Barbecue Rack Notch Groove Layout for Irregular Food Placement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing barbecue racks have low utilization efficiency due to the irregular shapes and sizes of foods, which leads to inefficient use of space and potential flavor mixing when different foods are stacked together.
Innovation Solution
A rack design featuring a limit plate with multiple limit notch grooves, supports, and a rotating component that allows for independent placement of irregularly shaped foods, optimizing space usage and preventing flavor mixing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If foods are piled up on each other on the rack, then the rack can accommodate more foods, but the utilization efficiency of the rack is not high due to irregular shapes occupying excessive space
Solution Approach 1:
The rack is divided into multiple independent compartments, each capable of holding individual food items. This segmentation allows irregularly shaped foods to be placed in dedicated spaces rather than requiring excessive clearance, thereby improving overall space utilization while maintaining the ability to accommodate multiple food types.
Solution Approach 2:
The rack structure utilizes three-dimensional space more effectively by creating vertical and horizontal compartments. Foods are arranged in multiple layers and sections, transforming a single-plane placement into a multi-dimensional configuration that maximizes the rack's volume capacity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If various foods are placed together on the rack, then the rack serves multiple food types, but flavors may mix between different foods
Solution Approach 1:
The rack is divided into multiple independent compartments, each capable of holding individual food items. This segmentation allows irregularly shaped foods to be placed in dedicated spaces rather than requiring excessive clearance, thereby improving overall space utilization while maintaining the ability to accommodate multiple food types.
Solution Approach 2:
Each food item is extracted and placed into its own dedicated compartment or section of the rack. This separation extracts foods from a common space and isolates them individually, preventing flavor mixing while maintaining the rack's versatility for holding various food types.
3Device complexity
If a simple rack structure is used, then the device complexity is low, but the space utilization and food stability are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The rack is divided into multiple independent compartments, each capable of holding individual food items. This segmentation allows irregularly shaped foods to be placed in dedicated spaces rather than requiring excessive clearance, thereby improving overall space utilization while maintaining the ability to accommodate multiple food types.
Solution Approach 2:
The rack structure utilizes three-dimensional space more effectively by creating vertical and horizontal compartments. Foods are arranged in multiple layers and sections, transforming a single-plane placement into a multi-dimensional configuration that maximizes the rack's volume capacity.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed are a rack and a barbecue grill. The rack includes a limit plate and two supports connected with the limit plate. The limit plate is provided with a plurality of limit notch grooves, and the plurality of the limit notch grooves are arranged along a length direction of the limit plate; the limit notch grooves are configured to pass through the limit plate. The present application aims to improve the utilization of space by gathering some small handle-shaped irregular foods by using a rack.