| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 099422000 | Imperforate sheet or griddle type | 44 |
| 20100154654 | GRIDDLE FOR A COOKING APPLIANCE - A griddle for a cooking appliance is disclosed. The griddle includes a main body having a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a recessed area formed on the second surface, the recessed area having a center, a periphery, and a thickness which diminishes from the periphery toward the center. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100077930 | Modifications and improvements to griddle table cooking and dining systems - Modifications and improvements to an apparatus used for cooking food on a wide griddle surface, around which meal participants sit, selected from the group consisting of “teppan yaki tables.” The improvements detailed herein to the basic device render it suitable for home use and include safety features to prevent tipping and from aberrant flame behavior from a heat source. Also, a specialized griddle cover is provided for that converts the unit into a home bar. Also, substantial modifications to the basic system entail a method of construction wherein the entire unit can be “broken down” for storage or conversely reassembled in minutes, including a divided griddle surface. Finally, a rigid canopy, suspended over the griddle and table surfaces, for the purpose of mounting lights, audio speakers, other accessories, and for the sake of appearance. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100116149 | Flat-top grill heating means - A flat-top grill heating means includes a base plate, a convex edge is formed on the bottom side of the base plate along the periphery of which; a convex central block is set in the centre of the area enclosed by said convex edge; a plurality convex heat conducting rings are disposed around said central block on the bottom of said base plate; and a plurality convex heat conducting ribs are disposed around said heat conducting rings; when using the present invention, the base plate is secured to the iron plate of a teppanyaki grill with screws, a gas burner is placed under the bottom of the central block, with installation of central block, heat conducting rings and ribs, heat can be conducted uniformly to the iron plate preventing overheating and charring the center of the iron plate; space enclosed by convex edge can accumulate the hot air, increasing efficacy of heating. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20130112089 | Griddle Having Raised, Bun Toasting Surface - An apparatus for caramelizing a cut surface of a split bread product is provided. The apparatus comprises a substantially flat heatable surface and at least one pedestal magnetically coupled to and in heat transfer communication with the flat surface, and extending upwardly therefrom. The pedestal defines an upper contact surface for receiving and supporting the split bread product. The contact surface is formed to substantially conform to the contour of the cut surface of the split bread product, to apply heat directly to the cut surface to caramelize the inner surface thereof. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20090090250 | Multi Grill - A multi grill is disclosed in the present invention. The multi grill includes a main grill comprising a first shell, a first frying plate mounted on the first shell, a first electric heating device mounted inside the first shell for heating the first frying plate, and a power cord connecting a first electric heating device and a power source; at least a secondary grill comprising a second shell, a second frying plate mounted on the second shell, a second electric heating device mounted inside the second shell for the second frying plate; the main grill connects the secondary grill via a power plug and a power socket, and the secondary grill gains power supply for heating the second electric heating device from the main grill. A main grill can couple with multi secondary grills, and only the main grill is needed to connect with the power source via a power cord. The secondary grills need not any connecting power cords, without the multifarious power cords, so they are suitable for multi-people having dinner at the same time | 04-09-2009 |
| 20100263553 | Grilling Apparatus and Methods of Making and Using the Same - An apparatus made from stone, ceramic, clay, fire clay or other like materials has a smooth surface on a first side and a textured surface on a second side. At least one of the first side and the second side has a depressed area for the retention of water and/or cooking oils to aid in the grilling and/or cooking of foods disposed thereon. In addition, the apparatus is generally rectangularly-shaped with at least one side being arcuate to effect heat distribution evenly around the edges of the apparatus and to aid in fitting the apparatus on a grilling surface of a modern grill. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100126358 | HEATING COOKER AND TRAY THEREFOR - A heating cooker ( | 05-27-2010 |
