Abstract: A structure of a multi-function cooking utensil simultaneously having the functions of frying, boiling, sauteing, deep-frying, and steaming food is composed of a pot member, a steaming member and a cover member. By means of a design of a fixing bolt on the upper rim of the cover member and the two lateral external sides of the steaming member and the pot member, users can change according to their need the detachable handle, or detachable grip, or detachable handle of the cover in order to lift the cooking utensil. In addition, by means of the design of several grooves of different depths in the internal rim of the lateral side of the steaming member and the pot member, and in compliance with several protruding rafters of a barbeque rack or a steaming tray provides the pot member and the steaming member several layers for cooking.

Abstract: A grill overlay unit makes it possible to use a gas barbeque as a baking oven for baking such items as a pizza. The unit includes a flame resistant metal plate for placing over a barbeque grill, the plate having a series of louvered openings which allow heat to rise from the barbeque flames while blocking the flames. A support is provided for a baking pan a spaced distance, e.g. about 2 to 6 inches, above the louvered plate to provide a zone of uniform heating in the space between the louvered plate and the baking pan. This heating zone is preferably enclosed by side walls extending upwardly from the periphery of the louvered plate, with the top edge of the side walls serving as a support for a baking pan. With this arrangement, a food item such as a pizza may be perfectly baked under controlled, uniform heat within a backyard barbeque.

Abstract: A bagel making apparatus for making bagels at home either by baking or boiling the dough.

Abstract: An ash catcher assembly for catching ash falling out through openings in the bottom of a charcoal grill is disclosed. The ash catcher assembly can be assembled easily and removably mounted on the bottom of the charcoal grill. The ash catcher assembly for a charcoal grill includes a cylinder mounted on the bottom of the charcoal grill. Multiple slots are defined in the exterior edge of the cylinder opposite to the charcoal grill. The slots are essentially L-shaped and each includes a vertical portion, a horizontal portion and a vertical key directed toward the cylindrical basket. Multiple vents are defined in a line in the side of the cylinder to provide oxygen into the charcoal grill. A cylindrical basket is removably mounted on the exterior end of the cylinder to catch and hold ash and debris. Multiple stubs extend inward from side of the cylindrical basket near the top. The stubs correspond to the slots in the cylinder and are received in the slots to hold the cylindrical basket in place.

Abstract: A portable roaster having a drum that is rotated either by hand or by a motor and able to roast a variety of items including fruits and vegetables, nuts, meats and seafood depending on the type of roaster drum or drum attachment used.

Abstract: Cooking appliances, cooking assemblies, and cooking assembly components that improve heat distribution are provided. In one embodiment, a cooking assembly has a sear grid including a radiant panel having an undulating shape. The panel defines at least one generally parabolic dome with a radiused peak to allow liquids at the peak to be rapidly heated by the burner. The dome has sides extending away from the peak with a generally increasing slope to cause liquids flowing down the sides of the dome to accelerate. In another embodiment, a double U-shaped burner is provided. A U-shaped burner has a base for positioning at the front of the cooking assembly and a pair of legs that extend toward the rear of the cooking assembly. A second U-shaped connecting tube is positioned to connect the U-shaped burner base to the front of the cooking assembly housing.

Abstract: A fry basket and liner apparatus for immersion in cooking oil in a fryer includes a fry basket formed of wire basket mesh for retaining items to be cooked; a basket liner fit within the basket and including liner mesh having a grid finer than the basket mesh for retaining particles of fried matter separated from the food items, while the basket is immersed in the cooking oil within the fryer; so that the particles do not collect on interior surfaces of the fryer. The fry basket preferably additionally includes a hinged mesh lid forming a basket lid; and a wire handle having a trigger mechanism including structure for opening the lid. The fry basket preferably additionally includes a lid biasing spring connected to the lid in such a manner as to close the basket lid automatically.

Abstract: A apparatus for converting a gas grill into a charcoal burning grill for conveniently using charcoal or other flammable material in a gas grill. The apparatus for converting a gas grill into a charcoal burning grill includes an adapter container for holding flammable material. The adapter container is removably positionable in the interior of the housing. The screen is removable from the housing. The adapter container is positionable on the heating system within the housing of a gas grill. The flammable material is placed in the container and ignited. The screen is replaced such that the screen covers the adapter container.

