To facilitate mounting the potatoes onto the skewers, a mounting block is provided. A temperature sensing unit is also provided to determine the internal temperature of the potato and indicate when cooking is completed.

Abstract: A skewer assembly (12) that incorporates a counterbalancing device (42) for use with a barbecue grill (10) or other rotisserie assembly includes a generally rectangular shaft (20) that has a handle (22) releasably secured to one end thereof through a releasable end piece (24). The counterbalancing device (42, 42a) has a counterweight (15, 62) on one free end thereof and an elongated slot (48, 60) intermediate opposite ends. A threaded stud (32) forming part of and extending outwardly from the main body (30) of the end piece (24) is threaded through the elongated slot (48,60) of the counterbalancing device (42,42a) and into a threaded opening (34a) extending inwardly into the shaft (20) to frictionally grip the counterbalancing device (42,42a) between an abutment (40) on the handle (22) and an abutment (36) on the end piece (24).

Abstract: A barbecue grill assembly including a main cooking chamber, a removable cooking grid positioned within the main chamber above a primary heat source, a frame for supporting the cooking grid and a drawer element connected to and supporting the frame for rollably withdrawing the cooking grid from the main chamber. The assembly also includes an elevator mechanism for raising and lowering the frame and cooking grid without the need to remove any elements from within the main chamber. A rotisserie is also provided removably supported on the frame which facilitates withdrawal of the spit and cooking food held on the spit from the main chamber for attending without the need for handling hot food or spit. An overhead infrared heating element, side grill elements, a warming chamber and other features are also disclosed.

Abstract: A lower housing defines an elongated heat chamber with side-mounted longitudinally extended linear gas burners which heat the space in the chamber and also edibles mounted on a longitudinal spit which rotates at about the top of the housing. Removable covers enclose the heat chamber, and are removed to permit the spit to be released from its drive mechanism and elevated into a carving mode, with a carving tray underneath, so that meat can be carved on the spit and its accessories, and also on the tray immediately below the spit, keeping all the food warm while it is being carved. The rotisserie includes accessories for mounting fish, poultry and chunk meat, and also has a grill accessory, with the longitudinal dimensioning of all the parts and accessories being such that carving can be done beneath the spit in its carving mode at one portion of the rotisserie, while meat skewered on the other portions of the rotisserie are maintained hot from the heat emanating up from the heat chamber.

Abstract: A device for directing heat from a heat source in a barbecue grill to food on a rotisserie. The heat directing device has a base portion for placement over a heat source and a hollow duct extending from the base portion which terminates in an opening directed at the rotisserie. In one embodiment, there are two oppositely positioned ducts to direct heat to both the front and back of the food to be cooked. In another embodiment, there are louvers in the base portion so as to allow some heat to escape the base portion and cook the food from the underside. The base portion and duct are adjustable in a lateral manner to fit various sizes of barbecue grill bases. The heat directing device is especially suited for a gas fired barbecue grill unit.

Abstract: A skewer device for barbecue cooking foods such as shish-kabob. The skewer device has a rod to which the food is attached and a pair of support members slidably retained on the rod at opposite ends of the food arrangement. The support members are ring-like in the preferred embodiment and elevate the food above the cooking surface. The support members loosely fit on the skewer so they may be tilted to frictionally engage the rod to secure the food and lock the members relative to the rod.

Abstract: Cooking apparatus that uses a housing with a fireplace to support a fire for cooking food. A spit for supporting food is rotatably connected to the housing and receives heat generated from the fire in the fireplace. The spit may include at least three driven shoulders disposed substantially equidistant from one another around the periphery of the spit. Driving apparatus is connected to the housing for rotating the spit and has a drive member rotatably connected to the housing. The driving member may include at least four driving shoulders disposed substantially equidistant from one another to engage the driven shoulders on the spit so that the spit rotates more than one complete revolution every time the drive member is rotated. The housing may include a reclamation trap disposed beneath the spit to recover the juices produced when cooking the food on the spit. The driving member may include an axle rod and elongated slats having a length sufficient to allow large food items to be mounted to the spits.

