Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
099419000 | Spit or impaling type | 76 |
20090049995 | Folding rack - The folding rack includes a planar grill having folding tine rows extending therefrom. At least some rows include stops extending thereacross to prevent the rows from passing substantially beyond the vertical when they are extended from their stored positions adjacent to the grill. At least one tine row may be free of such a stop, allowing that row to pivot from one side of its pivot axis to the other. The tips of the tines are exposed to allow food or other articles to be placed between or impaled upon the tines. The grill may optionally be equipped with folding legs. The rack is preferably formed of suitable food and temperature safe material, e.g., stainless steel, for use in cooking. The various components of the rack may be coated with a non-stick coating to facilitate cleanup. | 02-26-2009 |
20100162902 | DEVICE FOR INSTALLING FLAT SKEWERS INTO INGREDIENTS FOR MAKING BROCHETTES - A device for inserting flat skewers into ingredients for making brochettes, the ingredients are disposed in a recess or impression provided in at least one plate. The device includes an inlet guide having a groove intended to receive a skewer and co-operating with a guide that can re-centre the skewer as it is moved by a push rod inserted into the groove. A second groove is provided in the plate opposite to and coaxially aligned with the first groove. The second groove opens into the recess that receives the ingredients. The second groove co-operates with a guide that can direct and hold the skewer as the ingredients are being skewered under the force of the push rod. | 07-01-2010 |
20100242741 | Flexible food skewer systems - A flexible food skewer system for providing versatile cooking upon a grill. The flexible food skewer system includes an elongated flexible member, a loop extending from an end and formed in part from the flexible member, and a piercing element extending from an opposite end of the flexible member are provided. In use, the user is able to manipulate the shape of the flexible member about other food items on the grill while allowing the loop and piercing implement to be exterior of the grill if desired. A second piercing implement may be provided instead of the loop. In further alternative embodiments of the invention, two or more flexible skewer systems may be intertwined to provide greater and reinforced food carrying capacity. Various alternative structures are provided to enable secured, releasable interlocking of the intertwined skewer systems. | 09-30-2010 |
20110011279 | Skewered food removal device - A food removal device for removing food from a skewer, which device includes a body portion with a slot therein for fitting over a skewer so that the food or portion thereof may be removed from the skewer. The body portion of the device is connected to a handle via an arm at an angle with the body portion so as to facilitate the removal of the food from the skewer. | 01-20-2011 |
20110017077 | Food Preparation and Display System - The present disclosure could generally provide systems and methods of food preparation and display and, in particular, flambé displays in a safe and cost effective manner and include an apparatus to aid in flambéing and displaying flambéed food items such as skewered meats, vegetables, fruits, or other food item. The alcohol or flambé liquid could be poured on the skewered items and set on fire in a relatively contained system having a tray, a cradle, skewers with removable handles, and various accessories. Excess liquid is retained in fluid cups on the ends of each skewer and in tray thus keeping the handle of each skewer clean and free from excessive heat. | 01-27-2011 |
20110209627 | Device For Roasting Fowl - A device for roasting fowl includes a base pan shaped to have a first supporting surface and a second supporting surface; an insert extending vertically from the first support surface of the base pan for mounting the fowl; wherein the first supporting surface of the base pan rests in a cooking apparatus to allow for roasting of the fowl in a vertical manner, and the second supporting surface of the base pan rests in the cooking apparatus to allow for roasting of the fowl in a horizontal manner. | 09-01-2011 |
20110226135 | Food Cooker - A food cooker is provided that is configured to cook and infuse skewered food, the food cooker having perforated spines adjustably positionable on a sealable chamber that support the skewered food. | 09-22-2011 |
20110283892 | Arrangement for a grill - A grill has a base platter, a bell-shaped container, a heat diffuser, and a set of vertical skewers and baskets, with each of the skewers having a skewer rod for receiving a meat to be roasted and a handle located at one end of the rod, and each of the baskets having a middle rod and articulated baskets mounted on the middle rod, between which the meat to be roasted can be fixed, and a handle provided on one end of the middle rod, such that tips of rods of the skewers and the baskets are supported by braces of the base platter, intermediate extensions of the skewers and the baskets supporting the meat extend vertically along the bell-shaped container, and upper ends of the rods of the skewers of the baskets close to the handles remain coupled with the streaks of the upper wall of the bell-shaped container. | 11-24-2011 |
20130055906 | ROASTING AND/OR GRILLING APPARATUS AND HEATING INSERT FOR A ROASTING AND/OR GRILLING APPARATUS OF THIS KIND - The invention provides a roasting and/or grilling apparatus for cooking purposes, having a cooking chamber, a food holding unit which is arranged in the cooking chamber, and a combustion chamber for arranging a heating apparatus. The combustion chamber surrounds the cooking chamber at least in sections at the sides and the combustion chamber is open to the cooking chamber. The combustion chamber and/or the cooking chamber also have an associated air inlet in a lower region and an associated air outlet in an upper region for the purpose of creating a chimney effect. A heating insert for a heating apparatus which is to be arranged in a roasting and/or grilling apparatus is provided. The heating insert is exchangeable and is designed to accommodate a heat source. In this case, the heat source is a fossil fuel and/or a gas burner and/or a radiant electric heating element. | 03-07-2013 |
20130139706 | MOBILE SMOKER OVEN - A trailer mounted oven ( | 06-06-2013 |
20130145937 | Food Cooker - A food cooker is provided that is configured to cook and infuse skewered food, the food cooker having perforated spines adjustably positionable on a sealable chamber that support the skewered food. | 06-13-2013 |
20140060341 | Wiener Stringz 2 in 1 Cutter Roaster - This 2 in 1 cutter roaster device is for the purpose of cutting and roasting a food item such as a wiener or sausage by simply inserting it through the cutter blades attached to the roasting fork eliminating the use of the common knife. Cook the food item while it remains lodged between the blades or simply cut the wiener by inserting it through the blades then remove the wiener and place it on the roasting forks to create exciting shapes like an octopus or crab. | 03-06-2014 |
20140216270 | Food Skewer Device - The invention is directed to an improved combination barbecue grilling means and warming rack, comprising a food skewer device having at least one metal skewer, said warming rack having a plurality of parallel horizontal rods, said parallel rods having a forward-most rod and being modified to provide an additional horizontal rod extending parallel to said horizontal rods and disposed slightly below the forward-most rod, for receiving said metal skewer. Said metal skewer is laterally and fixedly inserted between the forward-most rod and the additional horizontal rod. In another embodiment, a metal skewer is bent to form a right angle offset to hold foods above a barbecue grilling means. The offset metal skewer fits at right angles between said rods of a barbeque warming rack. Another embodiment uses a continuous wire or multiple wire construction formed into a table top to hold said skewers | 08-07-2014 |
20140230665 | BARBECUE SUPPORT ASSEMBLY - A barbecue support assembly for supporting an elongate skewer at one or more preselected heights above a barbecue grill. The barbecue support assembly includes one or more body elements having one or more parts thereof positionable substantially at one of the preselected heights. Also the part includes one or more apertures in which an end of the skewer is receivable. | 08-21-2014 |
20140373732 | DEVICE FOR COOKING FOOD ON A GRILL - The device comprises a square metal base plate with an anchor post, a tine holder that fits over the base plate anchor post, and a plurality shaped tines of circular cross-section that are inserted into the tine holder. The shaped tines are inserted into the food to be cooked. A plurality of tines are inserted into a hole on the tine holder. The tine holder assembly is then set atop the anchor post on the base plate such that the food is positioned vertically. The device is then placed directly on top of the upper grill surface. | 12-25-2014 |
20150327721 | Marshmallow Toasting Device - My Marshmallow Toasting Device is an invention which deals with the problem of toasting marshmallows over an open fire in an effective, inexpensive manner. The problem is to invent a device that allows several people to use their own personal toasting device over the same fire at the same time; while at the same time the device needs to be lightweight, inexpensive, reusable, and yet be disposable (in part) for easy cleanup. My Marshmallow Toasting Device solves the above problem and basically consists of a lightweight holding rod which is capable of easily accepting a disposable skewer being inserted into one end of it. | 11-19-2015 |
20160135642 | Cooking device with handle, shaft, fork, and food removal component/implement - The apparatus is used in cooking foodstuff over an open flame by heat while keeping user a safe distance from fire with main elements being hand grip, shank, fork, and food transfer system. A hand grip and shank are made of materials including wood, injection mold plastics, and metal while a fork and food transfer system is constructed of food grade metal materials. The food transfer system provides a hands-free safe and sanitary method to remove cooked foods from hot metal greatly reducing likelihood of injury and food contamination. | 05-19-2016 |
20160374507 | COMPACT VERSATILE PORTABLE COOKER - A compact versatile portable cooker comprising a fire pan, a cover, and a pair of support racks adapted to support a spit and adapted to be attached to the opposed ends of the fire pan. Front and back plates are hinged to the fire pan, and one can alternately either secure the cover or the support racks to the fire pan, to provide with the cover a dosed container for containing and storing all of the parts of the portable cooker; and to provide with the support racks a support for the spit above the fire pan. | 12-29-2016 |
20190142215 | RADIANT/CONVECTION COOKING DEVICE | 05-16-2019 |
099420000 | With conveyer | 1 |
20090000492 | APPARATUS FOR ROASTING SKEWERED FOOD - The present invention provides an apparatus for roasting skewered food in which a raw material of skewered food can easily be set on a skewer holder, so that a skewered roasted food can be cooked easily and quickly, and the skewer holder can easily be dismounted within a short period of time. The apparatus for roasting skewered food | 01-01-2009 |
099421000 | Movably or adjustably supported | 56 |
20080229937 | Retractable Rotisserie Motor - A retractable rotisserie driver which is used in connection with a barbecue grill is described and shown herein. In one embodiment, a retractable motor support apparatus is pivotably connected to a side shelf assembly of a barbecue grill, and is movable between a storage position, where the rotisserie motor is substantially enclosed by the side shelf assembly, and a usage position, where the motor is generally aligned for engagement with a rotisserie spit. The support apparatus includes a first wall and a second wall which are adjacent and generally transverse to one another. The first wall is configured to be aligned generally flush with an upper surface of the side shelf assembly when the support apparatus is moved to the storage position to increase the usable work area on the shelf. The second wall is provided with a power cord holder for compactly holding the motor's power cord when the apparatus is moved to the storage position. The side shelf assembly and support apparatus are also provided with corresponding latch mechanisms which are adapted to engage when the support apparatus is moved to the usage position. | 09-25-2008 |
20090000493 | ROTISSERIE OVEN FOR A GRILL - A rotisserie oven. The rotisserie oven includes a cooking chamber, a spit, a motor assembly, and a fuel burning burner. The motor assembly rotates the spit about an axle. The spit is located horizontally in the cooking chamber so that any liquids dripping from any food on the spit do not fall on the burner. The spit may be removed and replaced by a grate and a heat shield. The grate is oriented horizontally inside the cooking chamber and the heat shield distributes heat from the burner evenly about the grate. The rotisserie oven may be configured to be removably attached to a grill. | 01-01-2009 |
20090071348 | Rotisserie utensil for remotely orienting food in relation to a heat source - A rotisserie utensil for roasting food over an open flame or other heat source. The utensil includes a pair of elongated handles. The distal end of each handle is formed into a tunnel for receiving a segment of a crank that includes an offset segment. One end of the crank comprises a loop and the opposed end of the crank comprises a pair of tines for rotatably securing the utensil and for impaling food for rotation about an axis that is substantially orthogonal to the elongated handles. | 03-19-2009 |
20090107346 | SOLAR ENERGY DRIVING ROTARY ROASTING ROD DEVICE - A solar energy driving rotary roasting rod device is selectively mounted to a barbecue device with a roasting rod extending across the barbecue device. The roasting device includes an upright housing from which the roasting rod extending transversely. The housing has a top to which an elevation bar forming a direction-changeable joint is mounted in an extendable manner. The direction-changeable joint mounts a light reaction casing in a rotatable manner. The housing forms an interior space receiving an electromechanical driving device, a control circuit including an actuation switch, and a rechargeable power storage device, which are electrically connected to a solar panel formed on a top face of the casing and a lighting device comprised of light-emitting diodes mounted to a side face of the casing. The electromechanical driving device has a power output socket that is exposed to receive and couple the roasting rod. | 04-30-2009 |
20090308262 | Marshmallow Roaster - A marshmallow roasting unit is provided that comprises an enclosure having a roasting chamber and a side defining an enclosure opening below the roasting chamber, a skewer disposed in the roasting chamber and configured to hold a marshmallow, a heating element disposed relative to the skewer in the roasting chamber, and a removable tray configured to be inserted into the enclosure opening and hold a cracker in the enclosure under the roasting chamber. The heating element is disposed a predetermined range from the skewer such that the heating element is effective to roast the marshmallow on the skewer until the marshmallow becomes pliable and falls on to the cracker or contents disposed on the cracker held on the removable tray. | 12-17-2009 |
20100251903 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COOKING LOW FAT FRENCH FRIES - The present invention provides an apparatus and method for cooking French fries without cooking oil. The apparatus relies on high pressure inert gas at high temperature as the cooking medium. The inert gas acts both as a heat transfer medium to cook the potatoes, and as a protective atmosphere to prevent charring and oxidation of the potatoes. | 10-07-2010 |
20130104745 | Charcoal Barbecue Rotisserie Grill Cooker | 05-02-2013 |
20130319258 | CERAMIC COOKER ROTISSERIE - A rotisserie device useful in a partially opened, hinged, covered grill includes a support ring that is shaped and configured to inhibit airflow into and out of the grill when the cover is partially opened. The support ring includes one or more cover supporting portions or chocks that hold the cover and base apart when the cover is partially opened, and one or more apertures through the ring that can receive a rotatable spindle which serves as or which drives a removable, rotatable rotisserie spit. | 12-05-2013 |
20140261013 | COOKING ASSEMBLY - A cooking assembly is provided. The cooking assembly includes first, second, third, and fourth side walls defining an interior region. The cooking assembly further includes a skewer having a shaft, a handle, and a sprocket. The skewer is configured to be rotatably and removably coupled to the first and second side walls such that a portion of the shaft between the sprocket and the handle is rotatably disposed in a first groove of the first side wall, and the second end of the shaft extends through a first aperture of the second side wall, and the sprocket of the skewer is disposed in the interior region. The cooking assembly further includes a chain drive assembly coupled to the first side wall. | 09-18-2014 |
20140299002 | BARBECUE COOKING ASSEMBLY - A barbecue cooking assembly includes a rotating disk ( | 10-09-2014 |
20150075389 | SKEWER MACHINE FOR CONTINUOUSLY PRODUCING FOOD ON SKEWERS - A skewering machine for producing food on skewers, of the type that uses a plurality of containers/trays provided with cells according to the pieces of food to be skewered, wherein skewering is obtained by pre-piercing the food pieces with steel needles, envisages that, after pre-piercing, skewering of the food pieces with each skewer is obtained in synchronism with extraction of the respective pre-piercing needle such that advance of the skewer in the food pieces is constantly guided in the hole left by the corresponding needle; the pre-piercing of the food pieces and the arrangement thereof on the skewers being obtained by continuous movement elements without interrupting the motion of the containers/trays. Skewering of the food pieces is obtained with continuous motion via a plurality of pre-piercing moving elements and of respective thrust moving elements, the moving elements being set in a revolver-type arrangement on at least one rotary drum. | 03-19-2015 |
20150090129 | BATTERY-POWERED ADJUSTABLE REVOLVING SKEWER - A battery-powered adjustable revolving skewer to be used in built barbecue pits as in any other arrangement in which is allowed to put a heat source (embers) and two supports to sustain the ends of the battery-powered adjustable revolving skewer. | 04-02-2015 |
20150144009 | QUICK RELEASE SKEWER ASSEMBLY - A quick release skewer assembly comprising a skewer shaft with a first end portion and a second end portion axially spaced from the first end portion, a first clamping element connected to the first end portion with a first grip face, and a clamping assembly adjacent the second end portion including an anchor element and a second clamping element with a second grip face. The first grip face is axially separated from the second grip face by a grip distance. The first clamping element is axially and rotationally engaged to the skewer. The anchor element is threadably connected to the skewer shaft such that the grip distance may be selectively threadably adjusted. The clamping assembly is operative to selectively displace the second grip face in a generally linear and axial direction between: (i) an open orientation wherein the grip distance is axially expanded and distal; and (ii) a closed orientation wherein the grip distance is axially contracted and proximal relative to the open orientation. | 05-28-2015 |
20150144010 | ROTISSERIE ACCESSORY KIT - The present invention is, multi-spit accessory conversion kit intended to be used for multiple types of barbecue grills and pits. The kits multiple skewer assembly is capable of being adjusted to various sized grills. The skewers are also able to easily be placed and removed from the multi-functional rotating rotisseries to control cooking. | 05-28-2015 |
20160095471 | Skewer and Skewer Handling Device - An improved skewer ( | 04-07-2016 |
20160198894 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A ROTISSERIE GRILL | 07-14-2016 |
20090025572 | Apparatus for Holding Food Items for Roasting in a Fire - An appliance for holding food items, such as marshmallows and hot dogs, for roasting against the face of an open fire includes food carrying skewers that are rotatably mounted on an axis generally perpendicular to the elongated frame of the device. A drive linkage, manually operated from the opposite end of the frame, rotates the skewers such that the food products are uniformly exposed to the same heating, resulting in uniformly cooked food items without burning. | 01-29-2009 |
20090241784 | Marshmallow toasting apparatus and method - A marshmallow toasting apparatus and method caramelizes the outer skin of marshmallow and is designed for countertop use. The apparatus comprises a housing, a spit or skewer, and a heat source. The housing includes top and front walls having a common slot extending therebetween. The common slot defines a marshmallow-receiving cavity and a spit-receiving plane. The spit or skewer may be rotated by way of a rotisserie assembly, as an optional feature. The spit is receivable in the spit-receiving plane and is rotatable therein substantially parallel to the top wall. The heat source is positioned adjacent the cavity for caramelizing the outer skin of marshmallow via directed heat energy. The cavity is sized and shaped for enabling structurally free thermal expansion of marshmallow during application of heat to the cavity. | 10-01-2009 |
20090301314 | Marshmallow Roasting Stick - A roasting apparatus is provided which includes a shaft having a first end adapted to receive an edible wafer via an internal opening in the wafer, a second end, and a retaining portion near the second end that is adapted to removably retain the edible wafer to the shaft. The first end has a first shape adapted to enable the wafer to travel along the first end of the shaft towards the retaining portion with the retaining portion having a second shape different from the first shape and adapted to removably engage the wafer when moved from the first end to the retaining portion such that the shaft may be tilted down relative to the second end without the wafer traveling due to gravity beyond the retaining portion. | 12-10-2009 |
20100242742 | Barbecue skewer with multiple prongs - This invention presents a unique barbecue skewer with multiple prongs that branch from a central spine akin to a tree or a fishbone. This simple design transforms the traditional pin-shaped skewer into one that prevents food pieces from self-rotating during grilling. It also allows food pieces to be attached or removed in any order, properly spaces the food pieces apart thus eliminating cold spots, and enables food pieces having different cooking times to be grilled together. | 09-30-2010 |
20100282096 | COOKING UTENSIL - A utensil, having a handle ( | 11-11-2010 |
20130333577 | GRILLING APPARATUS - Cooking apparatuses are disclosed for evenly cooking a variety of foods over a grilling surface with heat being radiated and/or reflected from a plurality of surfaces. In particular, the cooking apparatus is suitable for grilling a variety of foods such as meats, poultry and vegetables in a vertical rack to more evenly cook such foods. | 12-19-2013 |
20150135970 | Hand-Held Rotisserie Device - A hand held rotisserie device is disclosed having a handle with a rod extending outward from a distal end of the handle, wherein a longitudinal axis of the handle and a longitudinal axis of a proximal end of the rod are substantially parallel. A distal end of the rod has an offset member oriented substantially parallel to a proximal end of the rod and disposed laterally away from the proximal end of the rod. A rotatable assembly is disposed on a distal end of the rod, wherein the rotatable assembly is oriented to rotate in a direction substantially parallel with a longitudinal axis of the offset member. A food attachment device is coupled to the rotatable assembly and a drive mechanism is coupled to the handle and the rotatable assembly. | 05-21-2015 |