Abstract: An oven includes a housing, two supporting plates mounted at two opposite inner sides of the housing, each of the supporting plates having an upper edge formed with a first recess at an intermediate portion of the upper edge and a second recess close to an outer end of the upper edge, a roasting cage having two circular discs at two opposite sides thereof, each of the circular discs provided with an outwardly extending axle at a center thereof and a plurality of slots at a circumferential edge thereof, and a plurality of sticks each being fitted between two aligned slots, the axle being configured to be received in any one of the first and second recesses, a driven gear fixedly mounted on an axle of one of the circular discs, a motor mounted on one inner side of the housing and provided with an output shaft on which is mounted a driving gear meshed with the driven gear, a heater fixedly mounted on an inner side of the housing, and a lid openably engaged with the housing.

Abstract: A roaster rack for supporting meat or poultry for cooking. The rack comprises complementary halves releasably secured together to form a continuous support surface. Removal of a retaining pin from a hinge assembly permits the complementary halves to be separated, whereby the cooked food may be efficiently deposited on a platter or cutting board.

Abstract: Backyard type gas grills are made suitable for use with solid fuels such as charcoal by removing existing passive radiant heat material such as lava rocks and inserting an apparatus comprising supports (50) and perforated fuel basket (40). The unique design of the invention allows for its implementation in a majority of gas grills on the market by permitting the supports (50), which rest on at least a gas burner, to be positioned and fastened to the fuel basket (40) anywhere and in various directions with respect to the fuel basket (40). Locking means (56) prevent separation of the supports from the fuel basket. By locking the supports (50) to the fuel basket (40), the supports add structural integrity to the fuel basket and prevent the basket from warping and torquing due to repeated exposure to extreme temperature differentials.

Abstract: A broiler pan cooking grid for a barbecue grill that catches and/or routes grease drippings, as well as permitting convection of heated air through the structure. The grid may be used with conventional horizontal barbecue grills or with grills having a vertical hearth or firebox. The grid assembly preferably comprises sheet metal having cutouts stamped in the upper surface, e.g., elongated slots or perforations, and a series of elongated troughs stamped in the lower surface. The elongated troughs of the lower layer route grease drippings to a grease box or tray that is disposed along the front edge of the cooking grid assembly. As series of stiffening rods are sandwiched between the layers to provide rigidity when using thin sheet metal. Preferably, the grid assembly is supported in an inclined position by the barbecue grill, but the lower sheet metal stamping may itself be formed to contain the grease or to effect the flow of grease to a grease box.

Abstract: An apparatus for cooking foods on a conduction-heated griddle with an upper food support surface. A steam generator supplies steam at controlled temperatures. At least one cover is disposed adjacent to the support surface and is placed at a position substantially covering the foods. An orifice connects the steam generator to inside the cover and injects steam around the foods so as to aid in the cooking of the foods simultaneously with the foods being cooked by the heated griddle.

Abstract: A barbecue rack including a barbecue grill, a base seat, two support legs and a barbecue tray. The frame of each of the barbecue grill and the base seat has a longitudinal section, whereby the barbecue grill, base seat and the barbecue tray can be stacked into one single unit as a thin rectangular body. Therefore, the storage room is saved and the barbecue rack can be easily quickly assembled. The components of the barbecue rack can be firmly associated and the barbecue grill is not easy to detach and drop and the barbecue grill can be entirely used. The height of the barbecue grill can be stagelessly adjusted by means of the support legs of the base seat as necessary.

Abstract: A dual-use roaster includes a housing having a receiving space and a peripheral rim, a first heater disposed inside the receiving space, a rotatable spit assembly mounted on the housing for supporting food items inside the receiving space, and a tray assembly including a tray panel for supporting food items, a peripheral downward flange mounted detachably on the peripheral rim of the housing, and a second heater disposed beneath the tray panel.

