Abstract: A barbecue grill structure having a grill portion for holding food over a fire, a support portion for supporting the grill portion over the fire and an adjustable attachment means for adjustably attaching the grill portion to the support portion.

Abstract: Barbecue apparatus including a housing, a motor having a rotatable output shaft mounted on the housing, and a support shaft for supporting meat within the housing connected to the output shaft. Mechanical interconnects of a specified character are employed to facilitate installation and removal of the support shaft.

Abstract: A portable cooking grill has a bottom wall and side and end walls which are hinged to the bottom wall to form an open box or enclosure which can be collapsed by moving the walls proximate to the bottom wall. One pair of walls is provided with mating, multi-stepped slots which can support a grill tray or a deep tray or skewers at different levels. Flat leaf or blade springs automatically open the grill from the collapsed condition when a locking mechanism is opened. Folding legs are mounted on the grill or a support tray can be used where the grill is formed integrally from a blank of semi-rigid material which is heat and fire resistant. The grill is universal and can readily be used with many fuels, including coal, wood, gas and electricity, and can be used to cook by broiling, baking, boiling of liquid foods (e.g. soup), frying and the like. Both solid and non-solid foods can be prepared in a simple and convenient manner at home or while traveling.

Abstract: A barbecue grill and cooking grid element including a shell-like housing having a bottom wall and an upstanding peripheral sidewall; a cover hingedly connected to the shell-like housing; a heat source mounted in the shell-like housing; and, a grid element mounted in the shell-like housing above the heat source. The grid element comprises at least one generally planar base element and a plurality of integral, upstanding, spaced apart, parallel elongated ribs integral with the base element, there being at least one opening and, preferably a plurality of openings, formed in the base element between each adjacent pair of upstanding ribs. The heat source may comprise any conventional heat source such, for example, as an electrical heating element or a gas-fired heating unit.

Abstract: The accessory shelves are detachably hung on pins, allowing the shelves to be rotated to a folded down and stored position, or to be rotated to a horizontal locked position for use. The shelves are attachable and detachable without the use of tools or fasteners. The optional side burner is detachably held in a similar fashion, but with an additional locking bolt to prevent inadvertent pivotal rotation from the horizontal position.

Abstract: An apparatus is described for use in forming a flexible food item into a rigid bowl-shaped shell during submersive cooking which includes a support member and a basket with a base portion and a side wall portion. The apparatus further has structure for positioning the food item to be formed between the support member and the base portion of the basket during operation. The apparatus further has structure which permits folding of at least a portion of an outer periphery of the food item which extends beyond the base portion when the food item is operatively positioned between the support member and the basket. The apparatus permits folding by the oil during submersion of at least a portion of the outer periphery of the food item from a position away from the side wall portion of the basket to a position adjacent the side wall portion of the basket.

Abstract: A cooking device including a deep pan having a funnel located centrally in the bottom thereof through which heat may rise and circulate in the interior areas of the pan. The pan may also include a griddle which acts as a cover, the heat funnel being adjacent the bottom surface of the griddle when the griddle is covering the pan. Heat may channel from the heat source through the heat funnel to evenly heat the bottom of the griddle as it evenly heats the interior of the pan. The invention also includes a novel handle arrangement on the griddle and pan. The handles are lockable in their upright position if desired in order to stabilize and prevent rotation of the griddle or pan when being lifted. A heat cone may also be placed over the heat funnel to somewhat insulate food inside the pan from direct contact with the heat funnel. A cover which will fit over the entire griddle surface, or alternatively, directly over the pan itself, is also included.

Abstract: A picnic cooking assembly includes a skillet, a cooking pan, and a kettle. The cooking pan nests within the skillet and the kettle nests within the skillet over the cooking pan. The cooking pan, inverted, fits over the skillet to form a food storage container. Moreover, the kettle is formed with a spout covered with a cap which is also securable to the kettle as a handle. Attached to the skillet is a handle which, when the cooking assembly is assembled, fits over and around the kettle, locking the cooking assembly together.

