Side accessible cooking apparatus
OwnerTodd SMITHinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for cooking and preparing food that includes side accessibility. Such a cooking vessel includes advantages over conventional cooking vessels because the prepared food may be accessed from the side as opposed to accessing it from the top in conventional ovens and cooking vessels. Thus, a cooking vessel base may include a semi-enclosed cavity that has a flat base section with walls that leave exposed a side where food may be retrieved. Further, the apparatus includes a cooking vessel lid that may be placed on the cooking vessel base and enclose the exposed top and the exposed side. The shape of the cavity may be any shape where a portion of a lateral side may be accessed when the accompanying lid is removed. Such examples of shapes include a rectangular and a circular vessel.
Claims20
A cooking device, comprising:
- a base portion having a vessel defined by a bottom wall and side walls such that an opening on a top side and at least a portion of one side wall of the vessel remain exposed;
- a cover portion configured to engage the bottom portion to cover the opening.
A cooking apparatus, comprising:
- a first portion;
- and
- a second portion configured to be attached to the first portion along a boundary between the first and second portions such that a vessel is enclosed by the first and second portion;
- wherein the boundary further comprises a first section disposed in a first plane and a second section disposed in a second plane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.