A food processing apparatus includes a pressure vessel defining a compartment having an inlet end for receiving food product and an outlet end for discharging food product, an open-top screen mounted within the compartment and movable relative to the compartment between a first position, for food processing, and a second position, to facilitate cleaning, a rotatable auger mounted such that at least a portion of the auger is within the screen, the auger being operable to advance food product within the compartment from the inlet end of the pressure vessel toward the outlet end, and a transfer mechanism including a conduit in communication with the compartment, a fluid discharge positioned substantially within the conduit, and a pressurized fluid source in communication with the fluid discharge and operable to propel a fluid through the fluid discharge to move food product through the conduit.

A cooking device that allows you to BBQ and smoke different foods on a grill is disclosed. The present invention allows for use with or without a rotisserie. It has a locking lid on one end which doubles as a locking mechanism with a handle. Each end has holes to allow for most rotisseries on the market. The holes at both ends of the can are offset. This creates a tumbling effect that helps stir the ingredients when turned.

The invention relates to food industry and may be applied as a device for heat treatment of food products. The claimed barbecue spit comprises bearing rod and at least one reinforcing frame on which a grill net is fixed; the latter is configured to keep the product during the rotation of a barbecue spit. A grill net is made of separate meshed elements placed on both sides of a reinforcing frame, at least one meshed element is bended outward. The invention allows to design a barbecue spit of an extended length and with high cooking performance and versatility of cooked products.

A roasting system for roasting agricultural products (e.g., chili) includes a barrel-basket having a beveled, open-ended rim that allows for easy loading and unloading of agricultural product. The beveled, open-ended rim helps keep the agricultural product from falling out during rotation and when in use for roasting. A support yoke integrated with a U-frame and can be rotatably coupled to a closed end of the barrel-basket, opposite the beveled, open-ended rim. The support yoke enables the barrel-basket to be adjusted by the operator via a control arm. A burner array can be disposed in association with the U-frame and configured to enable flame emitting therefrom to be directed towards and into the barrel-basket. The control arm can be coupled to the U-frame to provide pivoting motion of the barrel-basket into a variety of set positions during operation for loading the agricultural product into the barrel-basket through the beveled, open-ended rim, roasting the agricultural product at various angles in reference to the burner array, and for unloading the agricultural product from the barrel-basket through the beveled, open-ended rim without the need to stop rotation of the barrel-basket or requiring handling of the barrel-basket directly in any way.

Proposed is a cooking apparatus. The cooking apparatus may include: an inner portion in which a food is contained and heated; an outer portion installed in a shape that surrounds an outside of the inner portion; a heating portion configured to heat the inner portion by using electrical energy; a housing portion installed in a shape that surrounds both the heating portion and the outer portion; a first driving portion positioned between the outer portion and the housing portion, and configured to rotate the inner portion in a first direction; and a second driving portion positioned outside the housing portion and configured to rotate the housing portion in a second direction.

A countertop appliance and coffee roaster (10) with a roasting chamber containing at least one heating element (30), a bean container (12), and an exhaust duct (22) for venting said roasting chamber. The countertop appliance and coffee roaster (10) may include a cooling duct (42) for cooling the beans at the conclusion of the roasting cycle. The exhaust duct (22) may contain an exhaust fan (72), secondary heating elements (74), and/or exhaust duct vents (20).

Rotisserie forks and a basket for use on a motorized elongated spit rod having a central axis and a sharpened tip, wherein the forks or basket have a) a split shaft collar having an opening that slidably receives the spit rod and has an inside diameter, and b) a lever-action quick-release clamp that surrounds the shaft collar, has open and closed lever positions, and which when open enables the shaft collar and fork or basket to move along the spit rod central axis, and which when closed reduces the shaft collar inside diameter so that the fork or basket does not move along the spit rod central axis during rotisserie grilling.

A griller for use on a barbecue which has a food retainer that has a top section hinged to a bottom section, the top section being releasably unlatchable to the bottom section to keep the food retainer selectively closed. A frame with a handle is pivotally attached to the food retainer, The latching mechanism, includes a rod that passes through the handle and frame to activate a latch that keeps the food retainer closed, and when the latching mechanism is activated, the two portions of the griller are separated and the contents become accessible. The rod is spring loaded to return it to a position within the confines of the food retainer when needed. The griller is designed to be carried from location to location with the food retainer vertical when latched, as well as with the food retainer a horizontal disposition also with the retainer latched.

A cooking method and a cooking appliance allow the same cooking time to be used to cook different types of ingredients, without any action being required by the user.

A food processing system has a wheel-shaped assembly having a stationary sub-assembly and a movable sub-assembly. The movable sub-assembly has three or more arms extending away from the stationary sub-assembly; three or more connecting rods; three or more pivoters; three or more rotators; and three or more food processing devices. The three or more food processing devices comprise a plurality of cooking chambers and a plurality of blenders. The three or more arms are rotatable about a first direction. A horizontal diameter of each connecting rod stays in a respective horizontal position parallel to a second direction perpendicular to the first direction during rotation of the respective arm about the first direction.