| 20090101024 | Griddle for cooking and preparing foods - A griddle for cooking and preparing foods and more specifically a griddle for use with a gas or a propane outdoor grill or barbeque. The griddle can include a cooking surface, a trip tray, a first sidewall, a rear wall, a second sidewall, a first cross brace, and a second cross brace. The first sidewall can include a first upper sidewall and a first lower sidewall. The rear wall can include an upper rear wall and a lower rear wall. The second sidewall can include a second upper sidewall and a second lower sidewall. The griddle can include at least one aperture located in each of the first lower sidewall, the lower rear wall, the second lower sidewall, the first cross brace, and the second cross brace. The griddle can be made of a metal, which can be a stainless steel. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20110139015 | Frying pan with a long handle - Frying pan with elongated handle with a weight at the end of the elongated handle of the frying pan for compensating a torque generated by the gravity generated weight of the frying pan. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20100162903 | GRILL - The present invention discloses a grill, comprising: an upper baking pan unit and a lower baking pan unit. Said upper baking pan unit comprises an upper baking pan, a first bottom wall and a first peripheral wall, and said lower baking pan unit comprises a lower baking pan, a second bottom wall and a second peripheral wall. At least one of the first bottom wall and/or the second bottom wall comprises multiple convex units disposed on its front surface. Said convex units insert food when in cooking and accelerate the cooking time. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100186603 | GRIDDLE WITH A HEAT SPREADER - A griddle for a cooking appliance is disclosed. The griddle includes a griddle plate of a first material having a first thermal conductivity; a heat spreading plate of a second material having a second thermal conductivity which is greater than the first thermal conductivity; and at least one clamping member for clamping the griddle plate and the heat spreading plate together. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100206180 | GRILL FOR COOKING HUMAN FOOD WITH LOWER AND UPPER PLATENS AND COUNTERBALANCE ASSEMBLY - A food cooking grill assembly has a housing that supports a lower platen which has a cooking surface, and an upper platen having a cooking surface. A handle assembly connects to the upper platen. Handle assembly connects to a guidance assembly and to a hinged and pivotal counterbalance assembly to control the orientation and position of the upper platen relative to the lower platen. The counterbalance assembly interacts between the upper platen and the housing to counter the weight of the upper platen and to react to force exerted through the handle assembly. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100199856 | Disposable Roasting Dish - The invention relates to a disposable roasting dish comprising a lower shell and an upper shell which are essentially made of salt. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20090260525 | Cake pan - A baking pan that includes a base having an interior surface including an interior center top surface and an interior peripheral bottom surface and a sidewall terminating at a top edge in a formed lip and transitioning at a bottom edge into the base. The sidewall has an interior sidewall span at the top edge. At least a portion of the base interior surface slopes upwardly from the interior peripheral bottom surface to the interior center top surface. The base interior surface does not slope downwardly from the interior peripheral bottom surface to interior center top surface. A vertical distance between the interior center top surface and the interior peripheral bottom surface does not exceed 10 percent of the interior sidewall span. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20110107923 | Apparatus and method of cooking a food item by reflecting and trapping thermal energy and simultaneous accelerated bun cooking - An apparatus for cooking ground beef hamburgers by reflecting and trapping thermal energy and simultaneous accelerated bun cooking. The apparatus comprised of a plate that is hinged to the sidewall of the griddle for the simultaneous cooking of both sides of ground beef and buns on both sides. Once meat is placed in a first cooking area, the plates on the hinge are rotated down and come to rest on the meat, applying slight pressure to the meat. Plates are attached to the side wall and to the rear wall. Modified plates are used to facilitate the rotation of a large wire frame that contains a metal chain mail fabric into a second cooking area. When buns are placed in the second cooking area, the chain mail frame is brought down onto the outer sides of the buns, putting weight on the buns and accelerating their cooking time. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110041707 | Wok Water Saver Table - A circular wok support structure | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110041708 | Graphite encapsulated cookware - Cookware in the form of a grill plate, griddle plate, waffle iron, panini press or the like is made from a cast composite including a graphite core plate encapsulated within a cast metal shell of aluminum or stainless steel, and a method for manufacturing same. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110146501 | COOKING RELEASE SHEET MATERIALS AND RELEASE SURFACES - A cooking release material includes a layer comprising fluoropolymer. The cooking release material has a major surface having nucleation structures in a density of at least 10 per square inch. The cooking release material can include a reinforcement material, the layer coated over the reinforcement material. The cooking release material can include a second layer forming the major surface. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110067581 | GRIDDLE TOP HAVING GROOVES FOR FAT DRAINAGE - A griddle top for the fast griddling of a plurality of substantially cylindrically-shaped foods, includes a grill plate, which is disposed on a grill or another heat source, and in which a plurality of grooves are formed, the channels including three approximately flat strips, which are connected at their longitudinal edges to form an upwardly open profile, with at least one piece of food being in contact on at least two mutually spaced, elongated portions of its outer skin, or surface, with one of the three strips of a channel. