US 2014/0230666 A1 · ADJUSTABLE PITCH COOKING GRATE

Abstract

An adjustable pitch cooking grate includes generally parallel rods and means for changing the pitch of the rods by moving the rods between a closed configuration and a range of open configurations, with different width gaps therebetween. Scissors linkage at the rod ends can move the rods in unison between the open and close configurations. When the rods have flat upper surfaces the rods create a generally flat, smooth, continuous cooking surface when in the closed configuration and a plurality of generally flat coplanar cooking surfaces when in the different open configurations. The pitch changing means can include manual or motorized means for moving the rods between the open and close configurations. The spacing between the rods in a fully open configuration can be equal to about 1-3 times the lateral dimension of the rods. One or more cooking grates can be supported by the cooking grill frame.

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Dependent claims

An adjustable pitch cooking grate comprising:

a plurality of parallel rods;
and
means for changing the pitch of the rods by moving the rods between a closed configuration, with the rods adjacent to one another, and a plurality of open configurations at the corresponding plurality of pitches, with a plurality of different width gaps between the rods at the corresponding plurality of open configurations.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Adjustable pitch cooking grate

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Adjustable pitch cooking grate

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Abstract

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