Device for handling grilled food

Abstract

Device for handling grilled food during its preparation, in particular sausage-shaped grilled products during their preparation, comprising a base body (1) with at least one handle (2) and with at least one functional area, characterized by that a first functional area is formed by a grill food rolling device (5), and that a second functional area is formed by a grill food intake (7).

Description

[0001] The invention relates to a device for handling grilled food during its preparation, in particular sausage-shaped grilled products during their preparation, comprising a base body with at least one handle and with at least one functional area.

[0002] Grilling is a traditional method of cooking food over an open fire or with radiant heat, and one of the world's most popular social leisure activities. To handle the food during preparation, so-called grill tongs are commonly used. These tongs clamp the food between gripping surfaces at the ends of the tong legs. The tong legs are flexible and usually connected to each other under pre-tension, opposite the gripping surfaces.

[0003] While these tongs allow you to hold individual pieces of food relatively securely and even turn them to a certain extent, depending on the shape of the piece of food, handling them can be challenging. Sausage-shaped items, in particular, tend to break or bend, especially if not gripped properly. Larger pieces of meat are also difficult to control with the gripping surfaces, as they tend to wobble, especially if the gripping surfaces are gripping one end of the piece of meat. Furthermore, it's not possible to turn multiple pieces of food at once with these tongs, which requires more effort, especially when preparing large quantities of food.

[0004] The object of the invention is therefore to provide a device with which the disadvantages of the aforementioned grill tongs are avoided and with which, on the one hand, differently shaped pieces of grilled food can be handled safely and, on the other hand, with which several pieces of grilled food can be handled at the same time.

[0005] This problem is solved by the features of claim 1. Further developments and advantageous embodiments are specified in the subordinate claims.

[0006] The device for handling grilled food during its preparation, in particular sausage-shaped grilled products during their preparation, comprising a base body with at least one handle and with at least one functional area, is characterized according to the invention in that a first functional area is formed by a grilled food rolling device, and that a second functional area is formed by a grilled food holder.

[0007] The combination of two different functional areas ensures a wide range of uses for the device, in which differently shaped pieces of grilled food can be picked up with the device in order to turn them or pass them on, as well as several grilled products, in particular sausage-shaped ones, can be turned at the same time.

[0008] In order to be able to turn several grilled products, in particular sausage-shaped ones, simultaneously on a grill grate, the grill rolling device, according to a further development, has at least one grill rolling surface. Using the grill rolling surface, sausage-shaped grilled products can then be rolled between the grill rolling surface and the grill grate by applying appropriate frictional forces to the grilled products.

[0009] The grilled food rolling surface advantageously has dimensions that are adapted to the grilled products to be rotated and distribute the frictional forces evenly across the length of the grilled products to the respective piece of grilled food or grilled product. In particular, the grilled food rolling surface has a length that corresponds to at least 80% of the length of the piece of grilled food to be rolled, in particular at least 90% of the length of the piece of grilled food to be rolled, and a width that corresponds at least to the unrolled circumferential length of the piece of grilled food to be rolled, in particular a multiple of the unrolled circumferential length of the piece of grilled food to be rolled.

[0010] In a further embodiment of the invention, the base body can be formed by a board with a larger side surface designed as a rolling surface for grilled food. Such a base body can be easily and inexpensively manufactured from materials such as wood or plastic. Furthermore, these materials meet the requirements of food safety regulations.

[0011] The handle is advantageously positioned on the base body opposite the food rolling surface. This provides the person using the device with effective shielding from the heat radiation cooking the food, while also allowing them to easily apply sufficient pressure to the food being turned using the food rolling device.

[0012] According to a further development, the grilling support is formed by a shovel blade arranged on the base body, onto which differently shaped pieces of grilled food, such as steaks, grilled cheese, or sausages, can be pushed. For this purpose, the shovel blade of the grilling support is advantageously designed to project from the base body with at least one section having a shovel leading edge, in particular, to project from an edge of the base body that delimits the grilling rolling surface. The projecting section can thus be optimally shaped in a simple manner.