20160174760 | Outdoor Cooking Utensil | 06-23-2016 |
20080250940 | HEATING AND VENTING ARRANGEMENT FOR A ROTISSERIE OVEN - An oven is used for cooking food and comprises an enclosure having a floor, a ceiling, a back wall, and a pair of side walls. A heating element is disposed on the back wall at a distance from the floor and the ceiling and a shield is disposed between the back wall and the heating element. The shield is configured to receive radiant heat from the heating element and to re-radiate lower frequency radiant heat towards the food. The enclosure may further comprise a door and the side walls may be double paneled. A radial fan is coupled to one of the side walls to pull hot air from inside the enclosure and cooler air from outside the enclosure. The hot and cool air are mixed within a space defined by the double paneled side wall and is directed out over the exterior of the door to cool the door. | 10-16-2008 |
20090025573 | ROTISSERIE SPIT - A rotisserie spit including a spit rod for supporting food, a carrier bracket for mounting the spit rod in cantilever fashion by bearings to permit rotation of the spit rod, the bracket being mounted to an upright support post such that the bracket and spit rod carried thereby can swing about the axis of the post, and a motor coupled to the spit rod for driving the spit rod in rotation about its axis. | 01-29-2009 |
20090090248 | ROTISSERIE COOKER - A horizontal axis rotisserie oven with versatile electronic controls. The rotisserie further includes: an improved spit for quick mounting of food, and a door which hides blemishes due to normal use, and easily referenced food cooking indexes, and means for keeping countertops clean. | 04-09-2009 |
20090095167 | Bar-B-Que cooking device - A bar-b-que cooking device is described. A cylindrical basket is suspended in proximity to a heating device to form the main body of the bar-b-que cooking device. The basket is connected to a motor which slowly rotates the basket. A smoke box is attached to the main body and allows a user to add wood chips or other smoke-producing materials. Frozen French fries or other foodstuffs are added to the basket and the device is activated, causing the basket to slowly spin around its horizontal axis. Heat from the heating device cooks the foodstuffs while the smoke box adds the smoky, outdoor-cooking flavors. The spinning action of the basket continuously repositions the foodstuffs during cooking so that they cook evenly. | 04-16-2009 |
20090282988 | ROTATING AND DRIVING DEVICE FOR BARBECUE - A rotating and driving device for barbecue includes a casing, a fixing base, a driving means and a shielding plate. The casing has an upright plate and an enclosing plate. An accommodating space and an opening are formed between the upright plate and the enclosing plate. The fixing base is connected to the interior of the accommodating space. The driving means is fixed to the fixing base and located between the upright plate and the fixing base. The driving means has a rotary shaft penetrating the fixing base. The shielding plate is provided with a through hole to correspond to the rotary shaft. The shielding plate is connected to one side of the fixing base away from the driving means so as to cover the opening. Via the above arrangement, electrical elements in the casing can be protected, and the leakage of electricity caused by the penetration of moisture can be efficiently prevented. | 11-19-2009 |
20100000420 | Spit driving device with lighting means for rotisserie device - A spit driving unit mounted on one side of the housing of a rotisserie device for rotating a spit is disclosed to include a light source for emitting light toward the roasting chamber for enabling the user to visually check the roasting condition of the meat when it is dark, an adjustment handle for adjusting the light emitting direction of the light source, and a switch for switching on/off the light source. | 01-07-2010 |
20100071565 | Enclosed Rotisserie with Detachable Electronic Components - The present invention is directed toward an improved rotisserie oven, having the following features: a removable side mounted control box; single wall oven cabinet construction; single wall oven cabinet construction with tabs protruding from the lower side edges of the oven cabinet which mount feet to support the cabinet; a rigid heat coil structurally connected to the removable control box; a heat coil, supported by a bracket within the oven cabinet which both allows the heat coil to be slid in and out of the oven cabinet and allows for expansion of the heat coil when the coil is energized; a light bulb integrated with the removable control box so that the bulb's globe protrudes into the interior of the oven cabinet when the control box is mounted on the oven cabinet; a drive mechanism integrated into the removable control box which allows the control box to be easily removed from the oven cabinet; a drip pan located below the spit, which has its liquid catching reservoir recessed in from the pan's perimeter; a drip pan cover with an array of small holes recessed into its surface; a spit assembly, whose axis of rotation is located closer to a glass view port located on the oven cabinet's exterior than to the heater located within the oven cabinet; and a spit assembly, whose axis of rotation is located closer to the oven cabinet's loading door than to the top, bottom, back and heat coil within the oven cabinet, using the rotisserie in combination with specific foods and eating schedule, to help people lose weight. | 03-25-2010 |
20100122630 | Rotisserie Roto-Robot Kit for Programmable Skewer Rotation - A cooking apparatus for programmable rotating rotisserie skewers includes an electromotor-driven and manually-driven gearboxes comprising linearly-positioned and sequentially-engaged drive gears, a frame with openings in which skewers is rotating, wherein each skewer is equipped with a gear that rests on a top of an individual drive gear and engaged to it by food and skewer weight; so skewers can be individually removed and turned for food position adjustment. The electromotor is connected to the electromotor-driven gearbox via safety clutch disengaging said motor when manual rotation is performed or in the case of mechanical failure. To perform programmable food processing of different kind of food including symmetric food, such as souvlaki, shashlik, shish kabobs, etc. and asymmetric or flat food, such as a chicken, burger or steak, a timing mechanism periodically slowing or stopping skewers rotation for a preset pause is utilized. | 05-20-2010 |
20100186602 | Rotisserie Apparatus - A rotisserie apparatus is disclosed comprising a skewer assembly having a stationary portion and a rotatable portion, a first side wall for fixedly supporting the stationary portion, a second side wall for rotatingly supporting the rotatable portion, and at least one base element for supporting the first and second side walls. A casing enclosing the rotatable portion is driven by a mechanically powered drive mechanism that is housed in the interior of the casing. Heat transfer to the skewer assembly may be increased by use of a heat absorbing plate. | 07-29-2010 |
20110088565 | DEVICE FOR GRILLING FISH - A device for grilling fish comprises a cage-type structure, a plurality of holding elements arranged over the length thereof, on which the fish to be grilled is skewered in the longitudinal direction with its belly side open from the bottom, each holding element is designed as a double skewer with two pointed ends at a distance, transversally to the longitudinal direction, between which the rear ridge of the skewered fish is received. Each double-skewer holding element also comprises a transversal section extending beneath the pointed ends of the holding element on which lies the rear ridge of the skewered fish. The device also comprises a plurality of separate transversal skewers which bore above the rear ridge of the fish skewered on the holding elements, transversally to the body of the fish, and can be held in this position in guiding means of the cage-type structure, associated therewith. | 04-21-2011 |
20110283893 | ROTISSERIE BROILER - A rotisserie broiler for skewered food items is provided. In one embodiment, the rotisserie broiler includes a horizontal conveyor defining a horizontal path of travel between a skewer receiving area and a transfer channel, the horizontal conveyor having a parallel pair of feeder chains to endlessly convey at a same rate to the transfer channel and a vertical conveyor disposed perpendicular to the horizontal conveyor at the transfer channel and defining a vertical path of travel between the transfer channel and a dispenser, the vertical conveyor having a parallel pair of rotisserie chains to endlessly convey at the same rate from the transfer channel to the dispenser. The food items are placed into the rotisserie broiler on a conveyor in a generally horizontal plane and automatically picked up by a conveyor in a vertical plane to be broiled and rotated adjacent to heating elements and then dispersed. | 11-24-2011 |
20120037012 | Charcoal Barbecue Rotisserie Grill Cooker - A charcoal cooker employs a grill for cooking steaks and a rotisserie for slower cooking of ribs, chicken, turkey, or the like. A tubular spit rod has spike rings that can interchange with a grill basket assembly. The spit rod is hollow tubular stainless steel, with a thicker central portion and smaller diameter end portions. These serve as handles and remain cool to the touch, so the rotisserie spit can be lifted out by grasping the ends to remove the cooked meat for serving. A chain drive engages a sprocket on one end of the spit rod for rotating the spit. Detachable spit support arms mount on the cooker body to hold the spit rod when loading the meat. An external fire box attachment fits onto a coal chute port, so the cooker can be used as an oven for baking or roasting. The legs, lid, grills, and other parts can be detached for cleaning. | 02-16-2012 |
20120186461 | ROTISSERIE GRILL - A rotisserie grill with multiple skewers extending forward from the back of the grill. The skewers may be presented at different heights, and are mechanically connected so as to turn together. The skewers may rotate at the same speed or different speeds. The grill may be embodied as a folding, portable grill with legs, but also may be constructed in a non-folding or non-portable form. | 07-26-2012 |
20120260809 | Rotisserie Grill - An improved grill assembly is provided that has at least three grilling regions for effecting different types of cooking. The first grilling region includes two vertically standing fuel receptacles spaced apart in a grill housing to form an open area therebetween. An opening in the housing allows a food basket to be inserted into the open area to cook both sides of the food at the same time. The second grilling region includes a grilling surface that is placed over a recessed grilling area on the outer surface of the top wall of the grill housing. The third grilling region is a rotisserie cooking region and includes an open area on a side of the grill housing that has a rotatably secured rod that receives a food product and that is in communication with one of the vertical standing fuel receptacles to cook the food product. | 10-18-2012 |
20130074704 | COOKING DEVICE - A cooking device includes: a base; a rotation transmission member mounted rotatably on the base and having a cylindrical surrounding wall that defines an annular top transmission face; a plurality of holding shafts supported rotatably on the base; a plurality of driven wheels secured to and extending radially from the holding shafts, respectively, each of the driven wheels having an outer end face engaging the top transmission face in such a manner to drive rotation of each of the holding shafts upon rotation of the rotation transmission member; and a driving member for driving rotation of the rotation transmission member. | 03-28-2013 |
20130104744 | Satay grill rack | 05-02-2013 |
20130112087 | ROASTING PAN - A roasting pan is disclosed. The roasting pan may include a dual skewered system providing a stable mounting preventing pivoting and rotating of a mounted subject. The roasting pan may also include raised end walls providing a gap between the bottom surface of the subject and a base wall of the pan. The roasting pan may also include a lower profile side wall providing increased airflow to the sides, ends, and bottom of the subject. | 05-09-2013 |
20130112088 | PARTITIONED GRILL AND ROTISSERIE - The present invention is embodied in a grill having a firebox with a front rotisserie mount assembly and a pair of heat shield assemblies. The front rotisserie mount assembly is to help mount a rotisserie on the grill along a longitudinal axis extending from the front of the grill to the rear of the grill. The front rotisserie mount assembly also acts in conjunction with a pair of heat shield assemblies in the firebox to help concentrate heat generated underneath the rotisserie. | 05-09-2013 |
20140208960 | GRILL ROTISSERIE - A rotisserie having a first support structure with a rotisserie motor affixed thereto, the rotisserie motor having a receptacle for receiving a spit rod. A second support structure defines a slot for receiving the spit rod. The first and second support structures are mounted to side shelves on a grill on opposite sides of a cooking grate. The side shelves each define at least one mounting aperture for retaining the support structures in upright positions. | 07-31-2014 |
20140216271 | Rotisserie System - A rotisserie system includes a cooking oven enclosure including a driven gear at one inner wall thereof. A spit assembly support framework has a drip pan and first and second side racks upstanding from the drip pan each including a spit assembly support. A spit assembly comprises a driven wheel including gear teeth driven by the driven gear, an inward bushing supported by the spit assembly support, and a socket for a spit rod. The spit assembly also includes a handle assembly with an inward bushing supported by a the spit assembly support, a yoke assembly including a center spit rod extending into the driven wheel socket, and one or more additional spit rods extending at least partially along the length of the center spit rod. | 08-07-2014 |
20150027322 | Cooking Apparatus - The invention provides a shish kebab type skewer and cooking rack system that supports at least two skewers in a plurality of positions, the novel skewers having an indexing means to fix the position of rotation of the skewer about the rotational axis in at least two positions. The skewers are provided with indexing members that overlap to permit moving all skewers with a single adjustment. The rack system can be used with a conventional backyard grill or indoors in a oven or stove top environment. | 01-29-2015 |
20150101493 | DEMOUNTABLE AND PORTABLE ELECTRIC ROTATING SPIT GRILL - The invention relates to a demountable electric rotating spit grill, which is designed to be installed and flexibly adjusted over any heating source, and at the same time, is suitable for installation on any type of surface in which the heating source can be generated. The purpose of the inventive electric rotating spit grill has been focused on satisfying the basic needs of the user when cooking any type of food on the grill or barbeque; therefore it is especially attractive for its transportability and portability, as it is completely demountable and easily of assembling at any place where it will be used. | 04-16-2015 |
20150320257 | OVEN WITH ROTISSERIE FEATURES - A rotisserie oven includes a cooking enclosure, at least one bottom side track associated with the cooking enclosure, a spit assembly support framework. A drip pan has at least one side configured to engage the bottom side track of the cooking enclosure. A first side rack is attached to the drip pan and includes a support for a spit assembly. A second side rack is attached to the drip pan and includes a support for the spit assembly. | 11-12-2015 |
20160120361 | Smokeless Barbecue Device - This invention discloses a smokeless barbecue device, comprises three layers arranged at different heights: a food placing layer that is used to fix food and can drive the food to rotate along a shaft; a heat source layer that is arranged below said food placing layer and can heat said food; an oil accommodating layer that is arranged below said heat source layer and can accommodate liquids fallen from the food placing layer; wherein, said heat source layer comprises several heat source sub-layers that are arranged at a same height and can be switched between a separated state and a gathered state; when in the separated state, said heat source sub-layers have gaps therebetween, so that oil drops produced on said food placing layer can pass through said gaps, and fall onto said oil accommodating layer; when in the gathered state, said heat source sub-layers are bonded with each other and thus have no gaps therebetween. Such device can prevent oil drops and fats from falling onto coals during heating the food, and thus can prevent generation of smoke dust, so that the safety in use is improved. | 05-05-2016 |
20090205512 | VERTICAL ROTISSERIE COOKING SYSTEM - A vertical rotisserie open flame oven having a central flame post dispersing aesthetically pleasing flames and a secondary heater positioned outside the path of rotation of the food items. The oven has a central chamber area where the heat transfer to the food items is executed in a desirable manner to properly cook the food items without burning the surface thereof. | 08-20-2009 |
20100199855 | Vertical rotisserie broiler - A generally vertically disposed rotisserie broiler. The broiler includes a metal housing with side walls, a floor, and an open end. One or more burners are disposed on opposite side walls of the housing. A generally vertically disposed spit is normally contained within the confines of the metal housing, but is movable towards the open end of the housing. The spit is rotated by a motor. The rotisserie broiler also includes an upper generally horizontal arm, and a lower generally horizontal arm, positioned adjacent an upper end and a lower end of the spit, respectively, for moving the spit transversely within the housing. | 08-12-2010 |
20120192723 | SHISH KEBOB ROTISSERIE DEVICE - A kabob rotisserie for cooking multiple kabobs comprising: a top plate, where the top plate includes a plurality of holding nests and each nest receives a kabob skewer; a bottom plate, where the bottom plate includes a plurality of holding nests and each nest receives a kabob skewer; a rotating shaft, vertically extending through the top plate and bottom plate; a heating element attached to the rotating shaft, where the element is positioned inside the kabob skewers; bearings provided at the top and bottom of the rotating shaft; a cover, where the cover contains the kabob rotisserie; and a motor, where the motor rotates the rotating shaft. In one exemplary embodiment, the top plate may include eight or less holding nests and the bottom plate may include eight or less corresponding holding nests. | 08-02-2012 |
20150135971 | AUTOMATIC DONER KEBAB SLICING MACHINE - A doner kebab rotisserie enables the meat of chicken or doner kebab to be formed, cooked and sliced, and where the formed meats are positioned, a circular knife located in the cutting unit and enabling the doner kebab to be sliced by rotating, and a doner kebab burner including a burner wing used while cooking the kebab and providing heat for the desired area of doner kebab. Specifically, an automatic doner kebab slicing machine disclosed includes a doner kebab follow-up apparatus, the position of the upper section of which does not change when it performs rotating motion in accordance with the circular knife and which enables slicing of the doner kebab at fixed thickness and enables the angular change to be construed by an electronic system by transferring angular change to the bearing during the doner kebab surface follow-up via doner kebab follow-up apparatus bearing where it is positioned. | 05-21-2015 |
20090007800 | Rotisserie - A rotisserie cooking apparatus has at least one cooking rod for holding food to be cooked. Each rod has at each end a guide element, which is preferably in the form of a wheel or geared wheel. A frame of the apparatus supports an inclined guide path at either lateral side thereof for receiving the guide elements for each rod and guiding the rod gravitationally from an entry point downward towards an exit point of the guide path. The guide element and guide path are structured to cause an axial rotation of the rod as it travels down the guide path, preferably by way of gear rack in the guide path that corresponds to the gear teeth of the guide element wheel. The speed of the rod down the incline path is controlled, preferably by way of a tension or friction force against a later wall of the guide path. A preferable structure provides for a tension element at the end of the rod, which is axially adjustable to provide for differing frictional forces against the lateral wall. The apparatus may additionally have a rod loading arrangement for automatically transferring rods onto the guide path, which rod loading arrangement has a storage rack for holding a plurality of horizontally oriented rods vertically spaced-apart from each other at rod storage locations. At least one vertically oriented continuous belt loop is rotatable about a lower and an upper pulley means, the belt loop having a plurality of spaced-apart lifting fingers projecting outwardly and perpendicularly from the belt loop for lifting rods from the rod storage locations and transporting them to the guide path. The belt loop is located such that rods lifted from the storage rack and carried upwards by the lifting fingers, up to and around the upper pulley, are deposited onto the guide path at the entry point thereof. | 01-08-2009 |
20100018413 | Turn Rod Cooking Grill - A turn rod grill comprises a grill base having 4 legs and two wheels disposed along two adjacent legs. An upper grill grate has a plurality of slots allowing a positioning rod to move in and out. A turning shaft disposed within the positioning rod is attached to a turning knob and rotates a removable food holding fork. As the knob is turned, the fork turns in a vertical direction through the use of two beveled gears. A lower grate is provided to hold the fuel such as charcoal above the bottom allowing air to enter. The rotating collar is held in place by a retaining plate that is removeably inserted in the rotating collar. A plurality of holes in the grill base allow the turning rod to move in and out to allow the user to both rotate a food item as well as position it for optimum cooking. | 01-28-2010 |
20140305318 | ROTISSERIE BRACKET - A rotisserie mounting bracket assembly for a cooking grill having a cooking surface having a plurality of ribs. The bracket has a bracket base with at least one downward projection situated between a pair of adjacent ribs, and a bracket extension extending vertically from the bracket base and having at least one surface adapted to retain a skewer. | 10-16-2014 |
20150020697 | Barbecue Support Assembly - A barbecue support assembly for supporting an elongate skewer at one or more preselected heights above a barbecue grill. The barbecue support assembly includes one or more body elements having one or more parts thereof positionable substantially at one of the preselected heights. Also the part includes one or more apertures in which an end of the skewer is receivable. | 01-22-2015 |