Abstract: A portable grill having telescoping legs is disclosed. The grill includes a substantially rectangular grate and two pairs of telescoping legs. Each pair of telescoping legs is pivotally attached to one end of the rectangular grate. The grill can be used to cook food over an open fire, or the grill can be used to cook with charcoal with the aid of a charcoal tray that can be hung below the rectangular grate using S-hooks. The invention also includes a carrying case for allowing the grill to be carried in a backpack without the grill soiling other items in the backpack.

Abstract: A baking pot comprises a casing, an inner pot, an electric heating tube, a fan, a protecting disk and a web type pot body. The casing has an opening at top thereof and is installed with an upper cover. The inner pot is installed within the casing. The electric heating tube is fixed within the inner pot. The fan is installed within the inner pot; and is driven by a proper dynamic force. The protecting disk is fixed within the inner pot, and is positioned atop the electric heating tube and the fan The web type pot body installed on the protecting disk. By above structure, a baking pot is formed, which is suitable for baking potato strips, potato blocks, chicken blocks, or other freezing foods.

Abstract: An improved cooking device includes a generally bowl-shaped fat separator assembly adapted to be placed substantially within a cooking chamber of a crock pot and supported by an upper rim of the crock pot. The fat separator assembly has a fat collection chamber with an adjustable overflow passage for maintaining a predetermined fluid level within the fat collection chamber. A lower cooking plate is supported by the fat separator assembly and has a support surface positioned above the predetermined fluid level for supporting food during cooking. A sidewall extension member has a lower edge supported on the upper rim of the crock pot. A removable cover is supported on an upper end of the sidewall extension member. An upper cooking plate is supported by the sidewall extension member above the lower cooking plate. The upper cooking plate permits fluids to pass therethrough and fall onto the lower cooking plate during cooking.

Abstract: An outdoor cooking apparatus for baking food, is provided including a tray having a bottom surface with an inner section and an outer section which is separate from the inner section. Multiple legs are coupled to the tray to support the apparatus on the ground, or other substantially flat surface. A platter is disposed over at least a portion the inner section. The platter has a plate and a projecting member extending from the plate, or through an aperture in the plate, for supporting the food. A cylindrical upper member is provided having an interior cavity and an opening to this cavity at the bottom of the upper member. Through this opening, the upper member is positionable on the tray over the platter along either an annular gap between the inner and outer sections, or in the inner section.

Abstract: A support housing for portable grill for storing and supporting a grill in a spaced apart relation from a ground surface. The support housing for portable grill includes a housing that has a base panel and a peripheral sidewall upwardly extending from the base panel. The peripheral sidewall defines an interior of the housing. A base portion of the grill is insertable in the interior of the housing. An upper rim of the grill is positioned towards an upper rim of the housing.

Abstract: A griller is provided which includes a case and a grill set mounted within the case. The case has a hollow body and electric heaters internally located with a gear box and a motor. The grill set is driven by the gear box and the case is formed having a recess within a top portion of the case. The grill set is formed with a screen, screen cover, socket, rod and fixture where the socket is secured within the center of the screen with opposing ends formed in a rounded contour and placed within the recesses of the case. The socket has a shank which is formed with a step-like section for insertion of the screen cover. The fixture is secured within the step-like section of the socket to facilitate assembling the screen and the screen cover with the rod secured in the socket having one end engaged with the gear box and rotatively driven by the motor.

Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a trough-shaped container arrangement (2) formed of frangible material and supported and arranged for receiving at least one food item to be thermally processed. At least one electric heater (5) is supported underneath the container arrangement and incorporates at least one heating element (8). At least one apertured member (11) is provided between the at least one heater and the underside of the container arrangement and covers the at least one heater. With this configuration, in the event of breakage of the container arrangement (2) the apertured member (11) remains intact and user contact with the heating element (8) in the heater (5) is prevented.

