An oven for performing a rotisserie cooking operation includes an oven cavity having a door for selectively accessing the oven cavity, at least one heating element for heating the oven cavity and a rotisserie arm adapted to support a food product within the oven cavity. A motor is operatively coupled to the rotisserie arm for rotating the rotisserie arm and a food product. The oven also includes a control interface having a rotisserie cooking mode input and a control system for controlling the rotisserie motor and the heating element. In addition to other functions, the control system automatically causes the rotisserie motor to cycle on and off to allow for intermittent rotation of the food product supported on the rotisserie arm when the oven door is opened.

A gyratable grilling device allows attached food to be rotated about two different axes and the height between attached food and a heat source to be adjusted for desired cooking results. The gyratable grilling device includes an extension arm, a support lever, a support sleeve, a plurality of food-attaching assemblies, an anchoring fulcrum, and a locking mechanism. The extension arm, through connection to the support lever, allows attached food to be rotated about one axis. The support lever, through connection to the support sleeve and the anchoring fulcrum, allows attached food to be rotated about another axis. The plurality of food-attaching assemblies allows food to be attached to the extension arm. The anchoring fulcrum allows the gyratable grilling device to be mounted to a structure. The locking mechanism holds the support sleeve at a specific angle to achieve a desired height between the attached food and the heat source.

A rotisserie device including a support ring for use in a partially opened hinged covered ceramic or metal grill or in a partially opened unhinged covered metal kettle charcoal grill having a front-mounted cover handle. The device has a generally wedge-shaped or trapezoidally-shaped external side profile that tapers from a maximum height nearest the handle to a minimum height furthest from the handle. The device includes at least one motor mounted outside the ring the drives a removable, rotatable rotisserie spit. The device facilitates rotisserie grilling of large meat cuts above accessories installed in the top of the grill base.

Modular shelving systems for mounting foods within a food preparation environment, including mounting multiple levels of stacked shelves, and mounting inclined shelves which may be advantageous in cooking fowl and other tapered food articles. Radiant energy and moving hot air oven embodiments with efficient adjustable volume cooking cavities, economical construction details, and reduced volume storage. Manually powered spit food mounting embodiments, utilizing horizontal and inclined spit rods to facilitate, among other things, cooking of tapered food articles, such as, by way of non-limiting and non-exhausted examples, fowl and leg of lamb. Powered spit food mounting embodiments utilizing horizontal and inclined rods. Modular cooking cavity extensions which expand to meet cooking requirements. Safety interlocking switching features, which also make embodiment use more versatile. Vertical axis horizontal turntable.

A compact versatile portable cooker comprising a fire pan, a cover, and a pair of support racks adapted to support a spit and adapted to be attached to the opposed ends of the fire pan. Front and back plates are hinged to the fire pan, and one can alternately either secure the cover or the support racks to the fire pan, to provide with the cover a dosed container for containing and storing all of the parts of the portable cooker; and to provide with the support racks a support for the spit above the fire pan.

The present invention relates to a spit roaster for foods comprising spits and at least two supports, each of the supports having two vertical profiles with feet for supporting the support and horizontal profiles which are arranged joining the two vertical profiles to one another, and spaced from one another, determining different roasting heights, and where the spits can be arranged such that they are freely supported on the horizontal profiles of each of the supports, the spits being configured for holding foods.

The present invention provides an accessory for a spit rod assembly, with the accessory being configured to be mounted on a spit rod. The accessory comprises at least one mounting hub having a channel for receiving the spit rod there-through, such that the accessory is movable along a length of the spit rod by moving or sliding the accessory relative to the spit rod. The mounting hub includes a locking mechanism for fixing the accessory at a selected position along the length of the spit rod. The locking mechanism comprises an actuator member for manual application of a clamping force to the spit rod, and a resiliently biased reaction member located on a side of the spit rod opposite the actuator member for applying or exerting a reaction force or counter-force on the spit rod. The accessory may be a fork accessory. The accessory may also be a basket accessory.

A barbeque cooker in which the food stays at a predetermined level and a fire tray assembly can be adjusted as to vertical position relative to the food. The fire tray assembly includes two spaced apart parallel fire trays (for holding burning fuel) that are independently adjustable as to horizontal position. Vertical and horizontal adjustments are accomplished with hand cranks making for precise adjustments. The vertical adjustment hand crank operates a scissor jack assembly. A drip tray is attached to the top of the scissor jack assembly. The fire tray assembly is attached to and vertically spaced apart from the drip tray, allowing space for the horizontal adjustment screws. The scissor jack assembly is attached to front and rear end frames, each having a top portion configured to support a rotisserie and to support a grill. Two embodiments are presented, having different configurations of the horizontal adjustment screw assemblies.

An electric grill configured for cooking food and a method of cooking food using the electric grill includes a housing that defines an open interior and an aperture. Element frames are positioned at the sides of the open interior. Electric heating elements are positioned within the element frames and are positioned within the open interior exterior of the aperture in a direction towards the housing. The electric heating elements generate IR energy that is directed towards a middle of the open interior below the aperture. Heat energy exits the housing through the aperture by radiative heat transfer and convective heat transfer. Such convective heat transfer includes air currents circulating within the open interior past the electric heating elements and out of the aperture.

The invention relates to a barbeque construction kit. The kit includes a frame for placing over a heat source and a manual grid flip-over device which is mountable onto the frame. The kit also includes a rotisserie motor which is mountable onto the frame. The kit further includes at least one cooking accessory attachable to any one or both of the manual grid flop-over device and rotisserie motor.