Abstract: Accessories for making conventional cooking utensils usable with disposable bags to produce cooked comestibles of superior quality and to eliminate the cleaning up appurtenant to conventional cooking techniques. A trivet at the lower end of the accessory supports the bottom of the bag above the bottom of the cooking utensil or vessel in which the trivet is installed. That keeps the bag from sticking to the bottom of the utensil; it also promotes the speed and uniformity with which the comestibles in the bag are cooked.

Abstract: A tripod stand structured for supporting food holding equipment over a fire pan containing a fire, or an open campfire. The tripod has three support legs, each formed of a plurality of separable sections which snap together. The upper portion of each leg is hingedly affixed to a central collar. The central collar further defines a central bore structured for retaining a vertically oriented center rigid shaft. The lower end of the center rigid shaft is structured for releasably supporting one of several food holding accessories such as a grill, a battery powered rotisserie or a shish kebob apparatus over the fire. The central collar allows the center rigid shaft to be removed or variably adjusted in height over a wide range. Temporary stationary affixment of the center rigid shaft within the central collar is made with the use of a threadably engaged L-shaped handle, one end of which extends through a threaded bore in the sidewall of the central collar.

Abstract: A cooking protective food support that includes a plurality of raised portions and a plurality of lower portions supports food to be cooked and collects cooking food juices. The support retains the cooking food juices so the food is self-basted or rehydrated. Additionally, the support retains the cooking food juices to prevent flare-ups that often occur when the cooking food juices come in direct contact with the heat source. The food support is invertible so that cooking food juices on the surface that is not supporting the food are burned away by the heat source.

Abstract: A cooking apparatus for suspending a food product while cooking for use in high heat and microwave environments.

Abstract: An apparatus for suspending a food product, such as meats and the like while cooking comprised of two planar interlocking grids that allow for easy assembly and storage and allow for use in high heat and microwave environments.

Abstract: A portable barbeque grill cart is disclosed having a base portion, two opposing end portions, and optional shelf portions. The two end portions are fabricated having two or more slip sleeve connectors adapted for telescopic interconnection of the base portion of the two end portions, thereby making assembly of the cart simple and expedient. The portable barbeque grill cart has no small loose pieces which can be lost or misplaced during shipment or assembly.

Abstract: A roll-up cooking grill assembly presents, when in an open condition for use, a relatively flat, substantially rectangular, upwardly facing cooking table; and, when in a rolled up condition for cleaning and for storage, is configured to fit inside of a cylindrical case. The rectangular cooking table is made up of a plurality of mutually parallel, spaced-apart, transversely extending rods. Each side plate of two sets of longitudinally extending overlapping side plates is permanently connected to the ends of two immediately adjacent rods. Each side plate has a leading end portion permanently mounted with respect to an outer end of a first of said rods, an intermediate portion permanently mounted with respect to an immediately adjacent second rod in trailing direction, and a trailing end finger portion extending into interfering relation above a third rod immediately adjacent the second rod in trailing direction. Each end of each rod is permanently mounted to two adjacent side plates.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a pivotable cooker that can be used for smoking food in one position and grilling food in another position. The housing has two open ends and is pivotable about the middle section. When one open end is disposed on top, the grill is constructed so that smoking can take place. Pivoting the grill around the pivot point then allows the cooker to be used for grilling. The slidable components allow smoking and grilling to be performed immediately after the other without danger of burning and the outer housing is made of a plurality of sections that telescopically fit into each other so that a compact device results.

Abstract: A cooker apparatus for simultaneously cooking fajitas in a pan while barbecuing on a grill. The apparatus has an upwardly opening chamber supported at the bottom thereof, and a burner for heating is contained inside of the chamber. The grill is supported inside of the chamber above the burner; and, a special pan that slopes towards the center forms a protective cover when in one position and can be inverted to form a frying pan within which fajitas can be cooked when in another position. The pan is supported at the upper end of the chamber and can be elevated to form an adjustable flue area by which the escape of heat from the chamber is controlled. The pan is pivotally supported for movement towards and away from the chamber to allow access to the interior of the chamber.

