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Claim 1

A COOKING ASSEMBLY OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: AN UPSTANDING, GENERALLY TUBULAR, CLOSED-END HOUSING, INTERNALLY HAVING A GENERALLY ANNULAR BAND OF HEATREFLECTING MATERIAL SURROUNDING AN INTERMEDIATEHEIGHT, TRANSVERSE COOKING ZONE, WHICH INCLUDES FOOD SUPPORT MEANS, THE HOUSING HAVING ADJUSTABLE AIRINLET MEANS BELOW SAID ZONE AND SEPARATELY ADJUSTABLE DAMPER MEANS ABOVE THE ZONE, SAID HOUSING INCLUDING AN UPPER CLOSURE SPANNING A TRANSVERSE APERTURE WHICH APPROXIMATES THE INNER PERIPHERY OF SAID ZONE, WHEREBY AN ARTICLE OF A SIZE ADAPTED GENERALLY TO FILL SAID ZONE MAY BE INSERTED AND REMOVED THROUGH SAID APERTURE, SAID HOUSING BEING THUS ADAPTED TO PROVIDE A SUBSTANTIALLY SEALED, HEAT-RETAINING INCLOSURE UPON SHUTTING THE AIR-INLET MEANS, THE DAMPER MEANS AND SAID CLOSURE; A GRATE UNIT REMOVABLY DISPOSED TRANSVERSELY WITHIN THE HOUSING BENEATH SAID COOKING ZONE AND SPACED ABOVE SAID AIR INLET MEANS AND ABOVE THE BOTTOM OF SAID HOUSING, SAID UNIT COMPRISING A CENTRAL GRID AND A PERIPHERALLY SURROUNDING DISHED PORTION CHARACTERIZED BY UPSTANDING, GENERALLY RADIALLY DIRECTED RIBS AND LATERALLY SEPARATED UPWARD-DIRECTED AIR PASSAGES THROUGH SAID PORTION; A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL, OPEN-ENDED, TUBULAR CAGE, REMOVABLY DISPOSED WITHIN SAID COOKING ZONE AND BEARING ABOUT ITS INNER FACE SUCCESSIVE AXIALLY SPACED, INTERRUPTED CIRCLES OF INWARD-PROJECTING ARCUATE SUPPORTS, THE SUPPORTS WHICH COMPRISE EACH INTERRUPTED CIRCLE BEING CIRCUMFERENTIALLY STAGGERED RELATIVE TO THOSE OF AXIALLY ADJACENT CIRCLES; A GENERALLY ANNULAR, TRANSVERSELY DISPOSED GRILL MOVABLE AXIALLY WITHIN THE CYLINDRICAL CAGE AND WITHIN ITS CIRCLES OF PROJECTING SUPPORTS, AND ADAPTED TO HOLD FOOD FOR COOKING AT DIFFERENT SUPPORT LEVELS PROVIDED BY SAID INTERRUPTED CIRCLES, SAID GRILL BEING FORMED WITH A CENTRAL, TOP-OPENING, SPOKE-SHAPED SOCKET AND HAVING ENGAGING MEANS DISPOSED ABOUT ITS PERIPHERY AND ADAPTED INDIVIDUALLY TO OVERLIE SAID ARCUATE SUPPORTS OF SUCCESSIVE INTERRUPTED CIRCLES; AND MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID ENGAGING MEANS TO AND FROM CIRCUMFERENTIAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE ARCUATE SUPPORTS OF EACH CIRCLE WHEREBY THE GRILL MAY BE AXIALLY MOVED FROM ONE CIRCLE TO ANOTHER TO CHANGE ITS ELEVATION WITHIN THE COOKING ZONE AND ALSO LIFTED IN AND OUT OF SAID CAGE AND HOUSING, SAID ROTATING MEANS COMPRISING A DETACHABLE OPERATING SPINDLE FORMED WITH RADIALLY EXTENDING ARMS ADJACENT ONE END THEREOF, WHICH ARMS ARE RECEIVABLE IN ROTARY DRIVING RELATION WITHIN THE CENTRAL SOCKET OF SAID GRILL.