Cooking assembly

• US 20050072315A1
• Filed: 10/29/2003
• Published: 04/07/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Maestro Grande Cuisine
• Original Assignee: Maestro Grande Cuisine
• Inventors: Romero, Emmanuel
• Application Number:
  US10/695,387
• Publication Number:
  US 20050072315A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 99/403
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 27/10 Cooking-vessels with water-bath arrangements for domestic use
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 36/2405 for warming food contained in vessels immersed in a water bath, e.g. chafers or steam tables A47J36/2438 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/1271 Accessories
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/129 Frying vessels

Abstract

A cooking assembly comprises a bath 2 forming a cavity open at the top designed to be able to take liquid and equipped with heating elements 24 situated outside the cavity, and a peripheral trough 5 surrounding the upper edge 4 of the bath 2 to collect condensate.

Claims

1-13. -13. (cancelled)

14. Cooking assembly comprising:

a bath forming a cavity having an open top and able to take liquid, a bottom wall and a peripheral trough surrounding an upper edge of the bath; and

a heating means with heating elements situated outside the cavity, under the bottom wall for directly heating the bottom wall.

15. Assembly according to claim 14, further comprising accessories designed to be hooked over the upper edge of the bath.

16. Assembly according to claim 14, further comprising a removable support frame designed to be placed removably against the upper edge of the bath and equipped with hooking means for suspending at least one cooking basket.

17. Assembly according to claim 16, wherein the support frame comprises a peripheral skirt surrounding an internal peripheral wall of the peripheral trough when the support frame is placed on the upper edge of the bath.

18. Assembly according to claim 16, wherein the hooking means comprise strips arranged on an interior periphery of the support frame.

19. Assembly according to claim 14, wherein the hooking means comprise at least one transverse strip dividing the support frame.

20. Assembly according to claim 19, wherein the one transverse strip is removable and rests on periphery strips.

21. Assembly according to claim 14, further comprising a lid resting on the support frame, closing an upper opening of the cavity.

22. Assembly according to claim 14, further comprising filtering means obstructing a drain for removing liquid contained in the cavity of the bath.

23. Assembly according to claim 14, further comprising a drain for the peripheral trough for removing a liquid present in the peripheral trough.

24. Assembly according to claim 14, wherein the bottom wall of the bath is thicker than the side walls of the bath.

25. Assembly according to claim 15, further comprising a removable support frame designed to be placed removably against the upper edge of the bath and equipped with hooking means for suspending at least one cooking basket.

26. Assembly according to claim 17, wherein the hooking means comprise strips arranged on an interior periphery of the support frame.

27. Cooking assembly comprising:

a bath forming a cavity having an open top and able to take liquid, a bottom wall and a peripheral trough surrounding an upper edge of the bath;

a heating means situated outside the cavity; and

a removable support frame designed to be placed removably against the upper edge of the bath and hooking means for suspending at least one cooking basket.

28. Cooking assembly comprising:

a bath forming a cavity open at the top to take liquid and equipped with heating means;

a peripheral trough surrounding the upper edge of the bath;

heating elements situated outside the cavity; and

a removable support frame removably placeable against the upper edge of the bath and equipped with hooking means for suspending at least one cooking basket.

29. Assembly according to claim 28, wherein the support frame comprises a peripheral skirt surrounding an internal peripheral wall of the peripheral trough.

30. Assembly according to claim 28, wherein the hooking means comprise strips arranged on an interior periphery of the support frame.