Patent ID: 8561527

Claim:
A cooking apparatus comprising: a pan, said pan having a sidewall, and a bottom wall, said sidewall having a top lip having two bent segments, comprising an outward segment bending a top of the side wall outwardly and an inward segment bending inwardly, said bottom wall having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a plurality of openings with less than ⅛ inches in diameter through the bottom wall, wherein the openings are punched from the bottom surface up to the top surface, with opening lips encircling the openings and extending upwards less than ¼ inches; a grill covering made of interlocking wire mesh and disposed between the two bent segments of the top lip of said sidewall, wherein a distance between the top surface and the grill covering is ¼ to 2 inches; at least one handle having parallel appendages being mounted within said openings; and a uniform air space separating said top surface and said grill covering.