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US 4,300,443 AGranted
Broiling apparatus
AssigneeJoseph A. Morcos
InventorsJoseph A. Morcos, George A. Morcos
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Abstract
A drum of meat, consisting of an assembly of layers of meat chunks is rotated on a vertical spit, cooked by radiant heat supplied by a plurality of heating elements, and sliced by an automatically advancing paring apparatus. Certain of the heating elements are moved automatically toward the spit axis, and certain groups of heating elements are automatically deenergized as the diameter of the meat drum decreases.
Claims9
Broiling apparatus for meat comprising:
- rotatable spit means for holding a drum of meat and rotating the meat about an axis;
- means for rotating the spit means;
- heating means for applying radiant heat to the meat held on the spit means;
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- paring means for removing an outer layer from said drum of meat, comprising blade means having a cutting edge extending substantially parallel to the spit axis of rotation, and means for advancing said blade means toward the spit axis as the spit means rotates.
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