Claims
- 1. A continuous cooking grill for cooking and conveying a food item therethrough comprising:
- a heating element;
- means for advancing said food item along a path substantially beneath said heating element, said path including an arcuate portion and a substantially straight portion, there being means associated with said advancing means for inverting said food item during travel along said path;
- a bottom located beneath said advancing means including means defining at least one opening directly below said advancing means for allowing drippings generated during cooking of said food items to pass therethrough and out of said grill; and
- means for positioning said heating element above said path without any heating element being located below said path for preventing said grill from generating excessive smoke caused by said drippings falling onto a heated surface.
- 2. A continuous cooking grill as set forth in claim 1 wherein said advancing means includes a plurality of intercalated rods including means for initiating relative movement of adjacent rods in a direction generally transverse to their longitudinal axis for advancing a food item in said generally transverse direction therealong.
- 3. A continuous cooking grill as set forth in claim 2 including means for elevating said bottom above a surface supporting said cooker.
- 4. A continuous cooking grill as set forth in claim 2 wherein said arcuate portion presents an upstream end and a downstream end and is substantially continuous in a common horizontal plane therealong and said substantially straight portion is located immediately downstream from said downstream end, the downstream end of said arcuate portion being elevated relative to said substantially straight portion.
- 5. A continuous cooking grill as set forth in claim 4 wherein said heating element is located above at least a part of both said straight portion and said arcuate portion and is configured to be in substantially constant spaced relationship from said part of both said straight portion and said arcuate portion for cooking said food items during movement along said advancing means.
- 6. A continuous cooking grill for cooking and conveying a food item therethrough comprising:
- an enclosure including a cover, said enclosure defining an entrance and an exit; a conveying mechanism for advancing the food item from said entrance to said exit;
- a heating element located above said conveying mechanism and intermediate said cover and said conveying mechanism for cooking the food item during movement along said conveying mechanism without any heating element being located below said conveying mechanism for preventing the generation of excessive smoke caused by said drippings falling onto a heated surface; and
- means associated with the conveying mechanism for inverting the food item during movement along the conveying mechanism,
- said enclosure including a bottom presenting a substantially open area located beneath said conveying mechanism for enabling drippings generated during cooking of the food item to drop downwardly out of the grill.
- 7. A continuous cooking grill as set forth in claim 6 wherein said conveying mechanism defines an arcuate path for movement of the food item therealong during at least a portion of its movement from the entrance to the exit.
- 8. A continuous cooking grill as set forth in claim 6 including a plurality of support legs for elevating the bottom above a supporting surface.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/266,671 filed Nov. 3, 1988, U.S. Pat. No. 4,938,342 which was a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/082,835 filed Aug. 6, 1987 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,796,745 issued Jan. 10, 1989, which was a division of application Ser. No. 06/802,705 filed Nov. 29, 1985, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,686,894 issued Aug. 18, 1987.
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