Kitchen container for preparing food cooked “in the barrel”

A kitchen container for roasting or spit-roasting food by direct exposure to hot air from a burner, the kitchen container comprising an external container, a lid and a set of support elements within the external container, wherein:

• a) the external container is a hollow metallic cylinder having a bottom, an external wall, handles including insulating material, peripheral reinforcement rings about the external wall, where the bottom has a circular orifice therein, the circular orifice having a rim that extends towards an inside of the external container, and where the bottom has a support ring between the external wall and the rim of the circular orifice;
• b) the lid is circular, having an adjustable diameter to accommodate communication with an upper opening of the external container, and includes a relief orifice for pressure relief and ventilation, and a knob for manipulation of the lid;
• c) the set of support elements include:
• i) a rod for support and location of the food to be cooked, the rod configured to be centrally located within the external container and to allow contact of the hot air with exposed surfaces of the food to be cooked,
• ii) a tray to catch juices and fat from the food to be cooked,
• iii) a deflecting cone having a vertex facing downwards, the deflecting cone configured to direct the hot air from the burner towards an inner wall of the external container and upwardly, thereby promoting hot air circulation within the external container and facilitating the tray to catch juices and fat from the food to be cooked, and
• iv) a base to support the set of support elements on the support ring on the bottom of the external container, the base having an upper ring and several legs fixed to the upper ring,
• wherein, for use of the kitchen container, the set of support elements are configured as follows:
• a bottom of the rod is located inside the tray, resting on an internal face of the tray;
• the tray is located on the deflecting cone;
• the deflecting cone is supported by the upper ring of the base;
• the set of support elements being located inside the external container with the base resting on the support ring on the bottom of the external container.