Foods and beverages: apparatus – Cooking – Convertible
Reexamination Certificate
2000-07-19
2001-07-24
Simone, Timothy F. (Department: 1761)
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Cooking
Convertible
C099S446000, C099S450000, C099S482000, C126S00900B, C126S0250AA, C126S04100R
Reexamination Certificate
active
06263784
ABSTRACT:
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This invention is an improvement of my previous invention U.S. Pat. No. 5,862,741. The previous invention is an indoor nonsmoking grill used for barbecuing food. Said previous invention functions based on a grill situated over a water tank that absorbs that fat and particles which melt from the food, and said fat and food particles can also fall onto an upper dish that is constructed a runnel which also contains water. Since both water containers are exposed to intense heat, the water is boiling and emits steam which also helps cook the food. This invention will improve the previous one by prolonging the length of time that said water in the utensil will boil and emit steam, thus prolonging the cooking process.
The other aim of this invention is to use this grill to cook food faster by bring the food nearer to the fire source and still retain the steam-emitting process without having the water completely evaporated before the cooking process has ended.
The design of the upper dish containing the runnel which contains water is crucial to the purpose of this invention, as the point is to insulate this water supply from the intense heat source so that the water, while boiling, evaporates into steam in as slow a manner a possible. The dish containing the runnel is designed so that cool air is continuously pulled against the dish's outer surface during the cooking process, thus cooling the dish and keeping the temperature of the dish, and the water it contains, lower.
The method of keeping the water in the container for a longer period of time during the cooking process is by insulating the container that holds the water from receiving heat directly from the heat source.
Another aim of this invention is to better spread the heat on the grill so that it is even, since the grill is exposed to the heat source only at its center.
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