A cooking utensil which comprises walling defining an upwardly open compartment having two side walls which are elongate in the vertical direction and in one horizontal direction. The distance between the side walls is less than the dimensions in the vertical and horizontal directions thereby to provide a food receiving compartment which is relatively long and relatively high but is also relatively narrow. To provide a number of parallel side-by-side compartments the utensil (64) comprises a bounding wall including two spaced apart sidewall sections (66). One or more partitions (70) extend parallel to the sidewall sections (66) and span between side wall sections (68) thereby to define a number of such compartments.

Disclosed herein is a hybrid skewer comprising an elongated rod that in turn comprises a handle portion and a skewer portion. The skewer portion and handle portion are separated by a circular shoulder element. The skewer portion comprises a plurality of raised longitudinal fins running the length of the skewer portion and the fins are of sufficient size to engage a food or non-food item and prevent the item from rotating about the axis of the skewer portion. The handle portion comprises a surface pattern, the surface pattern covering at least a portion of the circumference of the handle portion. The handle portion terminates in a tapered tip for facilitating the insertion of the handle portion into a support platform or base.

A portable sanitizing system for rapidly dispensing reusable finger coverings for handling contaminated surfaces in a sanitary fashion. A battery operated ultraviolet LED system sanitizes finger coverings which are customized for use with the sanitizing device. The sanitary finger coverings can be rapidly applied to the user's hand without contamination, using a single hand. Repeated sanitization and utilization are similarly rapid and easy. The sanitizer can be carried by the user or attached to their uniform. The reusable finger covers can be custom fit to a variety of hand sizes and are optimally designed to work with the sanitizing device. The implement aids in grasping surfaces securely without touching the surface with the user's bare fingers.

Enhanced tongs are disclosed for holding and controlling a cooked or raw fruit or vegetable for peeling. The enhanced tongs include a pair of tong arms joined at a spring-biased pivot such that a gripping end of each tong arm faces a gripping end of the other tong arm. A set of gripping spikes located at the distal end of each tong arm projects inward towards the opposing set of gripping spikes. Each gripping spike can fully penetrate a fruit or vegetable without splitting the fruit or vegetable. The gripping spikes cooperate to hold a fruit or vegetable securely using a small portion of the fruit or vegetable so that the remaining majority of the fruit or vegetable surface can be peeled in a controlled manner.

One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for an ignition control module for a gas appliance. The housing of the ignition control module, and/or the mounting points for mounting the module to a gas appliance, can be configured to dispose the battery in a manner that provides for potential battery leakage to flow away from most operable components of the module. Further, the ignitor connection terminals can be configured to provide for ease of connection, by providing a connector guide disposed in a cylindrically shaped terminal housing. Additionally, an ignitor actuator terminal can be configured to selectable engage with an ignitor actuator connector, where the ignitor actuator terminal comprises at least two connector points that engage with a single ignitor actuator connector.

What is disclosed an improved spatula-tong combination culinary tool, wherein the tong member is coupled to the spatula member in a way such that the tong member is movable to and from one side of the spatula member via a hinged/pivotable/rotatable coupling, and wherein the hinged/pivotable/rotatable coupling is disposed such that the tong member can bias food from a cooking surface onto the spatula from the side of the spatula and the axis of rotation of the tong member is orthogonal with respect to the planar surface of the spatula. In variations, the tool-heads of the improved culinary tool are detachably removable and changeable to other tool members, including the ability to interchange the positions of the spatula member and the tong member, in case a user prefers to bias target food items onto the spatula member from one side or another.

Devices and methods to heat food over an open flame are disclosed. An example food warming device includes a fork and pan used together to evenly distribute heat into solid food, minimize direct heat from the flame to the food, and reduce the chance of igniting the food.

The present disclosure provides a multifunctional cooking utensil. The multifunctional cooking utensil includes a kitchen knife, a toothed knife, a fork, a turning shovel, and a spoon. The kitchen knife and the toothed knife are assembled to form scissors. The fork and the turning shovel are assembled to form a water filter food clip. The spoon and the fork are assembled to form a water receiving food clip. With the above structure, the cooking utensil implements the functions of the knife, the fork, the turning shovel, the toothed knife, the scissors, and the food clips, and may be applied to restaurants, barbecue restaurants, hotels, and home kitchens, and achieves an integrated use of a plurality of tools.

The present invention relates to a grilling and cooking spatula device. The spatula device easily flips and lifts delicate food items from a cooking surface without breakage and/or slippage. The spatula device includes a handle and a slightly curved spatula plate having a beveled edge and a large curvilinear surface. More specifically, the handle is generally cylindrical having a mounting groove and a pair of ergonomic grips near the ends of the handle for comfortable gripping. The spatula plate is generally rectangular and includes a continuous curvilinear sheet. A top lateral edge of the plate is fastened within the handle. The beveled leading edge of the spatula plate is used for slipping between a food item and a cooking surface thereby enabling the food item to be slid onto the spatula plate.

A food warming device is shown and described. The food warming device includes a container having a base and at least one sidewall rising therefrom creating an interior volume. A removable lid section is secured to the end of the at least one sidewall opposite the base wherein the base, the at least one sidewall, and the removable lid include an insulative property. The interior volume of the container is partially filled with a volume of hot liquid. A handle is secured to the at least one sidewall adjacent to the removable lid.