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20080229937 | Retractable Rotisserie Motor - A retractable rotisserie driver which is used in connection with a barbecue grill is described and shown herein. In one embodiment, a retractable motor support apparatus is pivotably connected to a side shelf assembly of a barbecue grill, and is movable between a storage position, where the rotisserie motor is substantially enclosed by the side shelf assembly, and a usage position, where the motor is generally aligned for engagement with a rotisserie spit. The support apparatus includes a first wall and a second wall which are adjacent and generally transverse to one another. The first wall is configured to be aligned generally flush with an upper surface of the side shelf assembly when the support apparatus is moved to the storage position to increase the usable work area on the shelf. The second wall is provided with a power cord holder for compactly holding the motor's power cord when the apparatus is moved to the storage position. The side shelf assembly and support apparatus are also provided with corresponding latch mechanisms which are adapted to engage when the support apparatus is moved to the usage position. | 09-25-2008 |
20090000493 | ROTISSERIE OVEN FOR A GRILL - A rotisserie oven. The rotisserie oven includes a cooking chamber, a spit, a motor assembly, and a fuel burning burner. The motor assembly rotates the spit about an axle. The spit is located horizontally in the cooking chamber so that any liquids dripping from any food on the spit do not fall on the burner. The spit may be removed and replaced by a grate and a heat shield. The grate is oriented horizontally inside the cooking chamber and the heat shield distributes heat from the burner evenly about the grate. The rotisserie oven may be configured to be removably attached to a grill. | 01-01-2009 |
20090071348 | Rotisserie utensil for remotely orienting food in relation to a heat source - A rotisserie utensil for roasting food over an open flame or other heat source. The utensil includes a pair of elongated handles. The distal end of each handle is formed into a tunnel for receiving a segment of a crank that includes an offset segment. One end of the crank comprises a loop and the opposed end of the crank comprises a pair of tines for rotatably securing the utensil and for impaling food for rotation about an axis that is substantially orthogonal to the elongated handles. | 03-19-2009 |
20090107346 | SOLAR ENERGY DRIVING ROTARY ROASTING ROD DEVICE - A solar energy driving rotary roasting rod device is selectively mounted to a barbecue device with a roasting rod extending across the barbecue device. The roasting device includes an upright housing from which the roasting rod extending transversely. The housing has a top to which an elevation bar forming a direction-changeable joint is mounted in an extendable manner. The direction-changeable joint mounts a light reaction casing in a rotatable manner. The housing forms an interior space receiving an electromechanical driving device, a control circuit including an actuation switch, and a rechargeable power storage device, which are electrically connected to a solar panel formed on a top face of the casing and a lighting device comprised of light-emitting diodes mounted to a side face of the casing. The electromechanical driving device has a power output socket that is exposed to receive and couple the roasting rod. | 04-30-2009 |
20090308262 | Marshmallow Roaster - A marshmallow roasting unit is provided that comprises an enclosure having a roasting chamber and a side defining an enclosure opening below the roasting chamber, a skewer disposed in the roasting chamber and configured to hold a marshmallow, a heating element disposed relative to the skewer in the roasting chamber, and a removable tray configured to be inserted into the enclosure opening and hold a cracker in the enclosure under the roasting chamber. The heating element is disposed a predetermined range from the skewer such that the heating element is effective to roast the marshmallow on the skewer until the marshmallow becomes pliable and falls on to the cracker or contents disposed on the cracker held on the removable tray. | 12-17-2009 |
20100251903 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COOKING LOW FAT FRENCH FRIES - The present invention provides an apparatus and method for cooking French fries without cooking oil. The apparatus relies on high pressure inert gas at high temperature as the cooking medium. The inert gas acts both as a heat transfer medium to cook the potatoes, and as a protective atmosphere to prevent charring and oxidation of the potatoes. | 10-07-2010 |
20130104745 | Charcoal Barbecue Rotisserie Grill Cooker | 05-02-2013 |
20130319258 | CERAMIC COOKER ROTISSERIE - A rotisserie device useful in a partially opened, hinged, covered grill includes a support ring that is shaped and configured to inhibit airflow into and out of the grill when the cover is partially opened. The support ring includes one or more cover supporting portions or chocks that hold the cover and base apart when the cover is partially opened, and one or more apertures through the ring that can receive a rotatable spindle which serves as or which drives a removable, rotatable rotisserie spit. | 12-05-2013 |
20140261013 | COOKING ASSEMBLY - A cooking assembly is provided. The cooking assembly includes first, second, third, and fourth side walls defining an interior region. The cooking assembly further includes a skewer having a shaft, a handle, and a sprocket. The skewer is configured to be rotatably and removably coupled to the first and second side walls such that a portion of the shaft between the sprocket and the handle is rotatably disposed in a first groove of the first side wall, and the second end of the shaft extends through a first aperture of the second side wall, and the sprocket of the skewer is disposed in the interior region. The cooking assembly further includes a chain drive assembly coupled to the first side wall. | 09-18-2014 |
20140299002 | BARBECUE COOKING ASSEMBLY - A barbecue cooking assembly includes a rotating disk ( | 10-09-2014 |
20150075389 | SKEWER MACHINE FOR CONTINUOUSLY PRODUCING FOOD ON SKEWERS - A skewering machine for producing food on skewers, of the type that uses a plurality of containers/trays provided with cells according to the pieces of food to be skewered, wherein skewering is obtained by pre-piercing the food pieces with steel needles, envisages that, after pre-piercing, skewering of the food pieces with each skewer is obtained in synchronism with extraction of the respective pre-piercing needle such that advance of the skewer in the food pieces is constantly guided in the hole left by the corresponding needle; the pre-piercing of the food pieces and the arrangement thereof on the skewers being obtained by continuous movement elements without interrupting the motion of the containers/trays. Skewering of the food pieces is obtained with continuous motion via a plurality of pre-piercing moving elements and of respective thrust moving elements, the moving elements being set in a revolver-type arrangement on at least one rotary drum. | 03-19-2015 |
20150090129 | BATTERY-POWERED ADJUSTABLE REVOLVING SKEWER - A battery-powered adjustable revolving skewer to be used in built barbecue pits as in any other arrangement in which is allowed to put a heat source (embers) and two supports to sustain the ends of the battery-powered adjustable revolving skewer. | 04-02-2015 |
20150144009 | QUICK RELEASE SKEWER ASSEMBLY - A quick release skewer assembly comprising a skewer shaft with a first end portion and a second end portion axially spaced from the first end portion, a first clamping element connected to the first end portion with a first grip face, and a clamping assembly adjacent the second end portion including an anchor element and a second clamping element with a second grip face. The first grip face is axially separated from the second grip face by a grip distance. The first clamping element is axially and rotationally engaged to the skewer. The anchor element is threadably connected to the skewer shaft such that the grip distance may be selectively threadably adjusted. The clamping assembly is operative to selectively displace the second grip face in a generally linear and axial direction between: (i) an open orientation wherein the grip distance is axially expanded and distal; and (ii) a closed orientation wherein the grip distance is axially contracted and proximal relative to the open orientation. | 05-28-2015 |
20150144010 | ROTISSERIE ACCESSORY KIT - The present invention is, multi-spit accessory conversion kit intended to be used for multiple types of barbecue grills and pits. The kits multiple skewer assembly is capable of being adjusted to various sized grills. The skewers are also able to easily be placed and removed from the multi-functional rotating rotisseries to control cooking. | 05-28-2015 |
20160095471 | Skewer and Skewer Handling Device - An improved skewer ( | 04-07-2016 |
20160198894 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A ROTISSERIE GRILL | 07-14-2016 |
20090025572 | Apparatus for Holding Food Items for Roasting in a Fire - An appliance for holding food items, such as marshmallows and hot dogs, for roasting against the face of an open fire includes food carrying skewers that are rotatably mounted on an axis generally perpendicular to the elongated frame of the device. A drive linkage, manually operated from the opposite end of the frame, rotates the skewers such that the food products are uniformly exposed to the same heating, resulting in uniformly cooked food items without burning. | 01-29-2009 |
20090241784 | Marshmallow toasting apparatus and method - A marshmallow toasting apparatus and method caramelizes the outer skin of marshmallow and is designed for countertop use. The apparatus comprises a housing, a spit or skewer, and a heat source. The housing includes top and front walls having a common slot extending therebetween. The common slot defines a marshmallow-receiving cavity and a spit-receiving plane. The spit or skewer may be rotated by way of a rotisserie assembly, as an optional feature. The spit is receivable in the spit-receiving plane and is rotatable therein substantially parallel to the top wall. The heat source is positioned adjacent the cavity for caramelizing the outer skin of marshmallow via directed heat energy. The cavity is sized and shaped for enabling structurally free thermal expansion of marshmallow during application of heat to the cavity. | 10-01-2009 |
20090301314 | Marshmallow Roasting Stick - A roasting apparatus is provided which includes a shaft having a first end adapted to receive an edible wafer via an internal opening in the wafer, a second end, and a retaining portion near the second end that is adapted to removably retain the edible wafer to the shaft. The first end has a first shape adapted to enable the wafer to travel along the first end of the shaft towards the retaining portion with the retaining portion having a second shape different from the first shape and adapted to removably engage the wafer when moved from the first end to the retaining portion such that the shaft may be tilted down relative to the second end without the wafer traveling due to gravity beyond the retaining portion. | 12-10-2009 |
20100242742 | Barbecue skewer with multiple prongs - This invention presents a unique barbecue skewer with multiple prongs that branch from a central spine akin to a tree or a fishbone. This simple design transforms the traditional pin-shaped skewer into one that prevents food pieces from self-rotating during grilling. It also allows food pieces to be attached or removed in any order, properly spaces the food pieces apart thus eliminating cold spots, and enables food pieces having different cooking times to be grilled together. | 09-30-2010 |
20100282096 | COOKING UTENSIL - A utensil, having a handle ( | 11-11-2010 |
20130333577 | GRILLING APPARATUS - Cooking apparatuses are disclosed for evenly cooking a variety of foods over a grilling surface with heat being radiated and/or reflected from a plurality of surfaces. In particular, the cooking apparatus is suitable for grilling a variety of foods such as meats, poultry and vegetables in a vertical rack to more evenly cook such foods. | 12-19-2013 |
20150135970 | Hand-Held Rotisserie Device - A hand held rotisserie device is disclosed having a handle with a rod extending outward from a distal end of the handle, wherein a longitudinal axis of the handle and a longitudinal axis of a proximal end of the rod are substantially parallel. A distal end of the rod has an offset member oriented substantially parallel to a proximal end of the rod and disposed laterally away from the proximal end of the rod. A rotatable assembly is disposed on a distal end of the rod, wherein the rotatable assembly is oriented to rotate in a direction substantially parallel with a longitudinal axis of the offset member. A food attachment device is coupled to the rotatable assembly and a drive mechanism is coupled to the handle and the rotatable assembly. | 05-21-2015 |
20160174760 | Outdoor Cooking Utensil | 06-23-2016 |
20080250940 | HEATING AND VENTING ARRANGEMENT FOR A ROTISSERIE OVEN - An oven is used for cooking food and comprises an enclosure having a floor, a ceiling, a back wall, and a pair of side walls. A heating element is disposed on the back wall at a distance from the floor and the ceiling and a shield is disposed between the back wall and the heating element. The shield is configured to receive radiant heat from the heating element and to re-radiate lower frequency radiant heat towards the food. The enclosure may further comprise a door and the side walls may be double paneled. A radial fan is coupled to one of the side walls to pull hot air from inside the enclosure and cooler air from outside the enclosure. The hot and cool air are mixed within a space defined by the double paneled side wall and is directed out over the exterior of the door to cool the door. | 10-16-2008 |
20090025573 | ROTISSERIE SPIT - A rotisserie spit including a spit rod for supporting food, a carrier bracket for mounting the spit rod in cantilever fashion by bearings to permit rotation of the spit rod, the bracket being mounted to an upright support post such that the bracket and spit rod carried thereby can swing about the axis of the post, and a motor coupled to the spit rod for driving the spit rod in rotation about its axis. | 01-29-2009 |
20090090248 | ROTISSERIE COOKER - A horizontal axis rotisserie oven with versatile electronic controls. The rotisserie further includes: an improved spit for quick mounting of food, and a door which hides blemishes due to normal use, and easily referenced food cooking indexes, and means for keeping countertops clean. | 04-09-2009 |
20090095167 | Bar-B-Que cooking device - A bar-b-que cooking device is described. A cylindrical basket is suspended in proximity to a heating device to form the main body of the bar-b-que cooking device. The basket is connected to a motor which slowly rotates the basket. A smoke box is attached to the main body and allows a user to add wood chips or other smoke-producing materials. Frozen French fries or other foodstuffs are added to the basket and the device is activated, causing the basket to slowly spin around its horizontal axis. Heat from the heating device cooks the foodstuffs while the smoke box adds the smoky, outdoor-cooking flavors. The spinning action of the basket continuously repositions the foodstuffs during cooking so that they cook evenly. | 04-16-2009 |
20090282988 | ROTATING AND DRIVING DEVICE FOR BARBECUE - A rotating and driving device for barbecue includes a casing, a fixing base, a driving means and a shielding plate. The casing has an upright plate and an enclosing plate. An accommodating space and an opening are formed between the upright plate and the enclosing plate. The fixing base is connected to the interior of the accommodating space. The driving means is fixed to the fixing base and located between the upright plate and the fixing base. The driving means has a rotary shaft penetrating the fixing base. The shielding plate is provided with a through hole to correspond to the rotary shaft. The shielding plate is connected to one side of the fixing base away from the driving means so as to cover the opening. Via the above arrangement, electrical elements in the casing can be protected, and the leakage of electricity caused by the penetration of moisture can be efficiently prevented. | 11-19-2009 |
20100000420 | Spit driving device with lighting means for rotisserie device - A spit driving unit mounted on one side of the housing of a rotisserie device for rotating a spit is disclosed to include a light source for emitting light toward the roasting chamber for enabling the user to visually check the roasting condition of the meat when it is dark, an adjustment handle for adjusting the light emitting direction of the light source, and a switch for switching on/off the light source. | 01-07-2010 |
20100071565 | Enclosed Rotisserie with Detachable Electronic Components - The present invention is directed toward an improved rotisserie oven, having the following features: a removable side mounted control box; single wall oven cabinet construction; single wall oven cabinet construction with tabs protruding from the lower side edges of the oven cabinet which mount feet to support the cabinet; a rigid heat coil structurally connected to the removable control box; a heat coil, supported by a bracket within the oven cabinet which both allows the heat coil to be slid in and out of the oven cabinet and allows for expansion of the heat coil when the coil is energized; a light bulb integrated with the removable control box so that the bulb's globe protrudes into the interior of the oven cabinet when the control box is mounted on the oven cabinet; a drive mechanism integrated into the removable control box which allows the control box to be easily removed from the oven cabinet; a drip pan located below the spit, which has its liquid catching reservoir recessed in from the pan's perimeter; a drip pan cover with an array of small holes recessed into its surface; a spit assembly, whose axis of rotation is located closer to a glass view port located on the oven cabinet's exterior than to the heater located within the oven cabinet; and a spit assembly, whose axis of rotation is located closer to the oven cabinet's loading door than to the top, bottom, back and heat coil within the oven cabinet, using the rotisserie in combination with specific foods and eating schedule, to help people lose weight. | 03-25-2010 |
20100122630 | Rotisserie Roto-Robot Kit for Programmable Skewer Rotation - A cooking apparatus for programmable rotating rotisserie skewers includes an electromotor-driven and manually-driven gearboxes comprising linearly-positioned and sequentially-engaged drive gears, a frame with openings in which skewers is rotating, wherein each skewer is equipped with a gear that rests on a top of an individual drive gear and engaged to it by food and skewer weight; so skewers can be individually removed and turned for food position adjustment. The electromotor is connected to the electromotor-driven gearbox via safety clutch disengaging said motor when manual rotation is performed or in the case of mechanical failure. To perform programmable food processing of different kind of food including symmetric food, such as souvlaki, shashlik, shish kabobs, etc. and asymmetric or flat food, such as a chicken, burger or steak, a timing mechanism periodically slowing or stopping skewers rotation for a preset pause is utilized. | 05-20-2010 |
20100186602 | Rotisserie Apparatus - A rotisserie apparatus is disclosed comprising a skewer assembly having a stationary portion and a rotatable portion, a first side wall for fixedly supporting the stationary portion, a second side wall for rotatingly supporting the rotatable portion, and at least one base element for supporting the first and second side walls. A casing enclosing the rotatable portion is driven by a mechanically powered drive mechanism that is housed in the interior of the casing. Heat transfer to the skewer assembly may be increased by use of a heat absorbing plate. | 07-29-2010 |
20110088565 | DEVICE FOR GRILLING FISH - A device for grilling fish comprises a cage-type structure, a plurality of holding elements arranged over the length thereof, on which the fish to be grilled is skewered in the longitudinal direction with its belly side open from the bottom, each holding element is designed as a double skewer with two pointed ends at a distance, transversally to the longitudinal direction, between which the rear ridge of the skewered fish is received. Each double-skewer holding element also comprises a transversal section extending beneath the pointed ends of the holding element on which lies the rear ridge of the skewered fish. The device also comprises a plurality of separate transversal skewers which bore above the rear ridge of the fish skewered on the holding elements, transversally to the body of the fish, and can be held in this position in guiding means of the cage-type structure, associated therewith. | 04-21-2011 |
20110283893 | ROTISSERIE BROILER - A rotisserie broiler for skewered food items is provided. In one embodiment, the rotisserie broiler includes a horizontal conveyor defining a horizontal path of travel between a skewer receiving area and a transfer channel, the horizontal conveyor having a parallel pair of feeder chains to endlessly convey at a same rate to the transfer channel and a vertical conveyor disposed perpendicular to the horizontal conveyor at the transfer channel and defining a vertical path of travel between the transfer channel and a dispenser, the vertical conveyor having a parallel pair of rotisserie chains to endlessly convey at the same rate from the transfer channel to the dispenser. The food items are placed into the rotisserie broiler on a conveyor in a generally horizontal plane and automatically picked up by a conveyor in a vertical plane to be broiled and rotated adjacent to heating elements and then dispersed. | 11-24-2011 |
20120037012 | Charcoal Barbecue Rotisserie Grill Cooker - A charcoal cooker employs a grill for cooking steaks and a rotisserie for slower cooking of ribs, chicken, turkey, or the like. A tubular spit rod has spike rings that can interchange with a grill basket assembly. The spit rod is hollow tubular stainless steel, with a thicker central portion and smaller diameter end portions. These serve as handles and remain cool to the touch, so the rotisserie spit can be lifted out by grasping the ends to remove the cooked meat for serving. A chain drive engages a sprocket on one end of the spit rod for rotating the spit. Detachable spit support arms mount on the cooker body to hold the spit rod when loading the meat. An external fire box attachment fits onto a coal chute port, so the cooker can be used as an oven for baking or roasting. The legs, lid, grills, and other parts can be detached for cleaning. | 02-16-2012 |
20120186461 | ROTISSERIE GRILL - A rotisserie grill with multiple skewers extending forward from the back of the grill. The skewers may be presented at different heights, and are mechanically connected so as to turn together. The skewers may rotate at the same speed or different speeds. The grill may be embodied as a folding, portable grill with legs, but also may be constructed in a non-folding or non-portable form. | 07-26-2012 |
20120260809 | Rotisserie Grill - An improved grill assembly is provided that has at least three grilling regions for effecting different types of cooking. The first grilling region includes two vertically standing fuel receptacles spaced apart in a grill housing to form an open area therebetween. An opening in the housing allows a food basket to be inserted into the open area to cook both sides of the food at the same time. The second grilling region includes a grilling surface that is placed over a recessed grilling area on the outer surface of the top wall of the grill housing. The third grilling region is a rotisserie cooking region and includes an open area on a side of the grill housing that has a rotatably secured rod that receives a food product and that is in communication with one of the vertical standing fuel receptacles to cook the food product. | 10-18-2012 |
20130074704 | COOKING DEVICE - A cooking device includes: a base; a rotation transmission member mounted rotatably on the base and having a cylindrical surrounding wall that defines an annular top transmission face; a plurality of holding shafts supported rotatably on the base; a plurality of driven wheels secured to and extending radially from the holding shafts, respectively, each of the driven wheels having an outer end face engaging the top transmission face in such a manner to drive rotation of each of the holding shafts upon rotation of the rotation transmission member; and a driving member for driving rotation of the rotation transmission member. | 03-28-2013 |
