Abstract A portable gas-fired cooker for broiling meat and the like includes a hollow generally upright cylindrical member having a closed bottom and an open top, a grill for cooking the meat positioned across the open top, gas burner means generally centered within the hollow cylindrical member and positioned spacedly downwardly from the open top, and an inverted conical plate extending across the cylindrical member and positioned between the gas burner means and the grill. The plate has an imperforate center portion and a perforated outer portion to permit flames to extend upward through the perforated outer portion to cook the meat by direct flame heat. Additionally, the plate is adapted and arranged to catch and collect drippings and juices emitted from the cooking meat permitting the burner means to burn the collected drippings and juices on the plate whereby smoke therefrom rises upward to engulf the cooking meat and impart a savory charcoal flavor to the same.
In a cooker for broiling meat, a meat supporting grill, a juice collector underlying said grill, said collector including inclined plate means and collecting cup means integral with said plate means toward which said plate means incline downwardly, a source of heat disposed below said cup means and aligned to direct heat upwardly onto said cup and plate means said plate means having a plurality of perforations therethrough, and a respective juice-deflecting flange extending upwardly from said plate means at each said perforation for deflecting juices flowing downwardly on said plate means from flowing through the respective perforations.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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In a cooker for broiling meat, a meat supporting grill, a juice collector underlying said grill, said collector including inclined plate means and collecting cup means integral with said plate means toward which said plate means incline downwardly, a source of heat disposed below said cup means and aligned to direct heat upwardly onto said cup and plate means said plate means having a plurality of perforations therethrough, and a respective juice-deflecting flange extending upwardly from said plate means at each said perforation for deflecting juices flowing downwardly on said plate means from flowing through the respective perforations.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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The combination in accord with claim 1, wherein said deflecting flanges comprise portions of said plate means which are folded upwardly out of the perforations therein.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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The combination in accord with claim 1 wherein each said flange comprises a collar upstanding completely around the respective perforation.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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The combination in accord with claim 1 wherein said heat source comprises a gas burner providing a flame directed at the underside of said cup portion.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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The combination in accord with claim 4 and an upstanding open top container supportedly surrounding said collector, said container comprising means for supporting said grill across the open top thereof and for supporting said gas burner below said cup means.