JP2001198016A - Auxiliary appliance for cooking using heat in food preparation - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an auxiliary appliance for cooking using heat in food preparation which is capable of making the cooking of objects, such as fishes, meat, and confectionery, to be cooked by heating extremely rapidly and efficiently and realizing ideal prepared food by being used in addition to an ordinary heating source. SOLUTION: Food F sometimes generates steam or produces broth by heating. This broth accumulates in a recessed part of a planar section 16 of a horizontal shelf 3 of a lower intermediate member 6 or lower member 5 and is reevaporated by further heating and stays in an internal space. In this example, the heat from a gas cooking oven 2, which is a heating source, does not hardly diffuse outside and fills the space above a supporting body 7 for the food F, thereby heating the entire part of the auxiliary appliance for internal cooking using heat in food preparation over the entire part. This structure is capable of maintaining the inside of the space of the auxiliary appliance 1 for cooking using heat in food preparation at a state of high humidity and is capable of imparting a smoke effect to the food as well. In addition, the temperature gradient of the internal space may be suppressed as small as possible. Further, the heat of the gas from the gas cooking oven 2 is hardly released outside and the thermal efficiency is extremely good.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an auxiliary appliance for cooking, and more particularly to an auxiliary appliance for cooking food (eg, fish, meat, bread,
The present invention relates to an auxiliary device used for grilling, barbecue, roasting, and baking of cakes, cookies, and the like, or an auxiliary device for heating and cooking having functions such as an enclosure, a net, and a cover.

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an auxiliary cooking appliance designed to grill, barbecue or roast meat, fish, chicken or vegetables on a conventional kitchen firearm burner. It is. Moreover, it can be used for baking bread, a cookie, or a cake using the heating cooking aid of the present invention. In this type of conventional apparatus, a net or a plate is placed in the case where fish or other pottery is cooked within the range of the fire flame of the firearm, and the pottery is placed on it and baked. It was known, but it was not known to provide a direct cover over the flame. Barbeque cue sets have been known for some time, but are designed with outdoor use in mind and are not versatile enough to be used for normal cooking indoors as appropriate.

[0003]

As described above, for example, it is known to put a fish net on a gas stove to bake fish. Often, only the surface is heated and the fire does not pass through to the inside. In many cases, only the surface is burnt and the inside is half-baked. Further, in such a method, there is a problem that the thermal power of the gas is increased and the thermal efficiency is low. The present invention is configured from such a viewpoint, and can be used in addition to a cooking device such as a gas range or an electric range installed in a normal room, so that cooking of a cooking target can be performed very quickly. It is an object of the present invention to provide an auxiliary appliance for heating and cooking that can realize efficient and ideal cooking quality.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The above object of the present invention is provided so as to extend in a horizontal direction over a heating source,
A lower member formed with a ventilation horizontal shelf through which hot air from the heating source flows upward, and a food support disposed above the ventilation horizontal shelf of the lower member and configured to carry food to be heated and cooked; And a cover coupled to the lower member so as to cover an upper space of the support, and a ventilation pipe provided in the cover and communicating the inside of the upper space with the outside. Can be achieved with auxiliary equipment.

In a preferred aspect of the present invention, the heating source is a gas stove, and in another aspect, the heating source is an electric stove. Further, any other heat source that can be used for cooking may be used.

In a preferred aspect, the lower member has a vertical annular portion disposed around a heating source, and the ventilation horizontal shelf is supported inside the vertical annular portion, and is disposed so as to extend in the horizontal direction over the entire surface. Have been. Further, it is preferable to further include an intermediate member disposed above the ventilation horizontal shelf of the lower member and below the food support, and formed with a ventilation hole.

