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US 6,553,898 B2Granted
Cooking tongs
OwnerJohn Folkertsmainventor
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A barbecue cooking tool with a pair of hand holdable implements. The implements are configured so as to be capable to firmly hold an entire rack of ribs therebetween during a barbecue grilling process without the ribs separating and falling apart. The tool also includes a clasping mechanism for holding the implements together about the ribs. In one embodiment, the implements of the barbecue cooking tool are separable from one another during normal use and include a first implement and an second implement. Both of the implements have spaced apart rods. The spaced apart rods of the first implement are connected by a connecting rod at one end and by a raised portion on the other end. The spaced rods of the second implement are connected by rounded portions at both ends thereof. The clasping mechanism includes one rounded end of the second implement inserted beneath the raised portion of the first implement. The other end of the second implement is also insertable beneath the connecting rod of the first implement as the implements are being forced by a food item therebetween in this embodiment.
A barbecue cooking tool comprising first and second hand holdable implements, said implements including spaced apart rods configured so as to be capable to firmly hold an entire rack of ribs therebetween during a barbecue grilling process without the ribs separating and falling apart, and a clasping mechanism for holding said implements together about the ribs, said spaced apart rods of said first implement being connected by a connecting rod at one end and by a raised portion on the other end.
A barbecue cooking tool comprising a pair of implements configured and capable of holding an entire rack of ribs, wherein said implements are separable from one another during the normal course of using said barbecue cooking tool, a clasping mechanism for holding said tool firmly about the rack of ribs without the ribs separating or tearing apart during the cooking process, said clasping mechanism including one end of one implement wedged against one end of the other implement, and the other end of said one implement wedged against the other end of said other implement as forced by a food item between said implements.
A barbecue cooking tool comprising a pair of implements configured and capable of holding an entire rack of ribs during a barbecue cooking process, and said implements configured to have a length that extends transverse to bones of the ribs to be cooked, and one of said implements configured with a width that is narrower then the ends of the ribs to be cooked, said one implement designed to engage the ribs on a concave side thereof, said pair of implements being completely separable from one another during the normal use of said barbecue cooking tool, and both of said implements having spaced apart rods and said rods of one implement are spaced apart farther than said rods of the other implement.
A barbecue cooking tool comprising a pair of implements configured and capable of holding an entire rack of ribs during a barbecue cooking process, said implements configured to have a length that extends transverse to bones of the ribs to be cooked, and at least one of said implements configured to have a width that is narrower than the widest width of the bones of the ribs to be cooked, and said implements further designed to clasp the ribs on opposite sides thereof along the length, said one implement having a pair of spaced apart rods connected by two ends and said other implement includes a pair of spaced apart rods connected at one end by a transverse rod and at the other end by a transverse raised portion.
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