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A cooking skillet that provides a unique automatic stirring system for continuously stirring foods during cooking. The cooking skillet comprises a base, a receptacle, a heating element, and an automatic stirring system. The automatic stirring system comprises a stirring wand located in the receptacl

A cooking skillet that provides a unique automatic stirring system for continuously stirring foods during cooking. The cooking skillet comprises a base, a receptacle, a heating element, and an automatic stirring system. The automatic stirring system comprises a stirring wand located in the receptacle and a bracket located in the base. The stirring wand and the bracket are attracted to each other through magnetic forces that provide sufficient magnetism to attract one to the other. A motor is attached to the bracket by a connecting rod and provides the means to rotate the bracket in a clockwise direction. The magnetism between the magnets in the bracket and the magnets in the stirring wand forces the stirring wand to rotate in connection with the bracket. During rotation, the stirring wand is designed to mix the food contained within the receptacle. A controlling box is used to control the power to the motor and provides a resisting sensor or reversing circuit to reverse the rotational direction of the stirring system as necessary.

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1. A cooking skillet for cooking a food product, comprising: a cooking receptacle having a bottom surface and an upwardly extending sidewall from the bottom surface, the bottom surface and the upwardly extending sidewall forming a contained cooking area;means for providing heat to the cooking recept

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A cooking skillet for cooking a food product, comprising: a cooking receptacle having a bottom surface and an upwardly extending sidewall from the bottom surface, the bottom surface and the upwardly extending sidewall forming a contained cooking area;means for providing heat to the cooking receptacle for cooking the food product in the cooking area;a stirring wand supported for rotation about an axis inside the cooking area and having first opposed ends each providing a vertical surface, the stirring wand resting on the bottom surface and extending across the entire cooking area, the vertical surface of each of the opposed ends situated adjacent to but not touching the upwardly extending sidewall;the stirring wand having a top, a bottom, a front side, and a back side substantially identical to the front side, the front side having a leading edge extending substantially vertically from adjacent the bottom to a termination point and a concave surface extending upwardly from the termination point of the leading edge to the top, the leading edge providing a substantially flat surface along the stirring wand between the vertical surfaces of the first opposed ends, the concave surface providing a constant uniform curvature along the stirring wand between the vertical surfaces of the first opposed ends;a first magnet mounted in the stirring wand;a bracket supported for rotation about the axis outside the cooking area and adjacent to the stirring wand;a second magnet mounted in the bracket,a motor having an output shaft coupled to the bracket, the motor engaging the output shaft and driving the rotation of the bracket about the axis;the second magnet in the bracket magnetically engaging to the first magnet in the stirring wand during rotation to drive the stirring wand to rotate in the same direction as the bracket to stir the food product in the cooking area wherein the leading edge and the concave surface of the front side of the stirring wand cooperating in lifting the food product from the bottom surface in the cooking area and the first opposed ends and vertical surface of the stirring wand directing the food product away from the upwardly extending sidewall of the cooking receptacle during rotation of the stirring wand;a reversing circuit having means for reversing the direction of rotation of the motor when the level of current to the motor exceeds a predetermined level;wherein, when the level of current to the motor exceeds the predetermined level, the motor re-engaging the output shaft and driving the rotation of the bracket in the reverse direction and the second magnet in the bracket magnetically re-engaging the first magnet in the stirring wand during rotation to drive the rotation of the stirring wand in the same reverse direction; andwherein, in this reverse direction, the leading edge and the concave surface of the back side of the stirring wand cooperating in lifting the food product from the bottom surface in the cooking area and the first opposed ends and vertical surface of the stirring wand directing the food product away from the upwardly extending sidewall of the cooking receptacle during rotation of the stirring wand. 2. The cooking skillet of claim 1 wherein the first magnet is mounted in at least one of the first opposed ends of the stirring wand. 3. The cooking skillet of claim 2 wherein the bracket has second opposed ends with the second magnet mounted in at least one of the second opposed ends, the first magnet vertically aligned with the second magnet when the stirring wand is vertically aligned with the bracket. 4. The cooking skillet of claim 1 and further comprising a controlling box, the controlling box having means for monitoring the level of current to the motor. 5. The cooking skillet of claim 1 wherein the first opposed ends and vertical surface directing the food product away from the upwardly extending sidewall of the cooking receptacle independently of the direction of rotation of the stirring wand. 6. A stirring mechanism for stirring a food product in a skillet, comprising: a cooking vessel having a cooking surface and a wall situated around the cooking surface, the cooking surface and the wall forming a contained cooking area;a stirring wand resting on the cooking surface and extending across the entire cooking surface and provided with opposed ends having a curved portion, the opposed ends situated adjacent to but not touching the upwardly extending sidewall, the stirring wand having a top, a bottom, a front side, and a back side substantially identical to the front side, the front side extending substantially vertically from adjacent the bottom to the top;the curve of each of the opposed ends directing the food product away from the wall independently of the direction of rotation of the stirring wand, the stirring wand aligned in a rotational plane;means for providing heat to the cooking surface for cooking the food product in the cooking area;a first magnetic area paired with the stirring wand;a bracket situated adjacent to the stirring wand and aligned parallel to the rotational plane;a second magnetic area paired with the bracket,a motor having an output shaft, the motor engaging the output shaft and driving the rotation of the bracket in a direction;the second magnetic area of the bracket magnetically engaging the first magnetic area of the stirring wand during rotation to drive the rotation of the stirring wand in the rotational plane as the bracket is rotated, the stirring wand rotating in the same direction as the rotation of the bracket;wherein, during rotation of the stirring wand, the front side of the stirring wand cooperating in lifting the food product from the cooking surface in the contained cooking area and the curved portion of the opposed ends of the stirring wand directing the food product away from the wall of the contained cooking area;means for monitoring the level of current to the motor;means for reversing the direction of rotation of the motor into a reverse direction when the food product impedes the rotation of the stirring wand causing the level of current to the motor to reach a predetermined maximum level;the motor re-engaging the output shaft and driving the rotation of the bracket in the reverse direction and the second magnetic area of the bracket magnetically re-engaging the first magnetic area of the stirring wand during rotation to drive the rotation of the stirring wand in the same reverse direction;wherein, during rotation of the stirring wand in the reverse direction, the back side of the stirring wand cooperating in lifting the food product from the cooking surface in the contained cooking area and the curved portion of the opposed ends of the stirring wand directing the food product away from the wall of the contained cooking area. 7. The stirring mechanism of claim 6 wherein the first magnetic area is situated along substantially the entire length of the stirring wand. 8. The stirring mechanism of claim 6 wherein the second magnetic area is a bar magnet. 9. The stirring mechanism of claim 6 wherein the second magnetic area is made from an alloy consisting of neodymium, iron and boron.