The ventilation horizontal shelf of the lower member has a plurality of ventilation holes for flowing hot air from a heating source upward, and the intermediate member has a plurality of ventilation holes for flowing the hot air upward. Preferably, the ventilation holes of the ventilation horizontal shelf of the lower member and the ventilation holes of the intermediate member are provided alternately so as not to overlap in the vertical direction. By doing so, it is possible to prevent water or juice from directly falling downward when food on the support is burned. For this purpose, it is desirable that portions other than the opening of the ventilation horizontal shelf of the intermediate member and the lower member have a structure in which a recess is formed.

Further, preferably, the ventilation pipe is detachably provided on the upper surface of the cover so as to extend upward.

Further, the length of the ventilation pipe is at least 15
It is desirably at least 20 centimeters, preferably at least 20 centimeters.

[0010] In this case, it is preferable that the vent pipe is constituted by a base end provided integrally with the cover and a front end fitted to the upper end of the base end.

Further, preferably, the cover is fitted to the annular member of the lower member to secure the confidentiality of the upper space.

The support is an iron plate or a grill. By heating and cooking using the heating cooking aid, there is no need to perform outdoors in order to use the barbecue device to add smoked flavor. This is because the heat from the burner is directly introduced into the bread and the bread is rapidly heated. This prevents heat dissipation and saves time and energy compared to other forms of bread. In addition, what is baked in this manner retains more moisture than what is baked in an oven, and efficiently penetrates heat into fish, meat, bread, cakes and other objects to be cooked. Can be done.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring to FIG. 1, there is shown an external view of a heating cooking aid 1 according to the present invention. In FIG.
FIG. 1 shows a cross-sectional view of a heating cooking aid 1 of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, an auxiliary device for heating and cooking 1 of the present invention is used by being disposed above a heating source for cooking 2 such as a gas stove. The heating cooking aid 1 includes a lower member 5 having a horizontal ventilation horizontal shelf 3 and a vertical annular portion 4 for supporting the same, which are disposed slightly above the flame of the gas stove 2. An intermediate member 6 arranged horizontally at a predetermined interval above the ventilation horizontal shelf 3 and a horizontal member arranged at a predetermined interval further above the intermediate member 6 for fish, meat and bread for cooking. A support 7 on which a food material F such as a material or a confectionery material is placed is provided. A cover 8 is provided above the support member 7 so as to be fitted to the upper end of the lower member 5 and to shut off the space above the support member 7 from outside air so that the space above the support member 7 becomes a substantially closed space. In this example, the gas stove 2 is installed on a predetermined base 9. A support 10 on a donut is arranged around the gas stove 2, and the lower member 5 is placed on the support 10. As shown in FIG. 3, the lower member 5 includes the annular portion 4 forming the annular vertical wall as described above, and the ventilation horizontal shelf 3 disposed on the inner surface of the annular portion 4 over the entire horizontal direction. . The ventilation horizontal shelf 3 is formed by cutting a plurality of openings 11 from a material on a disk in a slender manner. The plate-like portion 12 around each opening is formed so that the edge is slightly higher than the center. As a result, even if juice or the like drips due to the heating during cooking, moisture from the food or the juice accumulates in the plate portion 12 of the ventilation horizontal shelf 3. Thus, juice from food can be effectively prevented from dropping on the gas stove, and the juice remaining on the upper surface of the plate upper portion 12 is heated again by the heat of the gas to re-evaporate, so that the cover 8
It circulates through the internal space and participates in cooking food. The ventilation horizontal shelf 3 can be fixed so as to extend in the horizontal direction when installed on the annular portion 4, but a projection protruding radially inward from the inside of the annular portion 4 is provided at the same height, and It is also possible to support the ventilation horizontal shelf 3. Further, an intermediate member 13 is arranged above the ventilation horizontal shelf 3 of the lower member 5 so as to extend substantially parallel to the ventilation horizontal shelf 3 at a predetermined interval. Intermediate member 1
3 is formed by cutting a plurality of openings 14 at predetermined positions from a disk-shaped material as shown in FIG. The plate-like portion 15 around the opening 14 is also the plate-like portion 12 of the lower member.
The peripheral edge is formed high so that juice from above can be stored in the same manner as described above. Further, the intermediate member 13 includes a plurality of legs 16 arranged at equal intervals in the lower portion, and when the intermediate member 13 is mounted on the upper surface of the ventilation horizontal shelf 3, the ventilation horizontal shelf 3 , And extend substantially in parallel with a predetermined interval. The opening 14 of the intermediate member 13 and the opening of the ventilation horizontal shelf 3 are configured so as not to overlap as much as possible in the vertical direction. As a result, the hot air from the gas stove passes through the opening of the ventilation horizontal shelf and hits the plate-like portion 15 of the intermediate member 13 thereabove, so that the hot air from the stove 2 is evenly dispersed. That is, around the hot air from the gas stove 2 in the internal space of the heating cooking auxiliary appliance 1, the temperature distribution and the humidity distribution in the internal space become uniform. The intermediate member 13 is a leg 1
It is also possible to dispose it directly on the ventilation horizontal shelf without providing 6. In the heating cooking auxiliary device 1 of the present embodiment, a support for actually putting food for cooking is provided above the intermediate member 13. The support 7 can be made of an iron plate or a grid. FIG. 5 shows an example in which the support 7 is a grill. The support 7 can be simply placed directly on the intermediate member 13, but it can also be provided with a predetermined interval by attaching legs.

