Chicken ring cooking device and method
AssigneeRestaurant Technology, Inc.
InventorsManuel Calzada, Henry T. Ewald, Paul G. Simmons
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Abstract
A commercial cooking apparatus is provided for simultaneous steaming and two-sided grilling of food items having non-uniform thickness and/or variations in nominal thickness. The apparatus includes a compressible, heat-resistant ring member, and optionally a flexible, non-stick, heat-resistant film material associated with the ring member to form a cavity defined by the inner perimeter of the ring member. A cooking method is also disclosed, wherein a food item and a quantity of water are introduced into the cavity, and the food item is simultaneously cooked by the heated upper and lower platens of a conventional clamshell grill or similar apparatus and by steam generated by heating the water.
Claims23
An apparatus for cooking a food item having a non-uniform thickness, comprising:
- a) a compressible, heat-resistant ring member defining an inner perimeter surrounding an area sufficient to contain a food item to be cooked;
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- b) flexible, non-stick, heat-resistant film material associated with the ring member to form a cavity within the inner perimeter of the ring member.
A method for simultaneous steaming and grilling of a food item having a non-uniform thickness, comprising:
- a) providing a compressible, heat-resistant ring member defining an inner perimeter around an area sufficient to contain a food item to be cooked;
- b) covering at least a portion of the ring member with a flexible, non-stick, heat-resistant film material to form a cavity defined by the inner perimeter of the ring member for containing a food item to be cooked;
- c) introducing the food item into the cavity;
- d) disposing a bottom face of the ring member and film material in contact with a heated lower platen;
- e) closing a heated upper platen onto a top face of the ring member and the food item;
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- f) cooking the food item with heat from the heated platens.
An apparatus for cooking a food item having a non-uniform thickness, comprising:
- a compressible, heat-resistant ring member adapted to be disposed between heated upper and lower platens to form a cavity sufficient to contain a food item to be cooked, the cavity defined by the inner perimeter of the ring member bounded above and below by the platens.
A method for simultaneous steaming and two-sided grilling of a food item having a non-uniform thickness, comprising:
- a) providing a compressible, heat-resistant ring member defining an inner perimeter around an area sufficient to contain a food item to be cooked;
- b) disposing a bottom face of the ring member in contact with a heated lower platen to form a cavity defined by the inner perimeter of the ring member for containing a food item to be cooked;
- c) introducing the food item into the cavity;
- d) closing a heated upper platen onto the ring member and the food item;
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- e) cooking the food item with heat from the heated platens.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.