Claims
- 1. An improved deep well cooker having an outer housing, a cooking well having a top opening installed within said housing, a cooking liner disposed within said cooking well, a heat source disposed in heating relation to said cooking well and a temperature control switch electrically interconnected to said heat source wherein the improvement comprises:
a food serving set including a plurality of individual food containers having integral peripheral flanges formed thereon, said flanges conforming to the profile of said cooking liner such that said food containers are supported by said flanges within said cooking liner for heating of food items contained therein.
- 2. The improved deep well cooker of claim 1 wherein said flanges engage an inner peripheral edge of said cooking liner supporting said food containers therein.
- 3. The improved deep well cooker of claim 2 wherein said cooking liner is generally rectangular in configuration.
- 4. The improved deep well cooker of claim 3 wherein three generally rectangular food containers comprising an outer pair of food containers and a center food container are arranged in side-by-side relation within said cooking liner.
- 5. The improved deep well cooker of claim 4 wherein said outer pair of containers each includes a D-shaped peripheral flange and said center food container includes a rectangular peripheral flange conforming to the inner peripheral edge of said cooking liner.
- 6. The improved deep well cooker of claim 5 wherein said peripheral flanges are integrally formed with said food containers and extend outwardly in perpendicular relation thereto.
- 7. The improved deep well cooker of claim 5 wherein the lateral edges of said rectangular peripheral flange are bent at a predetermined offset to overlap the adjacent peripheral flanges of said outer pair of food containers to maintain said outer pair of flanges in position.
- 8. The improved deep well cooker of claim 2 wherein said cooking liner is oval in configuration.
- 9. The improved deep well cooker of claim 8 wherein two semi-oval food containers are arranged in side-by-side relation within said cooking liner.
- 10. The improved deep well cooker of claim 9 wherein each of said food containers includes a semi-oval peripheral flange conforming to the inner peripheral edge of said cooking liner.
- 11. The improved deep well cooker of claim 3 wherein three generally rectangular food containers including a single large container and a pair of smaller containers having peripheral flanges are arranged within said cooking liner.
- 12. The improved deep well cooker of claim 11 wherein said single large container includes a D-shaped flange conforming to one-half of the inner peripheral edge of said cooking liner and said pair of smaller containers in combination define a D-shaped flange conforming to one-half of said inner peripheral edge of said cooking liner.
- 13. A food serving set for use in combination with a deep well cooker having an interior space including a top opening, said food serving set comprising:
a plurality of individual food containers of a predetermined configuration; and a supporting rack including collapsing means, said supporting rack further including a plurality of openings formed therein conforming to said predetermined configuration for receiving said food containers; said supporting rack being disposed in detachable engagement within said top opening of said deep well cooker such that said food containers are disposed within said interior space for heating of said food items.
- 14. The food serving set of claim 13 wherein said supporting rack includes two D-shaped end sections and a generally rectangular center section arranged in side-by-side relation such that when assembled said sections conform to said top opening of said deep well cooker.
- 15. The food serving set of claim 14 wherein said plurality of openings are the same in configuration.
- 16. The food serving set of claim 15 wherein said plurality of openings are generally rectangular.
- 17. The food serving set of claim 16 wherein said collapsing means includes at least one slotted receptacle formed on each of said D-shaped end sections for receiving mating tabs formed on said center sections in sliding engagement.
- 18. The food serving set of claim 17 wherein said at least one slotted receptacle is recessed into the surface of said D-shaped end sections by a metal forming process.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/047,899 entitled Food Serving Set for Roasting Oven filed Jan. 14, 2002 and claims the benefits provided under 35 USC §120.
Continuation in Parts (1)
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Number |
Date |
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Parent |
10047899 |
Jan 2002 |
US |
Child |
10124686 |
Apr 2002 |
US |