Thus, referring to FIG. 6, there is shown a partial cross-sectional perspective view of the cover of the present invention. The cover 8
A substantially cylindrical vertical wall portion 17 and a lid portion 18 extending at the upper end so as to entirely cover the upper portion in the horizontal direction.
It has. A handle 19 is provided at the center of the lid 18. At a position slightly distant from the center, a vent pipe 20 extending substantially vertically upward is provided. In this example, the lid 18 has a cylindrical opening 2 that protrudes upward and extends.
The lower portion of the ventilation pipe is inserted into the cylindrical opening 20 and is supported by the lid 18. Although the vent pipe of this example is open upward, it is not always necessary to do so. FIG. 7 shows another form of the ventilation pipe 20. In the example of FIG. 7, the ventilation pipe 20 is opened in the lateral direction. It should be noted that the diameter, the length, etc. of the ventilation pipe may be made variable and appropriately adjusted. In addition, although the heating cooking aid of the present embodiment has a circular configuration, it is not necessary to have such a shape.
It is preferable to make the shape corresponding to the form and shape of the heating source.

[0015] Heating / cooking aid 1 having the above structure
, The hot air of gas from the gas stove below
It passes through the opening 11 of the ventilation horizontal shelf 3 arranged in the horizontal direction of the lower member 5 and hits the plate-like portion 15 of the intermediate member 6 on the upper side thereof, bypasses this, and further opens the opening 14 of the intermediate member 6
To heat the food F on the grill or the iron plate above. Further, the hot air rises and reaches the lower surface of the cover 8. A part of the hot air is discharged to the outside through the ventilation pipe 20, but most of the hot air stays in the space inside the cover 8 and circulates. Food F may generate steam or juice by heating,
This juice accumulates in the concave portion of the plate-like portion 16 of the horizontal shelf 3 of the lower intermediate member 6 or the lower member 5, re-evaporates by further heating, and stays in the internal space. In this example, the hot air from the gas stove 2 serving as the heating source hardly diffuses to the outside, but fills the space above the support 7 of the food F to entirely fill the internal space of the auxiliary device 1 for internal heating and cooking. Heat. With this structure, the inside of the space for the cooking auxiliary equipment 1 can be maintained in a high humidity state, and a smoke effect can be provided. Further, the temperature gradient in the internal space can be suppressed as small as possible. In addition, gas stove 2
The heat of the gas is hardly released to the outside and the heat efficiency is extremely good. When an iron plate is used as a support, the outer diameter is relatively small so that a gap is formed between the cover 8 and the inner diameter of the lower member 3 so that the hot air from the gas stove 2 flows into the upper space. Preferably, it is easier.

