Bottom Resting Support Patents (Class 99/415)
  • Patent number: 11051646
    Abstract: The invention features a cooking apparatus having a number of compartments for the cooking of different foods under different cooking conditions. Aspects of embodiments of the contemplated invention include a lid portion, an upper portion that is vertically retractable and removably engaged with a bottom portion. The cooking apparatus is modular and, as such, enables the use of multiple cooking apparatuses for the steaming and/or boiling of different foods within the same pot or cooking unit at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventors: John M Maurello, John Michael Maurello
  • Patent number: 10125995
    Abstract: A firebox basket system for use in a firebox of a grill, including a bowl-shaped basket formed of annular rings of metal, the bowl-shaped basket including a pair of opposed divider supports secured to an inner surface of the basket, a flat bottom plate disposed in a bottom portion of the basket, and a divider plate having a pair of side edges that extend between a top and a bottom edge of the divider plate, wherein the side edges of the divider plate are slidably received in the divider supports, thereby dividing an interior volume of the basket into equal halves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: TRANSWORLD IMPORTS, INC.
    Inventor: Ashish Kohli
  • Patent number: 8980102
    Abstract: A system for delivering a cooking medium of a cooking apparatus includes one or more cooking vessels. The system also includes a drain manifold in fluid communication with the cooking vessel, and a fill manifold having input valves, and output valves in fluid communication with a corresponding cooking vessel. A first flow path is connected to the fill manifold. A filter container selectively is in fluid communication with the fill manifold. A filter pump is positioned between the filter container and the fill manifold and conveys a recycled cooking medium. An overflow pump selectively is in fluid communication with the fill manifold via a second flow path and a portion of the first flow path. The overflow pump conveys a new cooking medium to the fill manifold. The first flow path conveys one of the recycled cooking medium and the new cooking medium to the fill manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Henny Penny Corporation
    Inventors: Edward J. Florkey, Joseph J. Tiszai
  • Patent number: 8960082
    Abstract: An apparatus for steaming and blending food products comprises a container (2) for receiving the food products, the container having a steam inlet (12) and a steam outlet passage (36). A blade assembly (16) is located in the container for blending the food products. The blade assembly (16) comprising a blade support member (18,22) having at least one blade (20) extending there from. The blade support member is located over an opening (14) in the container. The steam outlet passage (36) extends between the container and the blade support member such that steam can exit the container through the opening (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Anders Joel Bjoerk, Volkhard Zukale
  • Patent number: 8939068
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a smoker with multiple separate drawers for smoking meat, fish, sausage, etc. In an example embodiment, one drawer may contain water and another drawer may contain smoking material such as wood chips. The sliding drawers enable the maintenance of a stable smoking temperature and offer a safer means to replenish water and/or wood during the actual smoking operation. The multiple drawers allow a user to add wood and/or water without opening the smoking chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Landmann USA
    Inventor: Jared I. Cohen
  • Patent number: 8850964
    Abstract: An ovenable cooking apparatus for facilitating the cooking of food components while maintaining the separateness thereof includes a first container for holding a first food component, and a second container for holding a second food component. The separation of the first food component from the second food component maintains the surface area for the first and second food components to facilitate heating of the first and second food components. The first food component may have a liquid based content for producing steam when heated, and one or both of the first container and the second container may define a passage for providing airflow and steamflow for contacting the second container and/or the second foodstuff and heating or steaming the second food component. Additionally, the second container may be steam impermeable for cooking bread and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: ConAgra Foods RDM, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Pawlick, David W. France, Steven R. Baker
  • Patent number: 8826806
