Staged Rotisserie
OwnerJames W. McConnellinventor
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Abstract
A staged rotisserie for cooking poultry includes a housing having an inlet end and an outlet end and a plurality of discrete heating stations spaced within the housing between the inlet end and the outlet end. A plurality of poultry spits are moved through the housing, each spit supporting a poultry thereon. An admission mechanism is provided for controlling admission of spits into the housing. An advancement and driving mechanism advances the spits through the housing in sequential fashion and drives the spits in rotation within the housing, and is operative to ensure that each spit resides within the housing for a pre-determined length of time to ensure that the poultry is properly cooked, thereby avoiding undercooking and overcooking.
Claims18
A staged rotisserie for continuous cooking of meat, such as poultry, comprising:
- a housing having an inlet and an outlet and having a plurality of discrete heating stations arranged sequentially from said inlet to said outlet;
- a plurality of spits for supporting meat products mounted thereon;
- support means for supporting said spits in said plurality of discrete heating stations;
- driving means for driving said spits in rotation;
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- advancement means for periodically advancing said spits from one of said discrete heating stations to a sequentially next one of said discrete heating stations, wherein said advancement means is operative to lift spits from an alternating lowered cooking position to a raised advancement position.
A rotisserie for cooking poultry comprising:
- a housing having an inlet end and an outlet end;
- a plurality of poultry spits each for supporting at least one poultry thereon;
- admission means for admitting spits having poultry mounted thereon into said housing;
- advancement and driving means for advancing said spits through said housing in sequential fashion and for driving said spits in rotation within said housing, said advancement and driving means being operative to ensure that each spit resides within said housing for a pre-determined length of time;
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- heating elements positioned within said housing for heating poultry supported on said spits, wherein said advancement means is operative to lift spits from an alternating lowered cooking position to a raised advancement position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.