Foods and beverages: apparatus – Cooking – Automatic control
Patent
1995-12-08
1997-01-07
Simone, Timothy F.
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Cooking
Automatic control
99331, 99341, 99377, 99389, 99391, 99395, 99421H, 99421V, 99447, 99450, 99451, 99427, 219521, 219678, 219719, A47J 3700, A47J 3704, A47J 3706, A23L 100
Patent
active
055905846
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a barbecue, and particularly to an improved barbecue capable of advantageously cooking a variety of foods by providing a rotary grill vertically disposed between heating members, whereby an optimum cooking state of various kinds of foods may conveniently be obtained.
BACKGROUND ART
As used herein, the term `barbecue` (also called a "brazier", "broiler", or "rotisserie") refers to a cooking appliance by which food is cooked by direct exposure to a source of radiant heat (typically `red` heat), as by being placed on a grated metal frame or grill or on a rotating spit disposed before a heat source.
Accordingly, so as to barbecue, grill, roast, toast or broil various kinds of foods, the consumer must purchase different cooking appliances each intended especially for cooking a desired kind of food, which is both inconvenient and costly.
In addition, in case of barbecueing a kind or cut of meat having a great thickness, the meat must typically be turned during the cooking so as to expose both sides of the meat to the single heating source employed to thereby evenly cook the meat. Furthermore, a rotating spit such as a rotisserie has long been known to be employed in barbecueing bulky pieces of meat, for turning the meat before the heating source so as to evenly cook the meat, but its use is limited and often inconvenient. More recently, a cooking system employing a turntable has been introduced, which is capable of evenly cooking a bulky piece of meat; however, in this case, the fat contained in the meat being cooked can not be effectively eliminated because the meat is placed on a tray supported by the turntable.
Still further, the known cooking devices are relatively heavy and bulky and therefore are not easily portable. Also, basting and saucing foods while cooking them is sometimes difficult. In addition, in the course of grilling a piece of meat, sizzling fat and grease from the meat being grilled may splash all over the insides of the cooking appliance, causing the insides thereof to become dirty and also smoke to be generated.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a barbecue which overcomes the problems encountered in the conventional barbecue appliances.
It is another object of the present invention to provide an improved barbecue capable of advantageously cooking a variety of foods by providing a rotary grill disposed vertically between heating members, so that an optimum cooking state is obtained.
It is still another object of the present invention to provide an improved barbecue including a reservoir disposed at the bottom of the cooking chamber for receiving debris, grease and drippings from foods being cooked, thereby preventing a smoke occurrence due to the burning of grease.
It is still another object of the present invention to provide an improved barbecue capable of advantageously eliminating grease and oils when cooking foods such as fish, meat or the like.
It is still another object of the present invention to provide a portable barbecue permitting convenient basting and saucing of the food during cooking.
It is still another object of the present invention to provide an improved barbecue including a cooking unit and a disassemblable rotary grill insertable thereinto, whereby it is made easy to clean.
To achieve the above objects, there is provided an improved barbecue which includes a cooking unit having a vertical cooking chamber, heating means disposed facing each other on both sides of the cooking chamber, a rotary grill for receiving food and insertable within the cooking chamber so as to be vertically disposed therein between the heating means, arid means for driving the, rotary grill to rotate within the heating chamber.
In a preferred embodiment, the cooking unit of the barbecue according to the present invention includes an upper casing detachably coupled to a lower casing, a main frame encased within the upper and lower casings and defining therewithin a vertical cooking cha
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Simone Timothy F.
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