    Abstract: Apparatus for cooking foods such as pasta rice including a container which receives a liquid to be heated and a cooking strainer-basket partially submerged in the liquid for cooking within the container, the container and the basket configured to have cooperating selectively engaging support members for alternatively positioning of the basket in the liquid for cooking of the food and repositioning of the basket above the liquid to provide for straining of the food.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Inventor: Agostino Difante
  • Patent number: 8707859
    Abstract: Apparatus for cooking foods such as stock or pasta, rice including a container which receives a liquid to be heated and a cooking strainer-basket partially submerged in the liquid for cooking within the container, the container and the strainer-basket configured with cooperating selectively engaging support members for alternatively positioning of the strainer-basket in the liquid for cooking of the food and repositioning of the strainer-basket above the liquid to provide for straining of the food.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Inventor: Agostino Difante
  • Patent number: 8677890
    Abstract: Disclosed is a divider for a food steaming apparatus of the type generally including a tubular body and at least one perforated food support. The divider includes a plurality of dividing walls extending from a central region to a peripheral region and wherein a major part of the area of each wall is provided with multiple perforations passing therethrough. At least one opening extends along the lower edge region of each dividing wall with a generally flat deflector flap that extends at an incline to the deflector wall having an operatively upper edge joined to the top of the opening and an operatively lower edge spaced circumferentially therefrom. In use, rising gases contact the deflector flap and follow the upwards incline thereof thereby acquiring a circumferential component to the direction of movement. The perforations preferably have apertures that impart circumferential movement to gases passing through the perforations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Chef 2000 (Pty) Ltd
    Inventor: Michael von Seidel
  • Patent number: 8616121
    Abstract: A cooktop drain that heats liquid in a stockpot and empties the hot liquid directly down a drain. The cooktop sits in at countertop level over a sink and a valved stockpot sits on the cooktop. The sink, cooktop and stockpot are assembled such that heating, draining the stockpot of liquid and rinsing any residue are performed by a single apparatus without having to transport and tip the stockpot. The cooktop drain has a burner underneath a grate, and the stockpot has a bottom valve connecting to an integrated funnel leading directly to the sink directly beneath the grate and the drain, bypassing the burner, disposing of heated water directly through the valve and integrated funnel into the sink and down the drain. The cooktop drain has a rinse head in the sink that rinses any food residue a clean, fresh smelling sink under the grate without removing the burner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Inventor: Paul Hansalik
  • Publication number: 20130098892
    Abstract: An electric steamer includes a cover (1), at least one steamer (2), a juice accumulating plate (3) and a base (4) which are overlapped sequentially from top to bottom. A water storage pool (41) and a control circuit are arranged in the base (4). A pressure sensor (7) is also mounted in the base (4). A steam inlet pipe (72) of the pressure sensor (7) is connected with the juice accumulating plate (3) and a signal output terminal of the pressure sensor (7) is connected with the control circuit through a wire. A steam delivering device (8) is provided between the steam inlet pipe (72) and the juice accumulating plate (3). An upper end of a steam channel (81) is connected with the juice accumulating plate (3). A method for controlling the electric steamer is further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: CRASTAL TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bei Zhang, Tianliang Wang
  • Patent number: 8375847
    Abstract: A mechanical apparatus that lowers and raises a turkey, or similar food item, into a large fry pot is herein disclosed. The apparatus has a vertically-adjustable tripod stand that is positioned over the top center of a fry pot. A manual cranking mechanism lowers and raises a steel cable having a grasping hook at the distal end. Additionally, the steel cable can have a basket at its distal end. In operation, the turkey to be fried is placed thereon the hook or therein the metal basket. Then, with the user a safe distance removed, the crank lowers the food into the hot oil in a controlled manner. When the food has finished cooking, the cranking mechanism is reversed to raise the food from the fryer. The apparatus may also be provided having an alternate electric-powered winch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Inventor: William P. Anganes
  • Patent number: 8309151