20130104744 | Satay grill rack | 05-02-2013 |
20130112087 | ROASTING PAN - A roasting pan is disclosed. The roasting pan may include a dual skewered system providing a stable mounting preventing pivoting and rotating of a mounted subject. The roasting pan may also include raised end walls providing a gap between the bottom surface of the subject and a base wall of the pan. The roasting pan may also include a lower profile side wall providing increased airflow to the sides, ends, and bottom of the subject. | 05-09-2013 |
20130112088 | PARTITIONED GRILL AND ROTISSERIE - The present invention is embodied in a grill having a firebox with a front rotisserie mount assembly and a pair of heat shield assemblies. The front rotisserie mount assembly is to help mount a rotisserie on the grill along a longitudinal axis extending from the front of the grill to the rear of the grill. The front rotisserie mount assembly also acts in conjunction with a pair of heat shield assemblies in the firebox to help concentrate heat generated underneath the rotisserie. | 05-09-2013 |
20140208960 | GRILL ROTISSERIE - A rotisserie having a first support structure with a rotisserie motor affixed thereto, the rotisserie motor having a receptacle for receiving a spit rod. A second support structure defines a slot for receiving the spit rod. The first and second support structures are mounted to side shelves on a grill on opposite sides of a cooking grate. The side shelves each define at least one mounting aperture for retaining the support structures in upright positions. | 07-31-2014 |
20140216271 | Rotisserie System - A rotisserie system includes a cooking oven enclosure including a driven gear at one inner wall thereof. A spit assembly support framework has a drip pan and first and second side racks upstanding from the drip pan each including a spit assembly support. A spit assembly comprises a driven wheel including gear teeth driven by the driven gear, an inward bushing supported by the spit assembly support, and a socket for a spit rod. The spit assembly also includes a handle assembly with an inward bushing supported by a the spit assembly support, a yoke assembly including a center spit rod extending into the driven wheel socket, and one or more additional spit rods extending at least partially along the length of the center spit rod. | 08-07-2014 |
20150027322 | Cooking Apparatus - The invention provides a shish kebab type skewer and cooking rack system that supports at least two skewers in a plurality of positions, the novel skewers having an indexing means to fix the position of rotation of the skewer about the rotational axis in at least two positions. The skewers are provided with indexing members that overlap to permit moving all skewers with a single adjustment. The rack system can be used with a conventional backyard grill or indoors in a oven or stove top environment. | 01-29-2015 |
20150101493 | DEMOUNTABLE AND PORTABLE ELECTRIC ROTATING SPIT GRILL - The invention relates to a demountable electric rotating spit grill, which is designed to be installed and flexibly adjusted over any heating source, and at the same time, is suitable for installation on any type of surface in which the heating source can be generated. The purpose of the inventive electric rotating spit grill has been focused on satisfying the basic needs of the user when cooking any type of food on the grill or barbeque; therefore it is especially attractive for its transportability and portability, as it is completely demountable and easily of assembling at any place where it will be used. | 04-16-2015 |
20150320257 | OVEN WITH ROTISSERIE FEATURES - A rotisserie oven includes a cooking enclosure, at least one bottom side track associated with the cooking enclosure, a spit assembly support framework. A drip pan has at least one side configured to engage the bottom side track of the cooking enclosure. A first side rack is attached to the drip pan and includes a support for a spit assembly. A second side rack is attached to the drip pan and includes a support for the spit assembly. | 11-12-2015 |
20160120361 | Smokeless Barbecue Device - This invention discloses a smokeless barbecue device, comprises three layers arranged at different heights: a food placing layer that is used to fix food and can drive the food to rotate along a shaft; a heat source layer that is arranged below said food placing layer and can heat said food; an oil accommodating layer that is arranged below said heat source layer and can accommodate liquids fallen from the food placing layer; wherein, said heat source layer comprises several heat source sub-layers that are arranged at a same height and can be switched between a separated state and a gathered state; when in the separated state, said heat source sub-layers have gaps therebetween, so that oil drops produced on said food placing layer can pass through said gaps, and fall onto said oil accommodating layer; when in the gathered state, said heat source sub-layers are bonded with each other and thus have no gaps therebetween. Such device can prevent oil drops and fats from falling onto coals during heating the food, and thus can prevent generation of smoke dust, so that the safety in use is improved. | 05-05-2016 |
20090205512 | VERTICAL ROTISSERIE COOKING SYSTEM - A vertical rotisserie open flame oven having a central flame post dispersing aesthetically pleasing flames and a secondary heater positioned outside the path of rotation of the food items. The oven has a central chamber area where the heat transfer to the food items is executed in a desirable manner to properly cook the food items without burning the surface thereof. | 08-20-2009 |
20100199855 | Vertical rotisserie broiler - A generally vertically disposed rotisserie broiler. The broiler includes a metal housing with side walls, a floor, and an open end. One or more burners are disposed on opposite side walls of the housing. A generally vertically disposed spit is normally contained within the confines of the metal housing, but is movable towards the open end of the housing. The spit is rotated by a motor. The rotisserie broiler also includes an upper generally horizontal arm, and a lower generally horizontal arm, positioned adjacent an upper end and a lower end of the spit, respectively, for moving the spit transversely within the housing. | 08-12-2010 |
20120192723 | SHISH KEBOB ROTISSERIE DEVICE - A kabob rotisserie for cooking multiple kabobs comprising: a top plate, where the top plate includes a plurality of holding nests and each nest receives a kabob skewer; a bottom plate, where the bottom plate includes a plurality of holding nests and each nest receives a kabob skewer; a rotating shaft, vertically extending through the top plate and bottom plate; a heating element attached to the rotating shaft, where the element is positioned inside the kabob skewers; bearings provided at the top and bottom of the rotating shaft; a cover, where the cover contains the kabob rotisserie; and a motor, where the motor rotates the rotating shaft. In one exemplary embodiment, the top plate may include eight or less holding nests and the bottom plate may include eight or less corresponding holding nests. | 08-02-2012 |
20150135971 | AUTOMATIC DONER KEBAB SLICING MACHINE - A doner kebab rotisserie enables the meat of chicken or doner kebab to be formed, cooked and sliced, and where the formed meats are positioned, a circular knife located in the cutting unit and enabling the doner kebab to be sliced by rotating, and a doner kebab burner including a burner wing used while cooking the kebab and providing heat for the desired area of doner kebab. Specifically, an automatic doner kebab slicing machine disclosed includes a doner kebab follow-up apparatus, the position of the upper section of which does not change when it performs rotating motion in accordance with the circular knife and which enables slicing of the doner kebab at fixed thickness and enables the angular change to be construed by an electronic system by transferring angular change to the bearing during the doner kebab surface follow-up via doner kebab follow-up apparatus bearing where it is positioned. | 05-21-2015 |
20090007800 | Rotisserie - A rotisserie cooking apparatus has at least one cooking rod for holding food to be cooked. Each rod has at each end a guide element, which is preferably in the form of a wheel or geared wheel. A frame of the apparatus supports an inclined guide path at either lateral side thereof for receiving the guide elements for each rod and guiding the rod gravitationally from an entry point downward towards an exit point of the guide path. The guide element and guide path are structured to cause an axial rotation of the rod as it travels down the guide path, preferably by way of gear rack in the guide path that corresponds to the gear teeth of the guide element wheel. The speed of the rod down the incline path is controlled, preferably by way of a tension or friction force against a later wall of the guide path. A preferable structure provides for a tension element at the end of the rod, which is axially adjustable to provide for differing frictional forces against the lateral wall. The apparatus may additionally have a rod loading arrangement for automatically transferring rods onto the guide path, which rod loading arrangement has a storage rack for holding a plurality of horizontally oriented rods vertically spaced-apart from each other at rod storage locations. At least one vertically oriented continuous belt loop is rotatable about a lower and an upper pulley means, the belt loop having a plurality of spaced-apart lifting fingers projecting outwardly and perpendicularly from the belt loop for lifting rods from the rod storage locations and transporting them to the guide path. The belt loop is located such that rods lifted from the storage rack and carried upwards by the lifting fingers, up to and around the upper pulley, are deposited onto the guide path at the entry point thereof. | 01-08-2009 |
20100018413 | Turn Rod Cooking Grill - A turn rod grill comprises a grill base having 4 legs and two wheels disposed along two adjacent legs. An upper grill grate has a plurality of slots allowing a positioning rod to move in and out. A turning shaft disposed within the positioning rod is attached to a turning knob and rotates a removable food holding fork. As the knob is turned, the fork turns in a vertical direction through the use of two beveled gears. A lower grate is provided to hold the fuel such as charcoal above the bottom allowing air to enter. The rotating collar is held in place by a retaining plate that is removeably inserted in the rotating collar. A plurality of holes in the grill base allow the turning rod to move in and out to allow the user to both rotate a food item as well as position it for optimum cooking. | 01-28-2010 |
20140305318 | ROTISSERIE BRACKET - A rotisserie mounting bracket assembly for a cooking grill having a cooking surface having a plurality of ribs. The bracket has a bracket base with at least one downward projection situated between a pair of adjacent ribs, and a bracket extension extending vertically from the bracket base and having at least one surface adapted to retain a skewer. | 10-16-2014 |
20150020697 | Barbecue Support Assembly - A barbecue support assembly for supporting an elongate skewer at one or more preselected heights above a barbecue grill. The barbecue support assembly includes one or more body elements having one or more parts thereof positionable substantially at one of the preselected heights. Also the part includes one or more apertures in which an end of the skewer is receivable. | 01-22-2015 |
099421000 | Horizontal axis | 28 |
20080229937 | Retractable Rotisserie Motor - A retractable rotisserie driver which is used in connection with a barbecue grill is described and shown herein. In one embodiment, a retractable motor support apparatus is pivotably connected to a side shelf assembly of a barbecue grill, and is movable between a storage position, where the rotisserie motor is substantially enclosed by the side shelf assembly, and a usage position, where the motor is generally aligned for engagement with a rotisserie spit. The support apparatus includes a first wall and a second wall which are adjacent and generally transverse to one another. The first wall is configured to be aligned generally flush with an upper surface of the side shelf assembly when the support apparatus is moved to the storage position to increase the usable work area on the shelf. The second wall is provided with a power cord holder for compactly holding the motor's power cord when the apparatus is moved to the storage position. The side shelf assembly and support apparatus are also provided with corresponding latch mechanisms which are adapted to engage when the support apparatus is moved to the usage position. | 09-25-2008 |
20090000493 | ROTISSERIE OVEN FOR A GRILL - A rotisserie oven. The rotisserie oven includes a cooking chamber, a spit, a motor assembly, and a fuel burning burner. The motor assembly rotates the spit about an axle. The spit is located horizontally in the cooking chamber so that any liquids dripping from any food on the spit do not fall on the burner. The spit may be removed and replaced by a grate and a heat shield. The grate is oriented horizontally inside the cooking chamber and the heat shield distributes heat from the burner evenly about the grate. The rotisserie oven may be configured to be removably attached to a grill. | 01-01-2009 |
20090071348 | Rotisserie utensil for remotely orienting food in relation to a heat source - A rotisserie utensil for roasting food over an open flame or other heat source. The utensil includes a pair of elongated handles. The distal end of each handle is formed into a tunnel for receiving a segment of a crank that includes an offset segment. One end of the crank comprises a loop and the opposed end of the crank comprises a pair of tines for rotatably securing the utensil and for impaling food for rotation about an axis that is substantially orthogonal to the elongated handles. | 03-19-2009 |
20090107346 | SOLAR ENERGY DRIVING ROTARY ROASTING ROD DEVICE - A solar energy driving rotary roasting rod device is selectively mounted to a barbecue device with a roasting rod extending across the barbecue device. The roasting device includes an upright housing from which the roasting rod extending transversely. The housing has a top to which an elevation bar forming a direction-changeable joint is mounted in an extendable manner. The direction-changeable joint mounts a light reaction casing in a rotatable manner. The housing forms an interior space receiving an electromechanical driving device, a control circuit including an actuation switch, and a rechargeable power storage device, which are electrically connected to a solar panel formed on a top face of the casing and a lighting device comprised of light-emitting diodes mounted to a side face of the casing. The electromechanical driving device has a power output socket that is exposed to receive and couple the roasting rod. | 04-30-2009 |
20090308262 | Marshmallow Roaster - A marshmallow roasting unit is provided that comprises an enclosure having a roasting chamber and a side defining an enclosure opening below the roasting chamber, a skewer disposed in the roasting chamber and configured to hold a marshmallow, a heating element disposed relative to the skewer in the roasting chamber, and a removable tray configured to be inserted into the enclosure opening and hold a cracker in the enclosure under the roasting chamber. The heating element is disposed a predetermined range from the skewer such that the heating element is effective to roast the marshmallow on the skewer until the marshmallow becomes pliable and falls on to the cracker or contents disposed on the cracker held on the removable tray. | 12-17-2009 |
20100251903 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COOKING LOW FAT FRENCH FRIES - The present invention provides an apparatus and method for cooking French fries without cooking oil. The apparatus relies on high pressure inert gas at high temperature as the cooking medium. The inert gas acts both as a heat transfer medium to cook the potatoes, and as a protective atmosphere to prevent charring and oxidation of the potatoes. | 10-07-2010 |
20130104745 | Charcoal Barbecue Rotisserie Grill Cooker | 05-02-2013 |
20130319258 | CERAMIC COOKER ROTISSERIE - A rotisserie device useful in a partially opened, hinged, covered grill includes a support ring that is shaped and configured to inhibit airflow into and out of the grill when the cover is partially opened. The support ring includes one or more cover supporting portions or chocks that hold the cover and base apart when the cover is partially opened, and one or more apertures through the ring that can receive a rotatable spindle which serves as or which drives a removable, rotatable rotisserie spit. | 12-05-2013 |
20140261013 | COOKING ASSEMBLY - A cooking assembly is provided. The cooking assembly includes first, second, third, and fourth side walls defining an interior region. The cooking assembly further includes a skewer having a shaft, a handle, and a sprocket. The skewer is configured to be rotatably and removably coupled to the first and second side walls such that a portion of the shaft between the sprocket and the handle is rotatably disposed in a first groove of the first side wall, and the second end of the shaft extends through a first aperture of the second side wall, and the sprocket of the skewer is disposed in the interior region. The cooking assembly further includes a chain drive assembly coupled to the first side wall. | 09-18-2014 |
20140299002 | BARBECUE COOKING ASSEMBLY - A barbecue cooking assembly includes a rotating disk ( | 10-09-2014 |
20150075389 | SKEWER MACHINE FOR CONTINUOUSLY PRODUCING FOOD ON SKEWERS - A skewering machine for producing food on skewers, of the type that uses a plurality of containers/trays provided with cells according to the pieces of food to be skewered, wherein skewering is obtained by pre-piercing the food pieces with steel needles, envisages that, after pre-piercing, skewering of the food pieces with each skewer is obtained in synchronism with extraction of the respective pre-piercing needle such that advance of the skewer in the food pieces is constantly guided in the hole left by the corresponding needle; the pre-piercing of the food pieces and the arrangement thereof on the skewers being obtained by continuous movement elements without interrupting the motion of the containers/trays. Skewering of the food pieces is obtained with continuous motion via a plurality of pre-piercing moving elements and of respective thrust moving elements, the moving elements being set in a revolver-type arrangement on at least one rotary drum. | 03-19-2015 |
20150090129 | BATTERY-POWERED ADJUSTABLE REVOLVING SKEWER - A battery-powered adjustable revolving skewer to be used in built barbecue pits as in any other arrangement in which is allowed to put a heat source (embers) and two supports to sustain the ends of the battery-powered adjustable revolving skewer. | 04-02-2015 |
20150144009 | QUICK RELEASE SKEWER ASSEMBLY - A quick release skewer assembly comprising a skewer shaft with a first end portion and a second end portion axially spaced from the first end portion, a first clamping element connected to the first end portion with a first grip face, and a clamping assembly adjacent the second end portion including an anchor element and a second clamping element with a second grip face. The first grip face is axially separated from the second grip face by a grip distance. The first clamping element is axially and rotationally engaged to the skewer. The anchor element is threadably connected to the skewer shaft such that the grip distance may be selectively threadably adjusted. The clamping assembly is operative to selectively displace the second grip face in a generally linear and axial direction between: (i) an open orientation wherein the grip distance is axially expanded and distal; and (ii) a closed orientation wherein the grip distance is axially contracted and proximal relative to the open orientation. | 05-28-2015 |
20150144010 | ROTISSERIE ACCESSORY KIT - The present invention is, multi-spit accessory conversion kit intended to be used for multiple types of barbecue grills and pits. The kits multiple skewer assembly is capable of being adjusted to various sized grills. The skewers are also able to easily be placed and removed from the multi-functional rotating rotisseries to control cooking. | 05-28-2015 |
20160095471 | Skewer and Skewer Handling Device - An improved skewer ( | 04-07-2016 |
20160198894 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A ROTISSERIE GRILL | 07-14-2016 |
20090025572 | Apparatus for Holding Food Items for Roasting in a Fire - An appliance for holding food items, such as marshmallows and hot dogs, for roasting against the face of an open fire includes food carrying skewers that are rotatably mounted on an axis generally perpendicular to the elongated frame of the device. A drive linkage, manually operated from the opposite end of the frame, rotates the skewers such that the food products are uniformly exposed to the same heating, resulting in uniformly cooked food items without burning. | 01-29-2009 |
20090241784 | Marshmallow toasting apparatus and method - A marshmallow toasting apparatus and method caramelizes the outer skin of marshmallow and is designed for countertop use. The apparatus comprises a housing, a spit or skewer, and a heat source. The housing includes top and front walls having a common slot extending therebetween. The common slot defines a marshmallow-receiving cavity and a spit-receiving plane. The spit or skewer may be rotated by way of a rotisserie assembly, as an optional feature. The spit is receivable in the spit-receiving plane and is rotatable therein substantially parallel to the top wall. The heat source is positioned adjacent the cavity for caramelizing the outer skin of marshmallow via directed heat energy. The cavity is sized and shaped for enabling structurally free thermal expansion of marshmallow during application of heat to the cavity. | 10-01-2009 |
20090301314 | Marshmallow Roasting Stick - A roasting apparatus is provided which includes a shaft having a first end adapted to receive an edible wafer via an internal opening in the wafer, a second end, and a retaining portion near the second end that is adapted to removably retain the edible wafer to the shaft. The first end has a first shape adapted to enable the wafer to travel along the first end of the shaft towards the retaining portion with the retaining portion having a second shape different from the first shape and adapted to removably engage the wafer when moved from the first end to the retaining portion such that the shaft may be tilted down relative to the second end without the wafer traveling due to gravity beyond the retaining portion. | 12-10-2009 |
20100242742 | Barbecue skewer with multiple prongs - This invention presents a unique barbecue skewer with multiple prongs that branch from a central spine akin to a tree or a fishbone. This simple design transforms the traditional pin-shaped skewer into one that prevents food pieces from self-rotating during grilling. It also allows food pieces to be attached or removed in any order, properly spaces the food pieces apart thus eliminating cold spots, and enables food pieces having different cooking times to be grilled together. | 09-30-2010 |
20100282096 | COOKING UTENSIL - A utensil, having a handle ( | 11-11-2010 |
20130333577 | GRILLING APPARATUS - Cooking apparatuses are disclosed for evenly cooking a variety of foods over a grilling surface with heat being radiated and/or reflected from a plurality of surfaces. In particular, the cooking apparatus is suitable for grilling a variety of foods such as meats, poultry and vegetables in a vertical rack to more evenly cook such foods. | 12-19-2013 |
