Patent ID: 8621987

Claim:
A method for stirring a food product on a cooking surface, comprising the steps of: placing a stirring wand on the cooking surface, the stirring wand aligned in a rotational plane; placing the food product on the cooking surface; heating the cooking surface for cooking the food product; driving the rotation of a bracket in a second rotational plane parallel to the rotational plane of the stirring wand; magnetically engaging the bracket to the stirring wand wherein, during rotation of the bracket, the bracket magnetically driving the stirring wand to rotate in the same direction as the bracket to stir the food product on the cooking surface; monitoring a resistance exerted on the stirring wand from the food product during rotation of the stirring wand; reversing the direction of rotation of the bracket when the resistance exceeds a predetermined level wherein, in reversing the direction of rotation of the bracket, the bracket magnetically driving the stirring wand to rotate in the same reverse direction as the bracket to stir the food product in the same reverse direction on the cooking surface.