Patent ID: 7325482
Filing Date: 2008-02-05
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
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 generally rectangular bottom panel, a plurality of lower side walls, a plurality of upper inclined side walls, an open top that has a much larger area than the area of the bottom panel, an interior for holding a cooking fluid, and a pot rim; d) a food holding rack that is sized and shaped to fit the bottom panel and pot interior, with the rack resting upon the pot bottom panel in a cooking position; e) the rack having a hanger that enables the rack to be supported upon a pot upper inclined wall wherein the hanger engages the pot rim and inclined wall in a draining position; and f) the draining position spacing at least part of the rack laterally away from the pot bottom panel.