20150135970 | Hand-Held Rotisserie Device - A hand held rotisserie device is disclosed having a handle with a rod extending outward from a distal end of the handle, wherein a longitudinal axis of the handle and a longitudinal axis of a proximal end of the rod are substantially parallel. A distal end of the rod has an offset member oriented substantially parallel to a proximal end of the rod and disposed laterally away from the proximal end of the rod. A rotatable assembly is disposed on a distal end of the rod, wherein the rotatable assembly is oriented to rotate in a direction substantially parallel with a longitudinal axis of the offset member. A food attachment device is coupled to the rotatable assembly and a drive mechanism is coupled to the handle and the rotatable assembly. | 05-21-2015 |
20160174760 | Outdoor Cooking Utensil | 06-23-2016 |
20080250940 | HEATING AND VENTING ARRANGEMENT FOR A ROTISSERIE OVEN - An oven is used for cooking food and comprises an enclosure having a floor, a ceiling, a back wall, and a pair of side walls. A heating element is disposed on the back wall at a distance from the floor and the ceiling and a shield is disposed between the back wall and the heating element. The shield is configured to receive radiant heat from the heating element and to re-radiate lower frequency radiant heat towards the food. The enclosure may further comprise a door and the side walls may be double paneled. A radial fan is coupled to one of the side walls to pull hot air from inside the enclosure and cooler air from outside the enclosure. The hot and cool air are mixed within a space defined by the double paneled side wall and is directed out over the exterior of the door to cool the door. | 10-16-2008 |
20090025573 | ROTISSERIE SPIT - A rotisserie spit including a spit rod for supporting food, a carrier bracket for mounting the spit rod in cantilever fashion by bearings to permit rotation of the spit rod, the bracket being mounted to an upright support post such that the bracket and spit rod carried thereby can swing about the axis of the post, and a motor coupled to the spit rod for driving the spit rod in rotation about its axis. | 01-29-2009 |
20090090248 | ROTISSERIE COOKER - A horizontal axis rotisserie oven with versatile electronic controls. The rotisserie further includes: an improved spit for quick mounting of food, and a door which hides blemishes due to normal use, and easily referenced food cooking indexes, and means for keeping countertops clean. | 04-09-2009 |
20090095167 | Bar-B-Que cooking device - A bar-b-que cooking device is described. A cylindrical basket is suspended in proximity to a heating device to form the main body of the bar-b-que cooking device. The basket is connected to a motor which slowly rotates the basket. A smoke box is attached to the main body and allows a user to add wood chips or other smoke-producing materials. Frozen French fries or other foodstuffs are added to the basket and the device is activated, causing the basket to slowly spin around its horizontal axis. Heat from the heating device cooks the foodstuffs while the smoke box adds the smoky, outdoor-cooking flavors. The spinning action of the basket continuously repositions the foodstuffs during cooking so that they cook evenly. | 04-16-2009 |
20090282988 | ROTATING AND DRIVING DEVICE FOR BARBECUE - A rotating and driving device for barbecue includes a casing, a fixing base, a driving means and a shielding plate. The casing has an upright plate and an enclosing plate. An accommodating space and an opening are formed between the upright plate and the enclosing plate. The fixing base is connected to the interior of the accommodating space. The driving means is fixed to the fixing base and located between the upright plate and the fixing base. The driving means has a rotary shaft penetrating the fixing base. The shielding plate is provided with a through hole to correspond to the rotary shaft. The shielding plate is connected to one side of the fixing base away from the driving means so as to cover the opening. Via the above arrangement, electrical elements in the casing can be protected, and the leakage of electricity caused by the penetration of moisture can be efficiently prevented. | 11-19-2009 |
20100000420 | Spit driving device with lighting means for rotisserie device - A spit driving unit mounted on one side of the housing of a rotisserie device for rotating a spit is disclosed to include a light source for emitting light toward the roasting chamber for enabling the user to visually check the roasting condition of the meat when it is dark, an adjustment handle for adjusting the light emitting direction of the light source, and a switch for switching on/off the light source. | 01-07-2010 |
20100071565 | Enclosed Rotisserie with Detachable Electronic Components - The present invention is directed toward an improved rotisserie oven, having the following features: a removable side mounted control box; single wall oven cabinet construction; single wall oven cabinet construction with tabs protruding from the lower side edges of the oven cabinet which mount feet to support the cabinet; a rigid heat coil structurally connected to the removable control box; a heat coil, supported by a bracket within the oven cabinet which both allows the heat coil to be slid in and out of the oven cabinet and allows for expansion of the heat coil when the coil is energized; a light bulb integrated with the removable control box so that the bulb's globe protrudes into the interior of the oven cabinet when the control box is mounted on the oven cabinet; a drive mechanism integrated into the removable control box which allows the control box to be easily removed from the oven cabinet; a drip pan located below the spit, which has its liquid catching reservoir recessed in from the pan's perimeter; a drip pan cover with an array of small holes recessed into its surface; a spit assembly, whose axis of rotation is located closer to a glass view port located on the oven cabinet's exterior than to the heater located within the oven cabinet; and a spit assembly, whose axis of rotation is located closer to the oven cabinet's loading door than to the top, bottom, back and heat coil within the oven cabinet, using the rotisserie in combination with specific foods and eating schedule, to help people lose weight. | 03-25-2010 |
20100122630 | Rotisserie Roto-Robot Kit for Programmable Skewer Rotation - A cooking apparatus for programmable rotating rotisserie skewers includes an electromotor-driven and manually-driven gearboxes comprising linearly-positioned and sequentially-engaged drive gears, a frame with openings in which skewers is rotating, wherein each skewer is equipped with a gear that rests on a top of an individual drive gear and engaged to it by food and skewer weight; so skewers can be individually removed and turned for food position adjustment. The electromotor is connected to the electromotor-driven gearbox via safety clutch disengaging said motor when manual rotation is performed or in the case of mechanical failure. To perform programmable food processing of different kind of food including symmetric food, such as souvlaki, shashlik, shish kabobs, etc. and asymmetric or flat food, such as a chicken, burger or steak, a timing mechanism periodically slowing or stopping skewers rotation for a preset pause is utilized. | 05-20-2010 |
20100186602 | Rotisserie Apparatus - A rotisserie apparatus is disclosed comprising a skewer assembly having a stationary portion and a rotatable portion, a first side wall for fixedly supporting the stationary portion, a second side wall for rotatingly supporting the rotatable portion, and at least one base element for supporting the first and second side walls. A casing enclosing the rotatable portion is driven by a mechanically powered drive mechanism that is housed in the interior of the casing. Heat transfer to the skewer assembly may be increased by use of a heat absorbing plate. | 07-29-2010 |
20110088565 | DEVICE FOR GRILLING FISH - A device for grilling fish comprises a cage-type structure, a plurality of holding elements arranged over the length thereof, on which the fish to be grilled is skewered in the longitudinal direction with its belly side open from the bottom, each holding element is designed as a double skewer with two pointed ends at a distance, transversally to the longitudinal direction, between which the rear ridge of the skewered fish is received. Each double-skewer holding element also comprises a transversal section extending beneath the pointed ends of the holding element on which lies the rear ridge of the skewered fish. The device also comprises a plurality of separate transversal skewers which bore above the rear ridge of the fish skewered on the holding elements, transversally to the body of the fish, and can be held in this position in guiding means of the cage-type structure, associated therewith. | 04-21-2011 |
20110283893 | ROTISSERIE BROILER - A rotisserie broiler for skewered food items is provided. In one embodiment, the rotisserie broiler includes a horizontal conveyor defining a horizontal path of travel between a skewer receiving area and a transfer channel, the horizontal conveyor having a parallel pair of feeder chains to endlessly convey at a same rate to the transfer channel and a vertical conveyor disposed perpendicular to the horizontal conveyor at the transfer channel and defining a vertical path of travel between the transfer channel and a dispenser, the vertical conveyor having a parallel pair of rotisserie chains to endlessly convey at the same rate from the transfer channel to the dispenser. The food items are placed into the rotisserie broiler on a conveyor in a generally horizontal plane and automatically picked up by a conveyor in a vertical plane to be broiled and rotated adjacent to heating elements and then dispersed. | 11-24-2011 |
20120037012 | Charcoal Barbecue Rotisserie Grill Cooker - A charcoal cooker employs a grill for cooking steaks and a rotisserie for slower cooking of ribs, chicken, turkey, or the like. A tubular spit rod has spike rings that can interchange with a grill basket assembly. The spit rod is hollow tubular stainless steel, with a thicker central portion and smaller diameter end portions. These serve as handles and remain cool to the touch, so the rotisserie spit can be lifted out by grasping the ends to remove the cooked meat for serving. A chain drive engages a sprocket on one end of the spit rod for rotating the spit. Detachable spit support arms mount on the cooker body to hold the spit rod when loading the meat. An external fire box attachment fits onto a coal chute port, so the cooker can be used as an oven for baking or roasting. The legs, lid, grills, and other parts can be detached for cleaning. | 02-16-2012 |
20120186461 | ROTISSERIE GRILL - A rotisserie grill with multiple skewers extending forward from the back of the grill. The skewers may be presented at different heights, and are mechanically connected so as to turn together. The skewers may rotate at the same speed or different speeds. The grill may be embodied as a folding, portable grill with legs, but also may be constructed in a non-folding or non-portable form. | 07-26-2012 |
20120260809 | Rotisserie Grill - An improved grill assembly is provided that has at least three grilling regions for effecting different types of cooking. The first grilling region includes two vertically standing fuel receptacles spaced apart in a grill housing to form an open area therebetween. An opening in the housing allows a food basket to be inserted into the open area to cook both sides of the food at the same time. The second grilling region includes a grilling surface that is placed over a recessed grilling area on the outer surface of the top wall of the grill housing. The third grilling region is a rotisserie cooking region and includes an open area on a side of the grill housing that has a rotatably secured rod that receives a food product and that is in communication with one of the vertical standing fuel receptacles to cook the food product. | 10-18-2012 |
20130074704 | COOKING DEVICE - A cooking device includes: a base; a rotation transmission member mounted rotatably on the base and having a cylindrical surrounding wall that defines an annular top transmission face; a plurality of holding shafts supported rotatably on the base; a plurality of driven wheels secured to and extending radially from the holding shafts, respectively, each of the driven wheels having an outer end face engaging the top transmission face in such a manner to drive rotation of each of the holding shafts upon rotation of the rotation transmission member; and a driving member for driving rotation of the rotation transmission member. | 03-28-2013 |
20130104744 | Satay grill rack | 05-02-2013 |
20130112087 | ROASTING PAN - A roasting pan is disclosed. The roasting pan may include a dual skewered system providing a stable mounting preventing pivoting and rotating of a mounted subject. The roasting pan may also include raised end walls providing a gap between the bottom surface of the subject and a base wall of the pan. The roasting pan may also include a lower profile side wall providing increased airflow to the sides, ends, and bottom of the subject. | 05-09-2013 |
20130112088 | PARTITIONED GRILL AND ROTISSERIE - The present invention is embodied in a grill having a firebox with a front rotisserie mount assembly and a pair of heat shield assemblies. The front rotisserie mount assembly is to help mount a rotisserie on the grill along a longitudinal axis extending from the front of the grill to the rear of the grill. The front rotisserie mount assembly also acts in conjunction with a pair of heat shield assemblies in the firebox to help concentrate heat generated underneath the rotisserie. | 05-09-2013 |
20140208960 | GRILL ROTISSERIE - A rotisserie having a first support structure with a rotisserie motor affixed thereto, the rotisserie motor having a receptacle for receiving a spit rod. A second support structure defines a slot for receiving the spit rod. The first and second support structures are mounted to side shelves on a grill on opposite sides of a cooking grate. The side shelves each define at least one mounting aperture for retaining the support structures in upright positions. | 07-31-2014 |
20140216271 | Rotisserie System - A rotisserie system includes a cooking oven enclosure including a driven gear at one inner wall thereof. A spit assembly support framework has a drip pan and first and second side racks upstanding from the drip pan each including a spit assembly support. A spit assembly comprises a driven wheel including gear teeth driven by the driven gear, an inward bushing supported by the spit assembly support, and a socket for a spit rod. The spit assembly also includes a handle assembly with an inward bushing supported by a the spit assembly support, a yoke assembly including a center spit rod extending into the driven wheel socket, and one or more additional spit rods extending at least partially along the length of the center spit rod. | 08-07-2014 |
20150027322 | Cooking Apparatus - The invention provides a shish kebab type skewer and cooking rack system that supports at least two skewers in a plurality of positions, the novel skewers having an indexing means to fix the position of rotation of the skewer about the rotational axis in at least two positions. The skewers are provided with indexing members that overlap to permit moving all skewers with a single adjustment. The rack system can be used with a conventional backyard grill or indoors in a oven or stove top environment. | 01-29-2015 |
20150101493 | DEMOUNTABLE AND PORTABLE ELECTRIC ROTATING SPIT GRILL - The invention relates to a demountable electric rotating spit grill, which is designed to be installed and flexibly adjusted over any heating source, and at the same time, is suitable for installation on any type of surface in which the heating source can be generated. The purpose of the inventive electric rotating spit grill has been focused on satisfying the basic needs of the user when cooking any type of food on the grill or barbeque; therefore it is especially attractive for its transportability and portability, as it is completely demountable and easily of assembling at any place where it will be used. | 04-16-2015 |
20150320257 | OVEN WITH ROTISSERIE FEATURES - A rotisserie oven includes a cooking enclosure, at least one bottom side track associated with the cooking enclosure, a spit assembly support framework. A drip pan has at least one side configured to engage the bottom side track of the cooking enclosure. A first side rack is attached to the drip pan and includes a support for a spit assembly. A second side rack is attached to the drip pan and includes a support for the spit assembly. | 11-12-2015 |
20160120361 | Smokeless Barbecue Device - This invention discloses a smokeless barbecue device, comprises three layers arranged at different heights: a food placing layer that is used to fix food and can drive the food to rotate along a shaft; a heat source layer that is arranged below said food placing layer and can heat said food; an oil accommodating layer that is arranged below said heat source layer and can accommodate liquids fallen from the food placing layer; wherein, said heat source layer comprises several heat source sub-layers that are arranged at a same height and can be switched between a separated state and a gathered state; when in the separated state, said heat source sub-layers have gaps therebetween, so that oil drops produced on said food placing layer can pass through said gaps, and fall onto said oil accommodating layer; when in the gathered state, said heat source sub-layers are bonded with each other and thus have no gaps therebetween. Such device can prevent oil drops and fats from falling onto coals during heating the food, and thus can prevent generation of smoke dust, so that the safety in use is improved. | 05-05-2016 |
20090205512 | VERTICAL ROTISSERIE COOKING SYSTEM - A vertical rotisserie open flame oven having a central flame post dispersing aesthetically pleasing flames and a secondary heater positioned outside the path of rotation of the food items. The oven has a central chamber area where the heat transfer to the food items is executed in a desirable manner to properly cook the food items without burning the surface thereof. | 08-20-2009 |
20100199855 | Vertical rotisserie broiler - A generally vertically disposed rotisserie broiler. The broiler includes a metal housing with side walls, a floor, and an open end. One or more burners are disposed on opposite side walls of the housing. A generally vertically disposed spit is normally contained within the confines of the metal housing, but is movable towards the open end of the housing. The spit is rotated by a motor. The rotisserie broiler also includes an upper generally horizontal arm, and a lower generally horizontal arm, positioned adjacent an upper end and a lower end of the spit, respectively, for moving the spit transversely within the housing. | 08-12-2010 |
20120192723 | SHISH KEBOB ROTISSERIE DEVICE - A kabob rotisserie for cooking multiple kabobs comprising: a top plate, where the top plate includes a plurality of holding nests and each nest receives a kabob skewer; a bottom plate, where the bottom plate includes a plurality of holding nests and each nest receives a kabob skewer; a rotating shaft, vertically extending through the top plate and bottom plate; a heating element attached to the rotating shaft, where the element is positioned inside the kabob skewers; bearings provided at the top and bottom of the rotating shaft; a cover, where the cover contains the kabob rotisserie; and a motor, where the motor rotates the rotating shaft. In one exemplary embodiment, the top plate may include eight or less holding nests and the bottom plate may include eight or less corresponding holding nests. | 08-02-2012 |
20150135971 | AUTOMATIC DONER KEBAB SLICING MACHINE - A doner kebab rotisserie enables the meat of chicken or doner kebab to be formed, cooked and sliced, and where the formed meats are positioned, a circular knife located in the cutting unit and enabling the doner kebab to be sliced by rotating, and a doner kebab burner including a burner wing used while cooking the kebab and providing heat for the desired area of doner kebab. Specifically, an automatic doner kebab slicing machine disclosed includes a doner kebab follow-up apparatus, the position of the upper section of which does not change when it performs rotating motion in accordance with the circular knife and which enables slicing of the doner kebab at fixed thickness and enables the angular change to be construed by an electronic system by transferring angular change to the bearing during the doner kebab surface follow-up via doner kebab follow-up apparatus bearing where it is positioned. | 05-21-2015 |
20090007800 | Rotisserie - A rotisserie cooking apparatus has at least one cooking rod for holding food to be cooked. Each rod has at each end a guide element, which is preferably in the form of a wheel or geared wheel. A frame of the apparatus supports an inclined guide path at either lateral side thereof for receiving the guide elements for each rod and guiding the rod gravitationally from an entry point downward towards an exit point of the guide path. The guide element and guide path are structured to cause an axial rotation of the rod as it travels down the guide path, preferably by way of gear rack in the guide path that corresponds to the gear teeth of the guide element wheel. The speed of the rod down the incline path is controlled, preferably by way of a tension or friction force against a later wall of the guide path. A preferable structure provides for a tension element at the end of the rod, which is axially adjustable to provide for differing frictional forces against the lateral wall. The apparatus may additionally have a rod loading arrangement for automatically transferring rods onto the guide path, which rod loading arrangement has a storage rack for holding a plurality of horizontally oriented rods vertically spaced-apart from each other at rod storage locations. At least one vertically oriented continuous belt loop is rotatable about a lower and an upper pulley means, the belt loop having a plurality of spaced-apart lifting fingers projecting outwardly and perpendicularly from the belt loop for lifting rods from the rod storage locations and transporting them to the guide path. The belt loop is located such that rods lifted from the storage rack and carried upwards by the lifting fingers, up to and around the upper pulley, are deposited onto the guide path at the entry point thereof. | 01-08-2009 |
20100018413 | Turn Rod Cooking Grill - A turn rod grill comprises a grill base having 4 legs and two wheels disposed along two adjacent legs. An upper grill grate has a plurality of slots allowing a positioning rod to move in and out. A turning shaft disposed within the positioning rod is attached to a turning knob and rotates a removable food holding fork. As the knob is turned, the fork turns in a vertical direction through the use of two beveled gears. A lower grate is provided to hold the fuel such as charcoal above the bottom allowing air to enter. The rotating collar is held in place by a retaining plate that is removeably inserted in the rotating collar. A plurality of holes in the grill base allow the turning rod to move in and out to allow the user to both rotate a food item as well as position it for optimum cooking. | 01-28-2010 |
20140305318 | ROTISSERIE BRACKET - A rotisserie mounting bracket assembly for a cooking grill having a cooking surface having a plurality of ribs. The bracket has a bracket base with at least one downward projection situated between a pair of adjacent ribs, and a bracket extension extending vertically from the bracket base and having at least one surface adapted to retain a skewer. | 10-16-2014 |
20150020697 | Barbecue Support Assembly - A barbecue support assembly for supporting an elongate skewer at one or more preselected heights above a barbecue grill. The barbecue support assembly includes one or more body elements having one or more parts thereof positionable substantially at one of the preselected heights. Also the part includes one or more apertures in which an end of the skewer is receivable. | 01-22-2015 |
099421000 | Vertically adjustable | 4 |
