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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1996
Peter Rimback, Oakwood, OH (US);
Hanover Catalog Holdings, Inc., Weehawken, NJ (US);
Abstract
A tile for use with a cooking grill includes a base with top and bottom surfaces and a plurality of frusto-conical bosses extending upwardly form the top surface, each boss having a channel extending substantially vertically through the tile to the bottom surface. The channels and bosses are shaped to allow food drippings to flow through the tile such that a portion of the food drippings falling upon the top surface collect and are vaporized, and a smaller portion flows through the channel to exit the bottom surface. In a preferred embodiment, the tile includes dimples formed in its upper surface to collect drippings to vaporize and promote cooking of an associated food product.