Nested Grilling Rack Structure for Stable Stuffed Pepper Cooking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing food grilling racks often cause food items, especially elongated peppers stuffed with fillings, to fall through or get stuck in the perforations, making it difficult to cook them evenly and safely.
Innovation Solution
A two-part grilling rack design featuring a removable perforated upper plate that nests onto a corrugated lower section with inclined troughs and peaks, ensuring secure placement of elongated food items, and alternate embodiments with cylindrical receptacles for additional support and flavoring.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a perforated plate is used for grilling, then food items can be placed and cooked, but food items can fall through or get stuck in the openings
Solution Approach 1:
The grilling rack is divided into two separate sections: a lower section with a corrugated bottom panel providing structural support and an upper section with a perforated plate for food placement. This segmentation allows each section to perform its specific function optimally - the corrugated panel prevents falling through while the perforated plate enables cooking
Solution Approach 2:
The upper perforated plate section nests within the lower corrugated section, creating a integrated structure where the perforated plate sits securely on the corrugated panel. This nesting arrangement ensures that food items are supported by both sections simultaneously, preventing them from falling through or getting stuck
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AI summary
A food grilling rack provides a frame defined by a plurality of connected side walls forming a closed geometric shape. The frame includes a lower corrugated sheet that provides multiple troughs, each trough having a lowest portion. The lower sheet is attached to at least some of the side walls. An upper sheet of material is supported (e.g., removably) above the sheet of corrugated material. There are a plurality of openings in the upper sheet of material, each opening being vertically aligned with a lowest portion of a trough. In one embodiment, the frame includes a pair of flanged members attached to a lower corrugated sheet that provides multiple troughs, each trough having a lowest portion. A sheet with openings slides into the frame aligning the openings with the lowest part of the trough.