Abstract: A jacket for use in cooking large pieces of meat, turkeys, chickens, roasts and the like and is in the form of a mesh member having handle forming loops at each end to enable the turkey or other piece of meat to be retained in a jacket structure and easily lifted from the cooking pan, pot, vessel or the like. The jacket is constructed of a plastic material that is of one piece construction thereby eliminating seams which form areas of weakness with the mesh material enabling the cooking fluids to remain in the pan when the turkey, chicken or other large piece of meat is removed thereby saving all of the drippings for making gravy or other uses.

Abstract: A grill device or grill kit, having a base, support post, and a cantilevered support arm, adjustably interconnected for wide accommodation of cooking or grilling situations, outdoors or even indoors in a front-loading stove or fireplace. The support arm, and its revolvable connection to the support post, provide for use of the support arm as a rotisserie, and both a motor and a hand crank are provided for the grill-turning function; and diversity is further accommodated by the grill body itself being adjustable for flat-support use, or for meat-clamping use when the grill and support arm are used as a rotisserie.

Abstract: A bakery pan formed of injection molded liquid-crystal polymer has side walls and end walls which include an integral rib for receiving and retaining an encircling strap enabling several of the pans to be supported together in a module. A ferrous or magnetic material member is secured to the bottom of the pan, enabling the non-ferrous pan to be used in magnetic conveyor systems, and the band used for holding the pans in a module also is a magnetic material to permit holding the pans with overhead magnets.

Abstract: A stackable, portable chafer assembly comprising a stack of chafter units in which a first lowermost unit has a frame which supports a water pan and the other units of the first unit nest within that pan in compact fashion. The frame of the first unit is designed to support one or more chafter units above it, with the frame of each successively higher unit resting on the frame of the next lower unit, whereby a compact stacked assembly is provided which saves substantially on storage space and which allows the plurality of units to be moved by a single person, avoiding the need to employ one person to move each one of the units.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a portable trolley barbecue, which is built up to form a trolley barbecue with some table plates provided for allocation of certain articles thereon, and which is collapsed to become a portable configuration for carriage and storage. By way of two lateral curved frames arranged at both sides by slip joint to lock up the base of the oven at the time the component parts been arranged inside the base. The two curved frames are pushed outward to provide a respective handle for hands to push and pull, and for a table plate to place thereon. Four pieces of stands are collapsibly arranged at the four corners of the base of the oven, with one pair of the stands respectively connected with a wheel. A cover plate provided to cover the base of the oven at the time the oven is collapsed, is separated from the oven and connected with the four stands by releasable joints to provide a place below the base of the trolley barbecue for certain articles to arrange thereon.

Abstract: In order to more easily handle a portable grill, fuel pans which can be supported in either horizontal position or vertical position are provided with removable grates which will confine charcoal briquettes within the fuel pan whether it is horizontal or vertical. The grate is slidable into and out of the "down" end of the fuel pan when vertical and, when installed, the grate does not extend to the "up" end of the fuel pan thus to provide space where fresh briquettes can be added. U-shape legs which snap into and hold an operable condition supporting the grill off the ground and which snap into a stowed condition parallel with the rest of the grill when the grill is not in use are provided. A stop is provided to assist in holding the fuel pan in its upright position while it is being clamped in place.

Abstract: A device for poaching and serving eggs, whereby the egg is kept compact and picture perfect by minimizing the spreading of the egg white while the raw egg is being totally immersed in a poaching liquid 60. Said liquid usually means water, however, a variety of poaching liquids may be used to impart various flavors at a minimum of cost. The egg poaching device FIG. 1 comprises a body member 20 to partially contain the egg. This body member 20 handle 32 for easy removal from the serving plate 36. Said plate 36 is used to partially contain the egg also has a handle 52, attached, to facilitate easy serving of the egg FIG. 9.

