Patent ID: 7966928

Claim:
A method of varying the weight of a food press utensil used to press a food item on a cooking surface, the method comprising: providing a base food press, said base food press formed in a substantially flat body, and having obverse and reverse faces, and edges associated therewith, wherein the base food press includes a handle functionally connected with the body and accessible from the obverse face; providing a plurality of weights for stacking on the base food press, which can be removed or replaced from the base food press, to adjust a total weight pressing a food item on a cooking surface, wherein each of the plurality of weights has a handle slot for accepting said handle of base food press; and wherein the plurality of weights are adapted to be stacked on the obverse face of the base food press, and substantially conform with each other, wherein the handle of the base food press is passed through the handle slot of each of the plurality of weights stacked on the obverse face of the base food press, and wherein a first weight of the plurality of weights substantially conforms to the obverse face of the base food press.