Abstract: A deployable grill including a support frame having a support member operable between a stowed position and a deployed position. First and second brackets outwardly extend from the support member and are spaced-apart from one another to define a receiving area therebetween. A heating element is disposed on the support member adjacent to the receiving area. At least one spit rod is received in the receiving area.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of a soft cake having at least a molded face and at least a non-molded face, the molded face having at least one molded three-dimensional pattern, the method comprising the steps of: a) pouring a cake batter suitable for forming a soft cake into a pan, wherein the cake batter has a viscosity of between 500 and 1 Pa·s; b) baking said soft cake batter in said pan to form a soft cake; and c) removing the soft cake from the pan, wherein the pan has a molded inner surface for receiving the cake batter and which provides the three dimensional molding pattern of the soft cake, and wherein the molded inner surface of the pan has an arithmetical mean degree of roughness (Ra) of from 0.12 ?m to 0.

Abstract: A baking plate for a baking oven for producing baked products such as soft waffles, crispy wafers, pancakes and the like. The baking plate has a carrier plate and one or more baking inserts disposed thereon, which are configured for receiving the batter to be baked. The baking inserts are formed from sintered ceramic that are very sturdy and tough and have low thermal expansion.

Abstract: An electric scone machine or steak machine comprises hinge-connected upper and lower bakeware bodies (1, 2). The upper and lower bakeware bodies (1, 2) consist of upper and lower metal housings (101, 201) and upper and lower heating plates (102, 202). The upper and lower heating plates (102, 202) are correspondingly mounted in the upper and lower metal housings (101, 201), and are formed in a manner that baking hot surfaces (102-1, 202-1) of the upper and lower heating plates (102, 202) are opposite to each other when closed. Nonmetallic disk-shaped upper and lower heat insulating housings (103, 203) are disposed between the upper metal housing (101) and the upper heating plate (102) and between the lower metal housing (201) and the lower heating plate (202) respectively.

Abstract: A kitchen appliance includes a housing with a base, a side wall and a cavity. The housing has a housing rim defining an opening to the cavity. A hinge base is mounted to the side wall. A container has a generally hollow interior and a container rim defining an opening. The container fits within the cavity of the housing. A lid at least partially covers the opening of the container when placed on the container rim. The lid has an exterior surface, and an opposing interior surface facing the interior of the container when the lid is placed on the container rim. A bracket is mounted to the exterior surface of the lid. At least a portion of the bracket is rotatably and selectively removably received within at least a portion of the hinge base to rotatably and selectively removable mount to the lid of the housing.

Abstract: A grilling device comprises an upper shell and a lower shell, an upper pan disposed on the lower surface of the upper pan and a lower pan disposed on the top surface of the lower shell, and electric heating tubes disposed on the rear sides of the pans, wherein the top surface of the lower pan is slant from two sides to the middle portion, and the shape of the lower surface of the upper pan is cooperated with the shape of the top surface of the lower pan. When cooking, the oil will flow to the middle and will be discharged out from the opening in the middle. The steam can be discharged from two sides because the pan is lower in middle and higher in two sides. Steam is prevented from being discharged from front side. The arc surface has more cooking surface in the same size.

Abstract: A cooking device for cooking both a stick-mounted food item and a fluid batter. The cooking device including a pair of opposed cooking plates that receive the food item and batter in a reservoir. The reservoir includes raised and recessed surfaces that imprint a recognizable design, shape, or indicia on the outer surface of the cooked batter. The cooking plates are rotatable together about a central axis to allow the batter to flow around the food item as the batter and food item cook.

Abstract: A cooking device for cooking both a stick-mounted food item and a fluid batter. The cooking device including a pair of opposed cooking plates that receive the food item and batter in a reservoir. The reservoir includes raised and recessed surfaces that imprint a recognizable design, shape, or indicia on the outer surface of the cooked batter. The cooking plates are rotatable together about a central axis to allow the batter to flow around the food item as the batter and food item cook.

