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US 11,589,712 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for isostatic roasting of an upright animal carcass
AssigneeFrivillio Technologies Company
InventorJames B. Fraivillig
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Abstract
An animal carcass cooking and roasting assembly and method of use in an oven, the assembly including a base tray, a liquid container mounted on and connected to the tray in a rack in a spaced apart upright position, the container arranged to receive a substantial amount of heat by conduction from the tray by the use of a tray and container connecting thermal via, the container arranged to fit within an open end of the carcass and wherein the opposite end of the carcass is tightly plugged or closed to form an isostatic chamber to contain liquid evaporated from the container within the carcass during the cooking process.
Claims5
In an animal carcass cooking and roasting assembly configured for use in an oven, said carcass having an interior cavity, said cavity having a head opening and a tail opening, said assembly comprising in combination:
- A. a base tray having a top and bottom surface;
- B. a liquid evaporation container having a top side and a bottom side, said container having a port disposed in said top side for the omission of liquid vapor
- wherein said liquid evaporation container comprises a beverage can having a concave profile bottom side;
- C. a frame mounted on said top surface of said tray in a spaced apart upright position comprising a rack for supporting said animal carcass, said frame further comprising a liquid evaporation container holder, said holder positioned to receive and orient said liquid evaporation container in an upright position with respect to said top surface of said tray;
- said container and said holder positioned to extend within said animal carcuss interior cavity from said tail end
- wherein said frame comprises a plurality of upright L-shaped strut members arranged in a circular configuration, each having a top end and a lower end with respect to said tray, an open upper ring attached to the top end of said struts and an open lower ring, each of said rings having an internal diameter greater than that of said beverage can;
- D. an insertable thermal via comprising a block of metal having an upper surface and a lower surface positioned between said top surface of said base tray and said bottom side of said liquid evaporation container, said via having an upper convex surface to match the size and profile of said liquid evaporation container bottom side and said via lower surface configured to match the profile of said base tray top surface, said via having a base diameter greater than that of the lower diameter of said bottom side of said beverage can to support said can in an upright position
- whereby a direct intimate thermal connection by conduction is provided between the relevant surfaces of said tray, said via, and said liquid evaporation container;
- and
- E. a plug to seal said carcass head opening to create an isostatic chamber of said cavity to contain liquid evaporated from said liquid evaporation container within said carcass during the cooking process.
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An animal carcass isostatic cooking and roasting method for use in an oven, said carcass having an interior cavity, said cavity having a head opening and a tail opening, said method comprising in combination the steps of:
- A. providing a cooking assembly comprising in combination:
- i. a base tray having a top and bottom surface;
- ii. a liquid evaporation container having a top side and a bottom side, said container having a port disposed in said top side for the omission of liquid vapor
- wherein said liquid evaporation container comprises a beverage can having a concave profile bottom side;
- iii. a frame mounted on said top surface of said tray in a spaced apart upright position comprising a rack for supporting said animal carcass, said frame further comprising a liquid evaporation container holder, said holder positioned to receive and orient said liquid evaporation container in an upright position with respect to said top surface of said tray;
- said container and said holder positioned to extend within said animal carcuss interior cavity from said tail end
- wherein said frame comprises a plurality of upright L-shaped strut members arranged in a circular configuration, each having a top end and a lower end with respect to said tray, an open upper ring attached to the top end of said struts and an open lower ring, each of said rings having an internal diameter greater than that of said beverage can;
- iv. an insertable thermal via comprising a block of metal having an upper surface and a lower surface positioned between said top surface of said base tray and said bottom side of said liquid evaporation container, said via having an upper convex surface to match the size and profile of said liquid evaporation container bottom side and said via lower surface configured to match the profile of said base tray top surface, said via having a base diameter greater than that of the lower diameter of said bottom side of said beverage can to support said can in an upright position
- whereby a direct intimate thermal connection by conduction is provided between the relevant surfaces of said tray, said via, and said liquid evaporation container;
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- v. a plug to seal said carcass head opening to create an isostatic chamber of said cavity to contain liquid evaporated from said liquid evaporation container within said carcass during the cooking process;
- B. filling said liquid evaporation container with a desired amount of an appropriate cooking liquid;
- C. inserting said liquid evaporation container into said liquid evaporation container holder;
- D. inserting said thermal via between said top surface of said base tray and said bottom side of said liquid evaporation container;
- E. inserting said plug in said carcass head opening;
- F. mounting said carcass on said assembly;
- G. inserting said assembly and said carcass into said oven;
- and
- H. Cooking said carcass to at least an internal temperature of 160° F.
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