Patent ID: 6131506
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A roasting pan comprisinga) a pan1) having a bottom wall and, upstanding from said bottom wall, a front wall, a rear wall, and two opposite side-walls, forming a generally elongated, rectangular shape,2) said pan further having a plurality of pairs of parallel, spaced-apart, hollow upward-extrusions, or ribs, sufficient in number, width, length, and height above said bottom wall, and positioned at predetermined locations in said bottom wall and projecting above an inner surface of said bottom wall, and so dimensioned as to enable any roasting food item to rest on said upward extrusions or ribs, and spaced apart from, said inner surface of said bottom wall,3) wherein said bottom wall having a downward slope at a predetermined angle from said rear wall toward said front wall and said bottom wall also having a downward slope inward at a predetermined angle from said two opposite side-walls forming a downward sloping V-shaped channel along which run-off fat and cooking liquids may descend forwardly, and4) further having said channel proceed until a point approximately just forward of the forwardmost of said pairs of parallel, spaced-apart, hollow upward-extrusions, whereupon said bottom wall descends vertically to form a sump or well in a space between said vertically descending bottom wall and said front wall of said pan, and into which said run-off fat and cooking liquids flow and where they are isolated and collected, andb) a support structure1) in combination having a front side, a rear side, and two opposite-sides forming a generally elongated, rectangular-parallelepiped shape, and further having means to contain said pan inside said support structure, andwhereby said pan is located and stably supported in said support structure, andwhereby a food item cooking in said pan and resting upon said upward extrusions is healthily elevated above said run-off fat and cooking liquids, andwhereby said run-off fat and cooking liquids are isolated and deposited in said well occupying a delimited portion of said pan, andwhereby said run-off fats and liquids from the cooking food are easily accessible in said well for the purpose of efficient basting without potentially dangerous tilting of said pan, andwhereby said basting can be done without keeping the oven door open excessively.