Abstract: A formed rack providing a plurality of horizontally extending, spaced rods with extending wire formed handles for lifting. The rack provides a first horizontal surface, formed of the spaced rods, upon which foodstuffs may be placed for roasting or baking with a pair of formed members having their bottommost portions constructed to be interlocked with selected of the horizontal rods to provide a pair of vertically arranged poultry receiving elements which are receivable into the interior of a poultry carcass to hold the same in upright position. The vertical members also interlock with one another at ninety degree angles to provide support for the carcass placed thereon and hold the same in a vertical position during baking or roasting.

Abstract: A non-adjustable baking rack designed to support a plurality of different rigid and soft foods; ie: steak, chicken, spare ribs, sausages, thin food items and others, having one vertical rack at the front of the structure attached to a main base support rack, followed by a series of equally spaced racks extending upward at an angle from the main base support rack. Such angled racks slope towards the rear of the structure. This baking rack must be used with a cookie sheet (not supplied) to catch fat drippings from food during the cooking process. The main support rack is in an elevated position to the cookie sheet.

Abstract: The invention provides a grill configuration which enables a 2400 Watt or smaller electric heating element to provide cooking temperatures of at least 500.degree. F. when food is present on a grill area of at least 200 square inches. The electric grill includes an electric heating element and a multilayer metal sheet insert shaped to reflect radiation heat from the heating element to impinge on the food present on the grill surface. The multilayer metal sheet insert is preferably metal foil layers which provide maximum insulation and heat containment to increase the efficiency of the limited heat available from the electric heating element of the grill.

Abstract: A carrier for product trays of a fryer is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the carrier includes a first and a second upper horizontal support. The front portions of the upper horizontal supports are connected by a front stabilizing means, and a rear portion of the upper horizontal supports are connected by a rear stabilizing device. A rear vertical support extends downwardly from the rear of the carrier. At least one tray securing point is located on the rear vertical support and is adapted to detachably receive a product tray. The product tray may be placed in the carrier in from the side of the carrier or from an oblique angle to the carrier. In another embodiment, a carrier includes a first and second upper horizontal support. The front portions of the upper horizontal supports are connected by a front stabilizing device, and a rear portion of the upper horizontal supports are connected by a rear stabilizing device.

Abstract: A multi-purpose cooker includes a base having a circular top formed with a plurality of equidistant holes, a heating seat having a bottom formed with a plurality of downwardly extending pins engageable with the holes, a heating member mounted within the heating seat and provided with a switch and a control button on an outer side of the heating seat, a frying pan configured to be mounted on the heating seat and provided with a plurality of slots for passage of oil so as to prevent food from sticking the frying pan, a barbecue grill provided with a plurality of supporting legs adapted to be arranged on the heating seat for roasting food, a circular tray having an annular recess and a central portion formed with a projection, a pot having a bottom formed with a cavity configured to engage with the projection, and a plurality of condiment trays configured to be fitted in the annular recess of the circular tray.

Abstract: A domestic electric device for "dry" cooking foodstuffs includes a parallelepiped container defining a cooking chamber for foodstuffs inside it. Heating elements are mounted on a pair of opposed side walls of the container to irradiate heat inside the cooking chambers. A cylindrical openable basket is removably housed inside the cooking chamber of the container to receive the foodstuffs to be cooked. The basket is rotatably motor-driven about a rotation axis X--X extending in a direction which is substantially horizontal and parallel to the aforesaid side walls of the container. The cooking device further includes an external body provided, on an upper surface thereof, with a window, which can be closed for allowing the insertion and/or the removal of the basket into and from the container cooking chamber, respectively.

Abstract: A rotary roasting food holder used in a barbecue stove to hold food for roasting, having two end plates, and a plurality of flat pins for joining the end plates and holding food for roasting, the end plates each having a fixed gear at an outer side for coupling to a motor drive inside the barbecue stove, an annular flange around the gear, and a plurality of keyway-like peripheral notches spaced around the annular flange; the fiat pins each having two necks near two opposite ends for engaging into the peripheral notches at the end plates and setting into engaged position through a rotary motion of the respective flat pin, and a hooked portion at one end for hooking on the annular flange at one end plate after the respective flat pin has been set into the engaged position.

