Method of using a device to lift, move and flip foods

A method to lift foods from a cooking vessel having generally vertical perimeter walls using a device having:

• a handle, a bent downward double pointed member that includes opposing first and second pointed hooks and that is crosswise linked to an upwardly bent end of a shaft, the shaft connecting the opposing first and second pointed hooks to the handle, with an axis of the shaft being mainly transverse to a general plane of the opposing hooks, and the method comprising the steps of:
• a user hand grasping the handle and placing the hooks in a first preferred location next to the perimeter wall of a cooking vessel;
• the user then rotating the hooks in a first predetermined direction generally about the axis of the shaft until a first of the hooks penetrates into food to be lifted;
• the user then lifting the food using the engagement of the first hook penetrating the food;
• the user disengaging the first hook from the food by rotating the first hook generally about the axis of the shaft, in a second predetermined direction opposite the first predetermined direction, until the first hook disengages the food;
• the user grasping the handle and placing the hooks in a second preferred location next to the perimeter wall of the cooking vessel with the second preferred location being generally on the opposite side of the cooking vessel from the first preferred location;
• the user then rotating the hooks in the second predetermined direction opposite the first predetermined direction, generally about the axis of the shaft, until the second pointed hook penetrates into food to be lifted;
• the user then lifting the food using the engagement of the second hook penetrating the food;
• and
• the user disengaging the second hook from the food by rotating the second hook generally about the axis of the shaft, in the original predetermined direction, until the second hook disengages the food.

A method to lift foods from a jar using a device having a handle, opposing first and second pointed hooks that extend in generally opposite directions, and are connected together and crosswise linked to an upwardly bent end of a shaft, wherein the end of the upward bend extends in a direction that is approximately at a right angle to the axis of the shaft, the shaft connecting the opposing first and second pointed hooks to the handle, with an axis of the shaft being mainly transverse to a general plane of the opposing hooks comprising the steps of:

• a user hand grasping the handle and placing the hooks in a first preferred location next to one perimeter wall of the jar;
• the user then rotating the hooks in a first predetermined direction generally about the axis of the shaft until a first of the hooks penetrates into food to be lifted;
• the user then lifting the food using the engagement of the first hook penetrating the food;
• the user disengaging the first hook from the food by rotating the first hook generally about the axis of the shaft, in a second predetermined direction opposite the first predetermined direction, until the first hook disengages the food;
• the user grasping the handle and placing the hooks in a second preferred location next to a second perimeter wall of the jar with the second preferred location being generally on the opposite side of the jar from the first preferred location;
• the user then rotating the hooks in the second predetermined direction opposite the first predetermined direction, generally about the axis of the shaft, until the second pointed hook penetrates into food to be lifted;
• the user then lifting the food using the engagement of the second hook penetrating the food;
• and
• the user disengaging the second hook from the food by rotating the second hook generally about the axis of the shaft, in the original predetermined direction, until the second hook disengages the food.

A method of protecting a user of a device having a bent downward double pointed member that includes opposing first and second pointed hooks to lift and move food and other articles, with the device having the bent downward double pointed member crosswise attached to an upwardly bent end of a rod, wherein the ends of the double pointed member extend in a first direction and wherein the terminus of the upwardly bent end of the rod extends in a second direction opposite the first direction, and a handle attached to an opposite end of the rod and a removable shield, and the method comprising the steps of:

• linking the shield to the rod;
• engaging one of the first or second hooks with the food or other article;
• lifting and moving the food or other article;
• disengaging the hook from the food or other article;
• and
• separating the shield from the rod.