Abstract: A barbecue rack includes a main frame made by continuous line-wiring having a handle extended from one side of the main frame, an insulating plate sleeved to one end of the handle, and two L-shape supporting brackets inversely mounted respectively to opposing lateral sides of the main frame. Each supporting bracket includes a plurality of position holes located in series along a longer leg side thereof and a plurality of insert holes located in series along a bending shorter leg side thereof each the supporting bracket. Each the position hole is arranged to accounting for one respective insert hole. The barbecue rack of the present invention can have two layers of foods roasted at the same time. That is, much food can be roasted at a time by compared to a conventional barbecue frame. Thereby, energy and time required for barbecuing can be substantially saved.

Abstract: A cooking utensil is provided for use over open fires, grates or the like. The utensil has a metallic Rod having an insulating handle end and a pointed skewer end. Near the skewer end a slideable protective cover of an open mesh design is mounted to move up or down the rod under the influence of gravity. The cover may be moved up the rod toward the handle for placing a foodstuff on the utensil and then moved down the rod to protectively cover the foodstuff and protect it as it is cooked over the fire.

Abstract: An electronic chef's fork is provided which displays indicia such as food type and degree of doneness for a selected food type and temperature and which includes control areas by which the user of the electronic chef's fork selects the meat type. The operational circuitry of the device allows the user to select among an array of food type options and to thereby designate a degree of doneness for the selected type of food. A prompt message is provided to indicate the degree of doneness attained for the selected food type when the device is inserted into the food.

Abstract: A marshmallow toasting stick, particularly suited for camp fire use, including a substantially round wooden stick of a length L.sub.1 and a cross-sectional diameter D.sub.1, a substantially round handle at a first end of the stick of a smaller length L.sub.2 and a larger cross-sectional diameter D.sub.2, and a taper at a second opposite end of the stick to a blunt point of still smaller cross-sectional diameter D.sub.3, with the handle color-coded for identifying the user of the stick, and with the stick and handle dimensions being selected so that one or more marshmallows could be suspended over the flames of a camp fire from a distance which protects an adult or child user from the heat of the fire.

Abstract: A cover adapted to overlie a food item to be cooked beneath the support, such as on a griddle or grill, carries at least one temperature sensor disposed on the cover to sense an actual temperature of the food item being cooked. An indicator is mounted on the cover and connected to the temperature sensor. There is preferably a respective indicator for each temperature sensor, or at least for each respective food item that can be cooked at one time using the apparatus of the present invention. In a specific implementation, the cover includes a hamburger press and the temperature sensor is mounted on the hamburger press to penetrate a hamburger patty beneath the press so that the internal temperature of the patty is sensed.

Abstract: An electronic chef's fork is provided which displays indicia such as food type and degree of doneness for a selected food type and temperature and which includes control areas by which the user of the electronic chef's fork selects the meat type. The operational circuitry of the device allows the user to select among an array of food type options and to thereby designate a degree of doneness for the selected type of food. A prompt message is provided to indicate the degree of doneness attained for the selected food type when the device is inserted into the food.

Abstract: A meat string rotating device for a barbecue includes a main case having a recess in which are rotatably mounted two chainwheels, the main case having an upper edge formed with a plurality of notches, two side plates fixedly mounted on two ends of the main case, a rear plate fixedly mounted on another ends of the two side plates and formed with a plurality of holes, a motor drivingly connected to one of the chainwheels, a chain arranged on the chainwheels, and a plurality of sticks each provided with a rear end configured to be received in the notches and a front end configured to be fitted in the holes of the rear plate, the rear end being provided with a toothed wheel engageable with the chain, whereby the meat string on the sticks can be automatically rotated over the fire of a barbecue thereby preventing the meat string from being burned.

Abstract: A cooking device for traditional tacos is disclosed, comprised of a first mold half and second mold half, of identical crescent or arched shaped configuration. The center semi-circular central portion of the first mold half and second mold half is removed. A mold half securement device, such as spring-based clamp, is located at the apex of the present invention, and is used to secure the first mold half and second mold half together during deep frying. In the resting position, the bottom portions of the first mold half and second mold half are in mechanical interference with each other, held in place by the lateral force created by the mold half securement device. The mold half securement device is used to separate the bottom portions of the first mold half and second mold half so as to facilitate the insertion of a traditional taco within.

Abstract: A cooking spit including a heat transfer arrangement for the cooking or roasting of foods, especially such as fowl or other types of meats, wherein the cooking spit is adapted to be rotated as a component of a rotisserie. More particularly, there is provided a heat transfer fluid medium incorporated into the hollow interior of the cooking spit and which is adapted to provide a source of convective heat for assisting in internally cooking the food, and also a coolant upon cooling of the spit.

