Poultry roaster

Abstract

A poultry roaster for use on top of a gas-fired cooker includes a barrel-shaped cover that designed to resemble a beer keg and a carrying handle which resembles a pair of oppositely facing beer taps. An open bottom of the cover closely fits to a bottom pan having a plurality of upwardly punched lower heat distribution holes. The cover is retained to the bottom pan by a pair of latch hooks and mating headed pins. A heat deflector includes a circular plate for supporting a basting adapter, and a downwardly dependent annular rim which closely engages the bottom pan. The circular plate includes a plurality of upper heat distribution holes. A heat diffuser chamber formed between the bottom pan and the heat deflector provides even heat flow to an inner cooking chamber of the cover. A single basting adapter for supporting a single larger sized fowl, such as a turkey, in an upright position during cooking includes a horizontally disposed circular base plate securable to the circular plate, and a plurality of upwardly dependent can retainer rods supporting a centrally located upper ring sized to receive a can of beer to be inserted into the body cavity of the whole fowl prior to cooking the fowl. A tri-basting adapter allows three smaller sized whole fowl such as whole chickens, pheasants, and the like to be cooked in the same manner simultaneously.