Abstract: A scooped out bagel dough product, bagel mold halves, and an apparatus using the bagel mold halves for making a scooped out bagel product. The scooped out bagel product is a baked bagel product half having: a crunchy blistered outer shell with a substantially reduced amount of doughy inner chamber that provides its unique flavor. This scooped out bagel product utilizes a predesigned custom mold that creates stalactites, i.e., flavor spikes, and holes or flavor “pit” formations that each encapsulate the soft doughy inner contents within a boiled and baked blister shell and increases a surface area of dough on an inner surface thereof. The product is a “scooped out” half bagel crunchy on its outer surface but filled with the flavor spikes, and flavor pits in which substantially reduced amounts of dough are encased relative to a comparable sized whole bagel.

Abstract: A cooking rack for bacon, or other food products, includes several articulated planar members defining a series of connected V-shaped structures. Each planar member, which may be defined by a plurality of generally parallel wires or other members, is generally porous. Bacon strips are placed on the planar members, and the rack is placed in a cooking vessel. The porosity of the planar members allows air to flow around the bacon during cooking, and allows liquids to fall from the bacon into a vessel below. The V-shaped structures may include spacers which prevent adjacent strips of bacon from touching each other.

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.

Abstract: A fry basket including a frame for supporting individual inserts for receiving food items and a locking bar for retaining the inserts within the frame.

Abstract: A food staging device particularly suited for shelled eggs, a method of storing shelled eggs, and a method of cooking shelled eggs are provided. The shelled egg staging device comprises an elongated body, individual receiving receptacles, a pour spout associated with each receiving receptacle, and a handle. The food staging device can be used to hold shelled eggs prior to cooking, for example. A method of storing shelled eggs in a shelled egg staging device is provided. A method of cooking the shelled eggs is provided and comprises containing shelled eggs in a food staging device and pouring the shelled eggs onto a cooking surface.

Abstract: Provided is an improved bidirectional heating cooker having a cooking pan including a first pan portion whose one portion is cut out open in order to form an incision portion and a second pan portion that is placed at the incision portion of the first pan portion, in a manner that the cooking pan is not formed into a fitting method being fitted with a central supporting pillar through a center hole formed at the center of the cooking pan but formed into a seating method being seated on the upper portion of a lower heating unit, to thereby enable the cooking pan to be easily attached on or detached from the lower heating unit to thus be easily washed, and to thereby allow various types of cooking pans to be easily combined to thus enhance conveniences of use and to be easily replaced with new ones and to be easily combined with other types of cooking pans to thus enable the various types of cooking pans to be used in combination and to accordingly cook different kinds of foods simultaneously.

Abstract: Basket apparatuses for use in food product preparation are provided that can be placed in cooking apparatuses. The basket apparatuses can include a plurality of side walls of one or more base sheets forming unitary side wall lattice-like portions and forming side wall component connection portions. The basket apparatuses can include a bottom wall of a base sheet forming a unitary bottom wall lattice-like portion and forming bottom wall component connection portions. The bottom wall is attached to the side walls to define a food product receiving space. The basket apparatuses includes a plurality of shelves with each shelf being pivotally connected to opposing side walls and movable between a stackable horizontal position and a stackable vertical position in the food product receiving space. Each shelf includes a base sheet forming a unitary shelf lattice-like portion having apertures therein forming substantially flat surfaces on which food products are placeable.

Abstract: An assembly for cooking food products in a substantially upright orientation comprising a mold housing including one or more food mold chambers, each structured to configure the food product being cooked to correspond to the interior dimensions and configuration of a mold chamber in which it was cooked. Each mold chamber is further structured to retain an uncooked liquid, semi-liquid, semi-solid, or solid food composition therein during the cooking procedure. A heat source is disposed either externally or internally of the mold housing and generates sufficient heat to cook a food composition disposed within the mold chamber. A frame assembly may be utilized to operatively support one or more mold housing in the substantially upright orientation, such that a heat source may be incorporated into the frame assembly to provide adequate cooking temperatures to the corresponding mold chamber(s) of one or more supported mold housings.