Abstract: A multiple unit wok apparatus is provided for simultaneously cooking separate ingredients and, when cooked, the ingredients can be easily mixed together if desired. The individual wok units preferably have means for detachably interlocking each unit with another, similar unit. Embodiments include double, triple, quadruple and higher multiple unit wok assemblies.

Abstract: An apparatus to facilitate producing scrambled eggs on a heated grill surface comprises a frame. At least one egg ring having a lower edge portion is adapted to be disposed in intimate contact with the grill surface for movement therealong and to define with the grill surface an enclosed region within the egg ring for confining liquid eggs. An interceptor member extends across the egg ring in position to engage the liquid eggs therewithin in response to moving the apparatus to and fro over the grill surface. Complementary interengaging portions between the interceptor means and the egg ring properly positions the egg ring on the frame as a function of mounting the interceptor on the frame. Cushion means are provided between the egg ring and the frame to bias the egg ring into intimate contact with the grill surface.

Abstract: Cooking apparatus comprising a stake having a first end arranged to be driven into the ground in upright manner and a support for supporting items to be cooked or heated connected to said stake in such manner that said support is arranged to be swivelled about said stake. The support may be in the form of one or more of several embodiments. In each such embodiment, the support comprises a sleeve arranged to surround the stake and is rotatable with respect thereto. Further, the embodiments may be in the form of a barbecue tray, a hollow for a wok type receptacle, a rotisserie or an elongate member having a hook.

Abstract: A stackable plate arrangement (10) for microwave ovens (100) wherein the arrangement (10) comprises a plurality of apertured plate units (11) that are adapted to be operatively connected together at different heights by a plurality of support units (12) such that multiple food receptacles (200) may be suspended on different tiers within a microwave oven (100).

Abstract: A disposable, self-supported tray, for holding food in a microwave oven, which tray includes a paperboard center panel coated on at least one side with a conductive material and supported at the periphery and in the center by downwardly extending panels, certain of which have interlocking engagement with each other.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for cooking food, particularly semi-liquid foods and baking doughs. The apparatus comprises an open metallic grid containing vertical cells, the grid being located at the bottom of a covered cooking vessel and being partially immersed in liquid, such as water. The cooking method involves placement of food within a container on the upper surface of the grid and application of heat to the bottom wall. A method for both mixing baking doughs and cooking them directly on the grid while contained within a flexible plastic bag is disclosed.

Abstract: A positioning lever for use with a rotisserie cradle of the type wherein clamping rods may be angularly and radially disposed for the containment of food therein by means of rotational adjustment of two pairs of slotted plates disposed at either end thereof. The positioning lever allows the clamping rods to be quickly and easily repositioned.

Abstract: A baking pan like a conventional baking pan except that the pan has a removable end section which can be used to close one end of the pan when the baked goods are in a pre-cooked condition to prevent batter or the like from leaking out of the pan and yet which can be readily removed when the baked goods are to be served so that every piece of the baked goods can be removed without deforming such piece of baked goods or breaking it into pieces which would destroy the aesthetic presentation thereof.

Abstract: A rotisserie accessory is provided for use with a cooking appliance having an airflow grill. Locking apparatus prevents rotational operation of a spit portion when the rotisserie accessory is improperly positioned on the cooking appliance.

Abstract: The invention provides that a microwavable tray is provided with a skirt which covers those areas of the tray subjected to heat radiation when the tray is placed under a grill for the grilling of the tray products, said skirt being of a heat reflective material.

Abstract: A portable barbeque module having an outer shell, cooking grid, lava rock brickettes, a grill, a perforated plate or woven wire grate holding the brickettes and equipped with a heat distributing baffle, handles and folding legs. With the legs folded up the barbeque is insertable as an instant converter for converting LP gas deep fat fish frying units with the deep fat fry pan removed to a barbeque cooker.

