Patent ID: 6474224
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A shish kebab skewer rack system for cooking skewered shish kebabs, the rack system comprising a frame having a first skewer support member and a second skewer support member, the skewer support members being parallel to one another, a plurality of apertures formed in the first skewer support member, a like plurality of notches formed in an upper edge of the second skewer support member, at least one skewer, the skewer having a length greater than the distance between the members, the skewer having a tip at one end, the tip being received in one of the apertures, a portion of the skewer adjacent the other end of the skewer resting against a bottom of a notch registered with the one aperture, the skewer being configured to impale a plurality of shish kebab food chunks to be cooked and carry the chunks between the skewer support members, a keeper rod, the keeper rod having a proximal end and a distal end, the keeper rod being pivotally mounted to the second skewer support member adjacent the distal end of the keeper rod and being rotatable to an operative position, wherein the keeper rod bears against the skewer and exerts a force urging the portion of the skewer against the bottom of the notch within which it is resting, a portion of the keeper rod adjacent the proximal end being in selective engagement with the second skewer support member to maintain the keeper rod in operative position.