Abstract: A steamer system for culinary use comprises one or more stackable food receptacles (4) having lower surfaces provided with steam-receiving openings, a removable base (12) to which a lower receptacle is releasably securable, and a cover for the uppermost receptacle releasably securable thereto and formed with a carrying handle (34), the receptacles (4), base (12) and lid (14) being securable with releasable clips (20).

Abstract: A method and apparatus for placing an item of food into a cooking vessel capable of quickly achieving an effective frying temperature after placement into the hot cooking oil of a deep fryer is disclosed. The vessel includes a food containment area where food is placed in intimate contact with an interior wall of the vessel. Using a rack, the vessel is submerged into the oil to an effective depth such that the food item containment area remains below the surface of the cooking oil in the deep fryer while a vent of the cooking vessel remains above the cooking oil surface. Heat is substantially instantaneously transferred from the oil through the cooking vessel to the food item contained therein, causing the food to fry. Steam emitted from the food during cooking escapes through the vent.

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.

Abstract: A fondue set includes a plurality of utensils, a removable heating vessel for holding a liquid to cook or coat food items, and a fondue stand for holding the heating vessel and the utensils. Each utensil has a food attaching portion for holding a food item. The fondue stand includes a lower portion having a central cavity sized and shaped to hold the removable heating vessel, and an end opening that allows the removable heating vessel to be placed within the central cavity. The stand also includes an upper portion configured to hold the plurality of utensils. The upper portion has a top opening that allows the food attaching portion of the utensils to be placed into the heating vessel.

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.

Abstract: An fully automatic egg roll making machine includes a machine bed, a loading device, a loading device disposed on the machine bed, a material-pouring unit for pouring a dough material onto a lower frying tray, a baking unit for baking the dough material on the lower frying tray to form a baked dough sheet on the lower frying tray, and a wrapping unit operable to allow the sheet to form an egg roll product. The baking unit includes two upper frying trays positioned such that, when one of the upper frying trays is moved to a working position for baking the dough material, the other one of the upper frying trays is moved to a non-working position whereat it can be cleaned easily and conveniently.

Abstract: A deep fryer having a plurality of fryer pots disposed in the deep fryer. Each of the plurality of fryer pots having a first temperature sensor, a second temperature sensor a drain valve and return valve. The system further has a controller that is pre-programmed to count a number of cooking cycles. After the first temperature sensor senses a first predetermined temperature, oil drains from the fryer pot through the drain valve and when the second temperature sensor senses a second predetermined temperature the oil has substantially returned to the fryer pot through the return valve.

Abstract: A rolled shell and stuffer apparatus, particularly useful for deep frying, utilizes a number of structures which together provide the ability to quickly produce a large number of stuffed taquito type shells having high quality. The basic components of the system include a shell mold having an outer diameter of about 0.5 inches for example, formation mandrel, a rolling support, a frying support, a removal support, a stuffing system, and an optional handling tool. As will be seen, the degree of interrelatedness of these components can vary, but the result is a uniformity of high quality product which enables a wider range of food stuffing.

Abstract: The specialized pan for boiling lasagna noodles includes a first open-top container adapted to receive an insert therein. An imperforate lid optionally closes the open top of the first container. The insert is a second open-top container having a plurality of compartments, each compartment being adapted to house a single lasagna noodle. Perforated side and end walls surround the compartmented inner volume of the insert. A perforated lid is provided to close the open top of the insert. Handles are disposed on the insert for moving the insert into and out of the first container. A protective foot is disposed on the outer surface of the bottom wall of the first container.

Abstract: A cooker having a base unit and a cover. The cover including a top and bottom ends. The bottom end having a circular edge extending straight and upwardly therefrom to form an annular wall. The annular wall further extending inwardly to form a top portion.

Abstract: The replacement of used cooking fat in frying devices which comprise a container for the items which are to be cooked and a cooking device, i.e. a frying drum, requires a considerable amount of time and cleaning energy. The loss of cooking fat can also soil the place where the frying machine is installed. The invention thus relates to a frying device whereby the disadvantages of the known frying devices with a cooking fat outlet are avoided since the cooking drum, in the inventive frying device, is exchanged with the cooking fat.

