Abstract: The improved food cooking device of the present invention is especially adapted for roasting bulky meat items such as turkeys, hams, chickens, standing ribs and other large heavy cuts of beef, legs of lamb, etc. and for lifting the the same after roasting from the roasting pan or roasting area in accordance with the present method. The device includes a perforated generally flat horizontal rack of aluminum or the like having vertically depending legs adapted to support the rack above the bottom of a roasting pan or the like so as to prevent uneven roasting of the food on the rack and so as to remove the food from direct contact with its drippings. The device also includes means for securing the food directly to the rack and for facilitating lifting of both the roasted food and the rack together from the roasting pan, in accordance with the method. Such securing means include strips of Nylon or the like from which finger loops are formable for lifting of the string/food/rack assembly as a unit after cooking.