Cooking device

Claim 2

A cooking device comprising: a. a cooking compartment having integral bottom and upstanding spaced opposed walls; b. heat supplying means positioned in a lower portion of said compartment; c. certain opposed walls having portions forming ledges providing upwardly facing support surfaces with the wall portion above a support surface being outward relative to the wall portion therebelow; d. said ledges on the opposed walls being arranged to provide an upper support surface and a lower support surface on one of said opposed walls and first and second support surfaces on the other of said opposed walls, said first support surface being below said second support surface, and said upper and lower support surfaces having greater vertical spacing than said first and second support surfaces; e. a food supporting grid having a center portion and opposed side members arranged to rest on support surfaces on ledges of the opposed walls, said side members being at different levels relative to said center portion; f. said ledges on said opposed walls and the spacing of said grid side members being vertically related for supporting the grid with the center section substantially horizontal at selected low, intermediate and high levels, whereby reversing and inverting and resting the side members on respective support surfaces permits the grid to be adjusted to the selected level.

Claim 3

A cooking device as set forth in claim 1 wherein: a. said upper support surface on said one opposed wall is higher than said second support surface on said other opposed wall; b. said lower support surface on said one opposed wall is lower than said first support surface on said other opposed wall;

Claim 4

A cooking device as set forth in claim 2 wherein: a. said grid side members have side edges; b. said grid side member edges and said wall portions above the respective ledge supporting same cooperating to limit movement of the grid and retain said side members on the respective supporting surface.

Claim 5

A cooking device as set forth in claim 3 wherein: a. said side members of said grid of resting on the supporting surfaces being substantially parallel; b. said supporting surfaces on said ledges being elongate substantially flat surfaces.

Claim 6

A cooking device as set forth in claim 4 wherein: a. said grid is substantially planar with one side member in the same plane and the other side member spaced therefrom; b. a connecting portion between said other side member and the center portion of the grid, said connecting portion being a wall and a heat barrier when the grid is at the high level.

Claim 7

A cooking device as set forth in claim 2 wherein: a. the grid is supported at the low level with one side member resting on said first support surfaces and the other side member resting on said lower support surface on said one of said opposed walls, and turning and raising the grid to rest said other member on said first support surface and said one side member on said upper support surface positons the grid center portion at the intermediate level and inverting the grid from its position at the low level and positioning the other side member on said upper support surface and said one side member on said second support surface positions the grid center portion at the high level.

Claim 8

A cooking device comprising: a. a cooking compartment having integral bottom and upstanding spaced opposed walls with certain of said opposed walls diverging upwardly and outwardly from said bottom wall; b. heat supplying means positioned in a lower portion of said compartment; c. said certain opposed walls having portions forming ledges providing upwardly facing support surfaces with the wall portion above a support surface being outward relative to the wall portion therebelow; d. said ledges on the opposed walls being arranged to provide an upper support surface and a lower support surface on one of said opposed walls and first and second intermediate support surfaces on the other of said opposed walls; e. a food supporting grid having a center portion and opposed side members with support portions carried thereby, said support portions having side edges and being arranged to rest on support surfaces on ledges of the opposed walls, with said center portion horizontal and one of said support portions vertically spaced from said center portion; f. said ledges on said opposed walls and the spacing of the grid center portion and spaced support portion being vertically related for supporting the grid with the center section substantially horizontal at selected low, intermediate and high levels, the grid being supported at the low level with the spaced support portion resting on the first intermediate support surface and the other support portion resting on the lower support surface on said one wall, and turning and raising the grid to rest said other support portion on said first intermediate support surface and said spaced support portion on said upper support surface positions the grid center portion at the intermediate level and inverting the grid from its position at the low level and positioning the other support portion on said upper support surface and said spaced support portion on said second intermediate support surface positions the grid center portion at the high level, said side edges of the support portions and said wall portions above the respective ledges limiting movement of the grid to retain the support portions on the respective ledges.

Claim 9

A cooking device comprising: a. a cooking compartment having integral bottom and upstanding spaced opposed walls with certain of said opposed walls diverging upwardly and outwardly from said bottom wall; b. heat supplying means positioned in a lower portion of said compartment; c. said certain opposed walls having portions forming ledges providing upwardly facing support surfaces with the wall portion above a support surface being outward relative to the wall portion therebelow; d. said ledges on the opposed walls being arranged to provide an upper support surface and a lower support surface on one of said opposed walls and first and second intermediate support surfaces on the other of said opposed walls; e. a food supporting grid having a center portion and opposed side members with support portions carried thereby, said support portions having side edges and being arranged to rest on support surfaces on ledges of the opposed walls, with said center portion horizontal and one of said support portions vertically spaced from said center portion; f. said ledges on said opposed walls and the spacing of the grid center portion and spaced support portion being vertically related for supporting the grid with the center section substantially horizontal at selected low, intermediate and high levels, the grid being supported at the low level with the spaced support portion resting on the first intermediate support surface and the other support portion resting on the lower support surface on said one wall, and turning and raising the grid to rest said other support portion on said first intermediate support surface and said spaced support portion on said upper support surface positions the grid center portion at the intermediate level and inverting the grid from its position at the low level and positioning the other support portion on said upper support surface and said spaced support portion on said second intermediate support surface positions the grid center portion at the high level, said side edges of the support portions and said wall portions above the respective ledges limiting movement of the grid to retain the support portions on the respective ledges.