Utensil for oven cooking

Claim 2

A utensil for oven roasting and broiling of foods comprising in combination superimposed upper and lower conformingly shaped dishes, and means for supporting the food above said upper dish during roasting or broiling, said lower dish being adapted to retain fluids, said upper dish having at least one hole formed in its bottom for the passage of fats and fluids from said food into said lower dish and for the passage of moisture outwardly from said lower dish about said food, each of said dishes having a peripheral side wall terminating in an outwardly flanged edge, the flanged edge of said upper dish mating with the flanged edge of said lower dish, clamping means engaging about at least a portion of said flanged edges for securing said superimposed dishes closed about their periphery.

Claim 3

The utensil according to claim 1 wherein the upper dish has a flat bottom and is provided with a plurality of rows of holes.

Claim 4

The utensil according to claim 1 wherein said upper dish has a convex bottom and is provided with a plurality of holes located at the lowest points of convexity.

Claim 5

A utensil for oven roasting and broiling of foods comprising in combination superimposed upper and lower conformingly shaped dishes, and means for supporting the food above said upper dish during roasting or broiling, said lower dish being adapted to retain fluids, said upper dish having at least one hole formed in its bottom for the passage of fats and fluids from said food into said lower dish and for the passage of moisture outwardly from said lower dish about said food, said upper and lower dishes having peripheral side walls terminating in mating outwardly flanged edges, including means for removable securing said superimposed dishes, comprising a wire frame having two large inverted U-shaped stringers the smaller limbs of which are provided on each side of said utensil with loops adapted to press and hold together the flanged edges of said dishes in assembled configuration, the small limbs at each side of said utensil being joined by at least two vertically superimposed cross members, the upper cross member being adapted to be located above the level of said flanges to provide rest for said food supporting means, the lower one of said cross members being located below the level of said flanges and being bent to constitute handles.

Claim 6

A utensil for oven roasting and broiling of foods comprising in combination superimposed upper and lower conformingly shaped dishes, and means for supporting the food above said upper dish during roasting or broiling, said lower dish being adapted to retain fluids, said upper dish having at least one hole formed in its bottom for the passage of fats and fluids from said food into said lower dish and for the passage of moisture outwardly from said lower dish about said food, said upper and lower dishes having peripheral side walls terminating in mating outwardly flanged edges, including means for removable securing said superimposed dishes, comprising a wire frame having two large inverted U-shaped stringers the smaller limbs of which are provided on each side of said utensil with loops adapted to press and hold together the flanged edges of said dishes in assembled configuration, the small limbs at each side of said utensil being joined by at least two vertically superimposed cross members, the upper cross member being adapted to be located above the level of said flanges to provide rest for said food supporting means, the lower one of said cross members being located below the level of said flanges and being bent to constitute handles.

Claim 7

The utensil according to claim 4 in which one of said upper cross members is made of two pieces of wire spaced parallel to each other and joined vertically by spaced pins.

Claim 8

The utensil according to claim 4 in which said food supporting means comprises a grid of light wire.

Claim 9

The utensil according to claim 5 in which said vertical pins joining said wires of said upper cross member are spaced in paired relationship to form a series of narrow vertical catches.

Claim 10

The utensil according to claim 7 in which said food supporting means comprises a plurality of skewers, each having a sharp end and a 360° twist therein, said skewers engaging within said vertically paired pins and having a handle at the opposite end resting on said opposite cross bar.

Claim 11

The utensil according to claim 5 in which said grid has a width less than the distance between said stringers and a length greater than the distance between said upper cross bars such that it may rest on said cross bars.

Claim 12

The utensil according to claim 9 in which one end of said grid is formed with spaced loops shaped to engage within said catches.

Claim 13

The utensil according to claim 4 wherein said upper dish has a convex bottom and is provided with a plurality of holes located at the lowest points of convexity.

Claim 14

A utensil for oven roasting and broiling of foods, comprising in combination superimposed upper and lower conformingly shaped dishes, and means for supporting the food spaced above said upper dish during roasting or broiling, said lower dish being adapted to retain fluids, said upper dish being supported within said lower dish so that its bottom is spaced from the bottom of said lower dish, and having a convex bottom extending in cross-section between opposite walls thereof, the lowest point of said bottom being along the marginal edge adjacent said opposite walls, each of said marginal edges being provided with at least one hole for the passage of fats and fluid from said food into said lower dish about said food.

Claim 15

A utensil for oven roasting and broiling of foods, comprising in combination superimposed upper and lower conformingly shaped dishes, and means for supporting the food spaced above said upper dish during roasting or broiling, said lower dish being adapted to retain fluids, said upper dish being supported within said lower dish so that its bottom is spaced from the bottom of said lower dish, and having a convex bottom extending in cross-section between opposite walls thereof, the lowest point of said bottom being along the marginal edge adjacent said opposite walls, each of said marginal edges being provided with at least one hole for the passage of fats and fluid from said food into said lower dish about said food.

Claim 16

The utensil according to claim 12 wherein each of said dishes has peripheral side walls terminating in an outwardly flanged edge, the flanged edge of said upper dish peripherally covering and matingly engaging the flanged edge of said lower dish and means for clamping said dishes in mating engagement.

Claim 17

The utensil according to claim 12 whereby said means for supporting the food comprises a wire grid being in extent less than the distance between the marginal edges.