Patent ID: 8516952

Claim:
A heating and cooking apparatus for skewered food items, the apparatus comprising: a horizontal conveyor assembly defining a horizontal path of travel between a skewer receiving area and a transfer channel, the horizontal conveyor assembly having a parallel pair of feeder chain assemblies to endlessly convey at a same rate to the transfer channel; a vertical conveyor assembly disposed perpendicular to the horizontal conveyor assembly at the transfer channel and defining a vertical path of travel between the transfer channel and a dispenser, the vertical conveyor assembly having a parallel pair of rotisserie chain assemblies to endlessly convey at the same rate from the transfer channel to the dispenser; and at least one serrated bar disposed vertically in the heating and cooking apparatus directly adjacent to the vertical conveyor assembly and the vertical path of travel between the transfer channel and the dispenser, wherein the at least one serrated bar is adapted to rotate a skewer pushed against it by the rotisserie chain assemblies while in transit on the vertical path to the dispenser.