Patent ID: 8436281

Claim:
An apparatus for heating food, comprising: a base including a first sidewall spaced from a second sidewall; a plurality of rollers configured to support food and extending between the first and second sidewalls, wherein individual rollers extend along corresponding individual axes between a first end proximate the first sidewall and a second end proximate the second sidewall; a driving system configured to rotate at least one roller with respect to the base for rotating the food, wherein the driving system includes: a drive unit; and a plurality of driven units, wherein individual driven units are supported by the first sidewall and selectively configurable in a first arrangement to be operably coupled to the first end of a corresponding individual roller and in a second arrangement to be decoupled from the first end of the corresponding individual roller, and wherein the plurality of driven units operably couple the drive unit to the plurality of rollers when the driven units are in the first arrangement; at least one heater configured to heat the at least one roller for heating the food; and at least one support configured to rotatably couple the second ends of the individual rollers to the second sidewall in the first arrangement, and decouple the second ends of the individual rollers from the second sidewall in the second arrangement.