Abstract: A grill comprising an upper pan unit, a lower pan unit and a lever unit. The upper and the lower pan unit have an opposite position relative to each other, which comprises at least a first opposite position and a second opposite position having different distances relative to each other. The upper pan unit comprises an upper pan mounted on an upper base. The lower pan unit comprises a lower base, a deep pan, and a shallow pan. The deep pan can be detachably mounted on the lower base in the first opposite position. The shallow pan can be detachably mounted on the lower base in the second opposite position. The top peripheries of the shallow pan and the deep pan abut against the upper pan. In both positions, the pan of the lower pan unit can abut against the bottom periphery of the upper pan to avoid the misalignment.

Abstract: A cooking or food warming appliance having a heated heat sink plate situated in a vacuum environment within an outer shell. A food vessel intimately engages the heat sink plate along a food contacting surface thereof by virtue of the vacuum. The vacuum eliminates air gaps between the food contacting surface of the food vessel and the heat sink plate so as to provide instantaneous and uniform heating of the food vessel. The vacuum environment also provides thermal insulation for the heat sink plate whereby heat loss by convection is virtually eliminated.

Abstract: An electric cooking appliance having a removable food support member and a base that supports a heating element and the food support member is provided. The appliance includes a plurality of handles that selectively engage the food support member to secure it to the base. The cooking appliance allows for cooking of foods on a cooking surface of the food support member and removing the food support member.

Abstract: A relatively compact cooking assembly includes means for selectively positioning a cooking element above several cooking zones of a lower grill. In addition to a lower heated metal surface having several cooking zones, which may be delineated by vertical barriers or splash plates, the system includes an upper assembly comprising an upper member in which a radiant heating element is positioned, said assembly being adapted to fit over the back splash plate of the grill and extending the depth (back to front) of the grill, and further adapted to be raised or lowered and selectively raised or lowered as well as positioned by a sliding motion above a designated zone in predetermined sequence.

Abstract: A grill comprising an upper pan unit, a lower pan unit and a lever unit. The upper and the lower pan unit have an opposite position relative to each other, which comprises at least a first opposite position and a second opposite position having different distances relative to each other. The upper pan unit comprises an upper pan mounted on an upper base. The lower pan unit comprises a lower base, a deep pan, and a shallow pan. The deep pan can be detachably mounted on the lower base in the first opposite position. The shallow pan can be detachably mounted on the lower base in the second opposite position. The top peripheries of the shallow pan and the deep pan abut against the upper pan. In both positions, the pan of the lower pan unit can abut against the bottom periphery of the upper pan to avoid the misalignment.

Abstract: An electric grill for use to create healthier meals is disclosed. The electric grill comprises a support structure which holds a top heating section and a bottom heating section connected by a hinge. The hinge allows for a wide range of movement whereby the top heating section may be face to face with the bottom heating section, may be perpendicular, or may be at a 180 degree angle. Moreover, the top and bottom heating sections may be tilted such that excess grease, oils and juices may be separated from the food being cooked. The electric grill disclosed herein also may include a digital read-out display and a user input keypad.

Abstract: A waffle iron includes upper and lower heatable textured plates which can be separated for dispensing batter thereon and for unloading cooked waffles, a recess in at least one of the heatable textured plates for receiving one of a plurality of inserts which customize waffles cooked therein. Each of the plurality of inserts has a topographically formed name, character or figure thereon, either in relief or by engraving. Each heatable plate which receives an interchangeable insert has a recess into which the insert fits. The recess may be equipped with indexing apertures or indentations. Each insert is equipped with a threaded shaft which passes through apertures in the heatable plate and associated waffle iron body portion. A nut can be secured to the threaded shaft, thereby securing the insert within the recess on the heatable plate.

Abstract: A griddler apparatus includes a base (12) and a cover (24) with the base (12) and the cover (24) adapted for relative movement between an open position and a closed position, bottom and top grill plates (16, 30) respectively mounted to the base (12) and the cover (24) and having cooperating cooking surfaces adapted to grill a food product therebetween when the base (12) and the cover (24) are in the closed position, bottom and top heaters (18) associated with the bottom and top grill plates (16, 30) for providing heat to the bottom and top grill plates and a single temperature control (20). The single temperature control (20) controls the temperature of the bottom and top heaters (40).

