Patent ID: 8156859

Claim:
A s'more machine for toasting a marshmallow loaded on a marshmallow-bearing portion of a pick and for at least partially melting a chocolate bar, comprising: a housing; a heat source within the housing; a gear; a rotatable pick holder supported by the gear and shaped to removably and securely receive and seat a first end of the pick and support the marshmallow-bearing portion in proximity to the heat source; a manual control configured to move in a slideable manner by a person exteriorly of the housing; a rack attached to the manual control disposed so as to provide a coupling between the rotatably mounted pick holder and the manual control, whereby slideable movement of the manual control shifts the rack and causes corresponding rotational movement of the gear to spin and thereby set any pick engaged to the pick holder into rotation; and a second support surface, different than the pick, disposed so as to support a chocolate bar within the housing and in proximity with the heat source, whereby any marshmallows on the pick are toasted by the heat source concurrently with an active melting of any chocolate bar on the second support surface into a softened or partially liquid state and the user rotates the marshmallow-bearing portion of the pick by way of the coupling to the manual control without having contact with the first end of the pick thereby fostering safety for home use.