[0013] Such optimal shaping of the shovel blade is achieved in that the section of the shovel blade that protrudes from the base body is essentially flat. This essentially refers both to the width of the blade leading edge, which in a further embodiment has no curvature in order to be able to pick up pieces of grilled food that are larger than the width of the blade leading edge, and to the area from the blade leading edge to the base body. The area from the blade leading edge to the base body can, however, be formed from partial surfaces that are angled to one another parallel to the blade leading edge, in particular partial surfaces that are angled to one another at an angle of less than 5°. Picked up grilled food is held back on the shovel blade by the resulting curvature and can be transported or passed on more safely, for example to serve or put down the grilled food.

[0014] Furthermore, the blade can transition toward the base body into at least one curved section, forming a grillable food receiving recess. The grillable food receiving recess then forms a boundary of the blade, preventing grillable food from sliding off the blade opposite the leading edge. In a further embodiment, the curved section(s) are bent at equal spacing around a central axis, in particular a common central axis.

[0015] According to a further development, the curved section of the shovel blade is arranged on the side surface of the base body with the handle, with the grilling food receiving recess facing away from the handle with its open side. The curved section also ensures that hot grilling food does not reach the handle and thus a person handling the device, who could burn themselves on the grilling food. A curvature approximately 180° is particularly advantageous, in particular a deflection at an angle of at least 90°, in particular a deflection at an angle of at least 100°, in particular a deflection at an angle of at least 140°, in particular a deflection at an angle of exactly 180°.

[0016] In addition to or as an alternative to the shovel blade, a skewer can also be attached to the base body as a grilling device. This skewer thus forms either a second or third functional area of ​​the device and can be used, for example, for skewering pieces of meat.

[0017] In a further embodiment, the spit is aligned in a plane parallel to the grilling device or in a plane parallel to the shovel blade, whereby it is ensured that when grilling food is turned using the grilling device, the spit does not protrude upwards towards the person handling the device and could therefore pose a risk of injury.

[0018] By arranging the spit on the projecting section of the shovel blade, in particular between the shovel blade and the grill food rolling surface, it is also easily replaceable and, starting from the base body, advantageously points in a different direction than the functional areas formed by the grill food rolling surface and the shovel blade.

[0019] A further functional area of ​​the device can be formed by lateral grill cleaning recesses, which are assigned to the blade between its leading edge and the base body. In a further embodiment, these are arranged or formed on the blade opposite the spit.

[0020] Finally, a bottle opener can also be integrated into the section of the blade that protrudes from the base body, which then forms another functional area.

[0021] An embodiment of the invention, from which further essential features of the invention may emerge, is illustrated in the drawing. Identical parts are provided with the same reference numerals throughout the figures of the drawing. They show: Fig. 1: a perspective view of a device according to the invention; Fig. 2: a plan view of the device according to Fig. 1; and Fig. 3: a side view of the device according to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2.

[0022] The Fig. Figure 1 shows a device according to the invention with a board-shaped base body 1 on which a handle 2 is arranged. The handle 2 has connecting ends 2a, 2b on either side of a central handle area 3, with which the handle 2 is placed on one of the larger side surfaces 4 of the board-shaped base body 1. Opposite the handle 2, a grill rolling device 5 is formed on the base body 1 as a first functional area of ​​the device. The other, larger side surface of the board-shaped base body 1, opposite the side surface 4 with the handle 2, forms a flat grill rolling surface 6, with which a plurality of sausage-shaped pieces of grilled food can be turned simultaneously.

[0023] A second functional area of ​​the device in the form of a grilling food holder 7 is assigned to a short side of the board-shaped base body 1. The grilling food holder 7 is formed by a shovel blade 8 arranged on the base body 1, which protrudes with a substantially flat section 8a opposite an edge of the base body 1 defining the grilling food rolling surface 6, and whose end facing away from the base body 1 is defined by a shovel leading edge 9. Starting from section 8a, the shovel blade 8 merges in the direction of the base body 1 into curved sections 8b, 8b' adjoining section 8a, which are arranged on the side surface 4 with the handle 2. Due to the curvature, the sections 8b, 8b' are directed away from the side surface 4 and back towards the shovel leading edge 9.The curved sections 8b, 8b' thus form a grilled food receiving recess 10, which keeps sausage-shaped grilled products held on the shovel blade 8 away from the handle 2. Between the sections 8b, 8b', screw-on plate sections 8c, 8c' are arranged, which are screwed to the base body 1 on both sides of the connecting end 2a.

