Automatic food roasting and basting device
OwnerJohn Calivainventor
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Abstract
The improved food roasting and basting device of the present invention includes a fire box with spit spaced above it and a basting unit spaced above the spit. The non-clogging basting unit includes a hollow, preferably elongated and cylindrical container with spaced aperture extending therethrough and means, such as a motor, for rotation of the container around an axis generally parallel to the spit. The spit can also be rotated, if desired, and a separate motor can be used, or a belt and pulley assembly can be employed, to rotate both the spit and basting container at the same or different speeds. The apertures in the basting container can be arranged in a spiral pattern and can be partially or fully closed, and the container can be divided internally into separate compartments for dispensing separate basting materials.
Claims6
An improved automatic food roasting and basting device comprising, in combination:
- a. roasting means, including a fire box,
- b. a support member secured to and extending above said fire box,
- c. a roasting spit rotatably secured to said support member,
- d. a basting unit rotatably secured to said support member, above said spit,
- e. said basting unit and said roasting spit each having an axis of rotation lying in a common plane which is substantially perpendicular to the plane in which the fire box lies,
- f. connector means interconnecting the roasting spit and the basting unit to enable pre-selected, synchronized rotation of said roasting spit and said basting container,
- g. said basting unit comprising a tubular, hollow basting container,
- h. said container having a plurality of apertures extending continuously along the periphery thereof,
- i. power means for continuously rotating said container around an axis of rotation generally parallel to said spit, and
- j. a basting material disposed in said container, whereby said basting material is caused to pass through continuous apertures in the container and to be deposited continuously about the rotating item in the spit at a pre-determinable and variable rate of application thereon.
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