Portable apparatus for rapid grill cooking

摘要

A portable device for cooking slabs of meat at an arbitrary position on the grill in a reduced time period. The device comprises a flat heat conductive weighted member overlying slabs of meat to be cooked and having a plurality of spikes adapted to extend through the meat and contact the grill. A heat conductive apertured plate engages the spikes and is free to slide along the spikes while being prevented from moving out of engagement with the spikes. A peripheral skirt extends about the weighted member to protect the spikes. In operation the device is placed on the grill which directly conductively heats the apertured plate and the spikes. Subsequent placement over the slabs causes the weighted member to urge the spikes through the slabs, thereby cooking the slabs partially from within. The apertured plate sits atop the slabs of meat to promote intimate contact between the slabs and the grill and to cook the slabs partially from above. The apertured plate and the peripheral skirt prevent moisture loss. The result is a sharply reduced cooking time and lower energy requirement. When the device is lifted away from the slabs of meat, the weight of the apertured plate expels the slabs of meat and cleans the spikes of any meat fragments.