Abstract: A rapid cooking apparatus for use with an egg frying utensil, the utensil including a handle and a plurality of egg confining tubes, is provided which substantially decreases the time in which eggs are cooked upon a griddle. The apparatus comprises a plate for superimposed seating upon the utensil tubes and serves for radiating heat downwardly, an aligning structure carried by the plate for cooperatively associating the plate with the utensil handle, and a lifting structure for guiding the plate member into and out of cooperative association with the utensil handle.A method for decreasing the cooking time of a plurality of eggs upon a griddle, the cooking being substantially without browning, is also disclosed.

Abstract: A portable device for cooking slabs of meat at an arbitrary position on the grill in a reduced time period. The device comprises a flat heat conductive weighted member overlying slabs of meat to be cooked and having a plurality of spikes adapted to extend through the meat and contact the grill. A heat conductive apertured plate engages the spikes and is free to slide along the spikes while being prevented from moving out of engagement with the spikes. A peripheral skirt extends about the weighted member to protect the spikes. In operation the device is placed on the grill which directly conductively heats the apertured plate and the spikes. Subsequent placement over the slabs causes the weighted member to urge the spikes through the slabs, thereby cooking the slabs partially from within. The apertured plate sits atop the slabs of meat to promote intimate contact between the slabs and the grill and to cook the slabs partially from above. The apertured plate and the peripheral skirt prevent moisture loss.

Abstract: The invention is concerned with an apparatus and process for cooking slabs of meat on a grill in reduced time. Briefly the apparatus comprises a generally flat linearly extending weighted generally rectangular member having a grill facing side which has a plurality of generally equal length heat conductive spikes extending therefrom towards the grill, the spikes being of a length to pierce a slab of meat being cooked on the grill and contact the grill. In one preferred embodiment, the apparatus further includes a hinge mechanism adjacent the first end of the member providing pivotal attachment thereof about a horizontal axis adjacent the grill.