Patent attributes
A cooking apparatus for programmable rotating rotisserie skewers includes an electromotor-driven and manually-driven gearboxes comprising linearly-positioned and sequentially-engaged drive gears, a frame with openings in which skewers is rotating, wherein each skewer is equipped with a gear that rests on a top of an individual drive gear and engaged to it by food and skewer weight; so skewers can be individually removed and turned for food position adjustment. The electromotor is connected to the electromotor-driven gearbox via safety clutch disengaging said motor when manual rotation is performed or in the case of mechanical failure. To perform programmable food processing of different kind of food including symmetric food, such as souvlaki, shashlik, shish kabobs, etc. and asymmetric or flat food, such as a chicken, burger or steak, a timing mechanism periodically slowing or stopping skewers rotation for a preset pause is utilized.
