COOKING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE

• US 20160174761A1
• Filed: 12/21/2015
• Published: 06/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Blair Paulsen, Heath Paulsen, Mark Paulsen
• Original Assignee: Blair Paulsen, Heath Paulsen, Mark Paulsen
• Inventors: Paulsen, Heath, Paulsen, Blair, Paulsen, Mark
• Granted Patent: US 10,441,106 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 36/027 Cooking- or baking-vessels specially adapted for use in microwave ovens; Accessories therefor

Abstract

An improved bacon cooking system and method of use is presented which includes a container that houses a rack having a pair of sidewalls with a curved member that extends between the sidewalls. The curved member includes a plurality of vanes and a plurality of perforations. A plurality of inserts are sized and shaped to be placed over the curved member in overlapping stacked relation to one another. Bacon slices are placed over the curved member and in-between the inserts. When the system is placed in an oven or a microwave oven, the bacon is generally held in place by the curved member and the inserts thereby producing crispy, generally flat and straight bacon without the mess or inconvenience of cooking bacon conventionally in a pan.

Claims

1. A cooking system, comprising:

a container having a bottom wall and sidewalls that form a hollow interior;

a rack that fits within the hollow interior wherein the rack has a surface for receiving a food product;

at least one insert placed on top of the rack and engages the food product; and

a cover that fits over the container.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the rack has a pair of sidewalls with alignment features.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the inserts have tabs that extend outwardly and are received within the alignment features of the rack.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the rack has a curved member.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein opposite sidewalls have a notch that receives tabs that extend outwardly from the inserts.