Abstract: An apparatus for cooking meat is provided. The apparatus preferably includes a base having at least one liquid container connected to an upper surface of the base and a holding cavity formed in the upper surface of the base between outer walls of the liquid container and outer peripheries of the base. The apparatus also preferably includes at least one separate meat infusor positioned register with the liquid container and receive steam from the liquid container. The meat infusor preferably has an infusor body and a plurality of openings positioned in side peripheries of the infusor body so that when liquid positioned in the liquid container heats, steam from the liquid travels through the infusor body, through the openings therein, and toward meat positioned to overlie the infusor body.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 29, 2004
Date of Patent:
December 12, 2006
Assignee:
Innovative Culinary Concepts, LLC
Inventors:
Ronald William Scharbo, George C. McKerrow, Jr., Phillip Jack Snoke
Abstract: An apparatus and methods for cooking meat are provided. The apparatus preferably includes a base having at least one liquid container connected to an upper surface of the base and a liquid collecting cavity formed in the upper surface of the base between outer walls of the liquid container and outer peripheries of the base. The apparatus also preferably includes at least one separate meat infusor positioned to contact the base and to overlie and substantially surround at least inner walls of the liquid container. The meat infusor preferably has an infusor body and a plurality of openings positioned in side peripheries of the infusor body so that when liquid positioned in the liquid container heats, steam from the liquid travels through the infusor body, through the openings therein, and toward meat positioned to overlie the infusor body.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 21, 2002
Date of Patent:
December 5, 2006
Assignee:
Innovative Culinary Concepts, LLC
Inventors:
Phillip Jack Snoke, George C. McKerrow, Jr., Ronald William Scharbo