Patent ID: 6978777

Claim:
A cooking stove, comprising: a hollow shell formed from heat-tolerant material, said shell having a plurality of spaced-apart alignment openings formed therein, where said alignment openings are spaced away from an upper edge of said shell; a substructure for supporting said shell; a burner assembly operatively attached to said shell or to said substructure; and a vessel support rack for placement on said shell, said vessel support rack defining a first vessel-supporting surface on a first side thereof for supporting a cooking vessel having a substantially flat lower surface, said vessel support rack further defining a second vessel-supporting surface on a second side thereof for supporting a cooking vessel having a substantially non-flat lower surface, said second vessel supporting surface being curved such that an outer edge thereof is vertically offset relative to an inner portion thereof, wherein said vessel support rack has a plurality of projections thereon which fit into said alignment openings of said shell, whereby said vessel support rack can be stably supported on said shell; wherein said shell is configured to support said vessel support rack thereon with either said first vessel-supporting surface or said second vessel-supporting surface facing upwardly.