Abstract: A grill, such as for use in barbecues, comprising a flat cooking surface having a multiplicity of openings therethrough and grooves inlaid therein which are juxtaposed so as to effect the flowing of a major portion of the liquids emanating from food being cooked on the cooking surface into the grooves and a minor portion of the liquids into the openings. The minor portion falls into the heat source located underneath the grill. The grooves are of a slope and direction to effect the disposition of the major portion of liquids to a location distant from the heat source.

Abstract: Coffee roaster, preferably having no moving parts and suitable for domestic use, in which a current of hot air is caused to pass through a layer of coffee beans supported on a perforated plate or belt, the space above the beans being enclosed by sidewalls and a top cover having one or more openings for outflow of air. The top cover causes heat to be radiated back onto the beans and the flow of hot air causes water vapor and other gases resulting from roasting, also smoke, to be rapidly removed from the beans and vented. In a variant the roaster may be enclosed in an oven and the cover of the oven may be imperforate, the oven being provided with means to vent air, water vapor and other gases.

Abstract: An oven for food comprises a housing and a stationary support inside the housing with a position for supporting the food. A fan and an electric element supply a stream of hot air to the inside of the housing. A rotating drum has a supply opening for directing the stream of hot air towards the position for the food and for moving the stream of hot air about the position for the food to heat or cook the food.

Abstract: A cooking apparatus for cooking particulate foods comprising an elongated source of radiant heat, a container for retaining the food adjacent the source of heat, a helical device within the container for moving the food through the container and along the source of heat, the helical device having a lesser pitch at the feed end than at the discharge end so that the food is moved more slowly near the feed end and more quickly near the discharge end, means for causing the food to cascade as it passes through the container, the apparatus being arranged so that food which is introduced into one end of the container is advanced therealong at a progressively increasing rate and cascaded therein in order to produce even cooking of the food as it passes through the apparatus.

Abstract: The cooking grill disclosed has a series of inverted U-shaped channels for trapping hot convection gases beneath a substantially flat cooking surface. The channels are held together by one or more cross stringers which pass through sidewalls of each channel in apertures adjacent to a channel base and are secured to the channel base by securing means of various types. Sidewalls may be flared and exterior surfaces coated with an easily cleaned material. The stringers may be of various cross sections.

Abstract: A device for broiling elongate food articles, such as hot dogs, sausages, etc., comprises a rod having a handle at one end, and food retaining baskets connected with the other end of the rod. The baskets are detachably connected with the rod by support wires which extend laterally from both the open and closed ends of the baskets, and have bent over free ends which form eyelets through which the rod is closely received. The rod end opposite the handle is threaded. The support wires at the open ends of the baskets are threaded over the threaded area of the rod, onto a lower portion thereof, to non-fixedly mount the upper ends of the baskets. The support wires at the closed ends of the baskets are disposed on the threaded area of the rod, and a pair of threaded nuts are positioned on opposite sides of the support ends, and are tightened against each other to fixedly, yet detachably, mount the lower ends of the baskets on the rod in a predetermined configuration.

Abstract: There is disclosed an electric hot dog cooker also suitable for cooking individual portions of sausages, shishkabob or the like, including a stand supporting an electric heating coil in the form of a helix extending horizontally; inside the helical heating coil is a hollow bushing member arranged so that a rotisserie spit rod will extend through the bushing and engage a rotisserie motor element, all essentially co-axial with the helical electric heating element. Secured only to the outer end of the rotisserie spit is a circular arrangement of nine cylindrical open-wire cages about two inches in diameter and about nine inches long, capable of accepting a hot dog, sausage or similar shaped food portion and large enough so that the hot dog will roll in the cage while the circular arrangement of cages is rotated around the heating coil by the rotisserie motor. The motor is shielded from the heating element by a metal shield having a horizontal turned-down portion at the top thereof serving as a warming shelf.

