Barbecue machine edible carrier assembly

Claim 1

For use in a barbecue machine and the like having an oven defined by walls with internal oven surfaces, a source of heat within the oven, and an edible carrier assembly driven for rotation within the oven, said carrier assembly comprising: a central driven shaft journalled in opposing walls; a support positioned upon said shaft adjacent each end thereof for positioning edible supporting means therebetween in circUmferentially spaced relation to each other and peripherally spaced to said shaft; a hub portion carried by said shaft adjacent each end thereof carrying said supports thereon; means fixing said hub portions to said shaft; a pair of opposed side walls within each of said supports extending outwardly from said shaft defining a channel larger than the diameter of said shaft; and said channels extending through each of said supports permitting passage of said shaft therethrough; whereby said supports may be removed from the shaft allowing free access for cleaning adjacent oven surfaces as well as the supports.