Patent ID: 8816254
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: A21B,A47J

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for heating or cooking food or the like, comprising: an infrared heater having a discharge end; said infrared heater including a radiation disk, having an upper end, at said discharge end thereof; said radiation disk emitting infrared rays therefrom when said heater is energized; a downwardly curved visor-like deflector positioned at said upper end of said radiation disk which extends outwardly therefrom; said deflector having inner and outer surfaces; said deflector having an upwardly presented cooking utensil opening formed therein; and a horizontally disposed cooking utensil support secured to said deflector at said inner surface thereof below said cooking utensil opening; said cooking utensil support dwelling in a plane below said upper end of said radiation disk whereby infrared rays being emitted from said radiation disk will impinge upon said cooking utensil support to cook or heat the contents of a cooking utensil positioned on said cooking utensil support.