Seafood boiler apparatus

A seafood boiling apparatus, comprising:

• a) a frame that includes a cooking vessel having an interior that enables a fluid cooking medium to be contained and heated and wherein the cooking medium has an upper planar surface;
• b) one or more burners on the frame;
• c) a basket that is configured to fit the cooking vessel interior;
• d) a pivotal connection between the basket and the frame that enables the basket to be pivoted relative to the frame between cooking and food discharge positions, wherein in the cooking position the basket is located in the cooking vessel interior, and wherein in pivoting between the cooking and food discharge positions the basket pivots about a single pivot axis which single pivot axis remains fixed at a constant location;
• e) the basket being removable from the frame;
• f) a lid that is pivotally attached to the frame, the lid being movable between a cooking position that covers the entire upper planar surface of the cooking medium and an open position that rotates the lid through an obtuse angle;
• and
• g) wherein the basket pivotally discharges contained food items on the lid in the open position and the basket is rotated from the cooking position to the food discharge position;
• and wherein the basket is moved from the cooking position to the food discharge position without simultaneously moving the lid.