Cooking utensil with flavoring infuser

摘要

A utensil 10 for flavoring fowl while cooking it over a heat source such as a barbecue has a pan-shaped base 53 with having an infuser cup 77 extending upward from the center portion 65 of the pan base. The infuser cup is sized to receive a standard beverage can that may be placed therein to provide a desired infusing liquid. The infuser cup can be detachably secured to the pan base by cooperative engagement of downwardly extending key tabs 89 on the bottom end 81 of the infuser cup into key tab receiving slots 69 located in the center portion 65 of the pan base 53.

主权项

1. A cooking utensil for cooking and flavoring fowl comprising:
a pan base having a substantially flat thin-walled horizontal bottom and an upturned rim, the bottom having a center portion having at least one key tab receiving opening, and an infuser cup configured to hold a flavoring liquid and configured to support a fowl to be cooked by insertion into the body cavity thereof, said infuser cup having a bottom end and upright side walls, said bottom end having at least one downwardly extending key tab configured for cooperative locking engagement with at least one key tab receiving opening, wherein said infuser cup can be quickly secured onto the substantially flat bottom of said pan base by inserting and locking said at least one key tab into said at least one key top receiving opening thereon in a rotating motion and can be quickly released from said pan by unlocking said key tabs from said key tab receiving slots in a counter-rotation motion and lifting the infuser cup out of said key tab receiving slots and away from said pan.