Steam cooking rack and method
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1. A cooking receptacle support for use within a steam cooking chamber comprising:
- an open framework rack of a height for supporting cooking receptacles at a plurality of elevations in said chamber;
said rack having an intermediate terrace structure providing generally upwardly facing first shoulder means of substantially smaller width than an upwardly extending substantially larger width portion of the rack which leaves a clear space above said terrace structure;
said rack having substantially wider upwardly facing second shoulder means provided by said larger width portion of the rack;
said first shoulder means having a plurality of support surfaces substantially equidistantly disposed around a perimeter of said first shoulder means for stably supporting a relatively narrow cooking receptacle such that said narrow cooking receptacle cannot tip;
said second shoulder means having a plurality of support surfaces substantially equidistantly disposed around a perimeter of said second shoulder means in registry with said support surfaces of said first shoulder means for stably supporting a relatively wider cooking receptacle such that said wider cooking receptacle cannot tip at an elevation above said narrow cooking receptacle, and if an upper end part of said narrow receptacle extends to a greater width than said first shoulder means such upper end part is accomodated in said space above said terrace structure, or a cooking receptacle having a flat base may be supported on said base directly on said terrace structure;
said first shoulder means having at a smaller width thereof an upwardly facing ring member fixedly connected thereto for providing structural integrity for the rack and for receiving and supporting a cooking receptacle of increasing diameter for maintaining said receptacle spaced from a bottom of said chamber;
and said support maintaining open spaces for steam circulation on all sides of each cooking receptacle supported thereby.
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Abstract
An open framework rack has shoulders of progressively greater width for supporting within the rack cooking receptacles of progressively greater width one spaced above the other for efficient steam cooking within a steam chamber. The rack desirably comprises wireform risers providing stepped terraces. A plurality of connecting rings secure the risers in the rack. A multichannel/rib adapter is adapted for supporting a cooking receptacle on the rack or on the bottom of a steam chamber. The rack is adapted for handling by upstanding ears thereon or by a bail removably engaging the ears.
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1. A cooking receptacle support for use within a steam cooking chamber comprising:
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an open framework rack of a height for supporting cooking receptacles at a plurality of elevations in said chamber; said rack having an intermediate terrace structure providing generally upwardly facing first shoulder means of substantially smaller width than an upwardly extending substantially larger width portion of the rack which leaves a clear space above said terrace structure; said rack having substantially wider upwardly facing second shoulder means provided by said larger width portion of the rack; said first shoulder means having a plurality of support surfaces substantially equidistantly disposed around a perimeter of said first shoulder means for stably supporting a relatively narrow cooking receptacle such that said narrow cooking receptacle cannot tip; said second shoulder means having a plurality of support surfaces substantially equidistantly disposed around a perimeter of said second shoulder means in registry with said support surfaces of said first shoulder means for stably supporting a relatively wider cooking receptacle such that said wider cooking receptacle cannot tip at an elevation above said narrow cooking receptacle, and if an upper end part of said narrow receptacle extends to a greater width than said first shoulder means such upper end part is accomodated in said space above said terrace structure, or a cooking receptacle having a flat base may be supported on said base directly on said terrace structure; said first shoulder means having at a smaller width thereof an upwardly facing ring member fixedly connected thereto for providing structural integrity for the rack and for receiving and supporting a cooking receptacle of increasing diameter for maintaining said receptacle spaced from a bottom of said chamber; and said support maintaining open spaces for steam circulation on all sides of each cooking receptacle supported thereby. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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