Abstract: Portable turntable for rotating food in a microwave oven, including a self-contained motor which drives a rotatable platform upon which the food is mounted. The turntable is made of a material having a low loss tangent at microwave frequencies, and the drive motor is surrounded by a shielding enclosure which reflects microwaves.

Abstract: Turntable for rotating food being cooked in a microwave oven, including a rotatable platform upon which the food is mounted and a drive motor positioned to the side of the platform. The turntable is made of a material having a low loss tangent at microwave frequencies, and the drive motor is surrounded by a shielding enclosure which reflects microwaves. In one of the disclosed embodiments, the turntable can also be used in conventional ovens.

Abstract: A portable rotisserie assembly for use in a microwave oven. The assembly comprises a base adapted to rest on a turntable or directly on the floor of the oven cavity, a rotor mounted on the base for rotation about a horizontal axis, and a drive motor mounted on the base.

Abstract: A shelf structure is provided for use with a turntable in a microwave oven. The shelf structure includes a food-supporting platform and a base which rests on the table of the turntable. A first food product is placed on the turntable, and a second food product is placed on the platform above the first. When microwave energy is introduced toward the top of the oven cavity, the food product on the platform is exposed to more of the energy than is the food product on the turntable, and therefore tends to cook at a faster rate.

Abstract: A shelf structure is provided for use with a turntable in a microwave oven. The shelf structure includes a food-supporting platform and a base which rests on the table of the turntable. A first food product is placed on the turntable, and a second food product is placed on the platform above the first. When microwave energy is introduced toward the top of the oven cavity, the food product on the platform is exposed to more of the energy than is the food product on the turntable, and therefore tends to cook at a faster rate.

Abstract: Adjustable shelf for use in microwave ovens. The shelf includes a horizontally extending platform and a plurality of legs which can be moved into different positions to support the platform at different heights above a supporting surface.

Abstract: Drive motor assembly for use with a turntable, rotisserie or other appliance in a microwave oven. The motor assembly is self-contained and can be used interchangeably with different appliances. It can be positioned in a corner of the oven cavity where it will not interfere appreciably with the distribution of microwave energy within the cavity.

Abstract: Turntable for rotating food being cooked in a microwave oven, including a rotatable platform upon which the food is mounted and a drive motor positioned to the side of the platform. The turntable is made of a material having a low loss tangent at microwave frequencies, and the drive motor is surrounded by a shielding enclosure which reflects microwaves. In one of the disclosed embodiments, the turntable can also be used in conventional ovens.

Abstract: A device for use in cooking a frozen food item with a heat probe which includes an insert rod member having a point on one end and a handle on the other end, the insert rod having threads thereon for aid in inserting and removing the insert. The method of cooking a frozen food item with the use of a heat probe consisting in inserting an insert rod into the food item in an unfrozen state, then freezing the food item with the insert rod therein, then removing the insert rod from the frozen food item thereby creating a hole in the frozen food item, then inserting a heat probe into the hole in the frozen food item, then cooking the food item with the heat probe therein.

Abstract: An apparatus for heating food items while retaining the moisture and nutritional aspects of the food wherein a food item to be warmed or heated is placed in a container having a removable lid or cover which is placed within an enclosure which is refrigerated and which includes means for heating the container. As the food is heated the container wall and cover are subjected to the cooling effect of the refrigeration system whereby any moisture driven off from the food item through heating of the food condenses on the surface of the cooled wall and lid of the refrigerated container to flow back to the food item being heated. Nutritional items are retained in the food item being heated by the presence of a moist atmosphere and its cooling effect above the food item.

Abstract: An apparatus for storing, refrigerating and heating food items on a single tray in a single environment including a tray having at least one opening therein and a container together with means for positioning the container on the tray in alignment with the opening. A rack for the tray and a heater carried by the rack in alignment with the opening in the bottom of the tray when the tray is mounted on the rack, the heater being substantially in contact with the bottom of the container, which raises the container free of the tray to form an air barrier between the container and the edge of the opening in the tray, together with means for refrigerating the rack to refrigerate items on the tray, and means for selectively actuating the heater to heat food in the container while other food on the tray remains refrigerated.