Grill apparatus for reducing carcinogens in grilled foods
OwnerRichard M. Baselinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a process of preparing a safer form of grilled or flame-broiled foods by reducing the presence and formation of known and potential carcinogenic compounds in such foods without sacrificing the flavors and organoleptic properties normally associated with such food. The invention also relates to a grill apparatus for carrying out the grilling of such foods. Both the inventive grilling process and grill apparatus utilize a fractionating medium which is capable of separating the lower boiling point smoke compounds from the higher boiling point smoke compounds, allowing said lower boiling point flavor compounds to contact the food, while retaining said higher boiling point carcinogenic compounds and thereby preventing them from contacting the food.
Claims9
A grill apparatus comprising:
- (a) a grill for supporting food,
- (b) a heating source, and
- (c) a fractionating medium located below said grill and above said heating source, wherein said fractionating medium (i) prevents flames from said heating source from contacting said grill, (ii) allows drippings from the food supported on said grill to pass through said fractionating medium, contact said heating source and produce smoke compounds, and (iii) separates said smoke compounds on the basis of boiling point.
A grill apparatus comprising:
- (a) a grill for supporting food,
- (b) a heating source, and
- (c) fractionating medium means, located below said grill and above said heating source, for (i) preventing flames from said heating source from contacting said grill, (ii) allowing drippings from the food supported on said grill to pass through said fractionating medium means, contact said heating source and produce smoke compounds, and (iii) separating said smoke compounds on the basis of boiling point.
A grill apparatus comprising:
- (a) a grill for supporting food,
- (b) a heating source, and
- (c) a multi-layer fractionating medium, located below said grill and above said heating source, wherein said fractionating medium (i) prevents flames from said heating source from contacting said grill, (ii) allows drippings from the food supported on said grill to pass through said fractionating medium, contact said heating source and produce smoke compounds, and (iii) separates said smoke compounds on the basis of boiling point.
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