Abstract: An expandable enclosure is provided for freeze forming a processed mass of meat or poultry products into a desirable and naturally occurring cut of meat. This enclosure includes an elongate housing with an opening for receiving the mass, a displaceable cover which the product mass displaces as it expands during freezing, and fastening apparatus for providing resistance to the separation of the cover from the housing so that the cover can maintain pressure on the mass to expel voids and excess moisture from the mass and to press the mass into the shape of the enclosure.

Abstract: A device for roasting meats having meat holding portion, a casing, a guide lever, a spring body, a roasting portion, and a lever for operation.In this device, the meat is roasted from both sides in the roasting portion and movement of the meat into and out of the roasting portion is performed by a remote control from outside of the casing. The roasting portion, grills, for roasting and guide rails which guide the grills to the roasting portion are secured in the casing. Further, a heating opening is provided at the upper surface of the casing so as to use the heat in the roasting portion to keep roasted meat warm.

Abstract: A collapsible support rack includes a generally planar support member connected to a lifting frame by means of a plurality of collapsible members. The rack is particularly well suited for supporting and lifting food products during cooking and is adapted to collapse so as to provide a low profile when not in use.

Abstract: A cooking unit formed with four side panels hinged along adjacent sides. A pair of opposite side panels are hinged between the sides thereof in parallel relation to the hinges joining the adjacent sides thereof. The cooking unit in an extended state is hollow, and in cross-section has a rectangular or square configuration.

Abstract: A chicken holder to hold a chicken while it is being cooked, the holder having a hollow bowl and a central upstanding member to pass into the interior of the chicken. The member is removable from the base for cleaning and washing, and in use the holder holds the chiekcn vertical with the legs of the chicken extending into the bowl.

Abstract: An improvement of at least one clamping member for use in a rotisserie with a cradle having a pair of longitudinally spaced opposite end plates, and a plurality of longitudinally extending and circumferentially spaced rods fixedly secured to said end plates. A pair of adjacent rods are circumferentially spaced from each other a sufficient distance to define a longitudinal opening for the passage of food into the interior of the cradle. The clamping member has a leg with a longitudinal axis, a first end, and a second end. A food clamp having an L-shaped member is attached to the first end of the leg, and a U-shaped member is fixedly secured adjacent to the corner of the L-shaped member. The second end of the leg is pivotally secured to an adjacent rod, allowing pivotal rotation about and longitudinal movement along the adjacent rod. The second end of the leg is anchorable in a desired angular and longitudinal position on said adjacent rod.

Abstract: A charcoal cooker has a cooker bowl and a lid dimensioned to cover the bowl during cooking. Food is supported within the cooker on a support structure such as a rotisserie rod or a grid. A primary grate is disposed within the bowl below the food support structure and is configured to support a charcoal fire and an upper grate is disposed at an elevation within the bowl above the primary grate but below the food support structure. The upper grate is configured to support a charcoal fire and is spaced from the primary grate at a sufficiently small distance so that a charcoal fire on the primary grate will ignite charcoal disposed on the upper grate. In this manner a long lasting charcoal fire may be achieved by starting a fire on the primary grate and placing fresh charcoal on the upper grate for subsequent ignition and burning.

Abstract: A pan insert for removing and draining food from within a cooking receptacle. The insert has a flat tray which holds a roast or the like with the tray dimensioned to fit within the cooking receptacle. The tray has three side panels which hold the food on the tray when tilting and removing the tray with a free side for sliding the roast or the like off of the tray.

Abstract: A device for cooking fatty foods such as meat balls or other foods which are characterized by the production of liquid fat during the cooking process is disclosed. A pan having a bottom and upstanding side walls is provided. A removable heat-conductive tray is adapted to be supported in spaced relationship above the bottom of the pan. The tray includes a plurality of food supporting cavities and the bottom of each cavity is provided with a drain for permitting liquids removed from the food during cooking to drain into the bottom of the pan. Removable electric resistance heating means is adapted to be supported beneath the tray in heat conductive relation therewith for conducting heat to and throughout the tray sufficient to cook the food in the cavities, the heating means underlying the tray and positioned above the level of the drains so as to provide unrestricted passage of liquids emanating from food being cooked in the cavities for the drains to the bottom of the pan.

