US 12,303,067 B2
Reversible cooking grate
Mark Sousa, Hope, RI (US); and Wai Ho, Boston, MA (US)
Filed by Jordan Kahn Company, Newton, MA (US)
Filed on Feb. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/591,911.
Prior Publication US 2023/0240473 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. A47J 37/06 (2006.01); A47J 37/07 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 37/067 (2013.01) [A47J 37/0786 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pizza cooking grate comprising:
a planar grid with perforations therethrough and adapted to be oriented horizontally and comprising;
a first plurality of supports adapted to engage a bottom surface of a pizza cooking element resting there-atop such that a vertical distance is maintained between the bottom surface and the grid, and a second plurality of locators, taller than the supports and adapted to engage a peripheral outer shape of the pizza cooking element such that the pizza cooking element is horizontally restrained;
wherein the pizza cooking element is one of a pizza pan and a pizza stone;
wherein the grid is comprised of ribs having open spaces therebetween to comprise the perforations and; wherein the grid is cast metal and the supports and locators are cast integrally with the ribs.