Spit basket
AssigneeBelson Manufacturing Co., Inc.
InventorFrank W. Beller
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Abstract
An improvement for a spit basket of the type having opposing sets of fingers for holding food items to be roasted. The spit basket is adjustable and provides for movement of the opposing fingers to close around an item to be cooked. The improvement comprises sets of double-skewer prongs engaged to said fingers in a transverse relation relative to a long axis of the spit basket whereby to be capable of piercing the carcass of the item to be cooked to enable the spit basket to retain the meat during roasting without slippage, shredding or bruising of the meat.
Claims12
In a spit basket for use in rotisserie-type outdoor cooking devices of the type wherein the spit basket comprises opposing sets of food-holding fingers having end projections extending basket-inwardly for a distance and a long axis of rotation, the improvement comprising a plurality of double-skewer, U-shaped, prongs extending basket-inwardly from and relative to each set of food-holding fingers said prongs being staggered longitudinally relative to each other and each has a base of the U-shape thereof attached to at least two adjacent food-holding fingers, the double-skewers extending transversely to the long axis of rotation, and the double-skewers of the prongs extend basket-inwardly at a distance less than said end projections of said food-holding fingers.
For use in a spit basket of the type having a long axis and opposing sets of bow-shaped food-retaining fingers having basket-inwardly extending bowed ends extending for a distance and the sets of food-retaining fingers connected by adjustable means for relative motion of the sets of fingers toward or away from each other, the improvement comprising a plurality of U-shaped double-skewer prongs longitudinally staggered with respect to the basket and each being attached to two adjacent fingers and extending interiorly of the spit basket for a distance less than said bowed ends of the sets of fingers and transversely to said basket long axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.