Abstract: A cooking grill is provided with a tubular compartment positioned within a fuel container. The tubular compartment has a removable tray upon which food items may be placed. Heat is evenly distributed within the tubular compartment by burning charcoal to provide an even, uniform cooking temperature throughout. Additionally a grill cooking basket is provided which is well suited to positioning over the grill's fuel container. The grill basket includes a transverse member which rides upon a ledge within the fuel container of the grill. When rotated, the transverse member forces the grill basket upwardly away from the burning fuel in order to prevent the grill basket from inadvertently contacting the burning fuel. V-shaped forks hold each grill basket in place on the fuel container at the front and rear.

Abstract: An improved, easily cleanable folding pan with a continuous cooking surface includes a pair of pan sections with generally planar cooking surfaces joined at the perimeter in side-by-side relationship by a pair of upstanding hinges. The hinges permit pivotal movement of the pan sections from a generally flat cooking position into a folded position for cleaning or storage. The fold margin of one of the pan sections slightly overlaps the fold margin of the other cooking surface, so that in the cooking position the pan presents a continuous cooking surface. The fold margin of one of the cooking surfaces may include a dependent lip for overlapping the fold margin of the other cooking surface when the pan is in the cooking position. A pair of opposed, upstanding handles may be coupled with the perimeter margin of the cooking surface. The perimeter margin of the pan section may be surmounted by an upstanding sidewall.

Abstract: A griddle is disclosed having a base with a surface for cooking food items that is heated by pressurized steam circulated through a passageway in the base from a temperature controlled boiler. Steam injected beneath a cover adapted to be placed over the food items cooking on the heated surface can greatly decrease the required cooking time for the food item. A grill heated by the same pressurized steam is also disclosed with a similar cover and steam injection feature.

Abstract: A portable barbecue apparatus comprises a hollow base of truncated pyramidal configuration for storing fuel. The hollow base supports a firebox thereon. A cooking grill-oven is disposed above the firebox. A carriage is employed to support the barbecue apparatus. The carriage is pivotally attached to a two-wheeled trailer to permit portability for the barbecue apparatus.

Abstract: A cooking apparatus enables a user to cook (boiling, steaming or frying). The apparatus includes a burner having a base that is specially shaped to cradle a pot. An upper ring extends above the support surface of the burner for engaging the sidewall of the pot should the pot be tipped inadvertently. A table removably attaches to the burner frame, preferably at the upper ring. The burner can include an upper ring member that is supported above the bottom of the pot and a lower ring member that engages an underlying supporting ground surface. Alternatively, the burner frame has a plurality of circumferentially spaced radially extending legs. Struts are shaped and cradle the bottom of the pot and its sidewall respectively.

Abstract: A cooking set including an perforated inset and a support ring. The support ring is adapted to fit within and rest upon the rim of a conventional cooking pot or dutch oven to support the inset at various heights. The inset is adapted to fit within the support ring so that it can be lowered into and raised out of the pot. The support ring defines a set of notches and the inset includes a set of corresponding protrusions. When the notches and protrusions are aligned, the inset can be lowered into and raised out of the pot. When the protrusions are not aligned with the notches, they can engage and rest upon the support ring to support the inset in a raised position. In the most preferred embodiment, the inset includes multiple sets of protrusions, each set positioned at a different height along the wall of the inset. Each set of protrusions permits the inset to be supported at a different height.

Abstract: A steaming pot includes a pot body, a food plate, a net, a spray plate, and a cap. The food plate has two guide tubes vertical located to guide steam mixed with seasonings or condiments put on the bottom of the pot body, onto the spray plate. Then steam with seasonings flows along guide plates evenly onto the spray plates, and through many spray holes of the spray plate down onto food on the food plate in a balanced condition so that seasonings may infiltrate into the food in a balanced condition with its outer surface remaining intact owing to no contact of the food with the seasonings.