Abstract: A deep fryer having a plurality of fryer pots disposed in the deep fryer. Each of the plurality of fryer pots having a first temperature sensor, a second temperature sensor a drain valve and return valve. The system further has a controller that is pre-programmed to count a number of cooking cycles. After the first temperature sensor senses a first predetermined temperature, oil drains from the fryer pot through the drain valve and when the second temperature sensor senses a second predetermined temperature the oil has substantially returned to the fryer pot through the return valve.

Abstract: A basket assembly for use with a deep fryer having a lower foraminous basket and an upper foraminous insert which quickly and easily attaches to the lower basket at a predetermined location intermediate the top and bottom of the lower basket to thereby hold the food in place beneath the surface of a hot cooking liquid such as oil. Advantages of the assembly are that it forces foods down to increase the efficiency of flash frying, it provides the ability to cook more than one item at a time while keeping them separated, and it provides a food product which cooks faster because it is unnecessary to turn food which floats to the top, thereby resulting in less fat absorption.

Abstract: A steamer and smoker accessory for generating a selected quantity of steam upwardly into a cooking section of a barbecue grill includes a reservoir including a base member and a lid tightly and securely fastened directly thereto. A plurality of rigid exhausts are directly conjoined to the lid and are in fluid communication with the base member such that the steam is directed upwardly. A flexible conduit having opposed end portions is directly connected to a gas supply source and the steam generating mechanism respectively. The accessory further includes a serrated layer for receiving foodstuff thereon during operating conditions and a plurality of smokers. The serrated layer further includes a plurality of oppositely seated support tabs for supporting the smokers. The plurality of smokers have a substantially cylindrical shape and a plurality of apertures spaced about an outer surface and extending along a length thereof.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for placing a food item into a cooking vessel fabricated from a material with an effective heat transfer rate that will cause the temperature of the interior vessel wall to achieve effective frying temperature substantially instantaneously after placement into hot cooking oil. The vessel is effectively dimensioned so that it can be placed into the hot oil of the deep fryer while a vent remains above the top surface of the oil. A food item is inserted into the cooking vessel to fit snuggly into a food containment area of the vessel such that it intimately contacts the interior vessel walls. Using a rack, the vessel is lowered into the deep fryer's hot oil to an effective depth such that the food item containment area is below the surface of the oil while the vent remains above the top level of the hot oil.

Abstract: A system and method for barrier submersion cooking comprising a thin walled plastic cooking pouch for receiving a food item effectively dimensioned such that when placed into a hot liquid cooking medium a vent remains above a top surface of the liquid cooking medium and a rack for lowering the vessel into the liquid cooking medium to an effective depth such that the food item received by the pouch is below the top surface of the liquid cooking medium and the vent is above the top surface of the liquid cooking medium.

Abstract: The steam generating assembly of the present invention subjects a food product, such as a sandwich bun, to a controlled burst of low pressure steam in order to quickly and uniformly raise the temperature of the food product to its desired serving temperature or higher. By raising the temperature to above the desired serving temperature, the storage time of a pre-assembled food product, such as a fast food sandwich may be extended without sacrificing the quality or freshness of the product. The invention claims a steam generating assembly for steam heating a pre-processed food product.

Abstract: A food serving set for use in combination with a roasting oven or similar deep well cooker is disclosed. The present food serving set is comprised of a plurality of individual containers with sealable lids for maintaining food items in a ready-to-eat condition. The present serving set features collapsible supporting racks, which position the food containers within the deep well cooker while in use. In one embodiment the supporting rack is foldable for convenient storage or packaging of the serving set within the interior space of the roasting oven. In another embodiment the supporting rack may be easily disassembled for storage using a latching mechanism or other suitable quick connect/disconnect fasteners. In another embodiment the food containers include integral peripheral flanges, which are fitted to the inner edge of the cooking vessel and the supporting rack is unnecessary. The food serving set features folding lift out handles for user convenience.

