Rib Paddle

Abstract

Cooking certain types of foods on a grill or smoker, such as baby back or St. Louis ribs often results in breakage of the rib rack or damage to the bark. The most common method of using a spatula presents these issues when turning or removing the rack from the surface of the grill. This invention eliminates these issues.

With cooking utensils such as a spatula, removal often damages the bark or crust that forms on the smoked meat. The surface area of the invention is sufficient to lift and transport a rack of ribs, and its beveled front edge enables the paddle to slide under the rack of ribs without collapsing or damaging the ribs or damaging the bark.

Claims

1. A cooking utensil comprising a continuous slab of material with an elongated body and a flat surface, having a handle end and an opposite end with a beveled edge.

2. The cooking utensil described in claim 1, wherein the means of sliding underneath the meat without damaging it is achieved by the beveled edge separating the meat from the cooking surface.

3. The cooking utensil described in claim 1, wherein the means of lifting the meat from the cooking surface is accomplished with the elongated flat surface.

4. The cooking utensil described in claim 1, wherein the means of transporting the meat to and from the cooking surface is accomplished with the elongated flat surface.

Description

INVENTION DESCRIPTION

[0005] The present invention is a barbecue cooking utensil comprised of one solid piece, the preferred embodiment of which is made of wood, comprising a handle (FIG. 2), a flat surface for loading and handling racks of ribs (FIG. 3), and a beveled front edge (FIG. 7,8,9), which enables the utensil to slide easily under even the most delicate of baby back ribs, without damaging the bark or breaking the ribs, to load, remove or transport a rack of ribs.

[0006] Although the present invention has, been described in terms of the preferred embodiments above, numerous modifications and/or additions to the above-described preferred embodiment would be readily apparent to one skilled in the art. It is intended that the scope of the present invention extend to all such modifications and/or additions and that the scope of the present invention is limited solely by the claims of the invention.