Abstract: A portable cooker for connecting to a pressurized gas supply and being adapted for easy assembly and disassembly. When assembled, a rigid gas delivery tube extends from a gas bottle and carries a ventilated support having a fixed burner disposed centrally of the support. A dished cooking pan is supported on the support rim and is shaped so that when the cooker is dismantled for storage, the pan can be reversed on the support to form with the support an enclosure to receive the tube when disassembled. A pair of support handles extend from the support to engage the pan periphery when the cooker is dismantled and the pan is reversed, so as to latch the pan and support together. A pair of pan handles extend from the pan and cooperate with the support handles to reduce movement between the pan and support when assembled.

Abstract: A device for use with a conventional deep fat frying basket to facilitate the frying of a porous mass of a food product, such as onion rings, located within the basket. The device comprises an apertured cover plate arranged for disposition over the mouth of the basket to lock the food product within the basket. Projecting downward from the underside of the cover plate are a pair of projecting members which extend for substantially the full depth of the basket. The members are rod-like and each includes a longitudinally extending, concavely relieved face. A handle is secured to the upper surface of the cover plate. The device is coated with a non-stick material.

Abstract: A utensil for steam cooking in a microwave oven. The bottom portion of the utensil is a microwave transparent dish in which water is placed. A metal pan having a plurality of holes in the bottom is supported in the dish in a fixed horizontal alignment with the bottom spaced above the water level. A tray for holding food is positioned in the pan; the tray may be inverted to provide a second support surface configuration. A metallic cover is supported by the dish and is thereby secured in a spaced overlap alignment with the pan to substantially provide a microwave choke therebetween. The water in the dish is heated by microwave energy to provide steam which passes through the holes into the cooking region. Substantially all of the available microwave energy is absorbed by the water as the food is shielded by the combination of the pan, cover, and the choke therebetween.

Abstract: A housing for heating and rotating foodstuffs has a rotary foodstuff container through which heated air may pass during the heating of the foodstuffs. A door is provided so that the container may be removed axially from the housing. Suspension means for the container are also removable through the door opening. The door is designed to relatively seal the housing when closed.

Abstract: The Roaster Tray relates to a cooking device utilized in the process of roasting or baking meats or poultry or other foods plus a further utilization of a part of the device as a tray useful in the serving or carving of the prepared food.The device comprises two parts, namely a supporting vessel and an improved tray, the vessel serving as a container of any liquids that might be produced during a cooking process and also as a support for the tray during the cooking process, said tray embodying supporting protrusions and extended rim sections, the tray and supporting vessel being fitted together when in use as a cooking device, said tray after utilization in a cooking process being disengaged by lifting from the supporting vessel and utilized as a tray or platter holding the cooked food for serving or carving processes.

Abstract: A bun section toaster, in the usual case, has a frame supporting several parallel chain conveyors, each conveyor being effective to advance a related bun section through the frame in physical and thermal contact with a heating element on the frame to toast the top of the adjacent bun section. At least one of the conveyors, especially for a bun section from the bun center, receives and advances a tray having an aperture over which the bun center section lies. A radiant heating element on the frame is in position to radiate upwardly through the aperture onto the bottom of the center bun section so both sides of the section are toasted simultaneously. In the usual case, the toaster simultaneously accommodates a bun top section, center section and bottom section, although in some instances there is but a single conveyor and but the center section is handled.

Abstract: An economical, energy-saving apparatus for baking food products such as pretzels and the like includes an enclosed housing with an inlet for the introduction of the product to be baked and a door covering the inlet. The apparatus further includes an outlet for removal of the baked product, and a heating assembly for baking the product. Also included in the apparatus of the present invention is a conveyor system for conveying the product from the inlet through the heating assembly to the outlet. To remove the product from the conveying assembly, a removal apparatus is included within the housing for engaging the conveying assembly and removing the product therefrom. Also included in the apparatus of the present invention is a material dispenser for dispensing salt or similar material onto the product to be baked. The material dispenser is defined by a container that is in abutting engagement with the conveyor assembly so as to be engaged thereby resulting in the container being shook to dispense the material.

