Gas hob as well as a pot support for a gas cooking area

Abstract

A gas hob having a gas burner and a pot support. The pot support has randomly arranged pot support ribs to support a container for food to be cooked.

1 - 15 . (canceled) 
     
     
         16 . A gas hob, comprising:
 a gas burner; and   a pot support having pot support ribs to support a container for food to be cooked, wherein the pot support ribs are disposed in a random arrangement to one another.   
     
     
         17 . The gas hob of  claim 16 , wherein the pot support ribs are distributed in an irregular manner across the pot support. 
     
     
         18 . The gas hob of  claim 16 , wherein the pot support ribs are arranged asymmetrically to one another. 
     
     
         19 . The gas hob of  claim 16 , wherein the pot support ribs are of varying lengths. 
     
     
         20 . The gas hob of  claim 16 , wherein the pot support ribs are at varying angles to one another. 
     
     
         21 . The gas hob of  claim 16 , wherein the pot support has a support profile to position at least one of feet, frame brackets, and a closed frame on the gas hob. 
     
     
         22 . The gas hob of  claim 21 , wherein at least one of:
 a first pot support rib is supported by two connecting points; and   a second pot support rib is connected by a connecting point and juts out from one of the support profile and the first pot support rib.   
     
     
         23 . The gas hob of  claim 21 , wherein the pot support ribs jut out at least partially sideways with an excess over the support profile. 
     
     
         24 . The gas hob of  claim 16 , wherein respective tops of the pot support ribs are on a common positioning plane on which the container for food to be cooked is placed. 
     
     
         25 . The gas hob of  claim 21 , wherein the pot support ribs jut out over the support profile with a predefined height in the direction of a vertical axis. 
     
     
         26 . The gas hob of  claim 25 , wherein the support profile is a pot support frame. 
     
     
         27 . The gas hob of  claim 16 , wherein the gas hob has two gas burners, and wherein the pot support covers the two gas burners. 
     
     
         28 . The gas hob of  claim 26 , wherein the pot support frame of the pot support is rectangular. 
     
     
         29 . The gas hob of  claim 28 , wherein the pot support is trapezoidal. 
     
     
         30 . The gas hob of  claim 16 , wherein the gas hob has four gas burners, and wherein respective two of the four gas burners are assigned to one of two pot supports. 
     
     
         31 . The gas hob of  claim 30 , wherein the two pot supports are identical and positioned on the gas hob with their respective trapezoidal pot support frames rotated 180° to one another. 
     
     
         32 . A pot support for a gas hob, wherein the gas hob has a gas burner; wherein the pot support has pot support ribs to support a container for food to be cooked; and wherein the pot support ribs are disposed in a random arrangement to one another.