Cooking apparatus

A mobile cooker comprising:

• a supporting frame having a substantially horizontal base;
• a burner box mounted on said base and having a side wall and a top plate;
• a boiler section comprising a vertical wall with an open top, the wall extending from the top plate of the burner box;
• an overhead beam located on said frame, the overhead beam being supported at its ends by vertical posts on said frame, over said boiler section, the overhead beam having a central rib and a base extending outwardly on each side of the rib;
• a trolley comprising a housing having spaced apart casters movably engaged on each of said bases of said beam;
• the trolley including a reel assembly;
• cable means extending from the reel assembly for raising and lowering an open frame cooker into and out of the boiler section;
• said open frame cooker being of mesh form and being movably suspended by said trolley on said overhead beam and being adapted for vertical alignment with the boiler section and for movement into and out of said section;
• the frame being provided with ground wheels;
• leveling means on said frame, adjustable for terrain contour and movable to upward storage positions for transit;
• the leveling means including a series of tubular sleeves secured in vertical positions on the frame;
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• means for heating the burner box, said means comprising a series of burners in the boiler section.