Patent ID: 8151699

Claim:
A stovetop grilling device, comprising: a catch tray, said catch tray having a plurality of downward pointing V-shaped first members, each of said first members having a first end, a second end and parallel side edges; said first members being attached at said first and second ends to a first supporting frame and have said side edges spaced from one another by a first distance; a grilling surface, said grilling surface having a plurality of upward pointing V-shaped second members, each of said second members having a proximate end, a distal end and parallel side edges; said second members being attached at said proximate and distal ends to a second supporting frame and having said side edges spaced from one another by said first distance; said first distance is smallest at center points of said catch tray and said grilling surface and increasing along a line orthogonal to said parallel side edges moving outwardly from said center points; said first distance is uniform for said catch tray and said grilling surface at any given point along said orthogonal line; said second supporting frame is located over said first supporting frame such that a mid-point between said parallel side edges of each of said first members is centrally located between and below said parallel side edges of two adjacent second members and a mid-point between said parallel side edges of each of said second members is centrally located between and above said parallel side edges of two adjacent first members; and whereby, when said grilling device is placed on a stovetop burner and food is placed on said grilling surface and said burner activated, heat from said burner will follow an angled path upward to said grilling surface and drippings from said food will follow a downward path to said catch tray and a substantially even temperature is maintained across said grilling surface from said center point to outer edges thereof.