Abstract: This will allow a consumer to steam food in more than one container at the same time. It will allow the food preparer to specifically time those items depending on the type of food that is being steamed.

Abstract: The machine enables food to be automatically cooked in a liquid or to complete its cooking. It comprises a vessel for the cooking liquid, elements for heating the cooking liquid, and elements for maintaining the liquid level in the cooking vessel substantially constant. The machine also comprises a series of liquid-permeable seats, each arranged to receive food to be cooked or whose cooking has to be completed, means for moving the seats along a predetermined cyclic path, during a part of which the food contained in the seats is immersed in the cooking for a time sufficient to cook the food or to complete its cooking, a station in which the food to be cooked or the food for completion of cooking can be fed into each seat, and a station in which the cooked food can be extracted from the relative seat.

Abstract: A cooking rack for deep frying which includes a base, such as one formed of a plurality of spoke extensions, and a plurality of prongs extending up from the base. The rack further includes a lifting extension which is supported by the base such as by way of one or more foot extensions extending from a vertical main bar to the base. The lifting extension extends up from the base at a location that is radially spaced from a center of the base and preferably has a grasping loop. An embodiment of the invention features protrusions provided on the prongs for differentiating tipper and lower prong food positions and an additional embodiment features a grill that can be slid down into a resting position on the protrusions and with or essentially with a no horizontal slide (less than an inch horizontal slide capability).

Abstract: A frying pot includes a container for receiving therein frying oil, a screen body rotatably and movably received in the container, a casing with an escalating device mounted therein to control the movement and rotation of the screen body. With the rotation and movement of the screen body in the container that is received in the casing, the amount of the frying oil is saved.

Abstract: A food serving set for use in combination with a roasting oven or other similar deep well cooker is disclosed. The present food serving set is comprised of a plurality of individual containers with sealable lids for maintaining food items in a ready-to-eat condition. The individual food containers are suitable for refrigeration of food items. The present serving set features a collapsible supporting rack, which positions such individual containers within the deep well cooker while in use. In one embodiment the supporting rack is foldable for convenient storage or packaging of the serving set within the interior space of the roasting oven. In an alternative embodiment the supporting rack may be easily disassembled for storage using a latching mechanism or other suitable quick connect/disconnect fasteners. In alternative embodiments the food containers include integral peripheral flanges, which are fitted to the inner edge of the cooking vessel and the supporting rack is unnecessary.

Abstract: A food serving set for use in combination with a roasting oven or other similar deep well cooker is disclosed. The present food serving set is comprised of a plurality of individual containers with sealable lids for maintaining food items in a ready-to-eat condition. The individual food containers are suitable for refrigeration of food items. The present serving set features a collapsible supporting rack, which positions such individual containers within the deep well cooker while in use. In one embodiment the supporting rack is foldable for convenient storage or packaging of the serving set within the interior space of the roasting oven. In an alternative embodiment the supporting rack may be easily disassembled for storage using a latching mechanism or other suitable quick connect/disconnect fasteners.

Abstract: A steaming cooker for use for heating and cooking of vegetables, such as corn, potatoes, and the like, includes a container, with a removable or pivotal opening lid, having a rack therein, incorporating a surface having a series of provided apertures therethrough, and into which a capacity of water may be applied, within its container, stabilized below the surface of the rack, so that any vegetables placed upon the rack, when the water therein is heated and boiled, during usage of the steaming cooker, provides a highly moisturized cooking environment of any food product in preparation for consumption.

Abstract: The invention relates to a product and process for blanching or cooking food strands wherein the food strand is conveyed through a blanching tank on a conveyor immersed within the tank, wherein the conveyor includes bearing members for allowing the food strand to hang on a plurality of suspenders of the conveyor while forming a plurality of free suspended loops between each adjacent bearing member when operatively arranged to hang the strand.

Abstract: A domestic electrical appliance for cooking with steam, having a steam production device (43) composed of a steam reservoir (45) associated with a heating unit (46), a cooking enclosure (41) supplied with steam by the steam production device, and a steam detector (49) associated with elements for reducing the power of the heating unit, the cooking enclosure (41) having at least one exhaust (61, 61′, 62, 62′) to the outside. The cooking enclosure (41) communicates through a descending conduit (63) with a chamber (64) of the appliance in which the steam detector (49) is disposed.

