Cooking tray set

Claim 2

A set of cooking trays for cooking juicy foods and comprising: a plurality of tray bodies including respective bottom walls formed with raised central support sheets, recessed drain channels extending around the peripheries of the respective support sheets for receipt of cooking juices drained from the respective sheets, and respective side walls surrounding said channels and tapered upwardly and outwardly to form an open top, said side walls being formed centrally in their vertical lengths with a plurality of outwardly projecting ears and juice outlet means disposed at a lower elevation than said respective support sheets for passage of juices draining from said channels during cooking of said food whereby said food may be placed on said respective sheets, said trays supported in stacked relationship, one above the other in a cooker with food in the respective lower trays sheltered beneath the sheets of the respective upper trays while said juice outlet means provide for drainage of cooking juices.

Claim 3

A set of cooking trays as set forth in claim 1 wherein: said bodies are rectangularly shaped in plan view and said side walls are formd in their lower extremities with respectivE outlets in the respective corners.

Claim 4

A set of cooking trays as set forth in claim 1 wherein: said side walls are formed at their opposite ends with handles.

Claim 5

A set of cooking trays as set forth in claim 1 wherein: said trays are at least 10 inches by 25 inches in plan view.

Claim 6

A set of cooking trays as set forth in claim 1 wherein: said sheet, channels and side wall are integrally formed.

Claim 7

A set of cooking trays as set forth in claim 1 wherein: said outlets extend downwardly to the bottom of said respective channels.

Claim 8

Cooking apparatus for cooking juicy foods and comprising: a plurality of trays stacked substantially one above the other, said trays including respective bottom walls formed with raised continuous central support sheets for supporting said foods and for receiving juices emitted therefrom during cooking, recessed drain channels extending around the peripheries of the respective support sheets for collecting juices drained from said respective sheets during cooking of said food, respective vertically projecting side walls extending around the outer peripheries of the respective channels, and respective juice outlet means formed by said respective trays at a lower elevation than said support sheets and disposed out of vertical alignement with said respective support sheets; and support racks for supporting said trays in vertically stacked relationship one above the other whereby said food may be supported on said respective support sheets and upon heating thereof for cooking, juices from the food of the respective upper trays will be captured on the respective support sheets and directed into the respective drain channels, from where they may drain out said outlets with the juices from the upper trays clearing foods supported on the support sheets of lower trays.

Claim 9

Cooking apparatus for cooking juicy foods and comprising: a plurality of trays stacked substantially one above the other, said trays including respective bottom walls formed with raised continuous central support sheets for supporting said foods and for receiving juices emitted therefrom during cooking, recessed drain channels extending around the peripheries of the respective support sheets for collecting juices drained from said respective sheets during cooking of said food, respective vertically projecting side walls extending around the outer peripheries of the respective channels, and respective juice outlet means formed by said respective trays at a lower elevation than said support sheets and disposed out of vertical alignement with said respective support sheets; and support racks for supporting said trays in vertically stacked relationship one above the other whereby said food may be supported on said respective support sheets and upon heating thereof for cooking, juices from the food of the respective upper trays will be captured on the respective support sheets and directed into the respective drain channels, from where they may drain out said outlets with the juices from the upper trays clearing foods supported on the support sheets of lower trays.

Claim 10

Cooking apparatus as set forth in claim 7 wherein: said bodies are rectangularly shaped in plan view and said side walls are formed in their lower extemeities with respective outlets in the respective corners thereof.

Claim 11

Cooking apparatus as set forth in claim 7 wherein: said side walls are formed with recessed handles disposed at the opposite ends of said bodies.