DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COOKING BACON AND OTHER FLAT STRIPS OF FOOD

摘要

A device and a method for cooking bacon and other strips of food which lose liquids during the cooking process. The device has a generally rectangular base and cover. The base has an arcuate cooking surface which is gently arched. The base also has a trough surrounding the bottom of the arcuate cooking surface along three sides for coll ecting the cooking liquids. The cover has an arcuate portion which conforms to the arcuate surface of the base. A skirt with recessed corners extends from the arcuate portion of the cove r along three sides and cooperates with the trough in the base. Cooking liquids may be poured from the trough through pour spouts formed in the corners of the base in cooperation with the re cessed corners in the cover. The device is held together by a fastening device which locks the cov er to the base. A pair of handles formed along two sides of the base provide ease in handling the device and in pouring cooking liquids from the base. The method of the invention includes plac ement of strips of food on an arcuate cooking surface. The present invention produces evenly coo ked, more healthful food and prevents curling and twisting of the strips.