Patent ID: 6786139
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
Apparatus for deep fat frying of food items comprising:a cooking vessel including first and second opposed upright end walls each having respective upper and lower edges, first and second opposed upright sidewalk each having respective upper and lower edges, and a bottom wall extending between the end walls and the side walls to provide a vessel adapted for retaining a quantity of a cooking medium therein, said bottom wall including first and second sloping wall surfaces diverging and downwardly extending from an elongated central raised portion, said central raised portion longitudinally extending between said end walls; and a heater support assembly including a frame and an elongated heating element, said frame being complementally configured to said cooking vessel for resisting horizontal movement of the cooking vessel relative to the frame and for removably supporting said cooking vessel above said heating element with the central raised portion being in spaced relationship directly above and in vertical alignment with said elongated heating element, wherein said frame includes an upright retaining member adjacent said cooking vessel side walls and end walls when said cooking vessel is received in said frame, and wherein said cooking vessel side walls and end walls are complementally sized and configured relative to said frame whereby said frame receives said cooking vessel inside said retaining member only with said central raised portion positioned in vertical alignment with said elongated heating element.