A grill basket including a basket portion having a bottom with sides extending upwardly and outwardly therefrom. A handle is removably engageable with one of a plurality of engagement assemblies that are provided on different sides of the basket portion. The handle is selectively engaged with different engagement assemblies in order to change the orientation in which the grill basket is able to be used. The grill basket further includes one or more removable dividers that are movable between a storage position and a use position. In the storage position the one or more dividers are located proximate one or more sides of the basket portion and an interior compartment of the basket portion is substantially the same size as when the one or more dividers are completely removed from the basket portion. In the use position, the dividers are placed to divide the interior compartment into smaller compartments.

A cooking appliance, as provided herein, may include a cabinet, a heating element, a first false wall, a second false wall, and a spit rod. The cabinet may define a cooking chamber. The cooking chamber may extend along a lateral direction between a first chamber side and a second chamber side. The heating element may be mounted within the cabinet. The first false wall may be slidably positioned within the cooking chamber at the first chamber side. The second false wall may be slidably positioned within the cooking chamber at the second chamber side. The spit rod may define a rotation axis from a first rod end to a second rod. The first rod end may be attached to the first false wall to slide therewith. The second rod end may be attached to the second false wall to slide therewith.

A cooking appliance, as provided herein, may include a cabinet, a heating element, a first false wall, a second false wall, and a spit rod. The cabinet may define a cooking chamber. The cooking chamber may extend along a lateral direction between a first chamber side and a second chamber side. The heating element may be mounted within the cabinet. The first false wall may be slidably positioned within the cooking chamber at the first chamber side. The second false wall may be slidably positioned within the cooking chamber at the second chamber side. The spit rod may define a rotation axis from a first rod end to a second rod. The first rod end may be attached to the first false wall to slide therewith. The second rod end may be attached to the second false wall to slide therewith.

A system to store food products within a heated compartment is provided. The system includes an enclosure that receives stacked trays, and an elevator to lift trays to a position to receive a plurality of food products from a conveyor or another source. A fork may be provided that receives a cooked food product thereon and rotates to allow the cooked food product to fall into the positioned tray while being maintained in a horizontal manner. A shuttle moves a full tray into a heated compartment, which moves trays therewithin to organize them for future use within a restaurant operation.

The present invention provides single units that contain a large lower chamber, and one or more display shelves above this chamber on the inside of the unit. A roller grill or other large appliance may be provided in the lower chamber, or the chamber may be left open to display large food products or other items. The shelves may be heated for keeping foods displayed on the shelves warm; however, the shelves need not be heated for food products that do not need to be kept warm. Heating elements, lights and sensors may be adjusted using electronic controls to provide optimum temperatures inside the various chambers of the display units. Display units of the present invention allow store owners to utilize the space above a roller grill or other appliance to merchandise additional food products as opposed to requiring a separate food merchandiser to occupy additional valuable counter space. The performance of the roller grills of the present invention is improved over stand-alone roller grills, thereby reducing the potential for lost sales due to food not being sufficiently heated.

According to the present invention, there is provided a tunnel-shaped continuous barbecue apparatus including: more specifically, a main body having an opening portion at a center thereof; a conveyance unit that rotates and moves a barbecue unit, in which meat is put, with external power from one side to the other side of the main body and is formed at both ends of the opening portion of the main body in a length direction of the main body; heating units that are formed at regular intervals at a lower part on one side of the main body and heat the meat in the barbecue unit over direct fire through the opening portion of the main body; smoking units that are formed at regular intervals at the lower part on the other side of the main body and smoke and heat the meat by supplying smoke into the barbecue unit through the opening portion of the main body, the smoke being produced by burning a smoke material; and an exhaust unit that is provided above the main body and discharges smoke outside.

According to the present invention, there is provided a tunnel-shaped continuous barbecue apparatus including: more specifically, a main body having an opening portion at a center thereof; a conveyance unit that rotates and moves a barbecue unit, in which meat is put, with external power from one side to the other side of the main body and is formed at both ends of the opening portion of the main body in a length direction of the main body; heating units that are formed at regular intervals at a lower part on one side of the main body and heat the meat in the barbecue unit over direct fire through the opening portion of the main body; smoking units that are formed at regular intervals at the lower part on the other side of the main body and smoke and heat the meat by supplying smoke into the barbecue unit through the opening portion of the main body, the smoke being produced by burning a smoke material; and an exhaust unit that is provided above the main body and discharges smoke outside.

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.

The rotating barbecue grill comprises a trailer, a pedestal, an elevated platform, a supporting structure, and a plurality of grills. The trailer is a towed vehicle. The pedestal, the elevated platform, the supporting structure, and the plurality of grills mount on the trailer. The trailer is configured to be towed by a vehicle. The pedestal attaches the elevated platform to the trailer such that the elevated platform rotates relative to the pedestal and the trailer. The supporting structure attaches the plurality of grills to the elevated platform such that the plurality of grills are elevated above the trailer. The supporting structure attaches the plurality of grills to the elevated platform such that the plurality of grills rotate relative to the pedestal and the trailer. Each of the plurality of grills are enclosed metal structures used to cook food.

A plurality of heat sources are arranged about at least one conveyor. The plurality of heat sources are configured to output heat towards the at least one conveyor. At least one temperature sensor is arranged at a food product inlet relative to the at least one conveyor. A controller is configured to receive temperature measurements from the at least one temperature sensor and to operate at least one heat source of the plurality of heat sources between a high fire condition and a low fire condition in an idle mode operation and a cooking mode operation.