    Abstract: Deep fryers and associated accessories providing increased efficiency and convenience in the production of deep-fried, steamed and boiled foods. Multiple cooking cycles and versatile food support means to fully cook foods are provided. Special advantages for larger unitary foods, such as for example, a large turkey, are provided. Advantages include without limitation minimizing countertop usage; reduction in the use of frying oil; compact storage; reduced shipping costs; reduced warehousing and manufacturing costs; and being lighter and more easy to handle in the kitchen. Accessory items simplify and facilitate production of deep fried foods, including cutting foods into shapes appropriate to produce French fries and blooming onions. Other accessories facilitate the transference and maintenance of frying oil including: returning frying oil to original containers for storage and disposal; and filtering frying oil to prolong its useful life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Ron's Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald M. Popeil, Alan L. Backus
  • Patent number: 8166871
    Abstract: A steamer for sandwich buns, bagels, croissants, cakes, vegetables, pastas, and other foods delivers fixed amounts of water onto a hot, dry platen through a vertically-oriented water conduit which is also thermally insulated from the hot platen and made from thermally insulating materials. The vertically-oriented water conduit retains water after a water supply is shut off at the beginning or end of a steam generating cycle. Orienting the conduit vertically reduces the surface area of liquid water exposed to air. Insulating the water conduit from the hot platen reduces the rate at which water standing in the conduit evaporates. Tubes used in the water conduit are insulating and easily removed from the water conduit assembly and flexible. Minerals that precipitate out of solution and become deposited onto the flexible tube are easily removed by flexing the flexible tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Prince Castle LLC
    Inventors: Loren Veltrop, Don Van Erden, Michael M. Maciejewski
  • Patent number: 8110237
    Abstract: A cooking method for cooking a hollow food item with a wall having an exterior surface and an interior surface defining an interior volume, a plurality of skewers supporting the food item be piercing the wall through a stem side of the food item. The skewers maintaining the orientation of the food item with the stem side facing down and maintaining a minimum volume of the interior chamber to facilitate the accumulation of steam within the interior chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Inventor: James G. Smith
  • Patent number: 8104399
    Abstract: A cage for holding a filling material includes a housing have a first part and a second part. An orifice is defined between the first part and the second part for holding a filling material. The housing is shaped in a manner such that is it insertable inside a cavity and has an open position in which filling material may be inserted into the orifice. The housing also has a closed position in which the filling material is trapped within the orifice. The housing is cage-like for holding the filling material. The housing may include a handle, hinges for joining the first and second parts, and a latching mechanism for latching the first and second parts together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Inventor: Mark Levie
  • Patent number: 8070007
    Abstract: Described is a herb keeper comprising a body having a closed end and an open end defining a cavity therebetween, and a removable tray portion sized to be slidingly received within the cavity of the body, at least one flexible projection extending from the body toward the tray portion, wherein the tray portion is held in a rest position by the at least one flexible projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Browne & Co.
    Inventors: Neal Ho, David Chan
  • Patent number: 8067716
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus includes an outer pot that has a bottom wall and a peripheral wall that is attached to and extends upwardly from the bottom wall. A heating assembly is attached to the outer pot and is adapted for selectively heating the outer pot. An actuator is operationally coupled to the heating assembly for selectively turning the heating assembly on or off. The actuator includes a timer for turning off the heating assembly after a selectable amount of time has expired. An inner pot has a lower wall and a perimeter wall that is attached to and extends upwardly from the lower wall. The inner pot has a size adapted for being removably positionable in the outer pot. The perimeter wall has a plurality of apertures extending therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Inventor: Ernest L. Lloyd
  • Patent number: 8025007
    Abstract: The present invention is a deep frying apparatus for cooking food items within a deep stock pot. The apparatus includes a pot-shaped basket and a plurality of stackable cooking racks with flat screen bodies and spaced handles which project vertically from the screens and which concomitantly provide a loop for handling each rack and for spacing apart adjacent stacked racks. A bottom-most cooking rack further includes feet which raises the bottom-most rack's screen above a bottom wall of the basket when inserted therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Inventor: Robert L. Boyer
