Abstract: A portable food and utensil storage device includes a box like base component having a plurality of wheels attached to its bottom surface for rolling the device along a supporting surface. The interior of the base component includes a plurality of segregated compartments each configured and designed to retain hot or cold food items as well as various accessory items therein. The base component includes an opening adjacent its bottom surface in communication with an interior chamber for slidably receiving a gas fueled grill assembly. The top end of the base component is selectively coverable with a lid that pivotably engages the top edge of its rear wall. The inwardly facing side of the lid includes a plurality of bands and loops for retaining silverware, cups and similar items thereon.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of making glass-ceramic plates which are bent at a radius of curvature especially suitable in the manufacture of cooking plates.

Abstract: An improved hood for a cooking apparatus, such as an outdoor barbecue grill. The hood includes integrally formed hinges on the sides thereof comprising a pin-in-saddle assembly. The hood also includes a stop for limiting the rearward travel of the lid with respect to the cooking surface.

Abstract: The invention provides a protector cover suitable for the head of a stove which contains the controls and typically a glass panel, the protective cover being formed of a flexible substantially non-flamable material with a front panel, a rear panel, a top panel between the front and rear panels, a pair of opposed side panels, and with the front panel being moveable upwardly to permit access to controls on the front of the stove head. The cover is designed to protect the front of the stove during cooking operations with the front panel being moveable to provide access to the controls.

Abstract: A cooking assembly for a cooker or a cooking top and comprises a cooking plate (1) and at least one heat generator (200) enabling a receptacle to be heated without coming directly into contact therewith. The cooking plate (1) includes an opening (4) associated with each heat generator (200) and enabling said generator to act directly, together with retractable closure means such as a moving plug (203) associated with each opening (4) to close said opening when the heat generator (200) is not in use, the moving plug (203) then being flush with the top surface (2) of the cooking plate (1), motorized means being provided for retracting said moving plug in order to unmask the heat generator so that it can be put into use. The invention is applicable to cooking assemblies for gas cookers and/or electric cookers having a cooking plate made of molded glass, of vitroceramic, or of agglomerated inorganic fibers.

Abstract: A barbecue grill assembly is disclosed including a bowl and domed, free-standing lid mating with each other to form a three-dimensional oval in combination, a support assembly being provided for the bowl with the brackets mounted on a portion of the barbecue grill assembly in spaced apart relation less than a corresponding dimension of the lid with extended surfaces and stops for causing the lid to move horizontally along the extended bracket surfaces and then rotate into a generally vertical position in cradled engagement with the brackets, an ash collector unit including vent means being suspended beneath a central portion of the bowl.

Abstract: An auxiliary or serving table for use with a kettle type barbecue cooker which comprises a top having an inner end and an outer end. Legs are provided at the outer end for swingable movement between operative position wherein the same are axially perpendicular to the plane of the table top and inoperative condition wherein the legs are substantially coplanar with the table top. The table is connected at the inner end thereof to the firebowl of the cooker by means of brackets which engage the cooker and hinges which are engaged to the related bracket and to the table top.

Abstract: A cooking appliance unit including a top plate on which food items are cooked, a horizontal frame formed around the outer periphery of the top plate, having inlet and outlet ventilation holes on only one side thereof, and a cooking appliance body below the plate and frame having walls defining first, second and third chambers therein. A heating device is provided in the second chamber below the top plate. A control device is provided in the first chamber, the first chamber being in fluid communication with the inlet holes, and the second chamber through a ventilation opening in a partition wall. The third chamber is disposed below the second chamber separated by another partition wall which contains a cooling fan, the third chamber being in fluid communication with the exhaust holes.

Abstract: An induction cooking cartridge is disclosed which includes an internal fan for cooling the various induction heating components. The cooking cartridge is constructed so that a unique airflow path is defined with cooling airflow entering the mounting recess in at least two areas and entering the cartridge cavity at the bottom and at the top. The airflow is directed over the induction heating circuitry for cooling it and then is exhausted through the fan to an exhaust conduit which surrounds the exhaust opening and conducts the exhaust air to the kitchen environment.

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: A field range, primarily for cooking out-of-doors, comprising a removable ter shell capable of easy and quick locking and unlocking with respect to the frame of the field range cabinet and easy removal from the frame to facilitate cleaning of the interior walls of the field range oven and the horizontal and vertical support elements of the frame.

Abstract: A pivotally mounted, stowable galley which may include a sink, a stove, storage and work areas, the galley having a "down" storage position flush with a vertical surface to which it is attached and an "up" operational position substantially perpendicular to the vertical surface. The galley includes an elongated but relatively thin (in height) rectangular box which houses a sink, a stove (if desired), and storage areas and a double hinged counter top which serves as the galley box closure or lid. The galley is mountable on a boat gunnel overhang and vertical or horizontal wall surfaces and is intended for use in confined areas where space is at a premium, such as in boats, recreational vehicles and the like. When not in use, the galley pivots downwardly increasing available space and occupying very little space when stowed. When in use, complete galley facilities are provided including a sink, a stove, storage areas and adequate counter space.