Auxiliary cooking surfaces
OwnerPeter J. Wilkinventor
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Abstract
An insert for a frying pan is designed to provide a warming or holding function to an existing cooking function for a conventional frying pan. An insert consists of a segment of material of an appropriate thermal conductance shaped to fit against an edge or lip of a conventional pan of a given diameter. The segment is covered with a non-stick surface to protect an existing pan cooking surface and provide the usual benefits of non-stick food preparation surfaces. The insert is provided with a combined handle and clip for attachment to a side wall of an existing pan, and easy removal of a heated insert covered with prepared foodstuff.
Claims11
A cooking accessory for warming food items which have been cooked on a flat cooking surface of a cooking utensil having a substantially vertical sidewall with a lip or rim, comprising:
- a body member having an upper surface for supporting cooked food items, said body member also having a lower surface;
- and
- an engagement or coupling device attached to said body member and releasably engageable with the lip or rim or of the cooking utensil sidewall for holding said body member in position over a portion of the cooking surface of the cooking utensil, said engagement or coupling device being adapted to position said lower surface in contact with the cooking surface of the cooking utensil.
A cooking accessory for warming food items which have been cooked on a flat cooking surface of a cooking utensil having a substantially vertical sidewall with a lip or rim, comprising:
- a substantially flat body member having a lower surface, said body member having an upper surface for supporting cooked food items;
- an engagement or coupling device attached to said body member and engageable with the lip or rim or of a cooking utensil sidewall for holding said lower surface and said cooking surface in substantially parallel relation to one another;
- and
- at least one leg attached to said body member for supporting said body member at a distance above said cooking surface.
A cooking accessory for warming food items which have been cooked on a flat cooking surface of a cooking utensil, comprising:
- a substantially flat body member having a lower surface, said body member having an upper surface for supporting cooked food items, said body member having, on a lower side opposite said upper surface, engagement surfaces for resting said flat body member on the cooking surface of the cooking utensil;
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- a handle attached to said flat body member for facilitating deposition of said flat body member on said cooking surface and removal of said body member from said cooking surface.
A method of cooking, comprising:
- providing a cooking device having a cooking surface;
- operating a heat source to provide heat energy to said cooking surface;
- providing an at least partially insulated warming member;
- removably supporting said warming member on said cooking surface so that said warming member absorbs heat from said cooking surface;
- cooking a foodstuff on said cooking surface, while said warming member is disposed on said cooking surface;
- moving the cooked foodstuff from said cooking surface to said warming member;
- and
- subsequently removing said warming member from said cooking device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.