Food product lifting and positioning device

A lifting and positioning device for food products such as poultry, roasts, and hams, said lifting device comprising:

• first and second clamping elements each having an upper end portion and a lower end, said each clamping element having a food product support means attached at the lower end thereof for grasping said food product via a clamping action, said first and second clamping elements being interconnected by:
• a disengagable hinging means which provides a pivotable axis for the clamping action of said first and second clamping elements, said hinging means is engagable to pivotably interconnect said first and second clamping elements thereby defining an operational orientation, and wherein said hinging means is disengagable in order to provide for separation of said first and second clamping elements when not in said operational orientation;
• and,
• a handle means for transferring the squeezing action of the hands of a user to the clamping action of said first and second clamping elements, said handle means being at least releasably engagable onto each of said first and second clamping elements intermediate the upper end portions and lower ends thereof;
• wherein said device is adapted to lift and position an entire, unsectioned poultry item to and from a cooking pan.

A lifting and positioning device for food products such as poultry, roasts, and hams, said lifting device comprising:

• first and second clamping elements each having an upper end portion and a lower end, said each clamping element having a food product support member attached at said lower end portion for grasping said food product via a clamping action, said first and second clamping elements being interconnected by;
• a disengagable hinge which provides a pivotable axis for the clamping action of said first and second clamping elements, said hinge being selectively engagable or disengagable to couple and uncouple, respectively, said first and second clamping elements such that said hinge is engagable to pivotably interconnect said first and second clamping elements thereby defining an operational orientation, and wherein said hinge is disengagable in order to provide for separation of said first and second clamping elements when not in said operational orientation, said hinge disposed at the upper end portion of said first and second clamping elements;
• and,
• a handle which is releasably attached or affixedly attached to each of said first and second clamping elements, wherein said handles are disposed intermediate said disengagable hinge and said food product support member, said handles being adapted for transferring the squeezing action of the hands of a user to the clamping action of said first and second clamping elements.