Foods and beverages: apparatus – Cooking – Diverse cooker types
Reexamination Certificate
2000-11-14
2001-08-28
Simone, Timothy F. (Department: 1761)
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Cooking
Diverse cooker types
C099S419000, C099S420000, C099S4210HH, C099S4210HH, C099S427000, C099S448000, C099S450000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06279465
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
A grille having multiple rotatable tines.
2. Description of the Relevant Art
In restaurants, large kitchens and the like, one method of cooking meat, poultry and seafood products is to grille the products. It is known that similar or dissimilar products can be placed on multiple spits. The food product is skewed on the spit.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention comprises a grille, preferably a circular grille. The grille comprises at least four components. There is an oven, an inner housing, an outer housing and a carousel-like assembly interposed between the housings. The carousel carries tines which extend over the oven.
The inner housing, which surrounds the oven, has a bearing surface which surface defines a generally circular perimeter.
The outer housing encloses the inner housing while leaving the oven/grate open.
The carousel-like assembly is received between the inner and outer housings. This assembly engages the bearing surface of the inner housing in a moveable manner. The assembly has a plurality of circumferentially arrayed tine holder stations which are adapted to hold tines which extend over the oven each along a longitudinal axis. The stations are fixedly secured to the assembly. Means are provided for moving the assembly circumferentially around the oven while traveling on the bearing surface while the tines rotate about their longitudinal axes. The net effect is the tines travel in a generally circular path or revolve around and over the oven while each tine is rotating.
If desired, the fuel in the oven can be banked unevenly to provide different temperature zones through which the food products will travel while rotating. A grate is also preferred at least partially covering the oven whereby if it is desired to sear the food product, the tine can simply be removed from the station and the food product placed directly on the grate.
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Samuels Gauthier & Stevens
Simone Timothy F.
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