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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2009
Maurice W. Lee, Iii, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Betty Lee, Boley, OK (US);
Maurice W. Lee, Jr., Boley, OK (US);
Maurice W. Lee, III, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Electra Wave Corporation, Boley, OK (US);
Abstract
A food preparation apparatus and method, including an inventive shelving system, is provided. In accordance with some embodiments, an exemplary embodiment of a food preparation apparatus of the present invention includes at least, but is not limited to, a frame assembly including a permanent shelf secured to the frame assembly, a multiplicity of selectable shelf features vertically offset from the permanent shelf and attached to the frame assembly, and a first non-permanent shelf vertically offset from the permanent shelf and supported by a select number of the multiplicity of selectable shelf features. In an exemplary embodiment of a food preparation apparatus of the present invention, the permanent shelf provides a flavor infusion region.