A spatter guard for covering food in an oven. The guard includes: a first
shell configured to cover food, having: a first semi-hemispherical
barrier member with a plurality of apertures therein. Additionally, there
is a second shell pivotally coupled to the first shell to substantially
form a hemispherical barrier and an array of substantially parallel
semi-hemispherical barriers. The array includes a second
semi-hemispherical barrier member with a plurality of apertures therein.
Moreover, the first shell has a plurality of protrusions extending
downwardly from a bottom of the first hemispherical barrier member to
space the first shell from a surface. Further, there is a flange that
extends outwardly from a bottom of the first hemispherical barrier
member. Further, the second shell has a protrusion extending outwardly
therefrom and is configured to be used as a handle for actuating the
second shell between the first and second positions.