Abstract: A vertical grille is disclosed, in which at least two heating elements are arranged in spaced facing relationship in substantially parallel and substantially vertical planes, defining grilling areas between them. Removable racks are associated with each grilling area for suspending the articles of food to be grilled. The rack assembly has two racks, one side of one rack detachably engaging in brackets attached to the corresponding side of the other rack, the other sides of the racks having post and post-engaging slider rods for clamping the racks together in spaced facing relationship to thereby clamp the article of food between them. A water-holding tray is positioned beneath each grilling area for holding a small quantity of water so that fat and the like falling from the articles of food falls into water in the tray and is thereby prevented from being further heated to the point of smoking. Grilling units may be ganged together in side-to-side fashion, so as to produce an array of grilling areas.

Abstract: A dual-purpose baking pan assembly suitable for use in a conventional oven wherein the assembly as well as the food therein are exposed to a high-temperature atmosphere, and in a microwave oven wherein the atmosphere is close to ambient temperature and the assembly and the food are subjected to microwave energy. All components of the assembly are formed of a dielectric material unaffected by microwave energy and capable of withstanding high temperatures. The assembly is constituted by a circular base which fits into an annular groove formed in a cylindrical shell defined by a pair of complementary half-sections whose rear ends are hinged together by a removable pivot pin and whose front ends are joinable by a detachable clamp. Thus, after a food product is baked in the assembly, the shell thereof may be detached from the base to expose the food product without disrupting its structure.

Abstract: In a grill basket, two mutually adjustable wire basket halves are provided. These wire basket halves comprise two longitudinal rods, the ends of which are bent-over in a hook-like manner. The two longitudinal rods are connected by transverse wires which are spaced at intervals from one another. End plates are provided for the adjustable connection of the two wire basket halves, and parallel, spaced-apart rows of holes are formed in each plate. The wire basket halves are hookable into said plates by their bent-over ends on the longitudinal rods, in the same way as perforate hooks are hooked into perforate walls. The spindles are disposed on their respective plates so that the grill basket is rotatably mounted on the appropriate means of a grill.

Abstract: Improvements in outdoor cooking grills; an improved, vertically adjustable, food grill slideably mounted on a central vertical stake through a central collar on the grill; improvements in means for raising, lowering and fixing the vertical position of the grill on its mounting stake; a vertically adjustable grill with readily assembled and disassembled parts.

Abstract: A vertically oriented fuel bed elongate in the vertical direction provides a vertical radiant source of heat for cooking food in cooking zones on either side of the bed. A portable and collapsible grill frame is formed by light weight end rods and elongate cross rods assembled in three tiers, a top tier, a lower tier, and base level. The vertical radiant heat source is supported in the center of the frame removeably suspended from the top tier without extending below the lower tier. An ash tray is removeably suspended from the lower tier below the fuel bed and above the base level. First and second drip trays are removeably suspended from the lower tier below the cooking zones on either side of the ash tray. The ash tray and drip trays form a substantially continuous surface across the grill frame for reflecting heat upward and protecting a surface on which the grill may be placed. A plurality of removeable and replaceable panels provide greater or lesser enclosure of a cooking zone.

Abstract: A utensil for use in frying eggs on a grill includes a lower frame member defining a set of cylindrical or crescent-shaped outer rings in which to fry the eggs and an upper frame member defining a corresponding set of slightly smaller inner rings that fit concentrically within the outer rings for use in dislodging the eggs after they have fried. Suitable components movably mount the upper frame member on the lower frame member to enable one-handed operation in sliding the inner rings down the interiors of the outer rings as the upper and lower frame members are lifted together from the grill.