Abstract: A device for holding a plurality of skewered kabobs on a barbecue grill is disclosed. The device comprises a bottom section having side members for retaining the ends of transverse skewers and a cover section which holds the skewers in place during the cooking process. Both bottom and cover sections have supporting leg members so that the device can be turned over during the cooking process.

Abstract: A rotisserie cooking appliance includes a base and attached wall in the form of a vertically bisected cylinder. The base contains a centrally-located spindle for the attachment thereon of a drip pan and a spit and basket assembly. The spit and basket assembly includes a circular wire basket for containing the food item to be cooked, with a spit attached to the center thereof, the spit having an integral handle at the top to facilitate the insertion and removal of the spit and basket assembly from the rotisserie. A electric heating element is provided which is located to the rear of the rotisserie, which emits more thermal radiation near the bottom of the cooking chamber than at the top thereof. A removable aluminum reflective element is configured behind the heating element to further direct thermal radiation towards the spit and basket assembly. A single door configured as a vertically bisected cylinder made of a transparent heat resistant plastic material is provided.

Abstract: A safety fork for roasting hot dogs and marshmallows over an open fire. The fork has an elongated shaft with a handle at one end and a hook at the other. The hook is formed from a pair of tines extending forwardly, then bending rearwardly forming a bight defining a food holding area adapted for receipt of one or more hot dogs or marshmallows and finally extending rearwardly, said tines having a plane of symmetry passing through the shaft. Forwardly and rearwardly extending portions of tines are in stacked planes so that the food holding area continues for a distance along the forwardly extending portion of the tines.

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 device for automatically rotating rotisserie skewers includes a holder with a front panel and a rear panel provided with notches on the upper edges thereof for receiving skewers. Each skewer has a handle with a concentric cog wheel. A worm screw driven by a motor rotates the skewers via the respective cog wheels. A cog wheel is automatically disengaged from the worm screw when the skewer rotated by said cog wheel gets stuck, while the other skewers continue to be rotated.

Abstract: A device for roasting a food item including a shaft, a hook member formed at one end of the shaft, and a plurality of spirals formed adjacent to the hook member on the shaft. The spirals have an inner diameter greater than a diameter of the food item. The hook member extends inwardly toward the plurality of spirals. A handle is affixed to an end of the shaft opposite the hook member. The handle includes a strap member affixed thereto. At least one of the spirals adjacent to the hook member is of a lesser diameter than the remainder of the spirals. The shaft, the hook member and the plurality of spirals are formed of a stainless steel wire material. The plurality of spirals has a length less than a length of the food item.

Abstract: An improved tumble basket for use with a rotisserie is provided comprising a generally cylindrical basket having first and second ends. Attached to said first end, co-axial with said basket is means for supporting said first end on the barbecue and for in co-operation with a drive motor rotating the basket. This means consists of a square rod centrally attached to the said first end of the basket. Attached to said second end, co-axial with said basket, is handle means which support the basket on the barbecue and provide a handle for removing the basket from the barbecue after cooking. The handle means consists of a rod centrally attached to said second end of the basket with a insulated handle attached to the distal end of the rod. A hinged cover is provided with latch means that can be operated while the basket is hot without burning the operator's fingers.

Abstract: A hand held utensil adapted to hold a vegetable such as a potato for peeling, the device having a flange retaining the hand in a safe position and having an extension therebeyond securely holding the vegetable in position for peeling.

Abstract: A cooking oven and method of cooking vertically arrayed food carrying skewers movably attached and carried in a horizontal endless travel path by conveyor means to encircle a heating element array within a single open cooking oven chamber so as to constantly directly and indirectly expose the food to the heat radiated from the element array throughout the complete travel path within the oven chamber. A plurality of internested drip pans are disposed within the oven chamber vertically beneath the food travel path for collecting juice drippage. The oven chamber superposed beneath a conveyor chamber contains an alternating array of infrared gas burners and reflectors arranged upright in a row. A slot communicating between the conveyor chamber and oven chamber provides for travel of suspended food carrying skewers within the oven chamber and incorporates a gasket seal to retain heat and inhibit transfer of contaminants downwardly to the oven chamber.

Abstract: A handheld, rotatable food roasting apparatus for use in supporting food over a campfire or the like includes a cylindrical receptacle including opposed axial ends, an open interior space, and an opening formed in one of the axial ends through which food may be placed into and removed from the interior space. An elongated handle is attached to the receptacle for allowing the apparatus to be supported and rotated over the source of heat. In order to facilitate transportation of the device, the handle may be sectioned.

