Abstract: A cooking unit, such as a stove, for cooking food, which cooking unit may have a cooking hob and cooking elements associated therewith; a mounting and a method of manufacture for a mounting; and a method of manufacture for a cooking unit, such as a stove, for cooking food, which cooking unit may have a cooking hob and cooking elements associated therewith.

Abstract: A mounting arrangement for a cooking surface is provided. The cooking surface has an edge at one end thereof which is rounded and which is at least partially surrounded by a plastic frame or frame sections. The cooking surface can be supported on the frame or by the frame sections in an opening in a work-plate. The frame or frame sections include a support section which supports a bottom surface of the cooking surface. The frame or frame sections are made of a heat-resistant plastic reactive foam. The reactive foam is injection molded or foamed into a mold in which the cooking surface is housed. In this manner, a mounting arrangement can be easily manufactured without affecting the stability of the cooking surface.

Abstract: A stove top assembly comprises a cooking plate having a perimeter portion and a mounting frame around the perimeter portion. In the improvement, the frame includes a lateral carrier member and an upstanding retention member extending extending away from the carrier member. The retention member and the perimeter portion define an upwardly-opening space therebetween and foam substantially fills the space and adheres to the retention member and to the perimeter portion, thereby affixing the plate and the frame to one another. A new method for making a stove top assembly includes positioning the cooking plate in the mounting frame to define an upwardly-opening space around the perimeter portion and between the perimeter portion and the retention member. Substantially all of the space is filled with reactive adhesive foam, thereby affixing the cooking plate and the mounting frame to one another.