Abstract: A cooking apparatus includes a lower housing and an upper housing with the lower housing and the upper housing adapted for relative movement between an open position and a closed position. Lower and upper food preparation plates are respectively mounted to the lower and upper housing. At least one of the lower and the upper food preparation plates is releasable from the respective lower and upper housing. The lower and upper food preparation plates have cooperating cooking surfaces adapted to cook a food product therebetween when the lower and upper housings are in the closed position. Lower and upper heaters are associated with the lower and upper food preparation plates for providing heat to the food product. The cooperating cooking surfaces of the lower and upper food preparation plates include complementary recesses for receiving the food product. The complementary recesses of the cooperating cooking surfaces may be dimensioned to accommodate a sandwich, an annular-shaped donut or a muffin.

Abstract: A mold for a grill, such as a waffle maker, for cooking a food item has a body configured to be received by the grill, a form provided on the body and defining at least a portion of a recess in which the food item is received for cooking and defining the shape of the food item.

Abstract: An automatic electric muffin maker for baking muffins and related foodstuffs is disclosed. The present muffin maker comprises a housing assembly enclosing a bottom heating plate having an integrated heating element and a top heating element for browning (i.e. to scorch slightly in cooking). Advantageously, the heating plate includes a plurality of integrally formed, internally tapered heating wells which receive a mating baking pan having tapered cylindrical mold cups configured to provide complementary surface-to-surface engagement within the heating wells and efficient heat transfer therebetween. The heating elements are electrically interconnected to a heat control thermostat, which regulates the baking cycle. In an alternative embodiment the baking functions are carried out by electronic controls including a timed cooking cycle which changes to a warming mode upon completion.

Abstract: A grill is provided that has an upper housing having a first heating plate removably connected thereto, a lower housing having a second heating plate removably connected thereto, and an arm FOR connecting to the upper housing at a first pivot point and connecting to the lower housing at a second pivot point.

Abstract: A disposable grill cover for indoor counter top grills having two cooking plates such as the George Foreman® grills contains a first and second sheet or sheet portion of aluminum foil of a fixed shape designed to mate with the two contoured cooking surfaces of the grills. The sheets are positioned over the cooking surfaces of the grill using tabs on each side of the sheets extending the same layer of aluminum. The contoured surface including ribs/grooves and bumps of the two sheets correspond exactly to the contoured surface including ribs, bumps and a rim on the two cooking surfaces of the grill to minimize heat loss. Cleaning the grill from fat, grease and odor from food residue is avoided before each use. A front extension of the first sheet extends into and covers the interior surface of the drip tray of the George Foreman® grill.

Abstract: A portable electric grilling appliance (20) for household use which has first and second heating units (22, 24) which, in use, overlie one another has substantially identical housing shells to make it evident to the user that the grilling appliance (20) can be used with either one of the heating units as the lower heating unit and provide support for the other heating unit. The two heating units (22, 24) have substantially the same exterior appearance and both are designed to function as either the top heating unit or the bottom heating unit. The two heating units (22, 24) are substantially symmetrical about a horizontal plane extending between them when the heating units are arranged one on top of the other to indicate to the user of the appliance that either heating unit could be placed on top and the other on the bottom.

Abstract: A pan for cooking pancakes or eggs that allows for cooking and removal of the finished, cooked food product without the need for a hand-held spatula. The cooking pan includes a first cooking container having three circular cooking wells for cooking three pancakes simultaneously that is joined by a hinge to a flat cooking body having parallel handles that allow the device to be rotated 180 degrees. during the cooking process. A movable spacer can hold the lid partially open to allow steam to escape during cooking.

Abstract: A pan for cooking pancakes or eggs that allows for cooking and removal of the finished, cooked food product without the need for a hand-held spatula. The cooking pan includes a first cooking container having three circular cooking wells for cooking three pancakes simultaneously that is joined by a hinge to a flat cooking body having parallel handles that allow the device to be rotated 180 degrees during the cooking process.

Abstract: A pan for cooking pancakes or omelets that allows for cooking and removal of the finished, cooked food product without the need for a hand-held spatula. The cooking pan includes a first concave cooking container that is joined by a hinge to a flat cooking body having parallel handles that allow the device to be rotated 180 degrees during the cooking process. The final cooked food product can slide by gravity from the flat cooking body without a spatula.

