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A fork for engaging and holding a food item while the food item is cooking includes an elongate fork body; a fork distal end including at least one tine; a fork proximal end with a fork handle; a stopwatch timer with a timer display mechanism and a timer actuating mechanism for timing the emersion o

A fork for engaging and holding a food item while the food item is cooking includes an elongate fork body; a fork distal end including at least one tine; a fork proximal end with a fork handle; a stopwatch timer with a timer display mechanism and a timer actuating mechanism for timing the emersion of a food item within a fondue liquid to determine that the food item is cooked sufficiently but not excessively; and a timer power source connected to the timer.

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1. A fork for engaging and holding a food item while the food item is cooking, comprising: an elongate fork body;a fork distal end comprising at least two tines configured to retain food within a heated fondue liquid;a fork proximal end with a fork handle;the fork handle comprises:a stopwatch timer;

1. A fork for engaging and holding a food item while the food item is cooking, comprising: an elongate fork body;a fork distal end comprising at least two tines configured to retain food within a heated fondue liquid;a fork proximal end with a fork handle;the fork handle comprises:a stopwatch timer;a timer power source;a stopwatch timer display;an actuator button protruding from a proximal end of said handle; anda timer control circuit configured to perform a start, stop, and reset stopwatch timing operation respectively responsive to a sequential operation of the actuator button. 2. The fork of claim 1, wherein said timer power source comprises a battery. 3. The fork of claim 1, wherein said fork handle is elongate in the same direction as said fork body. 4. The fork of claim 1, wherein said stopwatch timer is retained within said fork handle and wherein said timer display means comprises a timer display panel. 5. The fork of claim 4, additionally comprising a display panel opening in said fork handle through which said display panel is exposed. 6. The fork of claim 1, wherein said actuating button is contoured to define a rounded handle end. 7. The fork of claim 1, additionally comprising a signal emitting means and interval measuring and signalling means which delivers power to and activates said signal emitting means momentarily at fixed intervals. 8. The fork of claim 7, wherein said signal emitting means is one of: a light emitting source and a sound emitting source. 9. The fork of claim 8, wherein said light emitting source is mounted to said timer actuating button such that said light emitting source is visible. 10. The fork of claim 1, wherein said timer circuit additionally comprises calendar means which keeps and displays on the timer display the date and time of day.