Patent ID: 7339136

Claim:
A cooking utensil comprising: a base member; at least one bread-impaling spike coupled to and extending from said base member, said impaling spike comprising an elongated body portion and a piercing end portion for forming a cavity within a bread item, said elongated body portion comprises a plurality of planar surfaces formed together about and around a longitudinal axis to create a closed-form cross-sectional geometric shape configured to form at least one condiment receiving channel within said cavity of said bread item upon inserting a meat item; an impaling system comprising: a bread basket displaceable with respect to said bread-impaling spike and configured to receive and support said bread item therein; and a guide system operable with said bread basket for aligning said bread basket and said contained bread item with said bread-impaling spike during displacement and for guiding said bread basket and said bread item onto said bread-impaling spike.