  • Patent number: 7703389
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus with an information exchange system that involves an assembly featuring a cooking apparatus such as a smoker or an electric turkey fryer and an information exchange system that provides for local and/or remote monitoring of cooking characteristic that preferably includes food item temperature probing that is displayed externally on the cooking appliance as in a local remote cooking characteristic information conveyance device that are preferably either in unidirectional of bi-directional.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Inventors: John D. McLemore, Don McLemore
  • Publication number: 20100064903
    Abstract: An apparatus for steaming shrimp, comprised of a plurality of air permeable shallow containers stacked on a central stand. The central stand has a number of legs which operate to support the apparatus and keep the containers from being immersed in water. By allowing for air permeable containers to stack around a central stand the user can efficiently steam a large number of shrimp or food items at once.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventor: Benjamin A. Spence
  • Patent number: 7481154
    Abstract: The invention provides a food-cooking basket for pressure cooking in a pressure cooker, the basket being formed by a sheet of rigid material defining a bottom and side walls of the basket. The sheet is provided with perforations that are made through the bottom and through the side walls. The basket is provided with a structure for adjusting the flow rate of steam passing through the basket via the perforations, the structure being associated with the bottom in such a manner as to enable the flow rate of steam through the perforations at least in the bottom to be adjusted. The invention is applicable to appliances for pressure cooking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Marie-Pierre Murat, Ines Birlouez-Aragon, Pascal Roland Clement Murat, Eric Christian Jacques Rhetat
  • Publication number: 20090013879
    Abstract: Cooking accessory (1) especially for use in a steam cooking device, said cooking accessory (1) comprising a cooking receptacle and a zone for the passage of steam (6). Specifically according to the invention, the cooking accessory (1) is reversible, and the cooking accessory (1) has in an inverted position a cooking zone (12) adjacent to a juice collecting zone (10), the cooking zone (12) and the juice collecting zone (10) having no through-flow passages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Philippe Dumoux, Nicolas Pretre
  • Patent number: 7021202
    Abstract: A disposable pan, pot, or kettle liner system for deep-frying foods and includes a disposable pot liner and a disposable strainer fitting into the pot liner made of thin aluminum, aluminum alloy or other metal material having a stiffness adequate to be free-standing upon filling with cooking oil and heating to cooking temperatures while being sufficiently inexpensive to be disposable after use. The strainer is made of similar material and fits within the liner, holding foods to be cooked, and has a circular, flange-like upper rim extending upward, beyond the rim of the liner, to serve as a handle for lifting and straining the cooked food from the liner. The inventive disposable system is designed to be used within a non-disposable pot or kettle, but is freestanding. The system may also be used as a stand-alone unit directly on a heating surface such as a stove heating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Inventor: Latoya E. Sizer
  • Patent number: 6840159
    Abstract: A food steaming device includes a water container, a heater, a liquid collecting unit, and a steaming tray. The water container has a first bottom wall and a surrounding wall that cooperate to define a chamber. The first bottom wall has a heat conductive hollow protrusion. The heater is provided removably below the water container, and has a heating element projecting into and connected thermally to the hollow protrusion. The liquid collecting unit is mounted on the water container, and has a second bottom wall covering the chamber and a blocking ring surrounding a steam supply hole and projecting upwardly from the second bottom wall. The steaming tray is mounted on the liquid collecting unit, and is adapted to receive food. A lid covers the steaming tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Inventor: Wen-Ching Li
  • Patent number: 6748851