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20090090249 | BAKING TRAY WITH SERRATED SURFACE - A baking tray is a rectangular metal tray and includes a top surface and a bottom. The top surface includes a plurality of protrusions extending therefrom and the protrusions are continuously arranged in latitude and longitude directions. A plurality of recesses is defined between the protrusions so that the bottom of the food on the top surface does not stick on the baking tray and is not burned. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20110162535 | Griddle Plate Having a Vacuum Bonded Cook Surface - A composite griddle plate comprising a first sheet of metal defining a cook surface and a core plate of a metal having a relatively high coefficient of heat conductivity wherein the first sheet remains in intimate contact with an upper surface of the core plate with the aid of a vacuum. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110132203 | BOILER ASSEMBLY FOR A GRIDDLE - A griddle for cooking a food product includes an upper surface, a lower surface, a first side, a second side, a front side and a rear side. A serpentine passageway is formed on the lower surface. A collector tank is juxtaposed and secured directly in touching contact with the lower surface adjacent to the first side of the griddle and is in communication with the serpentine passageway. A boiler is juxtaposed and secured directly in touching contact with the lower surface adjacent to the second side of the griddle and is in communication with the serpentine passageway. Heat applied directly to at least one of the collector tank and the boiler for heating a fluid disposed therein and supplying the heated fluid to the serpentine passageway for providing heat for cooking a food product disposed on the upper surface of the griddle. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20090049996 | Thin film cooking and food transfer devices and methods - Improved cooking devices and methods of achieving good adherence contact between a low-friction, non-stick release sheet material and a heated food-supporting platen or cooking surface are provided. The adherence of the release sheet to the lower platen is sufficiently good to permit removal of cooked items such as hamburger patties with a spatula without significantly adversely disturbing the release sheet. In addition, good heat transfer is achieved to permit good sear (good carmelization and good browning) on the bottom surface of foods, including hamburger patties. In addition, inventive cooking utensils and methods are provided that incorporate or use release sheets in the utensils themselves, so that the benefits of a release sheet on the food-supporting platen or cooking surface are achieved. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20120118172 | COOKING APPLIANCE - A cooking appliance includes: an input part for inputting manipulations for cooking; a cooking grill formed with a controller for outputting a control signal according to the input from the input part and a grill section for contacting food; and a panel heater in the shape of a panel formed in the cooking grill to be controlled by the controller for supplying heat to the grill section, wherein the heat of the panel heater is transmitted concentratedly to the grill section of the cooking grill and the grill section is heated concentratedly so as to cook the food, thereby minimizing the loss of heat and making grill marks appear more clearly on the object. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20100199857 | MULTI-ZONE COMPOSITE COOKING GRIDDLE WITH UNITARY THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE PLATE - A composite cooking structure adapted for use as a griddle top, presenting a plurality of thermally autonomous cooking zones when engaged by at least one heat source, and having a multi-layered configuration, including an uppermost hard planar member for presenting a cooking surface, a unitary thermally conductive planar member defining at least one thermal break for improving heat distribution within a zone and reducing thermal bleeding among adjacent zones, and preferably a lowermost hard planar member for improving the structural capacity of the structure, wherein the members are preferably metallurgically bonded and the thermal breaks cooperatively define the zones. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20120006208 | PAN - An improved frying pan configured with two surfaces/levels, the first cooking surface used to cook foods and a second surface (a convenient food storage shelf) used to hold/store foods having a slope or pitch towards the outer perimeter of the frying pan. The storage shelf allows the user to store ingredients on the pan itself without the need for additional holding plates. The outward pitch of the food storage shelf along with its ridges allows liquids such as fats and oils to drain away from the ingredients and stop them from re-entering the lower cooking surface. Therefore liquids will not combine with the food in the lower cooking surface and will not combine with other food ingredients when they are cooked. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120017774 | GRIDDLE HAVING RAISED, BUN TOASTING SURFACE - An apparatus for caramelizing a cut surface of a split bread product is provided. The apparatus comprises a substantially flat heatable surface and at least one raised surface portion in heat transfer communication with the flat surface, and extending upwardly therefrom. The raised surface portion defines an upper contact surface for receiving and supporting the split bread product. The contact surface is formed to substantially conform to the contour of the cut surface of the split bread product, to apply heat directly to the cut surface to caramelize the inner surface. