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 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 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.