Cooking utensil

Claim 1

A COOKING UTENSIL CONSISTING OF AN OPEN TOPPED VESSEL ADAPTED TO HOLD WATER AND HAVING THEREIN A PLURALITY OF VERTICAL TUBULAR FLUES CIRCULARLY DISPOSED AND DEFINING A CENTRAL INNER SPACE, SAID FLUES BEING OPEN AT BOTH ENDS TO PERMIT THE PASSAGE OF HEATED GASES THERETHROUGH, AT LEAST ONE DRIP COLLECTING CUP REMOVABLY SEATED WITHIN SAID CENTRAL SPACE HAVING AN OUTWARDLY FLARING RIM OVERLYING THE UPPER ENDS OF SAID FLUES, AN OPEN ENDED JACKET MEMBER SEATED ON THE BOTTOM OF SAID VESSEL BETWEEN ITS WALL AND THE FLUES, A FOOD SUPPORTING MEMBER SUPPORTED BY THE UPPER END OF SAID JACKET MEMBER AND BEING OF A DIAMETER SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THAT OF THE RIM OF SAID DRIP COLLECTING CUP SO THAT ALL DRIPPINGS FROM FOOD SUPPORTED BY SAID FOOD SUPPORTING MEMBER WILL BE DIRECTED TO SAID GREASE CUP, AND COVER MEANS FOR SAID FOOD SUPPORTING MEMBER HAVING A GAS OUTLET ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A REMOVABLE VENT CAP, AND SIDE OUTLET FOR ALTERNATIVE CONNECTION TO A GAS EXHAUSTING MEANS.