Abstract: Apparatus for cooking food atop a barbeque grill or the like including a hollow rectangular frame having front and rear walls coupled by adjustable side walls to adapt the unit to different size barbeque grills. A plurality of food receiving skewer blades are rotatably mounted on the front and rear walls and include a pointed end for piercing food and a handle end which can be gripped for removing the skewer blades. One of the skewer blades is rotatably driven via a motor mounted thereon adjacent the front wall. The rotation of the driven skewer blade is coupled to the remaining skewer blades via intermeshing gears rotatably mounted on the rear wall.

Abstract: A kitchen oven comprises, in a chamber (2), a drippings pan (6) supporting a spit (8) and adapted to occupy two positions, either a cooking position in which the drip-pings pan is in the chamber and the spit is in the axle of a rotatable drive (9), or a retracted position in which the drippings pan is partially outside the chamber (2) and the spit (8) is free from the drive. The drippings pan and the walls (3) of the oven comprises mutually sliding surfaces (20, 21) so arranged that, prior to the cooking position, the surfaces exert on each other a force F directed toward the rear of the oven tending to position the drippings pan automatically in its cooking position.

Abstract: A portable rotisserie is disclosed which can be readily assembled and disassembled. The rotisserie includes front and back walls and two side walls each of which includes at its extremities complementary connecting means so that the walls can be assembled in the form of a rectangular frame. The front wall includes two plates between which are mounted a plurality of engaging idler gears and a drive gear for rotating the idler gears. Notches are provided in the upper surface of the plates of the front wall for receiving a sprocket gear attached to a skewer, the other end of which is supported in the back wall. A drive gear engages the idler gear so that when it is rotated, either manually or by motor, rotation of the idler gears causes the skewers mounted in the notches to rotate.

Abstract: The grill has separately adjustable left and right grill surfaces and independently controllable left and right burner portions. A removable heat shield impedes heat transfer between the left and right sides, to permit different cooking temperatures at the same time. A slotted heat distribution plate minimizes hot spots on the grill surface while allowing a controlled flare-up to enhance the barbecue flavor.

Abstract: Support for a spit (1) mounted on a drippings pan (2) and comprising two opposite supports (3) each insulated from the drippings pan by an insulating base (5) comprising a head (7) that rests on a margin (8) of the drippings pan. At least one foot (9, 10) passes through a corresponding opening (12, 13) of the drippings pan. Each opening comprises a skirt (14), and the height (h) and the section (s1, s2) of the foot are dimensioned as a function of the section (a1, a2) of the opening such that, during swinging of the support about a horizontal axis (15-16-17) by pressing of the head on the margin of the drippings pan, a region (19-20-21) of the foot opposite that axis will come to bear against the skirt, thereby preventing the foot from leaving the opening. Application to ovens with combined microwave and resistance heating.

Abstract: An improved rotisserie grill is provided and consists of an elongated rectangular framework having four vertical legs, one in each corner and two side cross members, each extending horizontally between two legs. A rotatable spit is supported longitudinally above the framework. An electric motor is supported on the framework to rotate the spit. A semi-cylindrical fire bowl having a curved inner surface is affixed to the framework with the side cross members supporting the bottom ends of the fire bowl. A grate is carried in the fire bowl to hold fuel thereon so that when the fuel is burned the curved inner surface of the fire bowl will reflect heat towards the rotating spit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for distributing skewers, especially wooden skewers intended for making brochettes, among respective bores of a reception apparatus, such as a loading apparatus of a skewering machine.Cradles (193), each of which is capable of receiving a skewer (2), travel past a skewer take-up location (134) and then a location (113) for transferring the skewers (2) towards the reception apparatus (1). To ensure that skewers (2) having natural bending are taken up, each cradle takes up each skewer (2) only over a dimension (2L.sub.8) substantially smaller than the length (L) of the latter.

Abstract: The hand-held Rotary Barbecue Rotisserie" includes an elongated shaft having multiple prongs on which wieners, marshmallows, or other food is impaled for cooking. The shaft end opposite the cooking prongs is formed in to an eccentric crank handle, this crank is used for turning the cooking food. a heat insulting sleeve is placed on the shaft. This sleeve would typically be held in one hand while the other hand would rotate the crank handle. The shaft can be one single piece or can be separated into smaller components for easier storage.

