Patent ID: 8459247
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: F24C

Abstract:
1. A cooking apparatus, comprising: a) a burner having a frame that includes a base for engaging an underlying support surface, the base including one or more legs, the frame having a burner element for generating a high intensity flame for use in cooking, the burner frame having an upper end portion with a support surface for cradling a pot; b) the frame including a nozzle tube having upper and lower end portions, the nozzle tube being positioned to extend above the burner element and providing an open ended bore that contains the flame generated by the burner element during cooking; c) the frame including pot supports next to the upper end portion for holding a pot; d) at least one heat shield that is positioned below the flame during cooking and that is connected to the nozzle tube and that extends radially and circumferentially with respect to the nozzle tube; e) the lower end portion of the nozzle tube providing an open end portion that extends below the heat shield; f) the heat shield including a plurality of sections that each overlap wherein a portion of one section is stacked vertically above a portion of another section, each section having a pair of radially extending edges; g) the heat shield having a plurality of leg openings, each leg opening defined by one or more slots that communicate with a radially extending edge; h) wherein each leg is surrounded by edges of two of said heat shield sections, wherein vertically stacked portions of two of said sections abut each said leg.