Abstract: A potato baking device comprising a self-supporting base and lid, wherein the base and lid define a cooking chamber for baking potatoes. A heating plate is provided inside the cooking chamber for conducting heat throughout the cooking chamber. A plurality of detachable heat conductive skewers are provided on which potatoes are mounted and placed into the cooking chamber such that the skewers are in contact with the heating plate. To facilitate mounting the potatoes onto the skewers, a mounting block is provided. A temperature sensing unit is also provided to determine the internal temperature of the potato and indicate when cooking is completed.

Abstract: A campfire skewer consisting of an elongate member having a first end, a second end, a first portion adjacent the first end, and a second portion adjacent the second end. The first portion has a first axis and the second portion is offset from the first axis. The first and has means for impaling food. A hand grip is rotatably mounted on the first portion of the elongate member. By holding the hand grip and manipulating the second portion of the elongate member the elongate member can be made to rotate in a rotisserie-like fashion.

Abstract: A campfire skewer consisting of an elongate member having a first end, a second end, a first portion adjacent the first end, and a second portion adjacent the second end. The first portion has a first axis and the second portion is offset from the first axis. The first and has means for impaling food. A hand grip is rotatably mounted on the first portion of the elongate member. By holding the hand grip and manipulating the second portion of the elongate member the elongate member can be made to rotate in a rotisserie-like fashion.

Abstract: A skewer device for barbecue cooking foods such as shish-kabob. The skewer device has a rod to which the food is attached and a pair of support members slidably retained on the rod at opposite ends of the food arrangement. The support members are ring-like in the preferred embodiment and elevate the food above the cooking surface. The support members loosely fit on the skewer so they may be tilted to frictionally engage the rod to secure the food and lock the members relative to the rod.

Abstract: A device for making a plurality of Ka-bobs includes a weighted holding base with a plurality of holes passing entirely therethrough. Each hole in the base has a countersink around it in the upper surface of the device, for the quick and easy insertion of a skewer into each hole. The device enables a single worker to utilize the method of the invention to prepare a plurality of ka-bobs, at the same time, by impaling food items, one item at a time, onto skewers held in the base. Additionally, the device is assembled from a minimum of parts so as to include a pair of handles and a minimum of connecting points and joining areas, to allow for easy cleaning and the prevention of the growth of bacteria and germs on the device.

Abstract: Apparatus for cooking food atop a barbeque grill or the like including a hollow rectangular frame having front and rear walls coupled by adjustable side walls to adapt the unit to different size barbeque grills. A plurality of food receiving skewer blades are rotatably mounted on the front and rear walls and include a pointed end for piercing food and a handle end which can be gripped for removing the skewer blades. One of the skewer blades is rotatably driven via a motor mounted thereon adjacent the front wall. The rotation of the driven skewer blade is coupled to the remaining skewer blades via intermeshing gears rotatably mounted on the rear wall.

Abstract: A portable rotisserie is disclosed which can be readily assembled and disassembled. The rotisserie includes front and back walls and two side walls each of which includes at its extremities complementary connecting means so that the walls can be assembled in the form of a rectangular frame. The front wall includes two plates between which are mounted a plurality of engaging idler gears and a drive gear for rotating the idler gears. Notches are provided in the upper surface of the plates of the front wall for receiving a sprocket gear attached to a skewer, the other end of which is supported in the back wall. A drive gear engages the idler gear so that when it is rotated, either manually or by motor, rotation of the idler gears causes the skewers mounted in the notches to rotate.

Abstract: A rack for cooking barbecued ribs includes a plurality of curved legs which generally conform to the shape of the ribs. The legs are welded perpendicularly to a single longitudinal member. A handle attached to the longitudinal member makes it possible to manipulate the rack. The length of the curved legs decreases as the distance from the handle increases, thereby giving the rack a tapered form. Ribs barbecued on the rack cook quickly and evenly due to the improved distribution and concentration of heat.

Abstract: A simple, inexpensive, easy to use, portable grill that is fuel-efficient, eliminates flaming totally and retains the natural flavor of food being grilled is provided. The portable grill is formed by the combination of a food supporting grid placed inside a grease collection pan that receives heat from a flame to one side of the pan and a cover extending past the end of the pan, to reflect the heat evenly into the pan. The portable grill can easily be adapted to accept skewers for applications such as in cooking shish kebabs.

Abstract: A shish kabob rotisserie for placement over the firebox of an outdoor grill provides a motor-driven center drive chain assembly for rotationally driving a plurality of transversely arranged skewers having double skewer members releasably attached. The double skewer members resiliently and tightly holding two loadings of food items to be cooked on a support skewer rod. The rotisserie being a portable frame-like device that is detachably mountable to a grill.

