Patent ID: 8863653

Claim:
A cooking utensil comprising a base ( 1 b , 3 ) incorporating an insert ( 1 a ) in a hard material, openings ( 7 ) passing through said insert for attachment with the base, at least some of the openings defining elongated slots ( 31 a , 31 b , 31 c , 31 d ) that are generally arch-shaped in plan view and that each include a pair of elongated sides and a central portion that joins the elongated sides, characterized in that at least some of said slots ( 31 a , 31 b , 31 c , 31 d ) have longitudinally opposite end portions ( 310 a , 311 a ; 310 d , 311 d ) which are elongated in plan view, wherein all of the end portions of a particular slot either lead to the centre of the insert ( 1 a ), or lead to the outer periphery of said insert, said opposite end portions ( 310 a , 311 a , 310 d , 311 d ) of the elongated slots are respectively substantially parallel to one of said end portions of an adjacent elongated slot.