Meatball cooking device
OwnerRachel Kreitzerinventor
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Abstract
A device for cooking meatballs, which may be made for use in a microwave oven, conventional oven or stove-top. The invention comprises a horizontal drip pan having a plurality of relatively short vertical pegs projecting upward from the bottom, spaced throughout the pan sufficiently apart to allow each meatball to be impaled on a peg without touching its neighbor meatball. Each peg has a disk-like stop for supporting a meatball, and preventing it from sliding down the peg into the bottom of the pan. The pan is preferably fabricated of microwave-oven safe material, but can also be made of metal and covered with Teflon.RTM. or a similar anti-stick coating for better cleaning in stove-top or regular oven use. The pan is preferably dishwasher safe for easier cleaning.
Claims8
A meatball cooker comprising:
- a) a horizontal drip pan, having a bottom and sides and an open top;
- b) a plurality of pegs projecting upward from the bottom of the horizontal drip pan, the pegs being spaced apart a predetermined distance sufficient that meatballs of a predetermined size can be placed on adjacent pegs without touching;
- c) each of the pegs having a stop means for preventing a meatball on the peg from sliding down the peg, located intermediate along the length of the peg above the bottom of the drip pan.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.