Rotary hot dog cooker

Cooking apparatus comprising

• a base,
• an elongated helical electric heating element having an axial opening therethrough,
• means for supporting said element in a horizontal position above said base,
• an elongated bushing and support unit horizontally mounted above said base extending through said opening,
• a carrier unit having a central rod with one end adapted to extend through said bushing and support unit, a perpendicular end plate secured to the other end of said rod and at least six hot dog holders in the form of hollow cylinders supported from said end plate and arranged in a circular array with the axes of said cylinders parallel to said rod, said array having an internal diameter substantially greater than that of said heating element, and
• an electric motor driven rotator with a coupling element, said rotator being mounted with said coupling element coaxial with the opening in said heating element and being adapted to couple to the end of said rod to rotate it and the carrier unit when said rod is placed through said opening.

Cooking apparatus comprising

• a base,
• an elongated heating element having an axial opening therethrough,
• means for supporting said element in a horizontal position above said base,
• a carrier unit having a central rod with a first end adapted to extend through the opening in said heating element and a plurality of hot dog holders in the form of elongated cylindrical cages supported from the other end of said rod in a circular array with axes of said cages parallel to said rod, said array having an internal diameter substantially greater than that of said heating element,
• a fixed bushing element arranged coaxially with said heating element and adapted to support said rod therein in horizontal position with freedom of rotational movement, and
• a rotator having a coupling element arranged to be rotated thereby, said rotator being mounted on said base with its shaft coaxial with the axis of said heating element and being adapted to couple to said first end of said rod to rotate it and the carrier unit when said rod is placed through said opening.