Abstract: A wire form basket is provided for holding food products in a cooking apparatus. The basket includes a frame having a plurality of upright side walls defining a cooking space therewithin. A plurality of generally horizontal food-supporting shelves are vertically stacked in the space between the side walls, with one shelf above another shelf. The shelves are movable from horizontal food-supporting positions to generally vertical loading positions to allow food products to be loaded onto a given shelf without interference from any shelf above the given shelf.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for cooking snack food pieces features a drum-type fryer which transports individual, die-cut piece preforms through hot oil contained within a cooking tank defined between the periphery of the drum and a housing in which the drum is contained. Vacuum transfer and feed rollers transfer the individual piece preforms from a die-cutting roller assembly onto the drum for cooking, and a similar roller transfers the cooked snack food pieces from the drum to a take-away conveyor for subsequent, downstream processing. The pieces are retained by suction against molding surfaces of frying mold elements distributed over the periphery of the frying drum.

Abstract: Apparatus for cooking food comprises a vessel (12) for hot liquid in which the food is to be cooked, and a basket (18) for holding an item of food to be cooked by being immersed in the liquid. The food can be introduced into and removed from the basket (18) from an opening (for example, in the top) of the latter. The basket is supported on support means, such as a wheel (16), and there is provided a retaining member such as a lid (100) for extending across the opening in the basket to retain food therein during cooking. The lid (100) is preferably mounted on the wheel (16) such that the removal of the basket (18) from the wheel (16) separates the basket (18) from the lid (100) to allow access to the interior of the basket(18).

Abstract: An apparatus for cooking eggs includes a cover plate, a middle plate, a bottom plate, and a lock-down assembly. The lock-down assembly removably secures the middle plate between the cover plate and the bottom plate. A receiving pocket is provided in the bottom plate and a recess is provided in the middle plate such that with the middle plate located between the cover plate and the bottom plate an egg-receiving cavity is formed between the receiving pocket and the recess to house an egg to be cooked.

Abstract: Apparatus can cook foodstuffs with a pot and at least one support assembly adapted to rest atop the pot. The support assembly has a pair of walls. Each of the walls is dependently mounted from the support assembly. The walls are spaced apart an adjustable amount. The support assembly also has a floor hinged to and spanning the pair of walls.

Abstract: An apparatus for automatically frying food products is disclosed. The apparatus includes a vat (102) containing cooking oil (108). Heating elements (104) heat the cooking oil to the desired temperature. Baskets (106) hold food products within the cooking oil (108). A dumping mechanism (150) automatically removes each basket (106) in turn from the cooking oil (108) and dumps the food products from the basket (106) into a dump pan (152).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooking apparatus comprising a combination of a vessel having an upstanding wall defining an upper edge providing a supporting surface for a removable cover having a centrally located opening. The cover is adapted to fit over the upper edge of the vessel. The apparatus also has a number of holding elements located on the cover, each of the holding elements being adapted to hold at least one utensil for carrying food. The holding element supports the utensil in a substantially vertical position. Each of the holding elements further comprises a utensil receiving slot adapted to facilitate positioning of the utensil within the holding element. In one variant, the number of holding elements are permanently mounted on, and are an integral part of the cover. The holding element comprises a stabilizing structure, the stabilizing structure being adapted to cooperate with a corresponding stabilizing element of the utensil, and to keep the utensil in a substantially vertical position.

Abstract: A new Multiple-Doughnut Fryer System for deep frying a plurality of doughnuts simultaneously and uniformly within one convenient deep fryer. The inventive device includes a housing having a top opening, a fry tank within the housing, three wire mesh baskets removably positioned within the fry tank, and an elongated heating element near the fry tank for heating cooking oil within the fry tank. The wire mesh baskets include a vertical member secured near a looped handle, wherein an aperture and a slot project into the vertical member for removably catching upon a support pin secured to the fry tank for supporting the wire mesh basket within the fry tank.