Abstract: A convection based cooking apparatus with an insulating baffle to provide improved air-flow and isolation between a cooking chamber and a heating chamber. The heating chamber and the cooking chamber are positioned side by side, and separated by the insulating baffle. The insulating baffle is hollow for holding a liquid and includes an opening for emitting steam. An air passage exists between the heating chamber and the cooking chamber, in such a way that, heated air passes through the passage, flows over the insulating baffle to combine with the steam, and then into the cooking chamber. The air passage is located near the top of the heating chamber and the cooking chamber. As the air passes over the insulating baffle, the air is diffused throughout the cooking chamber and thereby uniformly distributed across a cooking surface within the cooking chamber.

Abstract: A portable barbecue grill apparatus has multiple functions including barbecuing, baking, roasting, and pan broiling, some of which can be accomplished simultaneously on joined cooking elements. The grill apparatus can have an extendable rear lid having a rotisserie attached to a base. Alternatively, a pair of slotted side plates attached to the lid and covered by a heat shield can permit the spacing of the spit from the burner in the lid according to the size of the rotating fool. The lid and base each contain heating elements energized by one or two portable propane tanks.

Abstract: A camp skillet and biscuit maker, (10) primarily useful for cooking biscuits, meats and other food items at a campsite over a direct heat source, such as a camp fire or camp stove. Biscuit maker (10) includes an upper skillet member (20) and a lower skillet member (30). Upper skillet member (20) and lower skillet member (30) are hingedly fixed together. Lower skillet member (30) is of sufficient depth to serve as a deep fryer and a fry basket (65), is provided that is dimensioned so as to nest within lower skillet member (30). For cooking biscuits over a camp fire, biscuit skillet (70), which has a foraminous bottom (72), which also nests within lower skillet member (30) is provided.

Abstract: A cooking grate configured especially to accommodate and cook generally cylindrical food items such as frankfurters and sausage is provided. The design permits the cooking of cylindrical food items faster, more efficiently, and more evenly while minimizing undesirable burning and charring. The apparatus includes a unitary grate body made from a heat-conductive material which grate body has an upper cooking surface, a lower heat collecting surface, a rear edge, a forward edge, and left and right sides. The grate body is corrugated to form a plurality of substantially parallel and adjacent cooking troughs extending in the transverse direction from the rear edge to the forward edge. Each cooking trough has a spine as its lowermost portion and left and right cooking faces originating at the spine and diverging upwardly to converge upon the right and left cooking faces of the adjacent tough respectively to form peaks at the junctions of the same.

Abstract: A convection meat cooker characterized by an elongated, cylindrical cooker tank which, in a preferred embodiment, is provided on a portable cooker frame and includes concentric outer, middle and inner shells. The inner shell defines an interior cooking chamber which is hermetically sealed by a door hinged to the outer shell at one end of the cooker tank and a cylindrical, annular heat chamber is defined between the middle and inner shells throughout the length of the cooker tank. Insulation is typically provided between the middle and outer shells of the cooker tank. A heat entrance port extends from the middle shell and receives a propane-fueled burner for heating the cylindrical heat chamber and a heat exit port vents excess heat from the annular heat chamber. An open water container may be removably attached to the cooker frame and pressure vent piping provided in fluid communication with the cooking chamber is immersed in water provided in the water container.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of cooking and smoking food is disclosed. The apparatus has an outer container, an inner container, and a cover for the inner container. The outer container is provided with a bottom wall which receives a smoke material such as wood chips, herbs and the like thereon and the inner container is provided with a bottom wall with smoke flow apertures therein wherein food is placed on the bottom wall of the inner container, the bottom wall of the inner container being spaced from the bottom wall of the outer container. The smoke material is ignited to provide smoke which flows up through the apertures in the bottom wall of the inner container and along with the heat being generated by the bottom wall of the outer container and the ignited material provides the smoke and cooking heat for the food. One embodiment has cylindrical telescoping containers and another pan shaped nesting container.

Abstract: A portable outdoor steamer system comprising a hollow container with an open top and a closed generally inverted dome-shaped bottom with a cover in a dome-shaped configuration. The steamer also contains a hollow support with a circular upper end secured to the lower surface of the bottom of the container. Also provided are heating components including a burner secured in the upper extent of the support on a circular plate, a hook-up mounted externally on the base and operatively coupled to the burner and a heat control dial mounted externally of the housing on a control panel operatively coupled to the burner with air holes through the base above the plate and a door formed in the housing to provide access to the burner.

