Lincoln Foodservice Products, Inc.

The Vollrath Company, LLC

Stephen J Whiteley

Kurt Coyne

Jim Meggison

Dave Furge

Tim Palmer

James Eldon Sexton

A cooking apparatus and methods of forming are provided. The cooking apparatus has a cooking surface, a sidewall depending from the cooking surface, and a handle is provided. The handle has a saddle portion and a gripping portion. The saddle portion includes a first opening defined therethrough and a first recess defined about the first opening. The saddle portion is adjacent the sidewall so that the first recess defines a first gap between the sidewall and the saddle portion. A first rivet secures the handle to the sidewall. The rivet has a first weldament in the first gap, a first shaft in the first opening, and a first head abutting the handle and covering the first opening.

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Fort Wayne, IN, United States of America

Stephen J Whiteley