Abstract: An expansible rack for holding food pouches within a rethermalizer unit includes a pair of side members pivotally connected at their lower end portions to a bottom member, the upper end portions of the side members having support pins for supporting the rack from the top edge of a reservoir in a rethermalizer unit. The pivotal connections of the side members with the bottom member permit the side members to be rotated toward and away from one another, thereby providing the capability of adjusting the rack to accommodate variously sized food pouches between the side members. A rethermalizer unit for use with the rack includes a plurality of notches disposed around the perimeter of the top edge of the reservoir. The support pins of the rack are placed in notches selected according to the desired spacing of the side members to accommodate the food pouch contained therebetween.

Abstract: A fork segregating partitioning array for use with a fondue pot. The fondue pot is of the type defining a container with a large cavity to receive meltable foodstuff to be warmed by a heating source. The partitioning array consists of a cup member, freely releasably engageable into the container large cavity, and at least two partitioning walls disposed in crossing fashion relative to one another, whereby four distinct subcavities are defined within the cup member. The subcavities are for use in segregating a corresponding number of forks in cooking fondues such as meat fondue or chinese fondue. The cup member is further pierced by a plurality of through-bores, for free passage of the meat soup between the fondue pot and the cup member and vice-versa.

Abstract: A pasta pan and cooking method is provided which is particularly suitable for preparing an entree which includes two or more components, with the pan assembly allowing the components to be cooked simultaneously. For cooking a pasta and sauce dish, pasta can be disposed in an apertured pan, with sauce disposed in a non-apertured pan. Both the pasta pan and the sauce pan are disposed in an outer pan which includes a small portion of water in the bottom thereof. The pans are covered and inserted into an oven for simultaneous cooking of two or more components of an entree, such as pasta and sauce, simultaneously.

Abstract: An appliance for cooking a sausage on a stick embedded in a batter. One or a plurality of cylinders are provided for receiving a cooked sausage skewered on a stick which is then filled with a pancake batter. The cylinders are then submerged in a hot oil for a few minutes to cook the batter to produce a breakfast on a stick. The appliance can be in the form of a plurality of cylinders on a plate or can be individual cylinders. The appliance is provided with hooks or a clip to mount it in a deep fat frying basket for submersion in hot oil, In another embodiment the appliance can be free-standing by surrounding each cylinder with a heating coil.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a basket assembly for an apparatus for cooking and dispensing hot food products. The assembly may be incorporated into a vending machine to prepare fast food products such as (fried) fish, french fried potatoes, potato chips, chicken fingers, pasta, etc. The assembly includes carrousel container means and cover means for covering the carrousel container means. The carrousel container means is provided with integral receptacle members for receiving (measured portions of a) food product; the carrousel container means can rotate with respect to the cover means in merry-go-round fashion about a vertical axis. The food product is held by the receptacle members and is progressively cooked in a hot liquid such as water or oil. Once food product is cooked, the assembly is raised and food product is discharged from a receptacle member through the upper opening of the receptacle member.

Abstract: A steam cooking utensil includes a base and a boiling liquid reservoir defined by the base. A heater is mounted in the base to heat liquid in the boiling liquid reservoir. A cooking bowl is supported by the base and includes a food support surface having a plurality of vent holes. An adjustable and removable divider basket is mounted in the cooking bowl and includes a food support surface aligned with the food support surface of the cooking bowl. The food support surface of the cooking bowl includes a plurality of vent holes for enabling steam formed in the boiling liquid reservoir to enter into the cooking bowl and into the divider basket. The divider basket comprises first and second sections movably connected to each other for enabling the use to adjust the effective cooking area of the cooking bowl and the divider basket. The divider basket includes handle means for enabling the user to remove the basket from the bowl.

Abstract: Apparatus can cook foodstuffs with a pot and at least one support assembly adapted to rest atop the pot. The support assembly has a pair of walls. Each of the walls is dependently mounted from the support assembly. The walls are spaced apart an adjustable amount. The support assembly also has a floor hinged to and spanning the pair of walls.