Abstract: An improved structure of a hand holding net basket for frying comprises a rectangular upper basket frame and a rectangular lower basket frame for being connected with a net frame. Two concave cambered surfaces are installed on the two front sides of the lower basket frame so that after the lower end of the hook has been arranged within the two cambered surfaces, it may be welded in various points. Also, the inner rim of the lower basket frame is connected with a handle, and a bracket like a water droplet is extended downwards from the handle. The cambered portion on the front end of the bracket is welded between the concave cambered surfaces of the lower basket frame. Thus three symmetric points are formed on the front end of the concave cambered surface and the bracket for increasing the stability of the structure. Thus, the net-covered basket may be prevented to become loose so to cause a danger accident due to continuously flap or beat and the lifetime of the basket is prolonged.

Abstract: The invention includes a process for preparing a unified serving of a batter-cooked food, for example shrimp tempura in the shape of a ring, that comprises the steps of: providing multiple pieces of a food to be cooked; coating each piece with a batter; frying the coated pieces in a mold in a hot oil or fat medium in order to cook the food, expand the batter, and join the battered pieces into a shaped food product reflecting the shape of the mold; and removing the shaped food product from the oil or fat and the mold. The cooking mold is preferably a deep-frying cooking vessel assembly comprising a generally U-shaped channel of flat metal. The cooking vessel assembly is configured with apertures and with a handle and/or a scraper. The apertures and handle are configured to provide quick submerging and quick fryer medium contact around the food being deep-fried in the cooking vessel assembly. The cooking vessel assembly is further configured to shape food items to be deep-fried in the cooking vessel assembly.

Abstract: A new deep frying and serving implement for efficiently deep frying foods and being utilized as a serving tray. The inventive device includes a planar platter portion having a generally rectangular configuration defined by opposed long side walls and opposed short end walls. The platter portion includes an upper surface and a lower surface. A plurality of stainless steel rods extend outwardly of the lower surface of the planar platter portion. The plurality of stainless steel rods each have pointed free ends and spiraled threads extending upwardly from the pointed free ends.

Abstract: A utensil supporting multiple cooking environments for preparing foods is disclosed in one presently preferred embodiment of the present invention as including a cooking grill and a cover member selectively disposed in relation to a base unit comprising one or more cooking compartments. The cooking grill having a cooking surface and a collection reservoir disposed beneath at least a portion of the cooking surface. Formed in the upper cooking surface of the cooking grill are a plurality of openings. Collection channels may also be disposed along the upper cooking surface so as to provide device for feeding run-off liquids through the openings and into the underlying collection reservoir of the cooking grill. Having a dimensional size and shape substantially corresponding to the outer perimeter of the base unit, the cooking grill, when selectively disposed over the internal periphery of the base unit, facilitates a first cooking environment within the base unit.

Abstract: A new food pan for placing on the grates of a barbecue grill for permitting grilling of small foods which would otherwise fall through the grates of a grill. The inventive device includes a plate member that has a pair of ends, a pair of sides that extend between the ends, and upper and lower surfaces. A plurality of apertures extend through the upper and lower surfaces of the plate member to permit heat and smoke to reach food placed on the plate member. The apertures are arranged in a grid-like fashion having a plurality of columns and rows. The columns extend between the ends of the plate member. The rows extend between the sides of the plate member.

Abstract: A utensil having wall elements, separate baskets for insertion therein and associated serving plates, into which the baskets can also be inserted. The wall elements have a top handling edge and a bottom edge with an indentation all round the outside so that the wall elements can be stacked together with other identical wall elements. In the vicinity of the bottom edge there is a rim on the inside of the wall elements. The associated baskets have a perforated or slotted bottom, are made from chromium-nickel steel and have a perpendicular edge with a horizontal rim. The baskets can be inserted by this edge onto a rim inside the wall elements. The baskets have two folding handle attachments for this purpose. In the separate serving plates there is a recess into which the baskets made of chromium-nickel steel can be snugly inserted.