An apparatus for holding and rotating food, the apparatus comprising a fork, an extendible arm configured to removably attach the fork, a motor configured to be coupled to the fork to rotate the fork and a height adjustable support for the arm. The fork includes prongs that are U shaped, wherein the distal ends of the prongs are bent backward and include a wave or zig-zag portions.

An expandable barbeque grill grate especially adapted for use in connection with different size barbeque grills and having a pair of coplanar plates with each of the plates including a frame with multiple parallel fingers extending from the grate frame with the fingers of one grate alternately interleaved with the fingers of the other grate and the sidewalls of adjacent fingers being in close face contacting relation and angularly disposed with respect to the horizontal plane of the barbeque grill grate.

A device for configuring foil for use in cooking food comprising a base portion comprising first and second portions, the second portion pivoting relative to the first portion; a first plurality of rotatable elements operatively associated with the first portion; and a second plurality of rotatable elements operatively associated with the second portion; the first portion operating to pivot relative to the second portion for entry of foil therebetween; the first and second plurality of rotatable elements operating to configure foil as the foil passes between the first and second plurality of rotatable elements.

A rotisserie cooking system and a skewer rotation system for a rotisserie cooking system having a plurality of independent motors that are capable of independent rotation of a plurality removable skewers. The system having a main body of sidewalls, top, bottom, door, and a heating element. The system is also capable of battery operation and variable adjustability for the motors of the system. The rotisserie cooking system also defining an interior cooking chamber and a mechanical components chamber wherein all components can operate under high-heat conditions. In some embodiments, a warming compartment exists in the top wall of the rotisserie cooking system.

A rotisserie oven for a food product, such as poultry, has a casing defining an oven cavity, and has a rotor, rotatably connected to the casing, with a drive for driving the rotor, and a heater for heating the food product, and a control system for controlling the drive. The control system has a control unit, a touchscreen, and a contactless motion sensor which is configured to recognize a motion of an object or of an operator's body part in front of the contactless motion sensor. The control system is programmed to initiate an action based on the recognized motion.

A rotisserie oven for a food product, such as poultry, has a casing defining an oven cavity, and has a rotor, rotatably connected to the casing, with a drive for driving the rotor, and a heater for heating the food product, and a control system for controlling the drive. The control system has a control unit, a touchscreen, and a contactless motion sensor which is configured to recognize a motion of an object or of an operator's body part in front of the contactless motion sensor. The control system is programmed to initiate an action based on the recognized motion.

Disclosure of a flipping device for cooking foods in an oven at home or at a commercial location resulting in a uniform cooking of the food as well as retaining a juicy texture uniformly within the food.

A device for roasting a food item includes a stand having a frame adapted to be positioned on a surface of a cooking device. The frame includes an upper frame member. A food hanger is adapted to support the food item and engages the upper frame member in a removable fashion so that a majority of the food item is suspended below the upper frame member and above the surface of the cooking device when the frame is positioned thereon.

A grill device for grilling food to be grilled, to a coupling and to a plate for food to be grilled is provided. The grill device includes at least one frame having at least one frame element and at least one holding element, arranged at one end of the frame element. The grill device can be rotated about a vertical longitudinal axis A and is suspended or supported upright along the vertical rotational axis. At least one support element for food to be grilled is arranged thereon. The at least one support element has a first portion which has an opening through which the frame element can be inserted. The frame element has a non-rotationally symmetrical cross-section such that the support element for the food to be grilled and the frame element cooperate by interlocking with respect to a normal plane N of the vertical longitudinal axis A.

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.