20080229937 | Retractable Rotisserie Motor - A retractable rotisserie driver which is used in connection with a barbecue grill is described and shown herein. In one embodiment, a retractable motor support apparatus is pivotably connected to a side shelf assembly of a barbecue grill, and is movable between a storage position, where the rotisserie motor is substantially enclosed by the side shelf assembly, and a usage position, where the motor is generally aligned for engagement with a rotisserie spit. The support apparatus includes a first wall and a second wall which are adjacent and generally transverse to one another. The first wall is configured to be aligned generally flush with an upper surface of the side shelf assembly when the support apparatus is moved to the storage position to increase the usable work area on the shelf. The second wall is provided with a power cord holder for compactly holding the motor's power cord when the apparatus is moved to the storage position. The side shelf assembly and support apparatus are also provided with corresponding latch mechanisms which are adapted to engage when the support apparatus is moved to the usage position. | 09-25-2008 |
20090000493 | ROTISSERIE OVEN FOR A GRILL - A rotisserie oven. The rotisserie oven includes a cooking chamber, a spit, a motor assembly, and a fuel burning burner. The motor assembly rotates the spit about an axle. The spit is located horizontally in the cooking chamber so that any liquids dripping from any food on the spit do not fall on the burner. The spit may be removed and replaced by a grate and a heat shield. The grate is oriented horizontally inside the cooking chamber and the heat shield distributes heat from the burner evenly about the grate. The rotisserie oven may be configured to be removably attached to a grill. | 01-01-2009 |
20090071348 | Rotisserie utensil for remotely orienting food in relation to a heat source - A rotisserie utensil for roasting food over an open flame or other heat source. The utensil includes a pair of elongated handles. The distal end of each handle is formed into a tunnel for receiving a segment of a crank that includes an offset segment. One end of the crank comprises a loop and the opposed end of the crank comprises a pair of tines for rotatably securing the utensil and for impaling food for rotation about an axis that is substantially orthogonal to the elongated handles. | 03-19-2009 |
20090107346 | SOLAR ENERGY DRIVING ROTARY ROASTING ROD DEVICE - A solar energy driving rotary roasting rod device is selectively mounted to a barbecue device with a roasting rod extending across the barbecue device. The roasting device includes an upright housing from which the roasting rod extending transversely. The housing has a top to which an elevation bar forming a direction-changeable joint is mounted in an extendable manner. The direction-changeable joint mounts a light reaction casing in a rotatable manner. The housing forms an interior space receiving an electromechanical driving device, a control circuit including an actuation switch, and a rechargeable power storage device, which are electrically connected to a solar panel formed on a top face of the casing and a lighting device comprised of light-emitting diodes mounted to a side face of the casing. The electromechanical driving device has a power output socket that is exposed to receive and couple the roasting rod. | 04-30-2009 |
20090308262 | Marshmallow Roaster - A marshmallow roasting unit is provided that comprises an enclosure having a roasting chamber and a side defining an enclosure opening below the roasting chamber, a skewer disposed in the roasting chamber and configured to hold a marshmallow, a heating element disposed relative to the skewer in the roasting chamber, and a removable tray configured to be inserted into the enclosure opening and hold a cracker in the enclosure under the roasting chamber. The heating element is disposed a predetermined range from the skewer such that the heating element is effective to roast the marshmallow on the skewer until the marshmallow becomes pliable and falls on to the cracker or contents disposed on the cracker held on the removable tray. | 12-17-2009 |
20100251903 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COOKING LOW FAT FRENCH FRIES - The present invention provides an apparatus and method for cooking French fries without cooking oil. The apparatus relies on high pressure inert gas at high temperature as the cooking medium. The inert gas acts both as a heat transfer medium to cook the potatoes, and as a protective atmosphere to prevent charring and oxidation of the potatoes. | 10-07-2010 |
20130104745 | Charcoal Barbecue Rotisserie Grill Cooker | 05-02-2013 |
20130319258 | CERAMIC COOKER ROTISSERIE - A rotisserie device useful in a partially opened, hinged, covered grill includes a support ring that is shaped and configured to inhibit airflow into and out of the grill when the cover is partially opened. The support ring includes one or more cover supporting portions or chocks that hold the cover and base apart when the cover is partially opened, and one or more apertures through the ring that can receive a rotatable spindle which serves as or which drives a removable, rotatable rotisserie spit. | 12-05-2013 |
20140261013 | COOKING ASSEMBLY - A cooking assembly is provided. The cooking assembly includes first, second, third, and fourth side walls defining an interior region. The cooking assembly further includes a skewer having a shaft, a handle, and a sprocket. The skewer is configured to be rotatably and removably coupled to the first and second side walls such that a portion of the shaft between the sprocket and the handle is rotatably disposed in a first groove of the first side wall, and the second end of the shaft extends through a first aperture of the second side wall, and the sprocket of the skewer is disposed in the interior region. The cooking assembly further includes a chain drive assembly coupled to the first side wall. | 09-18-2014 |
20140299002 | BARBECUE COOKING ASSEMBLY - A barbecue cooking assembly includes a rotating disk ( | 10-09-2014 |
20150075389 | SKEWER MACHINE FOR CONTINUOUSLY PRODUCING FOOD ON SKEWERS - A skewering machine for producing food on skewers, of the type that uses a plurality of containers/trays provided with cells according to the pieces of food to be skewered, wherein skewering is obtained by pre-piercing the food pieces with steel needles, envisages that, after pre-piercing, skewering of the food pieces with each skewer is obtained in synchronism with extraction of the respective pre-piercing needle such that advance of the skewer in the food pieces is constantly guided in the hole left by the corresponding needle; the pre-piercing of the food pieces and the arrangement thereof on the skewers being obtained by continuous movement elements without interrupting the motion of the containers/trays. Skewering of the food pieces is obtained with continuous motion via a plurality of pre-piercing moving elements and of respective thrust moving elements, the moving elements being set in a revolver-type arrangement on at least one rotary drum. | 03-19-2015 |
20150090129 | BATTERY-POWERED ADJUSTABLE REVOLVING SKEWER - A battery-powered adjustable revolving skewer to be used in built barbecue pits as in any other arrangement in which is allowed to put a heat source (embers) and two supports to sustain the ends of the battery-powered adjustable revolving skewer. | 04-02-2015 |
20150144009 | QUICK RELEASE SKEWER ASSEMBLY - A quick release skewer assembly comprising a skewer shaft with a first end portion and a second end portion axially spaced from the first end portion, a first clamping element connected to the first end portion with a first grip face, and a clamping assembly adjacent the second end portion including an anchor element and a second clamping element with a second grip face. The first grip face is axially separated from the second grip face by a grip distance. The first clamping element is axially and rotationally engaged to the skewer. The anchor element is threadably connected to the skewer shaft such that the grip distance may be selectively threadably adjusted. The clamping assembly is operative to selectively displace the second grip face in a generally linear and axial direction between: (i) an open orientation wherein the grip distance is axially expanded and distal; and (ii) a closed orientation wherein the grip distance is axially contracted and proximal relative to the open orientation. | 05-28-2015 |
20150144010 | ROTISSERIE ACCESSORY KIT - The present invention is, multi-spit accessory conversion kit intended to be used for multiple types of barbecue grills and pits. The kits multiple skewer assembly is capable of being adjusted to various sized grills. The skewers are also able to easily be placed and removed from the multi-functional rotating rotisseries to control cooking. | 05-28-2015 |
20160095471 | Skewer and Skewer Handling Device - An improved skewer ( | 04-07-2016 |
20160198894 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A ROTISSERIE GRILL | 07-14-2016 |
20090025572 | Apparatus for Holding Food Items for Roasting in a Fire - An appliance for holding food items, such as marshmallows and hot dogs, for roasting against the face of an open fire includes food carrying skewers that are rotatably mounted on an axis generally perpendicular to the elongated frame of the device. A drive linkage, manually operated from the opposite end of the frame, rotates the skewers such that the food products are uniformly exposed to the same heating, resulting in uniformly cooked food items without burning. | 01-29-2009 |
20090241784 | Marshmallow toasting apparatus and method - A marshmallow toasting apparatus and method caramelizes the outer skin of marshmallow and is designed for countertop use. The apparatus comprises a housing, a spit or skewer, and a heat source. The housing includes top and front walls having a common slot extending therebetween. The common slot defines a marshmallow-receiving cavity and a spit-receiving plane. The spit or skewer may be rotated by way of a rotisserie assembly, as an optional feature. The spit is receivable in the spit-receiving plane and is rotatable therein substantially parallel to the top wall. The heat source is positioned adjacent the cavity for caramelizing the outer skin of marshmallow via directed heat energy. The cavity is sized and shaped for enabling structurally free thermal expansion of marshmallow during application of heat to the cavity. | 10-01-2009 |
20090301314 | Marshmallow Roasting Stick - A roasting apparatus is provided which includes a shaft having a first end adapted to receive an edible wafer via an internal opening in the wafer, a second end, and a retaining portion near the second end that is adapted to removably retain the edible wafer to the shaft. The first end has a first shape adapted to enable the wafer to travel along the first end of the shaft towards the retaining portion with the retaining portion having a second shape different from the first shape and adapted to removably engage the wafer when moved from the first end to the retaining portion such that the shaft may be tilted down relative to the second end without the wafer traveling due to gravity beyond the retaining portion. | 12-10-2009 |
20100242742 | Barbecue skewer with multiple prongs - This invention presents a unique barbecue skewer with multiple prongs that branch from a central spine akin to a tree or a fishbone. This simple design transforms the traditional pin-shaped skewer into one that prevents food pieces from self-rotating during grilling. It also allows food pieces to be attached or removed in any order, properly spaces the food pieces apart thus eliminating cold spots, and enables food pieces having different cooking times to be grilled together. | 09-30-2010 |
20100282096 | COOKING UTENSIL - A utensil, having a handle ( | 11-11-2010 |
20130333577 | GRILLING APPARATUS - Cooking apparatuses are disclosed for evenly cooking a variety of foods over a grilling surface with heat being radiated and/or reflected from a plurality of surfaces. In particular, the cooking apparatus is suitable for grilling a variety of foods such as meats, poultry and vegetables in a vertical rack to more evenly cook such foods. | 12-19-2013 |
20150135970 | Hand-Held Rotisserie Device - A hand held rotisserie device is disclosed having a handle with a rod extending outward from a distal end of the handle, wherein a longitudinal axis of the handle and a longitudinal axis of a proximal end of the rod are substantially parallel. A distal end of the rod has an offset member oriented substantially parallel to a proximal end of the rod and disposed laterally away from the proximal end of the rod. A rotatable assembly is disposed on a distal end of the rod, wherein the rotatable assembly is oriented to rotate in a direction substantially parallel with a longitudinal axis of the offset member. A food attachment device is coupled to the rotatable assembly and a drive mechanism is coupled to the handle and the rotatable assembly. | 05-21-2015 |
20160174760 | Outdoor Cooking Utensil | 06-23-2016 |
20080250940 | HEATING AND VENTING ARRANGEMENT FOR A ROTISSERIE OVEN - An oven is used for cooking food and comprises an enclosure having a floor, a ceiling, a back wall, and a pair of side walls. A heating element is disposed on the back wall at a distance from the floor and the ceiling and a shield is disposed between the back wall and the heating element. The shield is configured to receive radiant heat from the heating element and to re-radiate lower frequency radiant heat towards the food. The enclosure may further comprise a door and the side walls may be double paneled. A radial fan is coupled to one of the side walls to pull hot air from inside the enclosure and cooler air from outside the enclosure. The hot and cool air are mixed within a space defined by the double paneled side wall and is directed out over the exterior of the door to cool the door. | 10-16-2008 |
20090025573 | ROTISSERIE SPIT - A rotisserie spit including a spit rod for supporting food, a carrier bracket for mounting the spit rod in cantilever fashion by bearings to permit rotation of the spit rod, the bracket being mounted to an upright support post such that the bracket and spit rod carried thereby can swing about the axis of the post, and a motor coupled to the spit rod for driving the spit rod in rotation about its axis. | 01-29-2009 |
20090090248 | ROTISSERIE COOKER - A horizontal axis rotisserie oven with versatile electronic controls. The rotisserie further includes: an improved spit for quick mounting of food, and a door which hides blemishes due to normal use, and easily referenced food cooking indexes, and means for keeping countertops clean. | 04-09-2009 |
20090095167 | Bar-B-Que cooking device - A bar-b-que cooking device is described. A cylindrical basket is suspended in proximity to a heating device to form the main body of the bar-b-que cooking device. The basket is connected to a motor which slowly rotates the basket. A smoke box is attached to the main body and allows a user to add wood chips or other smoke-producing materials. Frozen French fries or other foodstuffs are added to the basket and the device is activated, causing the basket to slowly spin around its horizontal axis. Heat from the heating device cooks the foodstuffs while the smoke box adds the smoky, outdoor-cooking flavors. The spinning action of the basket continuously repositions the foodstuffs during cooking so that they cook evenly. | 04-16-2009 |
20090282988 | ROTATING AND DRIVING DEVICE FOR BARBECUE - A rotating and driving device for barbecue includes a casing, a fixing base, a driving means and a shielding plate. The casing has an upright plate and an enclosing plate. An accommodating space and an opening are formed between the upright plate and the enclosing plate. The fixing base is connected to the interior of the accommodating space. The driving means is fixed to the fixing base and located between the upright plate and the fixing base. The driving means has a rotary shaft penetrating the fixing base. The shielding plate is provided with a through hole to correspond to the rotary shaft. The shielding plate is connected to one side of the fixing base away from the driving means so as to cover the opening. Via the above arrangement, electrical elements in the casing can be protected, and the leakage of electricity caused by the penetration of moisture can be efficiently prevented. | 11-19-2009 |
20100000420 | Spit driving device with lighting means for rotisserie device - A spit driving unit mounted on one side of the housing of a rotisserie device for rotating a spit is disclosed to include a light source for emitting light toward the roasting chamber for enabling the user to visually check the roasting condition of the meat when it is dark, an adjustment handle for adjusting the light emitting direction of the light source, and a switch for switching on/off the light source. | 01-07-2010 |
20100071565 | Enclosed Rotisserie with Detachable Electronic Components - The present invention is directed toward an improved rotisserie oven, having the following features: a removable side mounted control box; single wall oven cabinet construction; single wall oven cabinet construction with tabs protruding from the lower side edges of the oven cabinet which mount feet to support the cabinet; a rigid heat coil structurally connected to the removable control box; a heat coil, supported by a bracket within the oven cabinet which both allows the heat coil to be slid in and out of the oven cabinet and allows for expansion of the heat coil when the coil is energized; a light bulb integrated with the removable control box so that the bulb's globe protrudes into the interior of the oven cabinet when the control box is mounted on the oven cabinet; a drive mechanism integrated into the removable control box which allows the control box to be easily removed from the oven cabinet; a drip pan located below the spit, which has its liquid catching reservoir recessed in from the pan's perimeter; a drip pan cover with an array of small holes recessed into its surface; a spit assembly, whose axis of rotation is located closer to a glass view port located on the oven cabinet's exterior than to the heater located within the oven cabinet; and a spit assembly, whose axis of rotation is located closer to the oven cabinet's loading door than to the top, bottom, back and heat coil within the oven cabinet, using the rotisserie in combination with specific foods and eating schedule, to help people lose weight. | 03-25-2010 |
20100122630 | Rotisserie Roto-Robot Kit for Programmable Skewer Rotation - A cooking apparatus for programmable rotating rotisserie skewers includes an electromotor-driven and manually-driven gearboxes comprising linearly-positioned and sequentially-engaged drive gears, a frame with openings in which skewers is rotating, wherein each skewer is equipped with a gear that rests on a top of an individual drive gear and engaged to it by food and skewer weight; so skewers can be individually removed and turned for food position adjustment. The electromotor is connected to the electromotor-driven gearbox via safety clutch disengaging said motor when manual rotation is performed or in the case of mechanical failure. To perform programmable food processing of different kind of food including symmetric food, such as souvlaki, shashlik, shish kabobs, etc. and asymmetric or flat food, such as a chicken, burger or steak, a timing mechanism periodically slowing or stopping skewers rotation for a preset pause is utilized. | 05-20-2010 |
20100186602 | Rotisserie Apparatus - A rotisserie apparatus is disclosed comprising a skewer assembly having a stationary portion and a rotatable portion, a first side wall for fixedly supporting the stationary portion, a second side wall for rotatingly supporting the rotatable portion, and at least one base element for supporting the first and second side walls. A casing enclosing the rotatable portion is driven by a mechanically powered drive mechanism that is housed in the interior of the casing. Heat transfer to the skewer assembly may be increased by use of a heat absorbing plate. | 07-29-2010 |
20110088565 | DEVICE FOR GRILLING FISH - A device for grilling fish comprises a cage-type structure, a plurality of holding elements arranged over the length thereof, on which the fish to be grilled is skewered in the longitudinal direction with its belly side open from the bottom, each holding element is designed as a double skewer with two pointed ends at a distance, transversally to the longitudinal direction, between which the rear ridge of the skewered fish is received. Each double-skewer holding element also comprises a transversal section extending beneath the pointed ends of the holding element on which lies the rear ridge of the skewered fish. The device also comprises a plurality of separate transversal skewers which bore above the rear ridge of the fish skewered on the holding elements, transversally to the body of the fish, and can be held in this position in guiding means of the cage-type structure, associated therewith. | 04-21-2011 |
20110283893 | ROTISSERIE BROILER - A rotisserie broiler for skewered food items is provided. In one embodiment, the rotisserie broiler includes a horizontal conveyor defining a horizontal path of travel between a skewer receiving area and a transfer channel, the horizontal conveyor having a parallel pair of feeder chains to endlessly convey at a same rate to the transfer channel and a vertical conveyor disposed perpendicular to the horizontal conveyor at the transfer channel and defining a vertical path of travel between the transfer channel and a dispenser, the vertical conveyor having a parallel pair of rotisserie chains to endlessly convey at the same rate from the transfer channel to the dispenser. The food items are placed into the rotisserie broiler on a conveyor in a generally horizontal plane and automatically picked up by a conveyor in a vertical plane to be broiled and rotated adjacent to heating elements and then dispersed. | 11-24-2011 |
20120037012 | Charcoal Barbecue Rotisserie Grill Cooker - A charcoal cooker employs a grill for cooking steaks and a rotisserie for slower cooking of ribs, chicken, turkey, or the like. A tubular spit rod has spike rings that can interchange with a grill basket assembly. The spit rod is hollow tubular stainless steel, with a thicker central portion and smaller diameter end portions. These serve as handles and remain cool to the touch, so the rotisserie spit can be lifted out by grasping the ends to remove the cooked meat for serving. A chain drive engages a sprocket on one end of the spit rod for rotating the spit. Detachable spit support arms mount on the cooker body to hold the spit rod when loading the meat. An external fire box attachment fits onto a coal chute port, so the cooker can be used as an oven for baking or roasting. The legs, lid, grills, and other parts can be detached for cleaning. | 02-16-2012 |
20120186461 | ROTISSERIE GRILL - A rotisserie grill with multiple skewers extending forward from the back of the grill. The skewers may be presented at different heights, and are mechanically connected so as to turn together. The skewers may rotate at the same speed or different speeds. The grill may be embodied as a folding, portable grill with legs, but also may be constructed in a non-folding or non-portable form. | 07-26-2012 |
20120260809 | Rotisserie Grill - An improved grill assembly is provided that has at least three grilling regions for effecting different types of cooking. The first grilling region includes two vertically standing fuel receptacles spaced apart in a grill housing to form an open area therebetween. An opening in the housing allows a food basket to be inserted into the open area to cook both sides of the food at the same time. The second grilling region includes a grilling surface that is placed over a recessed grilling area on the outer surface of the top wall of the grill housing. The third grilling region is a rotisserie cooking region and includes an open area on a side of the grill housing that has a rotatably secured rod that receives a food product and that is in communication with one of the vertical standing fuel receptacles to cook the food product. | 10-18-2012 |
