Spit basket and support therefor

Claim 1

A spit basket for a barbecue grill comprising: an open top tray having a bottom and an elevational side wall or walls extending upwardly from said bottom providing substantially continuous periphery and thereby establishing a receptacle for food; a top closure panel within said tray fitting between said wall or walls; said tray and said closure panel having a grid-like wire construction; said closure panel having one or more projections extending beyond the general periphery thereof; one or more elongated brackets secured to said side wall or walls, each bracket having a plurality of vertically substantially aligned openings adapted for receiving one said projection for pivotably securing one end of said closure panel at a predetermined elevation within the tray; a helical coil elevation and tension adjusting member rotatably secured generally within the side wall at a location generally opposed to said bracket(s), said coil having a plurality of loops projecting into the tray with the axis of elongation of the coil being substantially parallel to the plane of the side wall, said adjusting member being effective upon rotation thereof to carry the closure panel on the top loop and upon further rotation to force said panel downward between loops until the desired panel elevation and bias has been reached.