Oven Roasting Rack

• US 20180249864A1
• Filed: 05/08/2017
• Published: 09/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bruce T. Meller
• Original Assignee: Bruce T. Meller
• Inventors: Meller, Bruce T.
• Granted Patent: US 10,455,986 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 43/18 Holding or clamping devices for supporting fowl, venison, or other meat, or vegetables, during cooking or during subsequent cutting
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 15/16 Shelves, racks or trays inside ovens; Supports therefor

Abstract

A rack for cooking poultry or other meat comprises a collapsible frame made from a plurality of rod like members including a cradle within which an elongated skewer is non-rotatably retained such that said skewer may be separable and removable from said rack to turn or plate the poultry.

Claims

1. A cooking accessory comprising a handle suitable for grasping by a user, said handle connected to at least two elongated rods having a length sufficient to pass through a large turkey and at least two shorter rods of sufficient length to penetrate said large turkey without passing there through, said handle and said elongated rods forming a skewer extending sufficiently to support said turkey in a suspended manner.

2. The cooking accessory as defined in claim 1 further comprising:

a frame including a pair of upright frame members spaced apart from one another with each upright frame member defining a central region adapted to support said skewer at an elevation sufficient to suspend said turkey between said upright frame members.

3. The cooking accessory as defined in claim 2 further comprising a crosspiece affixed to said skewer in spaced relation to said handle such that said central cradle region of said frame extends between said handle and said cross piece when said skewer is supported on said frame.

4. The cooking accessory as defined in claim 2 further comprising a base frame releasably connected to said pair of upright frame members to support said upright frame members and said skewer thereon.

5. The cooking accessory as defined in claim 4 wherein said base frame member includes a plurality of upright studs and said upright frame member is connected to said plurality of studs by a plurality of sleeve connectors.

6. The cooking accessory as defined in claim 4 wherein said base frame comprises one or more rod like members forming a horizontal bottom and said pair of upright frame members each comprise an elongated rod member formed to engage said base frame at each end and forming said central region intermediate said each ends at a height to suspend said turkey above said base frame.

7. The cooking accessory as defined in claim 1 further comprising:

a frame for supporting said skewer, said frame including a pair of formed rod like members forming a horizontal bottom, said rod like members joined at their mid sections and extending diagonally with respect to said midsections to define four bottom corners of said frame, each rod member terminating in an up turned stud;

said frame further including a second pair of formed rod like members releasably connected at opposing ends thereof to said studs and forming a support for said skewer on opposite sides of said frame, each of said second pair including a central region formed as a cradle to receive said pair of elongated rods, said skewer further comprising a crosspiece affixed to said pair of elongated rods in spaced relation to said handle such that said central cradle region of said frame extends between said handle and said cross piece when said skewer is supported on said frame.

8. The cooking accessory as defined in claim 7 wherein said pair of formed rod like members is releasably connected to said second pair of formed rod like members by sleeve connections carried by said second pair of formed rod like members.