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A rack for positioning food slabs in a horizontal cooking area such as over a grill includes a rectangular frame which carries a plurality of bent rod food slab supports at a rearward tilt. Each support includes a pair of outer risers having interned lower ends. The outer risers extend over opposite

A rack for positioning food slabs in a horizontal cooking area such as over a grill includes a rectangular frame which carries a plurality of bent rod food slab supports at a rearward tilt. Each support includes a pair of outer risers having interned lower ends. The outer risers extend over opposite sides of the frame, with the interned ends extending through apertures in the frame sides. Between the outer risers, the rod is bent in a digital waveform and includes forwardly extending lower cradle having upwardly sloped shoulders for engaging the bottom of a food slab. Notches are provided in the upper edge of the frame sides forwardly of each aperture and a notch engaging post extends from the cradle shoulders which are adjacent each outer riser. The ends of the frame are lapped and hinged, so that the frame may be folded along a longitudinal axis for compact storage, with the slab supports nested within the folded frame.

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1. A cooking rack for simultaneously cooking more than one food slab, the cooking rack comprising: a generally rectangular frame including: a pair of side panels lying in parallel planes; andfront and rear panels lying in parallel planes; anda plurality of food slab supports removably fixed to the g

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A cooking rack for simultaneously cooking more than one food slab, the cooking rack comprising: a generally rectangular frame including: a pair of side panels lying in parallel planes; andfront and rear panels lying in parallel planes; anda plurality of food slab supports removably fixed to the generally rectangular frame, each food slab support lying substantially in a plane perpendicular to the planes of the pair of side panels and being formed of rod,wherein each food slab support plane is inclined rearwardly relative to the generally rectangular frame and includes a pair of risers,wherein each riser has an axis lying in a plane parallel to the planes of the pair of side panels and has an inturned end portion extending through a plane of a side panel and engaging and being removably fixed relative to its respective side panel,wherein each food slab support further includes a food slab rest extending forwardly of the plane of the each food slab support and horizontal posts that are fixed relative to the plane of the each food slab support and positioned forwardly of the plane of the each food slab support,wherein a portion of each horizontal post extends through the plane of a side panel forwardly of the plane of the each food slab support, andwherein each horizontal post is removably fixed relative to its respective side panel for maintaining the each food slab support in its rearwardly inclined position relative to the generally rectangular frame. 2. The cooking rack according to claim 1, wherein each food slab support includes a plurality of food slab rests. 3. The cooking rack according to claim 1, wherein each food slab support includes a plurality of internal risers positioned between and parallel to the risers. 4. The cooking rack according to claim 3, wherein each food slab support further includes a bent rod configured in a digital waveform. 5. The cooking rack according to claim 3, wherein the food slab rest extends from at least one of the plurality of internal risers. 6. The cooking rack according to claim 3, wherein the food slab rest comprises tines extending forwardly from the plane of the each food slab support,wherein the tines have upwardly bent shoulder portions, the side panel engaging risers, andwherein the internal risers and the tines are formed of a single bent rod. 7. The cooking rack according to claim 6, wherein the generally rectangular frame further comprises a stay that spans between adjacent sloped shoulder portions. 8. The cooking rack according to claim 6, wherein each horizontal post is fixed to a corresponding tine. 9. The cooking rack according to claim 8, wherein each horizontal post includes a bent end portion that lies in a plane parallel to the planes of the pair of side panels. 10. The cooking rack according to claim 6, wherein the generally rectangular frame further includes a reinforcing horizontal stringer fixed to the single bent rod. 11. A cooking rack for simultaneously cooking more than one food slab, the cooking rack comprising: a rectangular frame including a pair of parallel side panels, a front panel, and a rear panel; anda plurality of generally planar slab supports removably fixed to the pair of parallel side panels in a rearwardly inclined position, each generally planar slab support including a food slab rest fixed to and extending forwardly from the plane of the each generally planar slab support,wherein the food slab rest is adjacent to a lower end of the each generally planar slab support,wherein the each generally planar slab support is formed of a bent rod,wherein portions of the bent rod extend through a plane of each parallel side panel and engages each parallel side panel,wherein each generally planar slab support further includes a pair of laterally extending posts fixed relative to the plane of the each generally planar slab support,wherein a portion of each laterally extending post extends through a plane of each parallel side panel and engages its respective parallel side panel forwardly of the plane of the each generally planar slab support. 12. The cooking rack according to claim 11, wherein the bent rod is formed with a pair of parallel side panel engaging risers, each parallel side panel engaging riser having an axis lying in a plane parallel to the planes of the plurality of parallel side panels, each parallel side panel engaging riser having an inwardly bent end portion engaged in a parallel side panel, the inwardly bent end portions extending through the plane of each parallel side panel. 13. The cooking rack according to claim 11, wherein the food slab rest comprises tines extending forwardly of the plane of the generally planar slab support, the tines having upwardly sloped shoulders, each post being fixed to a tine. 14. A cooking rack for simultaneously cooking more than one food slab, the cooking rack comprising: a generally rectangular frame including: a pair of side panels lying in parallel planes; andfront and rear panels lying in parallel planes;a first hinge pin extending through overlapped portions of the front panels; anda second hinge pin extending through overlapped portions of the rear panels,wherein the first and the second hinge pins are coaxial,wherein each side panel and corresponding front and rear panels form a section of the generally rectangular frame,wherein each front panel and each rear panel include an outwardly bent flange to limit rotation of the section around the first and the second hinge pins; anda plurality of food slab supports removably fixed to the generally rectangular frame, each food slab support lying substantially in a plane perpendicular to the planes of the pair of side panels and being formed of rod,wherein each food slab support plane is inclined rearwardly relative to the generally rectangular frame and includes a pair of risers,wherein each riser has an axis lying in a plane parallel to the planes of the pair of side panels and has an inturned end portion extending through a plane of a side panel and engaging and being removably fixed relative to its respective side panel,wherein each food slab support further includes a food slab rest extending forwardly of the plane of the each food slab support and horizontal posts that are fixed relative to the plane of the each food slab support and positioned forwardly of the plane of the each food slab support,wherein a portion of each horizontal post extends through the plane of a side panel forwardly of the plane of the each food slab support,wherein each horizontal post is removably fixed relative to its respective side panel for maintaining the each food slab support in its rearwardly inclined position relative to the generally rectangular frame, andwherein, when the plurality of slab supports are disengaged from the pair of side panels, the sections of the rectangular frame are rotated about the hinge pins to a storage position and the plurality of slab supports are dimensioned to be nested between the front panels and the rear panels with the rectangular frame in the storage position. 15. The cooking rack according to claim 14, wherein each side panel includes a plurality of notches and is in engagement with a notch of each side panel when the cooking rack is in use and being separated from the notch when the frame is in the storage position. 16. The cooking rack according to claim 14, wherein each slab support comprises a bent rod. 17. The cooking rack according to claim 16, wherein the bent rod is configured in a digital waveform. 18. The cooking rack according to claim 17, further comprising a reinforcing stringer being fixed to the bent rod and extending across the bent rod at substantially midheight of the digital waveform. 19. The cooking rack according to claim 17, further comprising a reinforcing stringer fixed to the bent rod and extending across the bent rod adjacent to a lower end of the digital waveform.