    Abstract: A food-cooking vessel has a bottom plate and an upwardly extending continuous sidewall. A spigot assembly is secured to the sidewall above the bottom plate to allow draining of liquid from the vessel. A valve mounted in the spigot assembly regulates the flow of liquid from the vessel to an outlet spout. A filter is mounted in the spout to filter solid particles from the drained liquid. The spigot assembly has an attachment plate that is fixedly secured on the convex exterior surface of the sidewall surrounding a drain opening formed in the sidewall. A cylindrical attachment member is fixedly attached to the plate and extends through the plate into the drain opening without contacting the wall of the container, thereby avoiding the necessity of having the cylindrical member to conform to the convex wall of the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Inventor: Nathan Hoffman
  • Patent number: 6732636
    Abstract: The angel hair pasta basket is a cylindrical mesh basket with a flat bottom, an ergonomic handle and three retaining clips extending downward from the outside surface of the mesh basket. The mesh is a fine mesh sized to prevent fine pasta from escaping from the basket. The flat bottom allows the basket to rest on the floor of a commercial pasta cooker basin. The handle is ergonomic and is attached to the basket at an angle such that it is easy to grasp even when the basket is almost entirely submerged within a pasta cooker basin. The retaining clips allow the basket to be suspended from the side of a stockpot or the rim of a commercial pasta cooker and, thus, allow for hands-free straining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Inventor: L. Stephen Germano
  • Patent number: 6705211
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electric roaster for smoked meat which comprises an outer shell, an inner pan covered by heating elements located inside the outer shell, an up lid, a supporting ring located on the bottom of the inner pan, a tray for holding the meat located within the inner pan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Inventors: Shou-Cai Dong, Li Huang
  • Patent number: 6622616
    Abstract: A poultry roaster for use on top of a gas-fired cooker includes a barrel-shaped cover that designed to resemble a beer keg and a carrying handle which resembles a pair of oppositely facing beer taps. An open bottom of the cover closely fits to a bottom pan having a plurality of upwardly punched lower heat distribution holes. The cover is retained to the bottom pan by a pair of latch hooks and mating headed pins. A heat deflector includes a circular plate for supporting a basting adapter, and a downwardly dependent annular rim which closely engages the bottom pan. The circular plate includes a plurality of upper heat distribution holes. A heat diffuser chamber formed between the bottom pan and the heat deflector provides even heat flow to an inner cooking chamber of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Dutro Company
    Inventor: Ty Measom
  • Patent number: 6598515
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of processing a product, such as food product, are disclosed. Untreated product is placed inside a bottom-unloading basket that is, in turn, placed within a covered vessel. For processing a food product, a porous steamer apparatus is provided for insertion into a covered cooking vessel. The steamer apparatus is comprised of two unfastened pieces, a basket and a support base, each of which has a plurality of small holes through which steam, but not food product, may pass. The basket holds the food product, is roughly cylindrical in shape, has an open-ended top and an open-ended bottom, and rests firmly upon, but is not fastened to, the support base during the steam-cooking process. The support base has an inverted conical shape and a vertical pole that has a hook-shaped upper terminus and that is integrally-connected to and protruding above and below the uppermost point of the support base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Inventor: Meenakshi J. Bove′
  • Patent number: 6550372
    Abstract: A food processing appliance includes a reservoir to receive water, a heater to produce steam from any water in the reservoir and a food-containing vessel positioned to receive steam from the heater. The vessel has a number of apertures that are sized to allow ingress of the steam to the vessel, yet curtail egress of any pureed food in the vessel therethrough. A carrier is mounted movably with respect to the vessel and a motor causes relative movement between the carrier and the vessel. A beater extends into the vessel from the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Chiaphua Industries Limited
    Inventor: James Henry Sharples
  • Patent number: 6532865
    Abstract: A food-cooking vessel has a bottom plate and an upwardly extending continuous sidewall. A spigot assembly is secured to the sidewall above the bottom plate to allow draining of liquid from the vessel. A valve mounted in the spigot assembly regulates the flow of liquid from the vessel to an outlet spout. A filter is mounted in the spout to filter solid particles from the drained liquid. The spigot assembly has an attachment plate that is fixedly secured on the convex exterior surface of the sidewall surrounding a drain opening formed in the sidewall. A cylindrical attachment member is fixedly attached to the plate and extends through the plate into the drain opening without contacting the wall of the container, thereby avoiding the necessity of having the cylindrical member to conform to the convex wall of the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Inventor: Nathan Hoffman
