Cooking utensil

Claim 1

IN A COOKING UTENSIL, PARTICULARLY FOR THE GRILLING OF FOOD, A FOOD SUPPORTING MEMBER FORMED WITH A SUBSTANTIALLY PLANE UPPER SURFACE HAVING A CENTRAL ZONE AND COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SUBSTANTIALLY V-SHAPED COPLANAR FOOD SUPPORTING PROJECTIONS FORMING SIXTEEN RADIALLY ARRANGED GROUPS AND EACH GROUP HAVING AT LEAST TWO SPACED PROJECTIONS INCLUDING A FIRST AND A SECOND PROJECTION AND THE SECOND PROJECTION BEING NESTED IN THE FIRST PROJECTION, EACH OF SAID PROJECTIONS COMPRISING TWO SUBSTANTIALLY RADIAL PORTIONS CONVERGING IN A DIRECTION TOWARD THE CENTRAL ZONE OF SAID SURFACE, AND THE PROJECTIONS IN EACH OF SAID GROUPS DEFINING THEREBETWEEN SUBSTANTIALLY V-SHAPED AIRCONDUCTING AND LIQUID-RETAINING GROOVES HAVING OPEN ENDS DISTANT FROM SAID CENTRAL ZONE, WHEREBY A LIQUID CONTAINED IN EACH OF SAID GROOVES WHEN SAID SURFACE IS IN A FULLY HORIZONTAL POSITION IS RETAINED IN THE GROOVES DEFINED BY A PLURALITY OF GROUPS OF SAID PROJECTIONS AFTER THE SURFACE HAS BEEN TILTED FROM A FULLY HORIZONTAL POSITION; SAID FIRST PROJECTION OF EACH OF SAID GROUPS EXTENDING TO SAID CENTRAL ZONE AND DEFINING A RADIAL CHANNEL WITH THE FIRST PROJECTION OF EACH ADJACENT GROUP, SAID RADIAL CHANNELS HAVING OPEN ENDS COMMUNICATING WITH SAID CENTRAL ZONE.