Patent ID: 6073543
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
An apparatus for roasting food items comprising, in combination:a pot member having a base wall portion and a substantially cylindrical sidewall portion contiguous with said base wall portion, said base wall portion and said sidewall portions together defining an outer pot surface, said sidewall portion surrounding a centrally disposed longitudinal pot axis and extending upwardly from the base wall portion to terminate in a rim portion adjacent an upper end of the pot member, which rim portion encircles, in adjacent relation, an opening of the pot member;a heat source means for applying heat to the outer pot surface to effect said roasting;a cradle means for supporting the pot member above the heat source means in selectively removable relation within the cradle means, with the base wall portion positioned generally downwardly with respect to the open end of the pot member and the pot axis at an acute angle with respect to horizontal, for controlled rotation of the pot member about the pot axis with respect to the cradle means; anda drive means operatively mounted on the cradle means for effecting said controlled rotation of the pot member about the pot axis as aforesaid.