Patents by Inventor George C. McKerrow, Jr.

George C. McKerrow, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus for cooking meat
    Patent number: 7146905
    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
  • Apparatus for cooking meat and methods of cooking same
    Patent number: 7144596
    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
  • Apparatus for cooking meat
    Patent number: 6487964
    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: January 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Innovative Culinary Concepts, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Phillip Jack Snoke, George C. McKerrow, Jr., Ronald William Scharbo