Abstract: Barbecue apparatus including a housing, a motor having a rotatable output shaft mounted on the housing, and a support shaft for supporting meat within the housing connected to the output shaft. Mechanical interconnects of a specified character are employed to facilitate installation and removal of the support shaft.

Abstract: A cooking device for rotating foods on a barbeque has a frame, a plurality of front bearings in a front wall and an equal number of rear bearings in a rear wall arranged in pairs on common axes, a plurality of cylindrical rollers received in respective pairs of bearings, and having drive portions extending outwardly from the front or rear wall means, and a chain drive rotating the rollers, and in which the tubular rollers are disengagable from the bearings and the chain drive for cleaning.

Abstract: A shish kabob rotisserie for placement over the firebox of an outdoor grill provides a motor-driven center drive chain assembly for rotationally driving a plurality of transversely arranged skewers having double skewer members releasably attached. The double skewer members resiliently and tightly holding two loadings of food items to be cooked on a support skewer rod. The rotisserie being a portable frame-like device that is detachably mountable to a grill.

Abstract: A high frequency heating apparatus comprises a heating chamber (28), a metal skewer (5), a rotary driving portion (F) and a coupling (13). The heating chamber (28) comprises a high frequency generator (3) and a heater (2) for heating foods (26) contained therein. The metal skewer (5) supports the skewered food (26) and is rotatably suspended between both sidewalls (28b, 28c) of the heating chamber (28). The rotary driving portion (F) is provided for rotating the metal skewer (5) in the heating chamber (28). One end portion (5a) of the metal skewer (5) is coupled with the rotary driving portion (F) by the coupling (13). The coupling (13) is provided on the outside of one sidewall (28c) of the heating chamber (28). A support member (G) is provided at the position opposed to the coupling (13) for rotatably supporting the other end portion of the metal skewer (5). The support member (G) is detachably provided projecting from the other sidewall (28b) of the heating chamber (28).

Abstract: A manually-manipulatable device for supporting and rotating a number of hot dogs above the surface of a grille during a cooking operation. The device is equipped with balancer elements that maintain the device in a stabilized condition on the grilled surface in spite of cantilever forces imposed by the supported hot dogs. An elongated handle is rotatably attached to a housing that mounts a number of rotary hot dog grippers. A gear mechanism within the housing transmits a drive force from the handle to the hot dog grippers.

Abstract: A rotisserie for the controlled cooking of chicken carcasses or other meats in which a planar meat holding rack is rotatively mounted within a circular chamber. The planar rack is held in a generally vertical plane with carcasses mounted on either side of the rack. The rack rotates about a horizontal axis passing through its center of gravity, thus exposing the carcasses to two broilers mounted in the opposite walls of the chamber equidistantly from the rack. In the base of the rotisserie, a boiler generates a steady stream of steam which is injected into the cooking chamber to prevent charring of the meat and provide for a more even and thorough cooking. A injecting tool allows the operator of the rotisserie to spray or inject sauces or seasonings into the carcasses before or after cooking.

Abstract: A grill apparatus to be used in conjunction with ovens that include a heat source and an upper opening. The grill apparatus is rotably mounted within a support frame that is pivotally mounted to the oven so that it can be brought within the opening and expose it to the heat source or separated from the heat source, as desired. A wire mesh for each one of the two identical grill assemblies is provided to sandwich the foodstuff and hold it securely in place while it is rotated to expose both sides to the heat source. A stopper is provided to keep the support frame assembly in the vertical position and flanges are provided to keep it resting in the horizontal position.

Abstract: A meat holding tray for supporting strips of meat such as bacon as the meat is being cooked in a microwave oven comprises a tray having a plurality of separator plates extending upwardly parallel to one another above the surface of the tray mounted upon holding racks. Slots are formed by the separation of the upwardly extending plates. Strips of meat are placed within the slots for cooking and are pinned in place by a skewer extending through an opening in each separator plate and engaging the strip of meat resting within each slot.