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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2012
Roland Sudmalis, Park Ridge, IL (US);
James C. Hand, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
Brian Saarnio, Aurora, IL (US);
Jill Zmrhal, Plainfield, IL (US);
Nigel Wang, Taipei, TW;
Roland Sudmalis, Park Ridge, IL (US);
James C. Hand, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
Brian Saarnio, Aurora, IL (US);
Jill Zmrhal, Plainfield, IL (US);
Nigel Wang, Taipei, TW;
Columbia Insurance Company, Omaha, NE (US);
Abstract
A cooking apparatus including a pan and a detachable support and a method for using the same to cook and flavor food are provided. The pan includes a bottom and a plurality of perforations arranged therein. The detachable cylinder includes a bottom surface, a generally circular sidewall extending upward from the bottom surface, and a plurality of fasteners formed on the bottom surface. The plurality of fasteners are sized and arranged to correspond with a sizing and arrangement of a subset of the perforations. The detachable cylinder is optionally secured to the pan by coupling the fasteners to the subset of perforations and by rotating the detachable cylinder in a first direction to move the fasteners into a locked position. The detachable cylinder is optionally disengaged from the pan by rotating the detachable cylinder in a second direction to move the fasteners into an unlocked position.