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120160109 | APPARATUS FOR COOKING BY HEAT CONVECTION COMPRISING TEMPERATURE CONTROL LAYER - A cooker and a method of manufacturing the cooker are provided. The cooker includes a heating part contacting heat, and a temperature control layer on a first surface of the heating part, wherein the temperature control layer includes expandable graphite. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20100050884 | GRILLING PLATE - The invention relates to a grilling plate, which is divided into different sections, wherein at least a part of the sections is connected to a heating element. To better maintain different temperatures in different sections, the invention is characterized in that the grilling plate comprises a plate forming the top side of it and extending uniformly along all sections, wherein the sections are divided by at least one groove being arranged in the bottom side of the plate. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20110226136 | COOKING UTENSIL WITH EXTENDED ANTI-DEFORMATION SLOTS - A cooking utensil includes a base ( | 09-22-2011 |
| 099423000 | With feeding, discharging and/or movably supporting | 2 |
| 20100251904 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FOLDING COOKED EGGS - The present invention relates to a method, system and apparatus for making egg patties which have been cooked, folded, frozen and which may be reheated to provide an egg patty which resembles an egg patty made from fresh eggs. The invention includes an egg folding apparatus, a method for folding cooked liquid whole egg and a system for cooking and folding a cooked egg composition. The egg folding apparatus includes an endless linear array of egg cooking pans movable as an endless conveyor. One side of the pans has a ramp which extends downward to the bottom pan. A plurality of spatulas are disposed above the pans in an array above the pans. The spatulas are rotatable about an axis which is perpendicular to the linear array of pans, the pans movable upwardly away from the pans and downwardly toward the pans. As the pans move toward the spatulas, the spatulas move downwardly onto the ramp of the pan, move under the coagulated egg composition and rotate such that they fold cooked eggs in the pans onto themselves as the pans move past the spatulas. The invention also relates to a method of packaging, freezing and thawing packaged frozen folded egg patties. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20110100231 | Conveyor Griddle System - Conveyor griddle system allowing for a one-piece-flow, pull system of production holding a series of adjacent metal cooking plates, heated by several natural gas burners, electric, or infrared burners located immediately below said plates and running the length of the conveyor. The system is comprised of a drive assembly, a driven assembly, and one or more burner assemblies. Plates are located adjacent to one another, with the long dimension perpendicular to the direction of plate travel and therefore, the short dimension parallel to the direction of travel. Each plate constructed of cast iron or other metal surface suitable for commercial cooking equipment. Each plate has a single partition approximately midway through the plate that is approximately ½″ high parallel to the short dimension and parallel to the direction of travel. Plates also contain a simple way to attach a clip or spike that is capable of holding a paper ticket. | 05-05-2011 |
| 099425000 | Drip segregating, receiving or directing | 12 |
| 20100154655 | COOKING BYPRODUCT COLLECTOR - A collection lip for a griddle is disclosed. The collection lip includes a longitudinally elongated body member having a first end, a second end, a lateral center line and a longitudinal side. The collection lip further includes a lip member extending from the longitudinal side away from the longitudinally elongated body member, the lip member including sides configured to direct cooking byproducts flowing across the lip member towards the lateral center line. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20090007801 | Frying Pan - Improved frying pan which allows the products to be removed therefrom drained of oil, which has a reservoir for collecting the oil, separated from the frying area of the foodstuffs by a grille which is movable and detachable in order to be able to clean the inside of said reservoir, the grille has an upper area in which there are some openings of greater size, and a lower area with some openings of smaller size which acts as a filter of those impurities and allows the oil that returns to the frying pan to be free of them. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090095168 | Broiler Pan having Grease Draining Function - A broiler pan includes a pan body having a surface provided with a screw bore, a grease draining pipe mounted on a bottom of the pan body and connected to the screw bore of the pan body, and a control screw releasably mounted in the screw bore of the pan body and rotatable relative to the pan body. Thus, the control screw is unscrewed from the screw bore of the pan body to connect the grease draining pipe to the screw bore of the pan body, so that the grease in the receiving chamber of the pan body in turn flows through the screw bore of the pan body into the grease draining pipe and is drained outwardly from the grease draining pipe. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20120024167 | COOKING APPLIANCE - Provided is a cooking appliance. The cooking appliance includes a cooktop part on which a grill module for grill cooking is detachably disposed, a collection device for sucking an exhaust gas generated in the grill module, an exhaust device forcibly sucking the exhaust gas collected into the collection device to exhaust the exhaust gas to the outside, and a guide device for guiding the exhaust gas collected into the collection device to the exhaust device. The cooking appliance enables different types of food to be simultaneously cooked according to different cooking methods, and thus cooking time for food may be reduced and various demands of users may be met. