Patents by Inventor Keith D. Barkhau

Keith D. Barkhau 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).

  • Method for simulating open flame broiled meat products
    Patent number: 5185172
    Abstract: An apparatus for rapidly cooking meat products for a quick service restaurant which will simulate the appearance of an open flame broiled meat product. The meat product is clamped between a grill and a series of raised crown portions formed in the bottom of a cooking pan. The cooking pan also includes rounded depressions which alternate with the upraised crowns to serve as reservoirs for the collection of fat and other rendered meat juices. The clamping action between the grill and the pan flattens the meat product having a range of product weight to a uniform thickness while simultaneously assuring conductive heat transfer from the crowns to the meat. The grill is pre-coated with a carmelizing agent which leaves grill marks on the meat product during the cooking cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1993
    Assignee: KFC Corporation
    Inventors: Keith D. Barkhau, John D. Beltz, Donald R. Kupski, Mitchell C. Henke, Soldon A. Svensson
  • Method for simulating open flame broiled meat products
    Patent number: 5110601
    Abstract: The specification discloses an apparatus for rapidly cooking meat products for a quick service restaurant which will simulate the appearance of an open flame broiled meat product. The meat product is clamped between a grill and a series of raised crown portions formed in a cooking pan. The cooking pan also includes rounded depressions which alternate with the upraised crowns to serve as reservoirs for the collection of fat and other rendered meat juices. The clamping action between the grill and the pan compresses the meat product having a range of product weight to a uniform thickness while simultaneously assuring conductive heat transfer from the crowns to the meat and radiant heat from the black body pan to the meat. The grill is pre-coated with a carmelizing agent which leaves grill marks on the meat product during the cooking cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1992
    Assignee: PepsiCo. Inc.
    Inventors: Mohan Rao, Michael E. Harlamert, Dennis Ash, Sylvia L. Schonauer, Gregory D. MacGeorge, Keith D. Barkhau, John D. Beltz, Donald R. Kupski
  • Apparatus for simulating open flame broiled meat products
    Patent number: 5033365
    Abstract: The specification discloses an apparatus for rapidly cooking meat products for a quick service restaurant which will simulate the appearance of an open flame broiled meat product. The meat product is clamped between a grill and a series of raised crown portions formed in a cooking pan. The cooking pan also includes rounded depressions which alternate with the upraised crowns to serve as reservoirs for the collection of fat and other rendered meat juices. The clamping action between the grill and the pan compresses the meat product having a range of product weight to a uniform thickness while simultaneously assuring conductive heat transfer from the crowns to the meat and radiant heat from the black body pan to the meat. The grill is pre-coated with a carmelizing agent which leaves grill marks on the meat product during the cooking cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1991
    Assignee: KFC Corporation
    Inventors: Mohan Rao, Michael E. Harlamert, Dennis Ash, Sylvia L. Schonauer, Gregory D. MacGeorge, Keith D. Barkhau, John D. Beltz, Donald R. Kupski
  • Method and apparatus for simulating open flame broiled meat products
    Patent number: 4991497
    Abstract: The specification discloses an apparatus for rapidly cooking meat products for a quick service restaurant which will simulate the appearance of an open flame broiled meat product. The meat product is clamped between a grill and a series of raised crown portions formed in the bottom of a cooking pan. The cooking pan also includes rounded depressions which alternate with the upraised crowns to serve as reservoirs for the collection of fat and other rendered meat juices. The clamping action between the grill and the pan flattens the meat product having a range of product weight to a uniform thickness while simultaneously assuring conductive heat transfer from the crowns to the meat. The grill is pre-coated with a carmelizing agent which leaves grill marks on the meat product during the cooking cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1991
    Assignee: KFC Corporation
    Inventors: Keith D. Barkhau, John D. Beltz, Donald R. Kupski, Mitchell Henke, Soldon A. Svensson