Patent ID: 7586067

Claim:
A food press utensil for food preparation, said food press utensil adapted for incremental weight variation, comprising: a base food press utensil further comprising: a substantially flat body with an upper surface and a lower surface, the substantially flat body having a plurality of apertures that pass through the upper surface and the lower surface; and a handle functionally connected with the body and accessible from the upper surface; and a plurality of incremental weights, wherein at least one said incremental weight can be arranged in a configuration with the base food press utensil to vary the weight pressing down on a food item on a cooking surface; and wherein: the configuration is a stack; the at least one compatible weight increment is an additional food press utensil made to be identical to the base food press utensil, wherein the additional food press utensil is adapted to be stacked on top of the base food press utensil; the base food press utensil has a handle slot beneath the handle and through the body of the base food press utensil; the additional food press utensil has a handle slot beneath the handle and through the body of the additional food press utensil; and the handle of the base food press utensil is passed up from the lower surface through the handle slot of the additional food press utensil to comprise the stack, wherein the handle of the base food press utensil contacts and conforms with the handle of the additional food press utensil and a lower surface of the additional food press utensil contacts and conforms with the upper surface of the base food press utensil.