US 5,205,207 A · Multimodal rotisserie

Abstract

A lower housing defines an elongated heat chamber with side-mounted longitudinally extended linear gas burners which heat the space in the chamber and also edibles mounted on a longitudinal spit which rotates at about the top of the housing. Removable covers enclose the heat chamber, and are removed to permit the spit to be released from its drive mechanism and elevated into a carving mode, with a carving tray underneath, so that meat can be carved on the spit and its accessories, and also on the tray immediately below the spit, keeping all the food warm while it is being carved. The rotisserie includes accessories for mounting fish, poultry and chunk meat, and also has a grill accessory, with the longitudinal dimensioning of all the parts and accessories being such that carving can be done beneath the spit in its carving mode at one portion of the rotisserie, while meat skewered on the other portions of the rotisserie are maintained hot from the heat emanating up from the heat chamber.

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Dependent claims

A multimodal rotisserie comprising:

(a) a body having:
(i) a frame;
(ii) a housing supported on said frame and having a floor, two spaced sidewalls defining a longitudinal direction parallel thereto, and a pair of spaced endwalls connected to said sidewalls such that said housing defines a heating chamber having an at least partially open top;
(b) heat producing means in said heating chamber;
(c) a spit;
(d) spit support bearing means defined by said body to rotationally mount said spit longitudinally extended above said floor at a cooking level in a cooking mode;
(e) said body defining carving mode mounts for mounting said spit at a carving level in a carving mode elevated above said cooking level;
(f) said housing side walls each having an upper edge defining a support rail such that two parallel support rails are defined;
and,
(g) a carving tray configured to seat on said support rails and cover at least a portion of said heating chamber top beneath said carving level to permit the carving of meat on said spit and on said carving tray without removing said spit from said mounts, said carving tray being movable between selected positions on said rails between the endwalls of the housing so that the tray can be selectively positioned directly under the food on the spit.

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A multimodal rotisserie comprising:

(a) a body having:
(i) a frame;
(ii) a housing supported on said frame and having a floor, two spaced sidewalls defining a longitudinal direction parallel thereto, and a pair of spaced endwalls connected to said sidewalls such that said housing defines a heating chamber having an at least partially open top;
(b) heat producing means in said heating chamber;
(c) a spit;
(d) spit support bearing means defined by said body to rotationally mount said spit longitudinally extended above said floor at a cooking level in a cooking mode;
(e) said body defining carving mode mounts for mounting said spit at a carving level in a carving mode elevated above said cooking level;
(f) a carving tray configured to seat on and cover at least a portion of said heating chamber top beneath said carving level to permit the carving of meat on said spit and on said carving tray without removing said spit from said mounts;
(g) a removable cover means seatable over said housing to substantially enclose said heat chamber around said spit while in said cooking mode and being removable for use of said rotisserie in said carving mode;
(h) said cover means comprising a pair of converging panels and panel mounting means mounting said cover panels to substantially span the areas between the apparatus of said housing side walls, with said cover panels substantially meeting at a longitudinal juncture defining an apex;
(i) said panel mounting means comprising detentes defined by said body to engage the upper edges of said cover panels while said cover panels rest against the upper portions of said sidewalls;
(j) said frame defining a pair of longitudinally spaced upright posts mounting said detentes;
and,
(k) said detentes comprising an upper set of cooking mode ears extending from upper portions of said posts, and said cover panels have hooks to engage said ears, and said body defining a lower set of carving mode ears for engaging said detentes of said cover panels to suspend same downwardly while in the carving mode.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

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