Disposable cooking pan

A disposable cooking pan formed from a single sheet of thin gauge metal, comprising a bottom panel;

• a continuous wall panel encompassing said bottom panel and extending upwardly and outwardly from the periphery thereof;
• and a continuous rim encompassing an upper edge portion of said wall panel and projecting laterally outwardly therefrom;
• said rim including a substantially planar inner section and a bead-like outer section, the outer section encompassing a multilateral area including the inner section, said inner section having relatively spaced enlarged areas disposed adjacent corner-forming portions of said outer section, said enlarged areas being provided with elongated strengthening ribs extending towards the upper edge portion of said wall panel;
• wherein each strengthening rib formed in the enlarged areas of the rim inner section includes a first segment declining at a first angle from adjacent the rim outer section towards the wall panel and terminating a predetermined distance from the wall panel, and a second segment declining at a second angle from the termination of said first segment to the wall panel, said second angle being greater than said first angle, said second segment terminating at the wall panel at a location substantially below the upper edge portion of the wall panel.