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US 5,850,780 AGranted
Cooking apparatus
OwnerHugo R. Mascia, Maria S. Masciainventors
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Abstract
An outer housing has an inner cooking chamber and at least one opening for air flow into the cooking chamber. A heat source is located at the center of a lower wall of the cooking chamber. A plurality of food holding racks for supporting food to be cooked are mounted on a mounting assembly at spaced intervals in an annular path around the heat source. The mounting assembly is rotated by a drive mechanism so that the racks travel in the annular path around the heat source, and the racks are simultaneously rotated about their own axes to promote even cooking.
Claims12
A cooking apparatus, comprising:
- an outer housing defining a cooking chamber having a front portion;
- the housing having at least one permanently open opening extending across the front portion of the chamber, the opening being of sufficient size for access into the cooking chamber to load and unload food, and providing for air flow into the cooking chamber during cooking;
- a heat source at the center of the cooking chamber;
- a plurality of food holding racks for supporting food to be cooked mounted at spaced intervals in a path around the heat source and spaced outwardly from the heat source;
- a mounting assembly for supporting the racks at spaced intervals around said path;
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- a drive mechanism for rotating the mounting assembly so that the racks travel in said path around the heat source.
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A cooking apparatus, comprising:
- an outer housing defining a cooking chamber;
- the housing having at least one opening for air flow into the cooking chamber;
- a heat source at the center of the cooking chamber;
- a plurality of food holding racks for supporting food to be cooked mounted at spaced intervals in an annular path around the heat source and spaced outwardly from the heat source;
- a mounting assembly for supporting the racks at spaced intervals around said path;
- a drive mechanism for rotating the mounting assembly so that the racks travel in said annular path around the heat source;
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- said mounting assembly comprising a central rotatable hub and a plurality of radial arms projecting radially outwardly from the central shaft to said annular path, each food holding rack being secured to a respective one of said arms, and the drive mechanism comprises means for rotating said central hub.
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A cooking apparatus, comprising:
- an outer housing defining a cooking chamber;
- the housing having at least one opening for air flow into the cooking chamber;
- a heat source at the center of the cooking chamber;
- a plurality of food holding racks for supporting food to be cooked mounted at spaced intervals in a path around the heat source and spaced outwardly from the heat source;
- a mounting assembly for supporting the racks at spaced intervals around said path;
- a drive mechanism for rotating the mounting assembly so that the racks travel in said path around the heat source;
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- at least one drip pan extending around said rack path beneath said racks for collecting material dripping from food cooking in said racks.
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A cooking apparatus, comprising:
- an outer housing defining a cooking chamber;
- the housing having at least one opening for air flow into the cooking chamber;
- a heat source at the center of the cooking chamber;
- a plurality of food holding racks for supporting food to be cooked mounted at spaced intervals in a path around the heat source and spaced outwardly from the heat source;
- a mounting assembly for supporting the racks at spaced intervals around said path;
- a drive mechanism for rotating the mounting assembly so that the racks travel in said path around the heat source;
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- a heat reflector above the heat source for reflecting hot air outwardly towards the food holding racks.
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A cooking apparatus, comprising:
- an outer housing defining a cooking chamber;
- the housing having at least one opening for air flow into the cooking chamber;
- a heat source at the center of the cooking chamber;
- a plurality of food holding racks for supporting food to be cooked mounted at spaced intervals in a path around the heat source and spaced outwardly from the heat source;
- a mounting assembly for supporting the racks at spaced intervals around said path;
- a drive mechanism for rotating the mounting assembly so that the racks travel in said path around the heat source;
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- said outer housing including a base beneath said cooking chamber, and a central cylinder extending through said base to said central heat source.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.