20130074704 | COOKING DEVICE - A cooking device includes: a base; a rotation transmission member mounted rotatably on the base and having a cylindrical surrounding wall that defines an annular top transmission face; a plurality of holding shafts supported rotatably on the base; a plurality of driven wheels secured to and extending radially from the holding shafts, respectively, each of the driven wheels having an outer end face engaging the top transmission face in such a manner to drive rotation of each of the holding shafts upon rotation of the rotation transmission member; and a driving member for driving rotation of the rotation transmission member. | 03-28-2013 |
20130104744 | Satay grill rack | 05-02-2013 |
20130112087 | ROASTING PAN - A roasting pan is disclosed. The roasting pan may include a dual skewered system providing a stable mounting preventing pivoting and rotating of a mounted subject. The roasting pan may also include raised end walls providing a gap between the bottom surface of the subject and a base wall of the pan. The roasting pan may also include a lower profile side wall providing increased airflow to the sides, ends, and bottom of the subject. | 05-09-2013 |
20130112088 | PARTITIONED GRILL AND ROTISSERIE - The present invention is embodied in a grill having a firebox with a front rotisserie mount assembly and a pair of heat shield assemblies. The front rotisserie mount assembly is to help mount a rotisserie on the grill along a longitudinal axis extending from the front of the grill to the rear of the grill. The front rotisserie mount assembly also acts in conjunction with a pair of heat shield assemblies in the firebox to help concentrate heat generated underneath the rotisserie. | 05-09-2013 |
20140208960 | GRILL ROTISSERIE - A rotisserie having a first support structure with a rotisserie motor affixed thereto, the rotisserie motor having a receptacle for receiving a spit rod. A second support structure defines a slot for receiving the spit rod. The first and second support structures are mounted to side shelves on a grill on opposite sides of a cooking grate. The side shelves each define at least one mounting aperture for retaining the support structures in upright positions. | 07-31-2014 |
20140216271 | Rotisserie System - A rotisserie system includes a cooking oven enclosure including a driven gear at one inner wall thereof. A spit assembly support framework has a drip pan and first and second side racks upstanding from the drip pan each including a spit assembly support. A spit assembly comprises a driven wheel including gear teeth driven by the driven gear, an inward bushing supported by the spit assembly support, and a socket for a spit rod. The spit assembly also includes a handle assembly with an inward bushing supported by a the spit assembly support, a yoke assembly including a center spit rod extending into the driven wheel socket, and one or more additional spit rods extending at least partially along the length of the center spit rod. | 08-07-2014 |
20150027322 | Cooking Apparatus - The invention provides a shish kebab type skewer and cooking rack system that supports at least two skewers in a plurality of positions, the novel skewers having an indexing means to fix the position of rotation of the skewer about the rotational axis in at least two positions. The skewers are provided with indexing members that overlap to permit moving all skewers with a single adjustment. The rack system can be used with a conventional backyard grill or indoors in a oven or stove top environment. | 01-29-2015 |
20150101493 | DEMOUNTABLE AND PORTABLE ELECTRIC ROTATING SPIT GRILL - The invention relates to a demountable electric rotating spit grill, which is designed to be installed and flexibly adjusted over any heating source, and at the same time, is suitable for installation on any type of surface in which the heating source can be generated. The purpose of the inventive electric rotating spit grill has been focused on satisfying the basic needs of the user when cooking any type of food on the grill or barbeque; therefore it is especially attractive for its transportability and portability, as it is completely demountable and easily of assembling at any place where it will be used. | 04-16-2015 |
20150320257 | OVEN WITH ROTISSERIE FEATURES - A rotisserie oven includes a cooking enclosure, at least one bottom side track associated with the cooking enclosure, a spit assembly support framework. A drip pan has at least one side configured to engage the bottom side track of the cooking enclosure. A first side rack is attached to the drip pan and includes a support for a spit assembly. A second side rack is attached to the drip pan and includes a support for the spit assembly. | 11-12-2015 |
20160120361 | Smokeless Barbecue Device - This invention discloses a smokeless barbecue device, comprises three layers arranged at different heights: a food placing layer that is used to fix food and can drive the food to rotate along a shaft; a heat source layer that is arranged below said food placing layer and can heat said food; an oil accommodating layer that is arranged below said heat source layer and can accommodate liquids fallen from the food placing layer; wherein, said heat source layer comprises several heat source sub-layers that are arranged at a same height and can be switched between a separated state and a gathered state; when in the separated state, said heat source sub-layers have gaps therebetween, so that oil drops produced on said food placing layer can pass through said gaps, and fall onto said oil accommodating layer; when in the gathered state, said heat source sub-layers are bonded with each other and thus have no gaps therebetween. Such device can prevent oil drops and fats from falling onto coals during heating the food, and thus can prevent generation of smoke dust, so that the safety in use is improved. | 05-05-2016 |
20090205512 | VERTICAL ROTISSERIE COOKING SYSTEM - A vertical rotisserie open flame oven having a central flame post dispersing aesthetically pleasing flames and a secondary heater positioned outside the path of rotation of the food items. The oven has a central chamber area where the heat transfer to the food items is executed in a desirable manner to properly cook the food items without burning the surface thereof. | 08-20-2009 |
20100199855 | Vertical rotisserie broiler - A generally vertically disposed rotisserie broiler. The broiler includes a metal housing with side walls, a floor, and an open end. One or more burners are disposed on opposite side walls of the housing. A generally vertically disposed spit is normally contained within the confines of the metal housing, but is movable towards the open end of the housing. The spit is rotated by a motor. The rotisserie broiler also includes an upper generally horizontal arm, and a lower generally horizontal arm, positioned adjacent an upper end and a lower end of the spit, respectively, for moving the spit transversely within the housing. | 08-12-2010 |
20120192723 | SHISH KEBOB ROTISSERIE DEVICE - A kabob rotisserie for cooking multiple kabobs comprising: a top plate, where the top plate includes a plurality of holding nests and each nest receives a kabob skewer; a bottom plate, where the bottom plate includes a plurality of holding nests and each nest receives a kabob skewer; a rotating shaft, vertically extending through the top plate and bottom plate; a heating element attached to the rotating shaft, where the element is positioned inside the kabob skewers; bearings provided at the top and bottom of the rotating shaft; a cover, where the cover contains the kabob rotisserie; and a motor, where the motor rotates the rotating shaft. In one exemplary embodiment, the top plate may include eight or less holding nests and the bottom plate may include eight or less corresponding holding nests. | 08-02-2012 |
20150135971 | AUTOMATIC DONER KEBAB SLICING MACHINE - A doner kebab rotisserie enables the meat of chicken or doner kebab to be formed, cooked and sliced, and where the formed meats are positioned, a circular knife located in the cutting unit and enabling the doner kebab to be sliced by rotating, and a doner kebab burner including a burner wing used while cooking the kebab and providing heat for the desired area of doner kebab. Specifically, an automatic doner kebab slicing machine disclosed includes a doner kebab follow-up apparatus, the position of the upper section of which does not change when it performs rotating motion in accordance with the circular knife and which enables slicing of the doner kebab at fixed thickness and enables the angular change to be construed by an electronic system by transferring angular change to the bearing during the doner kebab surface follow-up via doner kebab follow-up apparatus bearing where it is positioned. | 05-21-2015 |
20090007800 | Rotisserie - A rotisserie cooking apparatus has at least one cooking rod for holding food to be cooked. Each rod has at each end a guide element, which is preferably in the form of a wheel or geared wheel. A frame of the apparatus supports an inclined guide path at either lateral side thereof for receiving the guide elements for each rod and guiding the rod gravitationally from an entry point downward towards an exit point of the guide path. The guide element and guide path are structured to cause an axial rotation of the rod as it travels down the guide path, preferably by way of gear rack in the guide path that corresponds to the gear teeth of the guide element wheel. The speed of the rod down the incline path is controlled, preferably by way of a tension or friction force against a later wall of the guide path. A preferable structure provides for a tension element at the end of the rod, which is axially adjustable to provide for differing frictional forces against the lateral wall. The apparatus may additionally have a rod loading arrangement for automatically transferring rods onto the guide path, which rod loading arrangement has a storage rack for holding a plurality of horizontally oriented rods vertically spaced-apart from each other at rod storage locations. At least one vertically oriented continuous belt loop is rotatable about a lower and an upper pulley means, the belt loop having a plurality of spaced-apart lifting fingers projecting outwardly and perpendicularly from the belt loop for lifting rods from the rod storage locations and transporting them to the guide path. The belt loop is located such that rods lifted from the storage rack and carried upwards by the lifting fingers, up to and around the upper pulley, are deposited onto the guide path at the entry point thereof. | 01-08-2009 |
20100018413 | Turn Rod Cooking Grill - A turn rod grill comprises a grill base having 4 legs and two wheels disposed along two adjacent legs. An upper grill grate has a plurality of slots allowing a positioning rod to move in and out. A turning shaft disposed within the positioning rod is attached to a turning knob and rotates a removable food holding fork. As the knob is turned, the fork turns in a vertical direction through the use of two beveled gears. A lower grate is provided to hold the fuel such as charcoal above the bottom allowing air to enter. The rotating collar is held in place by a retaining plate that is removeably inserted in the rotating collar. A plurality of holes in the grill base allow the turning rod to move in and out to allow the user to both rotate a food item as well as position it for optimum cooking. | 01-28-2010 |
20140305318 | ROTISSERIE BRACKET - A rotisserie mounting bracket assembly for a cooking grill having a cooking surface having a plurality of ribs. The bracket has a bracket base with at least one downward projection situated between a pair of adjacent ribs, and a bracket extension extending vertically from the bracket base and having at least one surface adapted to retain a skewer. | 10-16-2014 |
20150020697 | Barbecue Support Assembly - A barbecue support assembly for supporting an elongate skewer at one or more preselected heights above a barbecue grill. The barbecue support assembly includes one or more body elements having one or more parts thereof positionable substantially at one of the preselected heights. Also the part includes one or more apertures in which an end of the skewer is receivable. | 01-22-2015 |
099421000 | Non-horizontal axis | 4 |
20080229937 | Retractable Rotisserie Motor - A retractable rotisserie driver which is used in connection with a barbecue grill is described and shown herein. In one embodiment, a retractable motor support apparatus is pivotably connected to a side shelf assembly of a barbecue grill, and is movable between a storage position, where the rotisserie motor is substantially enclosed by the side shelf assembly, and a usage position, where the motor is generally aligned for engagement with a rotisserie spit. The support apparatus includes a first wall and a second wall which are adjacent and generally transverse to one another. The first wall is configured to be aligned generally flush with an upper surface of the side shelf assembly when the support apparatus is moved to the storage position to increase the usable work area on the shelf. The second wall is provided with a power cord holder for compactly holding the motor's power cord when the apparatus is moved to the storage position. The side shelf assembly and support apparatus are also provided with corresponding latch mechanisms which are adapted to engage when the support apparatus is moved to the usage position. | 09-25-2008 |
20090000493 | ROTISSERIE OVEN FOR A GRILL - A rotisserie oven. The rotisserie oven includes a cooking chamber, a spit, a motor assembly, and a fuel burning burner. The motor assembly rotates the spit about an axle. The spit is located horizontally in the cooking chamber so that any liquids dripping from any food on the spit do not fall on the burner. The spit may be removed and replaced by a grate and a heat shield. The grate is oriented horizontally inside the cooking chamber and the heat shield distributes heat from the burner evenly about the grate. The rotisserie oven may be configured to be removably attached to a grill. | 01-01-2009 |
20090071348 | Rotisserie utensil for remotely orienting food in relation to a heat source - A rotisserie utensil for roasting food over an open flame or other heat source. The utensil includes a pair of elongated handles. The distal end of each handle is formed into a tunnel for receiving a segment of a crank that includes an offset segment. One end of the crank comprises a loop and the opposed end of the crank comprises a pair of tines for rotatably securing the utensil and for impaling food for rotation about an axis that is substantially orthogonal to the elongated handles. | 03-19-2009 |
20090107346 | SOLAR ENERGY DRIVING ROTARY ROASTING ROD DEVICE - A solar energy driving rotary roasting rod device is selectively mounted to a barbecue device with a roasting rod extending across the barbecue device. The roasting device includes an upright housing from which the roasting rod extending transversely. The housing has a top to which an elevation bar forming a direction-changeable joint is mounted in an extendable manner. The direction-changeable joint mounts a light reaction casing in a rotatable manner. The housing forms an interior space receiving an electromechanical driving device, a control circuit including an actuation switch, and a rechargeable power storage device, which are electrically connected to a solar panel formed on a top face of the casing and a lighting device comprised of light-emitting diodes mounted to a side face of the casing. The electromechanical driving device has a power output socket that is exposed to receive and couple the roasting rod. | 04-30-2009 |
20090308262 | Marshmallow Roaster - A marshmallow roasting unit is provided that comprises an enclosure having a roasting chamber and a side defining an enclosure opening below the roasting chamber, a skewer disposed in the roasting chamber and configured to hold a marshmallow, a heating element disposed relative to the skewer in the roasting chamber, and a removable tray configured to be inserted into the enclosure opening and hold a cracker in the enclosure under the roasting chamber. The heating element is disposed a predetermined range from the skewer such that the heating element is effective to roast the marshmallow on the skewer until the marshmallow becomes pliable and falls on to the cracker or contents disposed on the cracker held on the removable tray. | 12-17-2009 |
20100251903 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COOKING LOW FAT FRENCH FRIES - The present invention provides an apparatus and method for cooking French fries without cooking oil. The apparatus relies on high pressure inert gas at high temperature as the cooking medium. The inert gas acts both as a heat transfer medium to cook the potatoes, and as a protective atmosphere to prevent charring and oxidation of the potatoes. | 10-07-2010 |
20130104745 | Charcoal Barbecue Rotisserie Grill Cooker | 05-02-2013 |
20130319258 | CERAMIC COOKER ROTISSERIE - A rotisserie device useful in a partially opened, hinged, covered grill includes a support ring that is shaped and configured to inhibit airflow into and out of the grill when the cover is partially opened. The support ring includes one or more cover supporting portions or chocks that hold the cover and base apart when the cover is partially opened, and one or more apertures through the ring that can receive a rotatable spindle which serves as or which drives a removable, rotatable rotisserie spit. | 12-05-2013 |
20140261013 | COOKING ASSEMBLY - A cooking assembly is provided. The cooking assembly includes first, second, third, and fourth side walls defining an interior region. The cooking assembly further includes a skewer having a shaft, a handle, and a sprocket. The skewer is configured to be rotatably and removably coupled to the first and second side walls such that a portion of the shaft between the sprocket and the handle is rotatably disposed in a first groove of the first side wall, and the second end of the shaft extends through a first aperture of the second side wall, and the sprocket of the skewer is disposed in the interior region. The cooking assembly further includes a chain drive assembly coupled to the first side wall. | 09-18-2014 |
20140299002 | BARBECUE COOKING ASSEMBLY - A barbecue cooking assembly includes a rotating disk ( | 10-09-2014 |
20150075389 | SKEWER MACHINE FOR CONTINUOUSLY PRODUCING FOOD ON SKEWERS - A skewering machine for producing food on skewers, of the type that uses a plurality of containers/trays provided with cells according to the pieces of food to be skewered, wherein skewering is obtained by pre-piercing the food pieces with steel needles, envisages that, after pre-piercing, skewering of the food pieces with each skewer is obtained in synchronism with extraction of the respective pre-piercing needle such that advance of the skewer in the food pieces is constantly guided in the hole left by the corresponding needle; the pre-piercing of the food pieces and the arrangement thereof on the skewers being obtained by continuous movement elements without interrupting the motion of the containers/trays. Skewering of the food pieces is obtained with continuous motion via a plurality of pre-piercing moving elements and of respective thrust moving elements, the moving elements being set in a revolver-type arrangement on at least one rotary drum. | 03-19-2015 |
20150090129 | BATTERY-POWERED ADJUSTABLE REVOLVING SKEWER - A battery-powered adjustable revolving skewer to be used in built barbecue pits as in any other arrangement in which is allowed to put a heat source (embers) and two supports to sustain the ends of the battery-powered adjustable revolving skewer. | 04-02-2015 |
20150144009 | QUICK RELEASE SKEWER ASSEMBLY - A quick release skewer assembly comprising a skewer shaft with a first end portion and a second end portion axially spaced from the first end portion, a first clamping element connected to the first end portion with a first grip face, and a clamping assembly adjacent the second end portion including an anchor element and a second clamping element with a second grip face. The first grip face is axially separated from the second grip face by a grip distance. The first clamping element is axially and rotationally engaged to the skewer. The anchor element is threadably connected to the skewer shaft such that the grip distance may be selectively threadably adjusted. The clamping assembly is operative to selectively displace the second grip face in a generally linear and axial direction between: (i) an open orientation wherein the grip distance is axially expanded and distal; and (ii) a closed orientation wherein the grip distance is axially contracted and proximal relative to the open orientation. | 05-28-2015 |
20150144010 | ROTISSERIE ACCESSORY KIT - The present invention is, multi-spit accessory conversion kit intended to be used for multiple types of barbecue grills and pits. The kits multiple skewer assembly is capable of being adjusted to various sized grills. The skewers are also able to easily be placed and removed from the multi-functional rotating rotisseries to control cooking. | 05-28-2015 |
20160095471 | Skewer and Skewer Handling Device - An improved skewer ( | 04-07-2016 |
20160198894 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A ROTISSERIE GRILL | 07-14-2016 |
20090025572 | Apparatus for Holding Food Items for Roasting in a Fire - An appliance for holding food items, such as marshmallows and hot dogs, for roasting against the face of an open fire includes food carrying skewers that are rotatably mounted on an axis generally perpendicular to the elongated frame of the device. A drive linkage, manually operated from the opposite end of the frame, rotates the skewers such that the food products are uniformly exposed to the same heating, resulting in uniformly cooked food items without burning. | 01-29-2009 |
20090241784 | Marshmallow toasting apparatus and method - A marshmallow toasting apparatus and method caramelizes the outer skin of marshmallow and is designed for countertop use. The apparatus comprises a housing, a spit or skewer, and a heat source. The housing includes top and front walls having a common slot extending therebetween. The common slot defines a marshmallow-receiving cavity and a spit-receiving plane. The spit or skewer may be rotated by way of a rotisserie assembly, as an optional feature. The spit is receivable in the spit-receiving plane and is rotatable therein substantially parallel to the top wall. The heat source is positioned adjacent the cavity for caramelizing the outer skin of marshmallow via directed heat energy. The cavity is sized and shaped for enabling structurally free thermal expansion of marshmallow during application of heat to the cavity. | 10-01-2009 |
20090301314 | Marshmallow Roasting Stick - A roasting apparatus is provided which includes a shaft having a first end adapted to receive an edible wafer via an internal opening in the wafer, a second end, and a retaining portion near the second end that is adapted to removably retain the edible wafer to the shaft. The first end has a first shape adapted to enable the wafer to travel along the first end of the shaft towards the retaining portion with the retaining portion having a second shape different from the first shape and adapted to removably engage the wafer when moved from the first end to the retaining portion such that the shaft may be tilted down relative to the second end without the wafer traveling due to gravity beyond the retaining portion. | 12-10-2009 |
20100242742 | Barbecue skewer with multiple prongs - This invention presents a unique barbecue skewer with multiple prongs that branch from a central spine akin to a tree or a fishbone. This simple design transforms the traditional pin-shaped skewer into one that prevents food pieces from self-rotating during grilling. It also allows food pieces to be attached or removed in any order, properly spaces the food pieces apart thus eliminating cold spots, and enables food pieces having different cooking times to be grilled together. | 09-30-2010 |
20100282096 | COOKING UTENSIL - A utensil, having a handle ( | 11-11-2010 |
20130333577 | GRILLING APPARATUS - Cooking apparatuses are disclosed for evenly cooking a variety of foods over a grilling surface with heat being radiated and/or reflected from a plurality of surfaces. In particular, the cooking apparatus is suitable for grilling a variety of foods such as meats, poultry and vegetables in a vertical rack to more evenly cook such foods. | 12-19-2013 |
