Patent ID: 7146905

Claim:
An apparatus for cooking meat, the apparatus comprising: a base having at least one liquid container connected to an upper surface thereof and a holding cavity positioned in the base between outer wall portions of the liquid container and outer peripheries of the base, the base also having a plurality of handle members associated with outer peripheries of the base, the outer wall portions of the liquid container forming an inner peripheral wall of the holding cavity formed in the base; and at least one separate meat infusor adapted to be positioned to register with the liquid container and receive steam from the liquid container, the meat infusor having an infusor body having a proximal end portion with a greater circumference than a distal end portion to enhance insertion of the meat infusor into an inner cavity of a fowl to be cooked and to enhance stability of the fowl upon insertion of the meat infusor into the inner cavity of the fowl, the meat infusor also including a plurality of openings positioned in peripheries of the infusor body so that when liquid positioned in the liquid container heats, steam from the liquid travels through the infusor body, through the openings therein, and toward meat positioned to overlie the infusor body.