Patent ID: 8616121

Claim:
A cooktop drain for cooking food in a heated liquid, draining the heated liquid and rinsing food residue remaining from the heated liquid, comprising: a front apron; a sink having a top and having a drain to a sanitary sewer system; a stockpot for containing and cooking food in the liquid, having a bottom portion with a valve inlet and a drainage assembly connected to the inlet, the drainage assembly having a valve and an outlet for discharging the heated liquid and a means for opening said valve to direct the liquid from the valve inlet through the valve to the valve outlet; a grate with a bore, the grate substantially level with the sink top, the stockpot resting on the grate; a burner plate, having a burner with a heat source, the burner sitting below the grate, the grate sitting on the burner plate, the burner plate having an integrated funnel, the integrated funnel connecting to the valve outlet through the bore of the grate, liquid from the stockpot directed through said bore into the sink, bypassing the burner and heat source; and a rinse assembly, the rinse assembly inside the sink connected to a potable water source, having a spray nozzle operative for spraying water, said spray nozzle having an actuator button to actuate the spray nozzle of the rinse assembly, the actuator button on the front apron, the rinse assembly rinsing food residue after the heated liquid drains from the stockpot through the drainage assembly on the burner plate, bypassing the burner and heat source, the heated liquid and food residue flowing down the drain.