20150135970 | Hand-Held Rotisserie Device - A hand held rotisserie device is disclosed having a handle with a rod extending outward from a distal end of the handle, wherein a longitudinal axis of the handle and a longitudinal axis of a proximal end of the rod are substantially parallel. A distal end of the rod has an offset member oriented substantially parallel to a proximal end of the rod and disposed laterally away from the proximal end of the rod. A rotatable assembly is disposed on a distal end of the rod, wherein the rotatable assembly is oriented to rotate in a direction substantially parallel with a longitudinal axis of the offset member. A food attachment device is coupled to the rotatable assembly and a drive mechanism is coupled to the handle and the rotatable assembly. | 05-21-2015 |
20160174760 | Outdoor Cooking Utensil | 06-23-2016 |
20080250940 | HEATING AND VENTING ARRANGEMENT FOR A ROTISSERIE OVEN - An oven is used for cooking food and comprises an enclosure having a floor, a ceiling, a back wall, and a pair of side walls. A heating element is disposed on the back wall at a distance from the floor and the ceiling and a shield is disposed between the back wall and the heating element. The shield is configured to receive radiant heat from the heating element and to re-radiate lower frequency radiant heat towards the food. The enclosure may further comprise a door and the side walls may be double paneled. A radial fan is coupled to one of the side walls to pull hot air from inside the enclosure and cooler air from outside the enclosure. The hot and cool air are mixed within a space defined by the double paneled side wall and is directed out over the exterior of the door to cool the door. | 10-16-2008 |
20090025573 | ROTISSERIE SPIT - A rotisserie spit including a spit rod for supporting food, a carrier bracket for mounting the spit rod in cantilever fashion by bearings to permit rotation of the spit rod, the bracket being mounted to an upright support post such that the bracket and spit rod carried thereby can swing about the axis of the post, and a motor coupled to the spit rod for driving the spit rod in rotation about its axis. | 01-29-2009 |
20090090248 | ROTISSERIE COOKER - A horizontal axis rotisserie oven with versatile electronic controls. The rotisserie further includes: an improved spit for quick mounting of food, and a door which hides blemishes due to normal use, and easily referenced food cooking indexes, and means for keeping countertops clean. | 04-09-2009 |
20090095167 | Bar-B-Que cooking device - A bar-b-que cooking device is described. A cylindrical basket is suspended in proximity to a heating device to form the main body of the bar-b-que cooking device. The basket is connected to a motor which slowly rotates the basket. A smoke box is attached to the main body and allows a user to add wood chips or other smoke-producing materials. Frozen French fries or other foodstuffs are added to the basket and the device is activated, causing the basket to slowly spin around its horizontal axis. Heat from the heating device cooks the foodstuffs while the smoke box adds the smoky, outdoor-cooking flavors. The spinning action of the basket continuously repositions the foodstuffs during cooking so that they cook evenly. | 04-16-2009 |
20090282988 | ROTATING AND DRIVING DEVICE FOR BARBECUE - A rotating and driving device for barbecue includes a casing, a fixing base, a driving means and a shielding plate. The casing has an upright plate and an enclosing plate. An accommodating space and an opening are formed between the upright plate and the enclosing plate. The fixing base is connected to the interior of the accommodating space. The driving means is fixed to the fixing base and located between the upright plate and the fixing base. The driving means has a rotary shaft penetrating the fixing base. The shielding plate is provided with a through hole to correspond to the rotary shaft. The shielding plate is connected to one side of the fixing base away from the driving means so as to cover the opening. Via the above arrangement, electrical elements in the casing can be protected, and the leakage of electricity caused by the penetration of moisture can be efficiently prevented. | 11-19-2009 |
20100000420 | Spit driving device with lighting means for rotisserie device - A spit driving unit mounted on one side of the housing of a rotisserie device for rotating a spit is disclosed to include a light source for emitting light toward the roasting chamber for enabling the user to visually check the roasting condition of the meat when it is dark, an adjustment handle for adjusting the light emitting direction of the light source, and a switch for switching on/off the light source. | 01-07-2010 |
20100071565 | Enclosed Rotisserie with Detachable Electronic Components - The present invention is directed toward an improved rotisserie oven, having the following features: a removable side mounted control box; single wall oven cabinet construction; single wall oven cabinet construction with tabs protruding from the lower side edges of the oven cabinet which mount feet to support the cabinet; a rigid heat coil structurally connected to the removable control box; a heat coil, supported by a bracket within the oven cabinet which both allows the heat coil to be slid in and out of the oven cabinet and allows for expansion of the heat coil when the coil is energized; a light bulb integrated with the removable control box so that the bulb's globe protrudes into the interior of the oven cabinet when the control box is mounted on the oven cabinet; a drive mechanism integrated into the removable control box which allows the control box to be easily removed from the oven cabinet; a drip pan located below the spit, which has its liquid catching reservoir recessed in from the pan's perimeter; a drip pan cover with an array of small holes recessed into its surface; a spit assembly, whose axis of rotation is located closer to a glass view port located on the oven cabinet's exterior than to the heater located within the oven cabinet; and a spit assembly, whose axis of rotation is located closer to the oven cabinet's loading door than to the top, bottom, back and heat coil within the oven cabinet, using the rotisserie in combination with specific foods and eating schedule, to help people lose weight. | 03-25-2010 |
20100122630 | Rotisserie Roto-Robot Kit for Programmable Skewer Rotation - A cooking apparatus for programmable rotating rotisserie skewers includes an electromotor-driven and manually-driven gearboxes comprising linearly-positioned and sequentially-engaged drive gears, a frame with openings in which skewers is rotating, wherein each skewer is equipped with a gear that rests on a top of an individual drive gear and engaged to it by food and skewer weight; so skewers can be individually removed and turned for food position adjustment. The electromotor is connected to the electromotor-driven gearbox via safety clutch disengaging said motor when manual rotation is performed or in the case of mechanical failure. To perform programmable food processing of different kind of food including symmetric food, such as souvlaki, shashlik, shish kabobs, etc. and asymmetric or flat food, such as a chicken, burger or steak, a timing mechanism periodically slowing or stopping skewers rotation for a preset pause is utilized. | 05-20-2010 |
20100186602 | Rotisserie Apparatus - A rotisserie apparatus is disclosed comprising a skewer assembly having a stationary portion and a rotatable portion, a first side wall for fixedly supporting the stationary portion, a second side wall for rotatingly supporting the rotatable portion, and at least one base element for supporting the first and second side walls. A casing enclosing the rotatable portion is driven by a mechanically powered drive mechanism that is housed in the interior of the casing. Heat transfer to the skewer assembly may be increased by use of a heat absorbing plate. | 07-29-2010 |
20110088565 | DEVICE FOR GRILLING FISH - A device for grilling fish comprises a cage-type structure, a plurality of holding elements arranged over the length thereof, on which the fish to be grilled is skewered in the longitudinal direction with its belly side open from the bottom, each holding element is designed as a double skewer with two pointed ends at a distance, transversally to the longitudinal direction, between which the rear ridge of the skewered fish is received. Each double-skewer holding element also comprises a transversal section extending beneath the pointed ends of the holding element on which lies the rear ridge of the skewered fish. The device also comprises a plurality of separate transversal skewers which bore above the rear ridge of the fish skewered on the holding elements, transversally to the body of the fish, and can be held in this position in guiding means of the cage-type structure, associated therewith. | 04-21-2011 |
20110283893 | ROTISSERIE BROILER - A rotisserie broiler for skewered food items is provided. In one embodiment, the rotisserie broiler includes a horizontal conveyor defining a horizontal path of travel between a skewer receiving area and a transfer channel, the horizontal conveyor having a parallel pair of feeder chains to endlessly convey at a same rate to the transfer channel and a vertical conveyor disposed perpendicular to the horizontal conveyor at the transfer channel and defining a vertical path of travel between the transfer channel and a dispenser, the vertical conveyor having a parallel pair of rotisserie chains to endlessly convey at the same rate from the transfer channel to the dispenser. The food items are placed into the rotisserie broiler on a conveyor in a generally horizontal plane and automatically picked up by a conveyor in a vertical plane to be broiled and rotated adjacent to heating elements and then dispersed. | 11-24-2011 |
20120037012 | Charcoal Barbecue Rotisserie Grill Cooker - A charcoal cooker employs a grill for cooking steaks and a rotisserie for slower cooking of ribs, chicken, turkey, or the like. A tubular spit rod has spike rings that can interchange with a grill basket assembly. The spit rod is hollow tubular stainless steel, with a thicker central portion and smaller diameter end portions. These serve as handles and remain cool to the touch, so the rotisserie spit can be lifted out by grasping the ends to remove the cooked meat for serving. A chain drive engages a sprocket on one end of the spit rod for rotating the spit. Detachable spit support arms mount on the cooker body to hold the spit rod when loading the meat. An external fire box attachment fits onto a coal chute port, so the cooker can be used as an oven for baking or roasting. The legs, lid, grills, and other parts can be detached for cleaning. | 02-16-2012 |
20120186461 | ROTISSERIE GRILL - A rotisserie grill with multiple skewers extending forward from the back of the grill. The skewers may be presented at different heights, and are mechanically connected so as to turn together. The skewers may rotate at the same speed or different speeds. The grill may be embodied as a folding, portable grill with legs, but also may be constructed in a non-folding or non-portable form. | 07-26-2012 |
20120260809 | Rotisserie Grill - An improved grill assembly is provided that has at least three grilling regions for effecting different types of cooking. The first grilling region includes two vertically standing fuel receptacles spaced apart in a grill housing to form an open area therebetween. An opening in the housing allows a food basket to be inserted into the open area to cook both sides of the food at the same time. The second grilling region includes a grilling surface that is placed over a recessed grilling area on the outer surface of the top wall of the grill housing. The third grilling region is a rotisserie cooking region and includes an open area on a side of the grill housing that has a rotatably secured rod that receives a food product and that is in communication with one of the vertical standing fuel receptacles to cook the food product. | 10-18-2012 |
20130074704 | COOKING DEVICE - A cooking device includes: a base; a rotation transmission member mounted rotatably on the base and having a cylindrical surrounding wall that defines an annular top transmission face; a plurality of holding shafts supported rotatably on the base; a plurality of driven wheels secured to and extending radially from the holding shafts, respectively, each of the driven wheels having an outer end face engaging the top transmission face in such a manner to drive rotation of each of the holding shafts upon rotation of the rotation transmission member; and a driving member for driving rotation of the rotation transmission member. | 03-28-2013 |
20130104744 | Satay grill rack | 05-02-2013 |
20130112087 | ROASTING PAN - A roasting pan is disclosed. The roasting pan may include a dual skewered system providing a stable mounting preventing pivoting and rotating of a mounted subject. The roasting pan may also include raised end walls providing a gap between the bottom surface of the subject and a base wall of the pan. The roasting pan may also include a lower profile side wall providing increased airflow to the sides, ends, and bottom of the subject. | 05-09-2013 |
20130112088 | PARTITIONED GRILL AND ROTISSERIE - The present invention is embodied in a grill having a firebox with a front rotisserie mount assembly and a pair of heat shield assemblies. The front rotisserie mount assembly is to help mount a rotisserie on the grill along a longitudinal axis extending from the front of the grill to the rear of the grill. The front rotisserie mount assembly also acts in conjunction with a pair of heat shield assemblies in the firebox to help concentrate heat generated underneath the rotisserie. | 05-09-2013 |
20140208960 | GRILL ROTISSERIE - A rotisserie having a first support structure with a rotisserie motor affixed thereto, the rotisserie motor having a receptacle for receiving a spit rod. A second support structure defines a slot for receiving the spit rod. The first and second support structures are mounted to side shelves on a grill on opposite sides of a cooking grate. The side shelves each define at least one mounting aperture for retaining the support structures in upright positions. | 07-31-2014 |
20140216271 | Rotisserie System - A rotisserie system includes a cooking oven enclosure including a driven gear at one inner wall thereof. A spit assembly support framework has a drip pan and first and second side racks upstanding from the drip pan each including a spit assembly support. A spit assembly comprises a driven wheel including gear teeth driven by the driven gear, an inward bushing supported by the spit assembly support, and a socket for a spit rod. The spit assembly also includes a handle assembly with an inward bushing supported by a the spit assembly support, a yoke assembly including a center spit rod extending into the driven wheel socket, and one or more additional spit rods extending at least partially along the length of the center spit rod. | 08-07-2014 |
20150027322 | Cooking Apparatus - The invention provides a shish kebab type skewer and cooking rack system that supports at least two skewers in a plurality of positions, the novel skewers having an indexing means to fix the position of rotation of the skewer about the rotational axis in at least two positions. The skewers are provided with indexing members that overlap to permit moving all skewers with a single adjustment. The rack system can be used with a conventional backyard grill or indoors in a oven or stove top environment. | 01-29-2015 |
20150101493 | DEMOUNTABLE AND PORTABLE ELECTRIC ROTATING SPIT GRILL - The invention relates to a demountable electric rotating spit grill, which is designed to be installed and flexibly adjusted over any heating source, and at the same time, is suitable for installation on any type of surface in which the heating source can be generated. The purpose of the inventive electric rotating spit grill has been focused on satisfying the basic needs of the user when cooking any type of food on the grill or barbeque; therefore it is especially attractive for its transportability and portability, as it is completely demountable and easily of assembling at any place where it will be used. | 04-16-2015 |
20150320257 | OVEN WITH ROTISSERIE FEATURES - A rotisserie oven includes a cooking enclosure, at least one bottom side track associated with the cooking enclosure, a spit assembly support framework. A drip pan has at least one side configured to engage the bottom side track of the cooking enclosure. A first side rack is attached to the drip pan and includes a support for a spit assembly. A second side rack is attached to the drip pan and includes a support for the spit assembly. | 11-12-2015 |
20160120361 | Smokeless Barbecue Device - This invention discloses a smokeless barbecue device, comprises three layers arranged at different heights: a food placing layer that is used to fix food and can drive the food to rotate along a shaft; a heat source layer that is arranged below said food placing layer and can heat said food; an oil accommodating layer that is arranged below said heat source layer and can accommodate liquids fallen from the food placing layer; wherein, said heat source layer comprises several heat source sub-layers that are arranged at a same height and can be switched between a separated state and a gathered state; when in the separated state, said heat source sub-layers have gaps therebetween, so that oil drops produced on said food placing layer can pass through said gaps, and fall onto said oil accommodating layer; when in the gathered state, said heat source sub-layers are bonded with each other and thus have no gaps therebetween. Such device can prevent oil drops and fats from falling onto coals during heating the food, and thus can prevent generation of smoke dust, so that the safety in use is improved. | 05-05-2016 |
20090205512 | VERTICAL ROTISSERIE COOKING SYSTEM - A vertical rotisserie open flame oven having a central flame post dispersing aesthetically pleasing flames and a secondary heater positioned outside the path of rotation of the food items. The oven has a central chamber area where the heat transfer to the food items is executed in a desirable manner to properly cook the food items without burning the surface thereof. | 08-20-2009 |
20100199855 | Vertical rotisserie broiler - A generally vertically disposed rotisserie broiler. The broiler includes a metal housing with side walls, a floor, and an open end. One or more burners are disposed on opposite side walls of the housing. A generally vertically disposed spit is normally contained within the confines of the metal housing, but is movable towards the open end of the housing. The spit is rotated by a motor. The rotisserie broiler also includes an upper generally horizontal arm, and a lower generally horizontal arm, positioned adjacent an upper end and a lower end of the spit, respectively, for moving the spit transversely within the housing. | 08-12-2010 |
20120192723 | SHISH KEBOB ROTISSERIE DEVICE - A kabob rotisserie for cooking multiple kabobs comprising: a top plate, where the top plate includes a plurality of holding nests and each nest receives a kabob skewer; a bottom plate, where the bottom plate includes a plurality of holding nests and each nest receives a kabob skewer; a rotating shaft, vertically extending through the top plate and bottom plate; a heating element attached to the rotating shaft, where the element is positioned inside the kabob skewers; bearings provided at the top and bottom of the rotating shaft; a cover, where the cover contains the kabob rotisserie; and a motor, where the motor rotates the rotating shaft. In one exemplary embodiment, the top plate may include eight or less holding nests and the bottom plate may include eight or less corresponding holding nests. | 08-02-2012 |
20150135971 | AUTOMATIC DONER KEBAB SLICING MACHINE - A doner kebab rotisserie enables the meat of chicken or doner kebab to be formed, cooked and sliced, and where the formed meats are positioned, a circular knife located in the cutting unit and enabling the doner kebab to be sliced by rotating, and a doner kebab burner including a burner wing used while cooking the kebab and providing heat for the desired area of doner kebab. Specifically, an automatic doner kebab slicing machine disclosed includes a doner kebab follow-up apparatus, the position of the upper section of which does not change when it performs rotating motion in accordance with the circular knife and which enables slicing of the doner kebab at fixed thickness and enables the angular change to be construed by an electronic system by transferring angular change to the bearing during the doner kebab surface follow-up via doner kebab follow-up apparatus bearing where it is positioned. | 05-21-2015 |
20090007800 | Rotisserie - A rotisserie cooking apparatus has at least one cooking rod for holding food to be cooked. Each rod has at each end a guide element, which is preferably in the form of a wheel or geared wheel. A frame of the apparatus supports an inclined guide path at either lateral side thereof for receiving the guide elements for each rod and guiding the rod gravitationally from an entry point downward towards an exit point of the guide path. The guide element and guide path are structured to cause an axial rotation of the rod as it travels down the guide path, preferably by way of gear rack in the guide path that corresponds to the gear teeth of the guide element wheel. The speed of the rod down the incline path is controlled, preferably by way of a tension or friction force against a later wall of the guide path. A preferable structure provides for a tension element at the end of the rod, which is axially adjustable to provide for differing frictional forces against the lateral wall. The apparatus may additionally have a rod loading arrangement for automatically transferring rods onto the guide path, which rod loading arrangement has a storage rack for holding a plurality of horizontally oriented rods vertically spaced-apart from each other at rod storage locations. At least one vertically oriented continuous belt loop is rotatable about a lower and an upper pulley means, the belt loop having a plurality of spaced-apart lifting fingers projecting outwardly and perpendicularly from the belt loop for lifting rods from the rod storage locations and transporting them to the guide path. The belt loop is located such that rods lifted from the storage rack and carried upwards by the lifting fingers, up to and around the upper pulley, are deposited onto the guide path at the entry point thereof. | 01-08-2009 |
20100018413 | Turn Rod Cooking Grill - A turn rod grill comprises a grill base having 4 legs and two wheels disposed along two adjacent legs. An upper grill grate has a plurality of slots allowing a positioning rod to move in and out. A turning shaft disposed within the positioning rod is attached to a turning knob and rotates a removable food holding fork. As the knob is turned, the fork turns in a vertical direction through the use of two beveled gears. A lower grate is provided to hold the fuel such as charcoal above the bottom allowing air to enter. The rotating collar is held in place by a retaining plate that is removeably inserted in the rotating collar. A plurality of holes in the grill base allow the turning rod to move in and out to allow the user to both rotate a food item as well as position it for optimum cooking. | 01-28-2010 |
20140305318 | ROTISSERIE BRACKET - A rotisserie mounting bracket assembly for a cooking grill having a cooking surface having a plurality of ribs. The bracket has a bracket base with at least one downward projection situated between a pair of adjacent ribs, and a bracket extension extending vertically from the bracket base and having at least one surface adapted to retain a skewer. | 10-16-2014 |
20150020697 | Barbecue Support Assembly - A barbecue support assembly for supporting an elongate skewer at one or more preselected heights above a barbecue grill. The barbecue support assembly includes one or more body elements having one or more parts thereof positionable substantially at one of the preselected heights. Also the part includes one or more apertures in which an end of the skewer is receivable. | 01-22-2015 |