[0016]

As described above, according to the present invention, cooking can be performed very easily and with high thermal efficiency by using an auxiliary appliance for cooking with an extremely simple structure in addition to a normal heating source. be able to.

According to the experience of the present inventors, when using the cooking aid of the present invention to burn an organism such as fish or meat, the inside can be uniformly burned in a very short time without burning the surface. It has been demonstrated that it can be heated to Also, when juice or the like comes out of food, it is heated and re-evaporated and stays in the internal space of the cooking auxiliary appliance, so that smoked taste is added, and the fishy odor is removed, so that extremely high-quality cooking can be performed. Furthermore, it has been experienced that even when baking bread, cakes, cookies, and the like, heating can be performed as a whole, and cooking in an ideal shape can be performed.

The use of the heating and cooking aid of the present invention also has the advantage that the heat of the heating source can be efficiently used for cooking and energy can be used without waste.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a heating cooking aid according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the heating cooking aid of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a lower member,

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an intermediate member,

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a food support,

FIG. 6 is a partial cross-sectional perspective view of a cover,

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing another example of the ventilation pipe. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Auxiliary equipment for heating and cooking 2 Gas stove 5 Lower member 6 Intermediate member 7 Support 8 Cover 20 Vent pipe.

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Fuku Kate Tate USA 94121 San Francisco 9th Avenue Avenue 479 (72) Inventor John R. Tate USA 94121 San Francisco 9th Avenue Avenue 479 F term (reference) 4B040 AA03 AB06 AC02 AE04 AE13 AE14 CA02 CA04 CA16 EA02 EA07 ED02 ED03 GA06 4B055 AA16 BA22 BA28 BA63 BA66 CA25 CB01 CB07 CB13 CC68 DA02 DB02 DB08

Claims (11)

[Claims] A lower member which is provided so as to extend in the horizontal direction so as to cover above the heating source, and which has a ventilation horizontal shelf through which hot air from the heating source flows upward; A food support arranged above and configured to carry food to be cooked, a cover coupled to the lower member so as to cover a space above the support, an upper portion provided on the cover, An auxiliary appliance for heating and cooking, comprising a ventilation pipe communicating between the inside of the space and the outside. 2. The heating cooking aid according to claim 1, wherein the heating source is a gas stove. 3. The heating appliance according to claim 1, wherein the heating source is an electric stove. 4. The lower member has a vertical annular portion disposed around a heating source, and the ventilation horizontal shelf is supported inside the vertical annular portion, and is disposed so as to extend in the horizontal direction over the entire surface. The cooking aid according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that: 5. An intermediate member having a ventilation hole formed above the ventilation horizontal shelf of the lower member and below the food support, further comprising: An auxiliary appliance for cooking according to claim. 6. A ventilation horizontal shelf of the lower member has a plurality of ventilation holes for flowing hot air from a heating source upward, and the intermediate member has a plurality of ventilation holes for flowing the hot air upward. 6. The heating device according to claim 5, wherein the ventilation holes of the ventilation horizontal shelf of the lower member and the ventilation holes of the intermediate member are provided alternately so as not to overlap in the vertical direction. Cooking aids. 7. The cooking aid according to claim 1, wherein the ventilation pipe is detachably provided on an upper surface of the cover so as to extend upward. . 8. The heating and cooking aid according to claim 7, wherein the length of the ventilation tube is at least 15 cm or more. 9. The air pipe according to claim 8, wherein said vent pipe comprises a base end provided integrally with said cover and a front end joined to an upper end of said base end. Auxiliary equipment for cooking. 10. The heating cooking auxiliary apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said cover is adapted to be fitted to an annular member of said lower member to secure confidentiality of said upper space. . 11. The cooking aid according to claim 1, wherein the support is an iron plate or a grill.