Abstract: A free-standing combination rotisserie and shish kebab accessory is provided which includes a three-walled box having a pair of wire frame members such that the two end walls fold flat for storage when the side wall is removed. A motor driven spit can be adpated for use as either a rotisserie or a shish kebab dependent on the use of meat supporting holders or skewer supporting wire wheels.

Abstract: A resistance heating element is formed in a spiral pattern to a spherical radius to provide conductive heating for a wok. The resistance heating element is supported by a support which accommodates the spherical surface of the heating element. The heating element can be for either plug-in or permanent installation.

Abstract: The electronic components in the cavity of a modular induction cooktop cartridge are cooled as a result of ventilation provided by a proximity ventilation system. The cooktop cartridge is raised relative to the surface of the range and ports are provided on opposite sides of the cartridge in the raised portion whereby the proximity ventilation system educts air from the cavity and thereby causes an air circulation path through the cavity.

Abstract: The blower is made separate from the rest of a self-ventilated range and is installed prior to the installation of the range. The blower can be selectively mounted for through-the-wall or through-the-floor discharge and is located so that the hole in the wall or floor misses the studs or joists, respectively. After the blower is installed, the self-ventilated range is set in place over the blower and the blower is connected to the plenum by means of a flexible pipe. In this way the plenum can be made thinner providing more room for the oven cavity.

Abstract: A modular induction cooktop cartridge contains a fan which is interlocked with the panel switches so that whenever an induction unit is operative, air is drawn into the cartridge to cool the solid state electronic components. Air is exhausted in a high velocity discharge to minimize recirculation.

Abstract: Disclosed is a proximity ventilated cooking range adapted for countertop installation in a conventional stack-on kitchen cabinet. The surface heating units and ventilating air intake rest over a cut-out portion of the cabinet countertop with a ventilating air plenum and motor driven fan depending from the top surface of the range and disposed in the underlying cabinet. A housing enclosing an electronic air filtering unit is mounted closely adjacent the ventilating air plenum with a duct connecting the discharge of the fan and the interior of the filter unit housing. After moving through the filter unit, the air exits from the housing through a discharge opening at the front of the cabinet into the kitchen environs.

Abstract: Disclosed is a domestic cooking range of the ventilated type having surface elements and an underlying oven characterized by an extension of the ventilating fan motor shaft carrying an auxiliary fan disposed within the oven which provides forced circulation of air in the oven. The oven may thus be selectively operated in the conventional radiant heating mode or in the forced circulation or "convected" mode depending upon whether the ventilating fan motor is in operation. The oven can be held at an elevated temperature (of the order of 550.degree. F) for a time interval to accelerate catalytic self-cleaning (catalyst added to the porcelain frit covering the oven surface) because of air circulation within the oven door and passages adjacent the door, this cooling air flow being induced by operation of the ventilating fan.

Abstract: Disclosed is an oven which may or may not be incorporated in a domestic cooking range. The oven is characterized by the presence of a fan inset in one side wall of the oven. A plate having upper and lower slots approximately aligned with the conventionally located upper and lower oven heating elements overlies the fan. The slots or openings in the plate provide discharge apertures for the fan so that the air streams from the fan sweep past the heating elements to provide forced circulation or "convected" mode operation. Since the oven heating elements are conventionally located, the oven may be operated in the conventional, radiant mode by halting operation of the fan. The oven is thus easily convertible to either radiant or convection mode of operation.

Abstract: Disclosed is a plug-in circuit arrangement for a ventilated range which permits a single, manual switch to control the level of heat output of the rear electrical heating unit in a surface cooking plug-in cartridge and also the level of heat output of a plug-in broil unit depending upon which of the two is inserted in the range, with the wiring of the receptacle and the broil unit combining, when the broil unit is plugged in, to operate the motor of the ventilating fan automatically whenever the broil unit is energized by the control switch, the same control switch, when actuated, energizing only the rear heating unit of the surface cooking cartridge, and not the ventilating fan, when the surface cooking cartridge is plugged into the range.

Abstract: Disclosed is a portable grill assembly adapted for use on, for example, a kitchen countertop area. The assembly includes a somewhat L-shaped housing, the horizontally extending portion of which encloses a heating element and is topped by a grill element for supporting meat or other edibles for exposed surface broiling. The adjoining upwardly extending portion houses a power driven fan which draws air, smoke and cooking vapors from across the grill element and into the upwardly extending portion. The fan outlet discharges to the exterior of the housing.

Abstract: Disclosed is a free standing cooking fume and odor collecting or ventilating unit of modular construction and adapted for positioning adjacent one or more fume-generating cooking surfaces, which may be at differing vertical levels. The exhaust fan and motor, and suitable intake filters are located in the lower portion of the assembly and this lower portion accommodates, in overlying relation, one or more alternative intake modules which include intake openings adjacent the cooking surfaces or other fume producing portions of the ranges adjacent to which the collecting unit is placed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cooking range in which an air intake plenum and a deep fat fryer cavity are formed side-by-side in a housing. The cavity accommodates a relatively deep receptacle having an electrical outlet on its sidewall and adapted to be filled with frying oil to a level below the electrical outlet. A heating element, having a terminal plug removably inserted in the electrical outlet, extends adjacent the base of the receptacle for heating the frying oil. Removal of the heating element permits other cooking units, having differing cooking functions, to be inserted in the cavity in spaced overlying relation to the pool of frying oil in the receptacle. The other cooking units may, thus, be alternately operated without necessitating removal of the frying oil from the receptacle.