Poultry roaster

A poultry roaster for use on top of a heat source such as a gas-fired cooker, comprising:

• a cover assembly which includes a barrel-shaped cover having a circular upper wall and a downwardly dependent outer wall terminating at an annular lower rim defining an inner cooking chamber of said cover, and at least one handle affixed to said cover to facilitate lifting;
• a bottom pan having a circular bottom wall and an upwardly dependent peripheral rim adapted to receive said lower rim of said cover, said bottom wall having a plurality of lower heat distribution holes therethrough which are upwardly punched to form respective upwardly tapered annular grease dams around said lower heat distribution holes;
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• a heat deflector having a horizontally disposed circular plate to which at least one meat holder is affixed adapted to hold a piece of meat such as a whole fowl, said circular plate having a plurality of upper heat distribution holes therethrough and supported by said bottom pan in a spaced sealed relationship to said bottom wall forming a heat diffuser chamber therebetween to mix heat from hotter and cooler portions of the grill to provide a more even flow of heat upwardly from the grill to said inner cooking chamber of said cover.

A poultry roaster for use on top of a heat source such as a gas-fired cooker, comprising:

• a cover assembly which includes a barrel-shaped cover designed to resemble a beer keg, having a circular upper wall and a downwardly dependent annularly ribbed outer wall terminating at an annular lower rim defining an inner cooking chamber of said cover, and a handle affixed centrally to said upper wall to facilitating lifting, said handle including a vertical post affixed at a lower end to said upper wall and a simulated beer tap affixed to an upper end thereof;
• a bottom pan having a circular bottom wall and an upwardly dependent peripheral rim adapted to receive said lower rim of said cover, said bottom wall having a plurality of lower heat distribution holes therethrough which are upwardly punched to form respective upwardly tapered annular grease dams around said lower heat distribution holes, said cover being retainable to said bottom pan by at least one retaining device;
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• a heat deflector made of a thermally conductive material having a horizontally disposed circular plate to which an upstanding basting adapter made of a thermally conductive material is affixable, being adapted to hold a can of basting liquid to be inserted into a body cavity of at least one whole fowl during cooking of the whole fowl, said circular plate having a plurality of upper heat distribution holes therethrough and supported by said bottom pan in a spaced sealed relationship to said bottom wall forming a heat diffuser chamber therebetween to mix heat from hotter and cooler portions of the grill to provide a more even flow of heat upwardly from the grill to said inner cooking chamber of said cover.