Device for cooking meat and fish, made up of a matrix of pointed threadlike elements (1) that are distributed perpendicularly on the lower face of a horizontal base (2) that has a handle (3) on its upper face, base that is placed on top of a piece of meat or fish that is cooked on a griddle or frying pan (5). The device can be complemented with an enveloping casing (6) in the form of an inverted bowl that acts as a thermal shield and is coupled with the base (2) through a central hole (6) in which a stem (7) is inserted that Join the base (2) with the handle (3). Alternatively, the threadlike elements can be located in the casing (6), in which case the base (2) has through holes to insert said threadlike elements. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)