Abstract: A manually-manipulatable device for supporting and rotating a number of hot dogs above the surface of a grille during a cooking operation. The device is equipped with balancer elements that maintain the device in a stabilized condition on the grilled surface in spite of cantilever forces imposed by the supported hot dogs. An elongated handle is rotatably attached to a housing that mounts a number of rotary hot dog grippers. A gear mechanism within the housing transmits a drive force from the handle to the hot dog grippers.

Abstract: A toy rotatable grill kabob is disclosed for simultanously rotatably driving a skewer onto which simulated food chunks are mounted, and a pair of spaced support rods for supporting a simulated wiener or the like. The skewer and support rods are driven by a common drive.

Abstract: The specification discloses a steak-cooking spike apparatus (10) for being inserted into an edge (36) of a steak (34). The spike apparatus (10) includes a heat-absorbing rod (12) for being positioned adjacent to the steak (34) immediately above the adjacent to a grill (48) to absorb heat from the grill (48). A plurality of heat-conducting spikes (26) extend from the midsection of the rod (12) in a direction perpendicular to the width of the rod (12). The spikes (26) are positioned in a row along the midsection of the rod (12) and are oriented in a parallel, co-planar relationship for being inserted into the edge of the steak (34) for transmitting heat to the center interior thereof.

Abstract: A cooking utensil for the preparation of food items such as frankfurters or marshmallows over a heat source. The cooking utensil comprises an elongated body, a first base attached to one end of the body capable of supporting the body in a vertical position and supporting food items on the surface of the first base not attached to the body, a second base attached to the other end of the body capable of supporting the body in a vertical position and supporting food items on the surface of the second base not attached to the body, a plurality of food impaling pins attached to either the first or second base which are positioned substantially in the direction of the long axis of the body, and a handle means associated with the cooking utensil to enable the maneuvering and inversion of the cooking utensil. A means for suspending the cooking utensil over a heat source not having a grill may also be associated with the invention.

Abstract: Because barbeque forks tend to be rather unwieldy items a barbeque fork is provided which can be separated into a number of shorter pieces or lengths for storage and the pieces then assembled end to end by connecting means before use. Preferably such connecting means comprise a screw-threaded spigot on one piece and a corresponding screw-threaded socket on the adjacent piece. To avoid difficulties in unscrewing the connection means with greasy hands, however, when there are more than three pieces or sections, gripping means such as outwardly projecting lugs are provided the or each section which is not one containing the handle or the prongs. Also to assist in propping up the fork a supporting member, axially slidable along the shaft, can be provided, the supporting member comprises a pair of domed plates placed back to back and each plate having a number of outwardly projecting arms.

Abstract: This invention provides a novel skewer, for cooking shish kabobs or the like, made from plastic, and comprising two interfitted, but otherwise unconnected members, the interfitting connection joining the handle and the body of the skewer. The body of the skewer and the handle are therefore capable of some relative independent movement. The skewer may be used in connection with a novel method and recipe for preparing foods, in particular, baked shish kabobs, or the like, comprising the steps of coating the food with a dry cassava flour based batter, baking in the oven until warm, applying melted butter or cooking oil, and baking until done.

Abstract: A skewer for shish-ke-bob and the like comprises a cylindrically shaped handle having circumferential grooves and a concave recess near one end to provide a grip for a human hand. A shaft extends from one end of the handle. The shaft has a free pointed end and a small flange extending from the pointed end. A second shaft has one of its ends coiled about the first shaft for slidable movement with respect to the first shaft. The little flange prevents the second shaft from sliding off the first shaft. The flange can be threaded through the coil to detach the second shaft from the first shaft. A plate marker having apertures therethrough slides over both shafts. The plurality of apertures have distinctive markings. The plate is slidable along the shafts for pushing food off of the skewer shafts.

Abstract: A short generally cylindrical base is provided and an elongated shank has one end supported from and projects endwise outwardly from one end of the base. A follower is mounted on the shank for adjustable positioning therealong between a retracted position closely adjacent the base and an extended position remote from the base. A pair of elongated generally parallel tines are supported from the follower, on opposite sides of the shank, and generally parallel the shank with the tines projecting endwise outwardly from the follower in the same direction in which the shank projects from the base. A tubular combined handle and cover is provided and is closed at a first end thereof and the second end thereof and the base include coacting bayonet connection structure for supporting the cover from the base in selected end-to-end reversed positions.

Abstract: Different heads containing various arrangements of elongated prongs upon which food may be impaled are detachably securable to the end of a handle constructed of a plurality of elongated tubular telescopic sections. The prongs are parallel to the axis of the handle when the head is attached to the handle, and a wire mesh member is detachably securable to the prongs in such a manner as to form a perforated grill.