Patent ID: 8067717

Claim:
A method of cooking a food item with an outdoor cooking apparatus having a gas source, a burner, a gas flow conduit feeding gas from said gas source to said burner, a cooking vessel and a cooking vessel support, comprising: placing the food item in said cooking vessel with cooking fluid; enabling gas flow from said gas source to said burner and burning gas with said burner to heat the cooking fluid to cook the food item; initially setting a timer associated with a gas flow shut-off device positioned in line with said gas flow conduit; and prior to a cooking time completion of the food item, an operator manually resetting the timer associated with said shut-off device to ensure attentiveness in the operator of the cooking apparatus; wherein said timer comprises a battery power source support, and said gas flow shut-off device is arranged for shutting off gas flow upon occurrence of either insufficient battery power to power said timer or a completion of a timer countdown.