US 7,021,202 B2 · Disposable frying pan insert

Abstract

A disposable pan, pot, or kettle liner system for deep-frying foods and includes a disposable pot liner and a disposable strainer fitting into the pot liner made of thin aluminum, aluminum alloy or other metal material having a stiffness adequate to be free-standing upon filling with cooking oil and heating to cooking temperatures while being sufficiently inexpensive to be disposable after use. The strainer is made of similar material and fits within the liner, holding foods to be cooked, and has a circular, flange-like upper rim extending upward, beyond the rim of the liner, to serve as a handle for lifting and straining the cooked food from the liner. The inventive disposable system is designed to be used within a non-disposable pot or kettle, but is freestanding. The system may also be used as a stand-alone unit directly on a heating surface such as a stove heating element.

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Dependent claims

A disposable deep-fry pan insert system comprising:

a single-use, disposable pan liner having a bottom wall and a sidewall with an upper rim, said pan liner sidewall having a tapered portion tapering inward to join said pan liner bottom wall, said disposable pan liner sized and configured to rest within a non-disposable pot, pan or kettle and being freestanding within said non-disposable pot, pan or kettle;
a disposable strainer having a sidewall, an upper rim, and a bottom wall;
said strainer bottom wall defining a plurality of apertures for draining cooking oil from cooked food within said strainer;
said strainer having at least one handle near said upper rim of said strainer for removing said strainer from said pan liner;
said disposable strainer being so sized and configured as to be removably inserted into said disposable liner by use of said handle;
wherein said strainer sidewall meets said strainer bottom wall at about a right angle and said strainer is of such size and configuration as to rest on said tapered portion of said disposable pan liner sidewall.

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