| CPC A47J 37/067 (2013.01) [A47J 37/0786 (2013.01)] | 13 Claims |

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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.
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