COMBINED BROILER PAN AND BROIL RACK

• US 3,691,937 A
• Filed: 02/04/1971
• Issued: 09/19/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/1971
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Christian A. Eff, Flora L. Meek
• Original Assignee: Christian A. Eff, Flora L. Meek
• Inventors: Eff, Christian A., Meek, Flora L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Scheel, Walter A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Henderson, Arthur O.
• Application Number:
  US05/112,681
• Time in Patent Office: 593 Days
• Field of Search: 99/340,339,385,400,401,421R,421H,426,449,450 211/71
• US Class Current: 99/340
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/049 Details of the food supports not specially adapted to one of the preceding types of food supports
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 15/16 Shelves, racks or trays inside ovens; Supports therefor
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 15/164 Rotisserie spits inside ovens

Abstract

A combined broiler pan and broil rack assembly where the rack is of open wire construction that is supported in an elevated position above the pan so as to space the pan and hence the grease that accumulates therein during the broiling operation far enough away from the source of the radiant energy so as to retard the generation of smoke. A pair of inverted U-shaped stanchions serve as the support means for the rack. Stabilizing means are combined with the stanchions to rigidify the assembly. Preferably the stanchions may alternately serve as the support means of a rotisserie spit in place of the broil rack.

Claims

1. A combined broiler pan and broil rack where the pan has an enlarged flange at each end, the broil rack being of open wire framework that is adapted to be supported from the pan in an elevated position of greater than three inches distance from the bottom of the pan, the rack having support means comprising a series of legs which overlie the flanges of the pan, said flanges having sockets formed therein for receiving the feet of the legs therein, the legs including stabilizing means cooperating with the pan for restricting relative movement of the rack with respect to the pan, wherein the said rack support means is separable from the rack means and comprises a pair of U-shaped stanchions arranged one at each end of the broiler pan over the related flange of the pan, the upper portion of the stanchion including restraining means engaging the rack to restrict relative movement therebetween.

2. A combined broiler pan and broil rack as recited in claim 1 wherein there is at least one strut member joining the foot of one stanchion with the related foot of the opposite stanchion, said strut member also being in engagement with the pan for reinforcing the stanchions.

3. A combined broiler pan and broil rack comprising a pan having an enlarged flange at the opposite ends thereof, a pair of large inverted U-shaped stanchions arranged one over each flange, means for supporting the stanchions in an upright position from the said flanges, and a separable broil rack of open wire construction adapted to be supported on the said stanchions, each stanchion including at least one saddle member adjacent the top portion there of for receiving a portion of the rack therein and restricting the relative movement therebetween. thereof

4. A combined broiler pan and broil rack as recited in claim 3 wherein the said support means for the stanchions comprises sockets formed in the flanges of the broiler pan for receiving the lower end of the legs of the U-shaped stanchions, the legs also being furnished with stabilizing means seated on the flanges, and at least one strut member joined to the leg of one stanchion and also to the opposite leg of the other stanchion so as to rigidify the assembly.

5. A combined broiler pan and broil rack as recited in claim 4 wherein each of the opposite ends of the broil rack is provided with a downwardly projecting tab adjacent the center thereof, while the upper end of each stanchion is provided with a generally central depression for receiving the said rack tabs and thereby positioning the rack centrally of the broiler pan.

6. A combined broiler pan and broil rack as recited in claim 5 wherein the broil rack may be removed from the Said stanchions, the stanchions being of such a height that the said depressions in the upper end of the stanchions are adapted to serve as a support means for a rotisserie spit that would be suspended between the stanchions in place of the broil rack.