Patent ID: 8919244
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A food grilling rack for grilling elongated pepper food items, comprising: a) a frame defined by a plurality of connected side walls; b) the frame including a lower corrugated sheet defined by alternating peaks and troughs, each trough having a lowest portion, said lower corrugated sheet having edge portions attached to at least some of said side walls; c) an upper sheet of material that is supported above the sheet of corrugated material, wherein the frame and upper sheet are configured to rest directly upon the grate or cooking surface of a grill; d) an array of openings in the upper sheet of material including rows and columns of openings, each opening being vertically aligned with a lowest portion of a trough, and wherein there are a plurality of openings of said array of openings aligned with a lowest portion of each trough, the plurality of openings vertically aligned with a lowest portion of one trough defining one row of said rows of openings; and e) said plurality of openings of said array of openings in each row are spaced apart and each row aligned vertically above a trough, there being a lateral distance between each pair of peaks and wherein only one row of said openings is placed in between each said pair of peaks; and f) wherein each said opening has an internal diameter smaller than said lateral distance between each pair of peaks, but sufficiently large so that an elongated pepper food item can occupy the said opening while a lower end of the pepper food item is resting upon a trough of the lower corrugated sheet.