An Improved Cooking Apparatus with Bottom and Top Heating Appliances and Automatic Basting Device.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Sept., 1899-Accepted, 11th Aug., 1900
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Cooking Apparatus with Bottom and Top Heating
Appliances and Automatic Basting Device.
I, EMMA JÜRGENS, of No. 66, Friedenauer Strasse, Friedenau, near Berlin,
in the Empire of Germany, Teacher of Cooking, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be par-
ticularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement;-
The present invention relates to an improved cooking apparatus with bottom
and top heating appliances and automatic basting device, said basting device
being located inside the cooking vessel or receptacle.
The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts as
will be described more fully hereinafter.
My improved cooking apparatus is adapted to be heated from the bottom as
well as from the top, but, if found advantageous, one heating appliance only
may be employed.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 shows a vertical section through my improved cooking apparatus, partly
in elevation, ready for use.
Fig. 2 is a plan view of the top heating appliance
Fig. 3 is a cross section through the auxiliary ignitor for the top heating
appliance.
My improved cooking apparatus comprises the cooking vessel b, the bottom
heating appliance a, and the top heating appliance e; the ignitor d forming an
accessory. The bottom heating appliance a is intended to be employed in con-
nection with any suitably kind of fuel and may, if desired, be fitted for heating
by gas. The heating appliance a is suitably provided with an exhaust pipe e
for the escape of the combustion gases, said pipe e being attached at any suit-
ably part. The heating appliance a is shaped conically, the base of the cone
being directed downwards to afford a reliable support for the cooking vessel
which may be placed on the edge thereof. The cooking vessel b contains the
basting appliance essentially composed of the open pipes f f. The lower bent
Said bottom is
part of these pipes rests on the bottom y of the vessel b.
further fitted with staying supports h h for the pipes ff, the latter passing
through rings ii in connection with the supports h h. The top portion of the
pipes f is likewise bent, so that the whole length of either pipe assumes the
shape of a U or approximately so. At the bottom end these pipes f are of larger
diameter than at the top end, an inclined opening being provided at the bottom
end for the better reception of the gravy. The top extremities of the pipes f
A sight
are suitably bent inwards pointing towards the centre of the vessel b.
hole v covered with glass can be provided in the wall of the vessel b. The upper
heating appliance c is placed on the edge of the vessel b. Said heating appli-
ance consists of the vessel k having a perforated bottom s, the side walls being
preferably provided likewise with perforations for the circulation of air. Ver
cross bars
are placed on
tical fire bars
m being
located on top of the fire bars r. Glowing charcoal is placed on top of
r
the bottom
S,

page_text: these bars. The ignitor d consists of a plate o fitted with a handle n, and a cir-
cumferential edge on top of this plate o. The upper heating appliance e can
be closed by a lid g, provided with an exhaust pipe.
My improved cooking apparatus is employed as follows:-
After having inserted the baster into the vessel b, the meat to be cooked is
placed on the bottom g between the two extremities of the pipes f, the vessel /
is put on the bottom heating appliance a, the top heating appliance is placed
on the vessel b and after glowing charcoal from the ignitor d has been dis-
tributed on the bars therein, the lid q is placed on top of the heating appliance e.
The lower heating appliance a is ignited, a door being suitably provided to
permit access. The charcoal igniting device may be placed on the top of the
vessel b, so that it is interposed between this vessel and the top heating appli-
ance c to utilise the heat developed in heating the charcoal. When the charcoal
is glowing the ignitor is removed from the vessel b, and burning charcoal is
placed on the bars m of the top heating appliance c whereupon the lid q shuts
the heater c again.
It will be understood from the preceding description that the auxiliary heat-
ing appliance d serves as an accessory, as charcoal or any other suitable heating
body for the top heating appliance e may be supplied from any other suitable
source without the use of this ignitor d, and it is further to be understood that
the various superposed parts of my cooking appliance must be constructed in
such a manner that they rest tightly on one another for which purpose their
edge portions may be suitably configurated as is well known in cooking appli-
ances of this kind.
The action of the basting appliance is the customary one, viz., when the gravy
from the meat covers the bottom openings of the pipes f and after same has
reached the boiling point it will be forced up through the pipes and sprayed
upon the meat by the pressure of the confined vapour. A constant circulation
will be kept up as long as the gravy is kept at the boiling point.
My improved cooking apparatus may be used if required with one heating
appliance alone.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
An improved cooking apparatus the whole constructed arranged and adapted
to operate substantially as described with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
Ten day of September 1899.
B. REICHHOLD,
International Patent Office, 24, Luisen Strasse, Berlin, N.W., Germany,
Agent for the Applicant.