  • Patent number: 6502501
    Abstract: An apparatus for cooking poultry consists of a shallow pan, and a lid which covers the pan and which is provided with a centrally located opening. The lid supports an upwardly extending, hollow, perforated poultry-supporting tower on its upper surface. The detachable tower is mounted over the centrally located opening such that steam generated within the pan during cooking rises up into the tower, escapes through the perforations thereby infusing the poultry. The lid is also provided with at least one drain hole so that the drippings from the cooking poultry can be trapped within the pan, and re-infused into the poultry. The tower is detachable from the lid, and is interchangeable with alternative towers of differing lengths and circumferences to accommodate various sizes of poultry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Inventor: Thomas W. Simon
  • Patent number: 6405642
    Abstract: A food grilling device for a skillet for separating the juices from the sausages and hotdogs while being cooked. The food grilling device for a skillet includes a food support assembly being adapted to removably rest upon a bottom wall of a skillet and including a disc-shaped support member having a wall with a plurality of holes disposed therethrough, and also including leg members being securely attached upon a bottom side of the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Inventor: Vergie M. Morris
  • Patent number: 6267046
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for steaming food contained within a perforated food basket. The apparatus includes a convector that urges steam upward and having an exit that permits steam to pass therethrough and out of the apparatus, a removable lid for sealing the exit, a steam chamber defined within at least one perforated food basket for receipt of food. The at least one perforated food basket is positioned below the convector and above a heater for providing steam to the steam chamber. The apparatus also comprises a receiving portion for receiving a water reservoir, a timer, and a tilt top housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Conair Corporation
    Inventor: David J. Wanat
  • Patent number: 6196115
    Abstract: A structure of a multi-function cooking utensil simultaneously having the functions of frying, boiling, sauteing, deep-frying, and steaming food is composed of a pot member, a steaming member and a cover member. By means of a design of a fixing bolt on the upper rim of the cover member and the two lateral external sides of the steaming member and the pot member, users can change according to their need the detachable handle, or detachable grip, or detachable handle of the cover in order to lift the cooking utensil. In addition, by means of the design of several grooves of different depths in the internal rim of the lateral side of the steaming member and the pot member, and in compliance with several protruding rafters of a barbeque rack or a steaming tray provides the pot member and the steaming member several layers for cooking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Inventor: Mindy Tsao
  • Patent number: 6167799
    Abstract: The tamale and vegetable steaming device including a cylindrical pot portion having an open upper end and a closed lower end. A cylindrical insert is positionable within the cylindrical pot portion. The cylindrical insert has an open upper end, a closed lower end, and a cylindrical side wall therebetween. The cylindrical side wall has a plurality of apertures therethrough in a spaced relationship. The insert being positionable within the pot portion whereby the closed lower end of the insert is elevated above the closed lower end of the pot portion. The insert has a flattened arc portion extending a height thereof. The flattened arc portion creates a separation between the insert and the pot portion whereby water can be added to the pot portion through the separation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Inventor: Mary A. Macias
  • Patent number: 6125739
    Abstract: A device for supporting and steaming fowl within a cooking appliance such as a grill or smoker includes a substantially circular base member having a planar upper and lower surfaces. Extending from the upper surface is a frustoconical insert having an open top in communication with an interior fluid receiving chamber. The open top is coverable with a removable cap member. The insert includes a plurality of perforations in communication with the interior chamber. The insert is placed into the abdominal cavity of the fowl whereby the base member supports the fowl in an upright position when placed on a cooking surface. Steam produced within the interior fluid chamber is gradually disbursed to the cavity via the perforations to prevent the fowl from drying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Inventor: Steven C. Jernigan
  • Patent number: 6119585