[0024] A further grilling food receptacle, forming a third functional area, is provided by a spit 11, which is aligned in a plane parallel to section 8a on a long side of the base body 1, pointing away from it. This spit 11 is screwed to section 8a on the side of the blade 8 facing the grilling food rolling surface 6 with a screw 12, whereby the screwed-in screw 12 does not protrude into a support area 13 of the blade 8.

[0025] Between the blade's leading edge 9 and the base body 1, section 8a also includes lateral grill grate cleaning recesses 14, 14', which are formed by bulges adapted to the diameter of grill grate bars, i.e., having a slightly larger diameter. The grill grate cleaning recesses 14, 14' thus form a fourth functional area of ​​the device. Finally, the device has a fifth functional area, formed by a recess in section 8a, with a bottle opener 15.

[0026] The Fig. 2 and the Fig. 3 show different views of the device. Fig. 2 shows in particular the position of the curved sections 8b, 8b' and the screw plate sections 8c, 8c' in relation to the handle 2. Fig. 2 shows that section 8a tapers towards the blade leading edge 9. Furthermore, the perpendicular orientation of the spike 11 from the long side of the base body 1 becomes clear.

[0027] Fig. Another feature that can be seen in particular from Figure 3 is that section 8a is composed of several partial surfaces that are slightly angled to one another.

Claims

[1] Device for handling grilled food during its preparation, in particular sausage-shaped grilled products during their preparation, comprising a base body (1) with at least one handle (2) and with at least one functional area, characterized by , that a first functional area is formed by a grill rolling device (5), and that a second functional area is formed by a grill food holder (7). [2] Device according to claim 1, characterized by that the grill food rolling device (5) has at least one grill food rolling surface (6). [3] Device according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized by that the base body (1) is formed by a board, one larger side surface of which is designed as a grill food rolling surface (6). [4] Device according to one of claims 2 or 3, characterized bythat the handle (2) of the grill food rolling surface (6) is arranged opposite the base body (1). [5] Device according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized by that the grill food holder (7) is formed by a shovel blade (8) arranged on the base body (1). [6] Device according to claim 5, characterized by that the shovel blade (8) of the grilling food holder (7) is designed to project with at least one section (8a) having a shovel leading edge (9) relative to the base body (1), in particular is designed to project with respect to an edge of the base body (1) delimiting the grilling food rolling surface (6). [7] Device according to claim 6, characterized by that the section (8a) of the blade (8) projecting relative to the base body (1) is substantially flat. [8] Device according to one of claims 5 to 7, characterized bythat the blade (8) merges into at least one curved section (8b, 8b') in the direction of the base body (1) and forms a grill food receiving trough (10). [9] Device according to claim 8, characterized by that the curved section (8b, 8b') of the shovel blade (8) is arranged on the side surface (4) of the base body (1) with the handle (2), wherein the grill food receiving trough (10) points away from the handle (2) with its open side. [10] Device according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized by that a skewer (11) is assigned to the base body (1) as a grilling food holder. [11] Device according to claim 10, characterized by that the spit (11) is aligned in a plane parallel to the grill food rolling device (5). [12] Device according to one of claims 10 or 11, characterized bythat the spit (11) is arranged on the projecting section (8a) of the shovel blade (8), in particular between the shovel blade (8) and the grill food rolling surface (6). [13] Device according to one of claims 5 to 9, characterized by that the blade (8) is provided with lateral grill cleaning recesses (14, 14') between its blade leading edge (9) and the base body (1). [14] Device according to claim 9, characterized by that a bottle opener (15) is integrated into the section (8a) of the blade (8) projecting from the base body (1).

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