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120024166 | SMOKE-FREE ROASTER - A smoke-free roaster includes a roaster body having a bottom to which a grease collection tray is mounted, a roasting grating mounted on a top of the roaster body, and a heating structure mounted inside the roaster body. The roasting grating includes grating bars, between which solid sloping plates are formed and gently inclined downward from front and rear side edges in a direction along the grating bars toward a central portion of the roaster body and the heating structure comprises reflector assemblies, which includes heating modules respectively mounted below the sloping plates and respectively receive therein carbon fiber heating tubes that irradiate and thus heat the roasting grating and comprise electrical terminals forming power supply connection modules. The sloping plates increase the surface area on the two opposite sides of the roaster body for heat transfer and heat accumulation thereby raising roasting temperature on the two side portions. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20090277338 | Cooking Pan Apparatus and System with Integral Cooking Liquid Drain, and Method of Use - A cooking pan apparatus, system, and method of use, comprising: a drain opening in a side wall of the pan; and a pan handle attached to the side wall, comprising a hollow drain channel enclosing the drain opening and running from proximate the drain opening to a drain exit proximate a distal end of the pan handle. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20120199016 | Griddle Pan - A griddle pan comprises a pan body having sides and an inside bottom defining a perimeter at which the sides protrude upward from the inside bottom. The inside bottom has a center and an upper face on which protrude upwardly rising ribs upon which food to be grilled is laid. The ribs have outside ends disposed at a distance from the sides. The ribs have upper surfaces all lying in a same horizontal, non-curvilinear plane and define intervening spaces therebetween. In the intervening spaces between the ribs, the inside bottom slopes from the center to the outside ends of the ribs and toward the sides. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20110132204 | GREASE STRAINER - A grease strainer that will allow grease to drain from food through the strainer and into a food cooking apparatus such as a skillet when cooking pre-selected food items as the food cooks or as the strainer is raised above the level of grease in the food cooking apparatus. The grease strainer having a substantially flat plate like member of a predetermined shape and thickness with a plurality of apertures formed through the strainer to allow grease to drain. A handle having a predetermined shape is attached at a first end thereof to an upper surface adjacent an outer edge of the substantially plate like member. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20120118173 | GRILLING DEVICE - A grilling device comprises an upper shell and a lower shell, an upper pan disposed on the lower surface of the upper pan and a lower pan disposed on the top surface of the lower shell, and electric heating tubes disposed on the rear sides of the pans, wherein the top surface of the lower pan is slant from two sides to the middle portion, and the shape of the lower surface of the upper pan is cooperated with the shape of the top surface of the lower pan. When cooking, the oil will flow to the middle and will be discharged out from the opening in the middle. The steam can be discharged from two sides because the pan is lower in middle and higher in two sides. Steam is prevented from being discharged from front side. The arc surface has more cooking surface in the same size. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120017775 | Apparatus for Draining Excess Fluids from Food - An apparatus includes a spatula surface having a plurality of holes. The spatula surface is configured for handling food during a cooking process and for enabling fluids to drain through the holes. An arm supports the spatula surface during the cooking process. A handle is joined to an end of the arm. A drainer is positioned generally horizontally above a top surface of the spatula surface for contacting food positioned between the spatula surface and the drainer, and for enabling a pressure to be applied to the food to substantially remove excess fluids from the food. Attaching bars support the drainer and enable movement of the drainer relative to the spatula surface. A lever is joined to the attaching bars for enabling a user to impart a relative downward movement of the drainer to apply the pressure to the food, thereby enabling the user to substantially drain the excess fluids. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20090173239 | Flying Pan - The present invention relates to a frying pan furnished with an arced opening for pouring out cooked stuff, which is formed to the extent of a peripheral portion of a flange. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20120325095 | Griddle Pan - A griddle pan for domestic use, having a base, a plurality of ridges extending upwardly from the base, and gulleys between successive ridges. The pan includes a plurality of barriers, each barrier being arrangable between successive ridges, at a height at or lower than the height of successive ridges. The barriers allow liquid to flow from tops of ridges towards the gulleys, and the barriers being arrangable to prevent at least some liquid from spitting from the gulley away through the space between the tops of successive ridges and away from the pan. | 12-27-2012 |