    Abstract: Cooking apparatus especially suited for grilling whole chickens and the like on a charcoal or gas fired grill, while maintaining the meat moist and permitting desirable flavorings to be imparted to the meat. The apparatus comprises at least one cylinder having a bore and first and second ends, attached to a base plate so that the cylinder is disposed substantially vertically when the base plate is placed on a horizontal surface, such as the grilling surface of a barbecue grill. The first end of the cylinder is sealably attached to the base plate. The second end of the cylinder is open, forming a container defined by the cylinder bore and the base plate. The apparatus is preferably of thermally conductive material such as aluminum. In use, the container is at least partially filled with a flavored liquid. A whole chicken is impaled on the cylinder, and the apparatus holding the chicken is then placed on the grilling surface of a barbecue grill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Inventor: Ray A. Guidry
  • Patent number: 6035767
    Abstract: A camp skillet and biscuit maker, (10) primarily useful for cooking biscuits, meats and other food items at a campsite over a direct heat source, such as a camp fire or camp stove. Biscuit maker (10) includes an upper skillet member (20) and a lower skillet member (30). Upper skillet member (20) and lower skillet member (30) are hingedly fixed together. Lower skillet member (30) is of sufficient depth to serve as a deep fryer and a fry basket (65), is provided that is dimensioned so as to nest within lower skillet member (30). For cooking biscuits over a camp fire, biscuit skillet (70), which has a foraminous bottom (72), which also nests within lower skillet member (30) is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Inventor: Ronald E. Gibson
  • Patent number: 5988046
    Abstract: A new deep frying and serving implement for efficiently deep frying foods and being utilized as a serving tray. The inventive device includes a planar platter portion having a generally rectangular configuration defined by opposed long side walls and opposed short end walls. The platter portion includes an upper surface and a lower surface. A plurality of stainless steel rods extend outwardly of the lower surface of the planar platter portion. The plurality of stainless steel rods each have pointed free ends and spiraled threads extending upwardly from the pointed free ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Inventor: Philip A. Noll
  • Patent number: 5988048
    Abstract: The invention includes a process for preparing a unified serving of a batter-cooked food, for example shrimp tempura in the shape of a ring, that comprises the steps of: providing multiple pieces of a food to be cooked; coating each piece with a batter; frying the coated pieces in a mold in a hot oil or fat medium in order to cook the food, expand the batter, and join the battered pieces into a shaped food product reflecting the shape of the mold; and removing the shaped food product from the oil or fat and the mold. The cooking mold is preferably a deep-frying cooking vessel assembly comprising a generally U-shaped channel of flat metal. The cooking vessel assembly is configured with apertures and with a handle and/or a scraper. The apertures and handle are configured to provide quick submerging and quick fryer medium contact around the food being deep-fried in the cooking vessel assembly. The cooking vessel assembly is further configured to shape food items to be deep-fried in the cooking vessel assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Kerry Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas B. Hunter, Neil J. Trager
  • Patent number: 5934185
    Abstract: A boiling pot egg support system that includes egg supports for holding and supporting each of the eggs to be boiled in a manner to prevent collisions between the eggs during the boiling process. The boiling pot egg support system also includes multiple interconnectable egg support structures that are connectable to allow a user to adapt the boiling pot egg support system to the number of eggs to be boiled. A lifting assembly is provided for lifting the interconnectable egg support structures from a boiling pot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Inventor: Kay W. Sonnier
  • Patent number: 5918535
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for suspending the basket, of a cooking vessel comprising a pot and inner basket, inside of the pot, to permit drainage of the basket and food inside the basket into the pot after cooking the food in a liquid cooking medium (such as water or cooking oil) contained in the pot. The apparatus comprises a generally S-shaped member, having upper and lower oppositely-facing hooks joined by an intermediate section. A handle may be attached to the apparatus. To use the apparatus, the basket is lifted to a height above the liquid level in the pot. The lower hook is inserted into a perforation in the basket, and the basket and apparatus is then lowered until the upper hook hooks over the top rim of the pot. The basket then rests suspended in the pot above the liquid level therein, with the side of the basket opposite the side in which the lower hook of the apparatus is inserted bearing against the adjacent inner wall of the pot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Inventor: Donnie R. Moreau