Abstract: Apparatus for frying instant noodles wherein a portion of steamed noodle to be fried is contained in a receptacle with a telescoping lid, the receptacle and the lid being mounted on the first and second conveyors respectively so as for the lid to telescope into the receptacle for a certain time according to the movement of the conveyors, during which time the telescoping depth of the lid is caused to vary to obtain a good frying condition.

Abstract: A meal rack is constructed in order to double the usable oven space in a microwave oven. The meal rack has a grid frame with open space allowing for the dissipation of moisture. The legs used to elevate the meal rack frame are easily engaged and disengaged.

Abstract: A two-staged pressure cooker comprises an air-tight vessel having an upper-stage chamber for containing foods to be pressure-cooked and a lower-stage chamber for containing water. The two chambers are separated from each other, each having a pressure-actuated regulating valve which allows the chamber to be maintained under an appropriate pressure for cooking. Foods can be placed in both chambers for pressure cooking.

Abstract: A combination outdoor Bar-B-Q smoker and grill is provided wherein multiple levels of cooking racks on runners within an enclosure are capable of being positioned either directly over a charcoal heat source at one end of the enclosure or at the other end of the enclosure where they are not exposed to direct heat. The enclosure is provided with a slideable top which can be used as a work surface which can be closed or moved to an open position where it is supported in cantilever beam relationship.

Abstract: A fry basket for supporting food items, such as pies and fish filets, to be cooked in an immersed position in a cooking medium. The fry basket has a generally rigid frame presenting parallel, spaced-apart transverse support members. A unitary sheet of low heat capacity flexible material is supported from the transverse frame members to form a plurality of pouches. Each pouch has a pair of opposed sidewalls and a bottom portion with each of the sidewalls of each pouch hanging from a transverse frame member of define, together with the pouch bottom portion, a pouch having a generally U-shaped cross-sectional configuration.

Abstract: A method for the production of a new and novel English muffin on a mass production basis is provided wherein the English muffin is produced by the use of a conventional bun oven and an insulated baking pan which prevents an overbaking of the bottom of the English muffin and a perforated cover plate which permits an even baking of the top surface and imparts a pattern effect on the top surface of the English muffin corresponding to the perforations in the cover plate. The resulting English muffin is new and novel, and in addition to the pattern effect on the top surface thereof, will possess a uniform color on the top and bottom surfaces thereof.

Abstract: An electric steamer for simultaneously steaming a frankfurter and warming an accompanying frankfurter bun is disclosed herein. The steamer includes a base portion having an electric heater and a reservoir adapted to receive a small amount of water for steaming the frankfurter and steam-warming the frankfurter bun. A perforated support rack is positioned over the reservoir for supporting the frankfurter, a sausage, or the like above the water. A bun-supporting cover is removably mountable over the reservoir to define a steaming chamber. The cover has a top wall provided with a plurality of steam vents whereby the steam which cooks the frankfurter escapes through the steam vents and warms and softens the frankfurter bun supported on the upper surface of the cover.

Abstract: A collapsible cooking rack arrangement comprises a first rack for supporting food to be cooked, a second rack for supporting a heat source and a pair of end supports for holding the racks in mutually vertically spaced, horizontally parallel relationship with the first rack above the second rack. The end supports each include means for releasably supportingly engaging the first rack so that the latter is readily removable, and the end supports are pivotally connected to opposite ends of the second rack, so that the end supports are pivotably between collapsed positions, in which they are compactly folded with the second rack, and erected positions in which they can be engaged with the first rack. Locking member are releasably engageable with eyes on the end supports for locking the latter in the erected positions, and the racks and the end supports are made of wire. The arrangement is inexpensive to manufacture, light and compact to transport and stable when erected.

Abstract: Conjoining cooking racks are disclosed which fit together one on top of another to form an upper and lower rack, each having identically sized outside frames, and depending longitudinal cross members connected across said frames. A method for employing the frames in conjunction with metal foil sheets for low fat cooking without soiling the frames is also described.

