Radiant heat sausage cook plate

A cooking plate for a grill such as a barbecue grill is comprised of a plurality of generally elongated cylindrical or u-shaped cell members assembled to form a cooking surface. The cooking surface is formed by a generally curved surface on each of the cylindrical or u-shaped cell members. The curved surfaces abutting to form a substantially smooth surface with a plurality of perforations or slots through which juice or fat can flow to the heat source below. Radiant heat is absorbed through the curved surface of the cylindrical or u-shaped cell members increasing the absorption of radiant heat and the rate of cooking and the more even method of cooking the sausage and curved or round shaped foods.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The radiant heat sausage cook plate for a grill, such as a barbecue grill is comprised of a plurality of generally elongate cylindrical or u-shaped cell members cast, rolled or pressed to form a smooth, perforated or slotted metal cooking surface. As shown in FIGS. 1 & 3 . Cell members can be abutted side by side, set out in any practical length, size or configuration to fit indoor and outdoor grills or cook top appliances. As shown in FIGS. 1 . A cell member is generally defined as a cavity in which sausages or other cylindrical or round shaped food is placed when cooking, a cell member can be manufactured in a variation of sizes and shapes to suit the nature of a specific grill. As shown in FIG. 1 . The radiant heat sausage cook plate would be made out of suitable metals. Patterns and moulds would have to be made to produce the cylindrical or u-shaped cell members required to manufacture the radiant heat sausage cook plate. Referring again to the drawings the invention operates as follows. The radiant heat sausage cook plate is inserted into a barbecue grill top u-shaped cell side up, along side other grill grates or griddle cook plates or in combination with both shown in FIG. 3 . The invention also operates when placed on top of the open grill grate. Sausages are placed in the u-shaped cells for cooking which restrains their movement on one hand while allowing the radiant heat emitted from the shape of the cell to be absorbed by the sausages. The u-shaped of the cell will cradle the sausages and allow them to sit naturally, this will alleviate the stress points as shown in FIG. 1 . Fat from the sausages will gravitate to the bottom of the cell which will help stop the sausages from sticking and burning, the cook plate will have a slight fall to one end or have a plurality of perforations or slots to allow excess fat to drain. As shown in FIG. 2 & 3 . It is understood that other types of round or cylindrical shaped foods can be cooked on the invention such as chicken drumsticks, meatballs or kebabs and that the invention operates when fitted to grills intended for use indoors, whether they are configured with a gas burner for gas heating, an electric element for electric heating or other heat sources suitable for heating the Radiant Heat Sausage Cook Plate. While the present invention has been described by reference to specific drawings it should be understood that modifications and variations as would be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art are within the scope of the invention on which is limited solely by the claims and their equivalents.