Patent ID: 8869681

Claim:
A pan comprising a circular base, a side wall, a shelf, and a shelf side wall; said circular base comprising an upper surface, a lower surface and a perimeter; said side wall comprising an inner surface, an outer surface, a top, and a bottom, said side wall fixedly attached to said base at said bottom of said side wall at said perimeter of said base, wherein said inner surface of said base and said inner surface of said side wall forming a surface on which to cook foods, wherein said side wall is sloped outward from said base from said bottom to said top of said side wall; a shelf comprising an upper surface, a lower surface, an inner perimeter, and an outer perimeter, said inner perimeter of said shelf fixedly attached to said top of said side wall, wherein said shelf comprises a raised ridge at said inner perimeter; wherein said shelf is sloped constantly downward from the top of said side wall from said inner perimeter to said outer perimeter, said shelf further comprising a recess channel within the upper surface along the outer perimeter of said shelf and ridges on said upper surface of said shelf; and a shelf side wall comprising an inner surface, an outer surface, a top, and a bottom, said bottom of said shelf side wall fixedly attached to said outer perimeter of said shelf.