Abstract: A food cooking sheet made of flexible metal foil is disclosed, the sheet has an imperforate annular margin forming the outer periphery of the sheet and there is a plurality of webs extending across a perforated center section, the webs structurally connect opposite sides of the margin and radiant heat may be upwardly directed between the webs for browning an item of food supported on the sheet; also disclosed is a method of cooking an item of food, the method involves the use of a perforated sheet of metal foil and a rigid open-bottomed pan for supporting the foil and an item of food atop the foil, and the application of radiant heat through the perforated foil sheet directly against the bottom of a food item, and the removal of the foil sheet and food item together from the pan after cooking.

Abstract: A method for frying noodles in a perforated container having the shape of a cylinder, prism or truncated cone or pyramid and a height of more than 3 cm and being sealed by a perforated cover, the perforations constituting 5 to 30% of the area of the cover. Noodles are fried in such a container after the individual raw noodles have been forced apart and cut, the container is charged with the cut noodles and covered, and the covered container is immersed in hot oil. The noodles are fried in the sealed container in the hot oil at a temperature of 130.degree. C. to 160.degree. C.

Abstract: An improved one piece cooking pan designed especially for use in baking pizza pies or like food products in a pre-heated oven, the pan having a substantially flat bottom portion with a plurality of perforations uniformly distributed over the entire extent thereof for directly exposing a substantial portion of the lower dough layer of a pizza pie or the like food product to the cooking heat of the oven. The perforations preferably have filleted upper edge portions and are uniformly distributed over the pan surface such that the ratio of the perforated surface area of the bottom portion of the cooking pan to the total surface area thereof is in the range from approximately 15 to 40 percent. The filleted upper edge portion of each perforation allows the heat to be distributed relatively more uniformly over the exposed areas of the product being cooked and avoids undesireable concentration of the cooking heat.

Abstract: A holder for forming and cooking a tortilla into a pie shell. The holder includes nestable apertured pans which are initially vertically separated to receive a tortilla to be cooked. The holder is then dipped into hot oil and the pans moved towards each other to form the pliable tortilla into a pie shell shape. Thereafter, the holder remains within such frying pan until the tortilla is cooked to a firm consistency. The holder may also be utilized with regular pie crust dough rather than a tortilla.

Abstract: Apparatus for cooking food in strip form including a base, a first support rigidly affixed to the base, a second support hingedly affixed to the base and a drip tray. Both support means include heating means and integral mesh means for supporting the food to be cooked.

Abstract: An oven having dual-rotating mechanism whereby food-holding elements are arranged to be conveyed about the periphery of the inner housing of the oven, at which time the food-holding elements are individually rotated about their own axes, causing a dual-rotisserie action. The opposite ends of the food-holding elements are removably attached to a chain which is driven by a plurality of planetary gear assemblies driven by a motor, the food-holding elements being individually rotated by means of a stationary chain which is engaged to a sprocket attached to the food-holding elements assembly. Thus, a low-temperature cooking process can be employed therewith.

Abstract: A housing encloses a rotatable apertured cage containing foodstuffs is located to be rotated in air heated and impelled to pass through the cage. In one aspect of the invention the impeller is laterally displaced from the cage. In another aspect of the invention the cage is formed as a drawer designed to be withdrawn from the housing to allow loading and unloading the foodstuffs therein and designed to close the housing when inserted for rotation.

Abstract: A vegetable steamer has a perforated base plate to which a plurality of overlapping hingedly movable leaves are attached. Base legs are self-riveted to the base plate. A pair of parallel straps are provided slightly above the base plate, and having ends integral therewith. A detachable resilient handle has an upper circular portion, a pair of depending handle legs extending from the arcuate portion, and a lifting tab extending outwardly from the lower end of each handle leg and passing through a strap.

