Patent ID: 7942278

Claim:
A baking rack, comprising: a plurality of straight wires disposed in a substantially planar manner at spaced intervals therebetween; an outer wire disposed around a perimeter established by opposite ends of the plurality of straight wires; a plurality of height stabilizing members connected to two or more of the straight wires or the outer wire, such that a plane extending through each of the straight wires and the outer wire is disposed above a surface upon which bottom ends of the height stabilizing member rest; first and second handles disposed upon the outer wire proximate to opposite ends of the straight wires; a plurality of upstanding members disposed upon the straight wires that are configured to extend into the cavity of a fowl placed thereon, wherein the plurality of upstanding members each include an arched shaped portion and an upstanding stick, wherein the arched shaped portion is disposed along a vertical plane disposed at an acute angle to a line parallel with the plurality of straight wires, and the plurality of upstanding members comprise a first set of upstanding members disposed in a row and a second set of longitudinally aligned upstanding members disposed in a second row, wherein the arched shaped portions from each of the first set of upstanding members are disposed at an oblique angle with respect to the arched shaped portions from each of the second set of upstanding members, wherein the outer wire is configured to just fit within and contact inner surfaces of each of side walls defining a conventional hotel pan.