Patent ID: 9572455
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: A47J

Claim:
1. An outdoor cooking apparatus comprising: a) a burner frame having upper and lower end portions, the lower end portion being configured to engage an underlying support surface the upper end portion providing a pot support; b) a burner element mounted on the frame; c) a pot that rests upon the pot support during cooking, the pot having a bottom panel, a plurality of side walls, an open top, an interior for holding a cooking fluid, and a pot rim, the pot having an upper section and a lower section; d) the upper section including inclined panels that form a transverse cross section that increases in area with increasing distance from the pot bottom panel, the pot having inner and outer surfaces; e) multiple racks that are each sized and shaped to fit the pot interior in a side-by-side configuration, with each rack including a basket having a bottom that rests upon the pot bottom panel in a cooking position, wherein a majority of each rack occupies the lower section in the cooking position; f) each rack having a handle having upper and lower sections connected at a handle bend and wherein said upper and lower sections form an obtuse angle at said bend; g) a hanger connected to a lower portion of the handle lower section and spaced away from the bend, the hanger enabling the rack to removably attach to the pot upper section in a position above the lower section, wherein the hanger engages the pot rim and inclined panels and does not extend into the lower section in a draining position; h) wherein in said draining position the bottom of the basket is inclined relative to the pot bottom; and i) wherein in the cooking position, the hanger and at least part of the handle lower section are in said pot lower section.