Abstract: Apparatus for supporting strips of bacon to be cooked in a conventional toaster including wire mesh means to support the strips on each face thereof and a grease trap along the lower edge of the support means to catch grease cooking out of the bacon. The wire mesh permits the bacon to be heated by the toaster's heating elements directly while causing the grease to drain into the grease trap and preventing it from splattering.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for rapidly cooking food which includes pressing food directly against a very hot cooking surface with a liquid interface therebetween while the food is submerged in a heated cooking liquid, such as a water-base broth. The cooking surface is preferably formed with a plurality of dispersed dimples which collect and contain the liquid interface at the cooking surface when the food is pressed thereagainst. The apparatus includes two pans located at the extending ends of a connecting conduit with a perforated compression plate for pressing food against the bottom surface of each pan, and a burner is disposed beneath each pan. Controls are provided for alternately lowering the pans to positions immediately above these respective burners and to permit the cooking liquid to flow into the lowered pan, and for automatically energizing and de-energizing the burners when the pans are lowered and raised with respect thereto.

Abstract: A camp grill for cooking over an open fire is disclosed. The grill has a top with hollow cylindrical leg holders each telescopically receiving one of the four legs. Each leg has axially-spaced, radially and outwardly extending lugs disposed in alignment with each other. To adjust the height of the grill, the leg holders can be adjusted by aligning them with the slots in the cylindrical holders, sliding the legs to the proper vertical position and rotating them so that the lugs underly the holders.

Abstract: A perforated, inner pan nests completely within an outer non-perforated open top pan and a cover encloses the opening of the outer pan and contained inner pan. The opposed ends of the perforated pan are hinged so as to open flat in the plane of pan's bottom, and handles on the hinged ends provide manipulation of the inner pan without opening.

Abstract: A cooking device for quickly and uniformly cooking food products, especially meat products, and for warming rolls and other bread products.

Abstract: The invention relates to portable barbecue apparatus of the kind in which the grill member is adjustable in height with respect to the hearth in order to regulate the cooking heat intensity, and has for its object a barbecue of simple, robust construction providing a double adjustment of the grill, in height and transversely, with respect to the hearth. The apparatus comprises essentially a stand member and a grill and a two-way adjustable slide coupling means for positioning the grill with respect to the hearth in two component directions, the coupling comprising two pairs of retaining jaws cooperating respectively with the stand and the grill, each pair of jaws corresponding to one of the component directions.Further features of the barbecue are that it can be used with a fireplace or a wood fire, and it is possible to carry the grill with the cooked food in one hand to serve at table.

Abstract: Cooking apparatus especially suited for outdoor cooking using charcoal, wood and the like for fuel. The container-like body supported on legs may be made from sheet metal and includes a special damper arrangement beneath a corrugated foraminous sheet metal meat support. Charcoal or other fuel is supported in a removable pan inside a large container smaller than the inside area defined by the body and mounted above a sheet metal damper wall in which there are two large damper openings through which air flow is adjusted by means of a manually positioned hinged damper plate. The large container has ventilation holes around the edges. The corrugated formation of the foraminous plate provides slanted surfaces and grease troughs which help control the cooking and the grease disposal. A large, hinged hood may be swung and supported out of the way and the hood has a removable shelf. A special grease guard is part of the body. Special pivoted brackets selectively retain the hood in place.

Abstract: Electric commercial cooking apparatus having a cylindrical body with dome top and bottom and a vertically hinged door. The apparatus has a thermostat controlled electrical heating element affixed to the bottom dome. The heating element serves as a heat supply and to generate smoke from combustible material such as hickory chips. The heating element and tray are located beneath a water pan and a plurality of grids supported by brackets located on the interior of the body adjacent the door and opposite the door. The grids and water pan may be removed by tilting each sideways so that they may pass through the door opening for easy maintenance.

Abstract: A frying basket for supporting food items, such as pies, to be cooked in an immersed position in a cooking medium. The frying basket has a back wall and two end walls defining an accessible front food loading area opposite the back wall. In the basket, on horizontal supports, are two shelves comprising solid bottom trays mounted on an open framework with divider plates between each tray to form separate compartments for each food item. An upper shelf is mounted above a lower shelf and functions to retain food items on the lower shelf and to support food items as well. Mounted above the second shelf is a retaining cover which functions to retain food items on the upper shelf. Both the upper shelf and the retaining cover are each held in that position by a latch at one of the end walls.