  • Patent number: 5896810
    Abstract: A frying apparatus is disclosed which is specifically designed for deep-frying turkeys or other similarly shaped food items. The frying apparatus has a central rod attached to a perforated plate that is used to support a turkey as it is lowered and removed into a large container of hot oil. The frying apparatus also includes a grab hook that releasably couples to the central rod and allows a user to avoid burns from hot oil exposure when removing or inserting the turkey.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: Barbour International
    Inventor: Rodney Barbour
  • Patent number: 5865108
    Abstract: A steam convection oven includes a base, a container positionable on the base for containing food, a lid housing for covering the container, and a steam generator assembly for the instantaneous production of steam to contact and steam cook the food in the container, and a fan and electric heater on the lid housing for convection cooking of the food in the container to cause braising and sealing of the food surface after the food has been steam cooked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: Production Engineered Designs, Inc.
    Inventors: James Montagnino, Wyley Kitzmiller
  • Patent number: 5797312
    Abstract: An assembly of elements is provided for cooking elongated foods in a microwave. The assembly having a lid, a base and a tray. Food is placed on the tray which is then placed on the base. The base contains a steam producing liquid at a level below the bottom of the tray. The lid placed on the base covering the tray and food. The assembly is then placed in a microwave. As the liquid is heated, steam passes through the tray, through apertures, over the food and out the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Inventor: Dody Lynn Brant
  • Patent number: 5758569
    Abstract: A frying apparatus is disclosed which is specifically designed for deep-frying turkeys or other similarly shaped food items. The frying apparatus has a central rod attached to a perforated plate that is used to support a turkey as it is lowered and removed into a large container of hot oil. The frying apparatus also includes a grab hook that releasably couples to the central rod and allows a user to avoid burns from hot oil exposure when removing or inserting the turkey.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Barbour International
    Inventor: Rodney Barbour
  • Patent number: 5746117
    Abstract: A deep fryer includes a fryer body containing therein frying oil and a basket movably received within the body to be lifted/lowered down. An L-shaped base member is fixed on top rim of the fryer body, having a vertical section received within the body and a horizontal section extending out of the body to which a handle is pivoted so that the handle is rotatable between a horizontal position and a vertical position. Two U-shaped members are provided, each having a central section rotatably supported on the vertical section of the base member and two legs rotatably attached to and accommodating the basket therebetween. A link received inside and pivoted to the horizontal section of the base member having a first end connected to an arm of the first U-shaped member and a second end opposite to the first end and movably received an arc slot formed on the handle so that by rotating the handle relative to the base member the U-shaped member is driven via the link to lift/lower down the basket within the fryer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: Lyu Jan Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Li-Chen Chang
  • Patent number: 5715741
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pot-shaped permanent filter insert for use in an espresso machine, the insert comprising a filter base plate which substantially forms the bottom of the pot and is penetrated by a plurality of filter openings substantially in the flow direction of the medium to be filtered and comprises a frame surrounding the filter base plate, and a pot wall which is substantially arranged on the edge of the filter base plate and transversely extends away from the filter base plate to form a coffee receiving portion, the permanent filter insert being made of a plurality of parts in that the lower edge portion of the pot wall is substantially secured to the outer edge of the filter base plate. Furthermore, the lower edge portion of the pot wall and the filter base plate are interconnected by an injection-molded plastic connection, a frame being injection-molded substantially around the outer edge of the filter base plate, interconnecting the frame and the filter base plate and the pot wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignee: MAXS AG
    Inventors: Ruedi Gasser, Ernst Stumvoll