Abstract: A rotatable grill for demountably retaining food objects consisting of a first basket half and a second basket half which is similar in size to the first basket half and a pivotable bracket means for adjustably joining the ends of the bracket halves to form a closed basket at their longitudinal sides. The baskets are pivotably movable with respect to each other in the opened position. The basket halves include interengaging braces which are clamped at their ends and allow the basket halves to be pivoted with respect to each other to an open position at least 90.degree. from the closed position. The bearing shafts which hold the baskets together include threaded ends and nuts for securing the ends of the braces. The baskets also have extending wire ends which are bent at an acute angle so that when the baskets are almost closed, the extending ends mesh in a tooth-like manner.

Abstract: A cooking apparatus capable of effectively cooking food, such as steaks and hamburgers, without a flame flare-up of the greases or fats. The cooking apparatus includes an upwardly open container for supporting flavor producing means, such as chips and spices, with a cooking surface, such as a grill, supported above the container. The flavor supporting container provides heat dissipation means for directing heat to the cooking surface. Housing means is provided for supporting the cooking surface above the container, with the housing including heat producing means, air pressure means and air pressure directing means for supplying a controlled amount of hot air to the container for contact with the flavor producing means and transfer to the cooking surface. A distribution surface constructed of a formanious plate is provided between the cooking surface and the flavor supporting container for effectively distributing the hot air over the cooking surface.

Abstract: Comprising a base, an upright support framework held erect by the base and designed to have a length essentially the length of the interior of the animal to be baked, a transverse frame for spreading and holding the interior of the animal in an opened condition and holding structure upon which seasoning, such as green peppers, onion, garlic and the like may be mounted at the interior of the animal.

Abstract: A clamshell type of basket for use in deep fat cooking of comestibles and provided with features especially adapted to commercial fast-service cooking, is disclosed.

Abstract: A portable cooking grill is provided which can be used on open fireplaces and the like. This grill consists of a plurality of parallel spaced metal rods which are held together by a series of inner and outer metal connectors placed along each side of the grill. The parts are maintained in position by crimping the ends of the rods on opposite sides of the connectors. The inner and outer connectors are so designed that the cooking grill can be opened up to be in a flat rigid plane, or rolled up to be positioned in a small container for storage purposes.

Abstract: Meat is roasted by suspending it on a web that is not hot to human contact regardless of the heat in which the meat is roasting. The weight of the roast is uniformly supported by the web, and the relatively cool web enables the roast to cook evenly.

Abstract: A system for cooking spaghetti and similar pasta products includes a cooking section and a storage section with means for supplying water alternately to either section. The cooking section is equipped with a cook pot having conventional electric or gas heaters for heating water to cook spaghetti. A cooking basket containing spaghetti is suspended in the cook pot by attachment to a basket lifter. Electrical timing means connected to the basket lifter automatically lower the cooking basket at the start of a preselected cook cycle and raise the basket out of the cook pot after the cooking period has ended. The storage section includes a storage tank for rinsing and storing cooked spaghetti in cold water. Multiple rows of nesting cups stacked vertically store individual serving portions of spaghetti in the storage tank. A cup rack is used to reconstitute the spaghetti by suspending the serving cups containing cooked spaghetti in the hot water of the cook pot.

Abstract: A broiler is provided for use with or above a heat source such as a conventional burner of a kitchen stove or outside barbecue device. The broiler includes a frame as well as a plurality of vertically spaced grease trays mounted therein and having openings that are offset with respect to openings in the tray above or below.

Abstract: A frame supports a burner box incorporating heating means and having a liquid filled boiler section thereabove. The frame further has an overhead beam with a movable trolley from which a mesh cooker is suspended for immersion into the heated liquid and for removal therefrom.The apparatus is preferably mobile and is supplied with ground wheels and stabilizing means.