Abstract: A cooking appliance having an upper cooking unit pivotally mounted on a lower cooking unit for rotation substantially about a horizontal axis into three different positions, a first position in which the upper cooking unit is on top of the lower cooking unit to form a contact grill, a second position in which the upper cooking unit is substantially horizontally oriented with and parallel to the lower cooking unit to form therewith a double grooved griddle, and a third, generally upright, position intermediate the first and second positions to provide access to the lower cooking plate when the appliance is being used as a contact grill.

Abstract: A baking assembly for preparing a baked filled waffle is disclosed. The baking assembly comprises an upper plate and a lower plate each of the plates having a baking surface with a plurality of outer pyramids and a plurality of inner pyramids. Each of the outer pyramids have a height that is greater than the height of the inner pyramids. The upper plate is receivable on the lower plate and when so received the outer pyramids of the upper plate align with the outer pyramids of the inner plate to form a plurality of pinch points. The inner pyramids of the upper plate align with the inner pyramids of the lower plate when the upper plate is received on the lower plate and thereby form a pocket region defined between the inner pyramids of the upper plate and the inner pyramids of the lower plate.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sandwich consisting of two toasted slices of bread and an edible filling placed between said slices. According to the invention, the filling is essentially arranged in the inner region of the surfaces of the slices of bread and the slices of bread are pressed together in a peripheral edge area with greater force than in the inner region so that the slices of bread adhere to each other and form a cohesive sandwich arrangement, whereby the filling is packed between the slices of bread. The invention also relates to a method for the production of a toasted sandwich that consists of two slices of bread and an edible filling placed between said slices. According to the invention, the filling is initially and essentially arranged in the inner region of the surface of a first underlying slice of bread. A second slice of bread is subsequently placed thereon.

Abstract: A cooking appliance having an upper cooking unit pivotally mounted on a lower cooking unit for rotation substantially about a horizontal axis into three different positions, a first position in which the upper cooking unit is on top of the lower cooking unit to form a contact grill, a second position in which the upper cooking unit is substantially horizontally oriented with and parallel to the lower cooking unit to form therewith a double grooved griddle, and a third, generally upright, position intermediate the first and second positions to provide access to the lower cooking plate when the appliance is being used as a contact grill. The cooking plates have elongate grooves which are generally parallel to an axis of the hinge that connects the upper and lower cooking units together and which grooves increase in depth from one side of the cooking appliance to the other for carrying liquid cooking byproducts away from the food being cooked.

Abstract: A multi-pie maker of generally conventional form is provided with metallic liners that fit snugly against opposing heatable complex surfaces of platens. The liners are preformed into self supporting complimentary shapes that match and fit snugly against the complex heatable surfaces of the platens. The liners are readily removable for washing and cleaning, or replacement when necessary.

Abstract: A tortilla forming machine for molding dough into a tortilla shell having a top, a bottom, a peripheral edge, and a thickness. The forming machine includes a first member having a first forming surface, a second member having a second forming surface moveable toward and away from the first forming surface, and at least one removable sizing ring. The sizing ring includes a first edge and an opposing second edge, an inner surface and a height defining a cavity between the first and second forming surfaces when the first forming surface is adjacent the first edge and the second forming surface is adjacent the second edge such that the inner surface of the ring forms the peripheral edge of the tortilla shell and the height of the ring forms the thickness of the tortilla shell.

Abstract: A grilling appliance has two housing sections provided with heating plates and connected to each other by means of a pivotable/slidable hinge construction at both sides of the appliance. The housing sections can be positioned with respect to each other in several positions in which the heating plates should remain parallel to each other. In order to improve the hinge construction a parallel guiding mechanism has been provided, which mechanism comprises a U-shaped rod (9) having a central portion (10) which can slide in slots (7, 8) of the first housing section (1) and having arms (11, 12) carrying trunnions (13, 14) which are pivotable in the second housing section (2) and slidable in the first housing section (1).

Abstract: A cooking appliance having an upper cooking unit pivotally mounted on a lower cooking unit for rotation substantially about a horizontal axis into three different positions, a first position in which the upper cooking unit is on top of the lower cooking unit to form a contact grill, a second position in which the upper cooking unit is substantially horizontally oriented with and parallel to the lower cooking unit to form therewith a double grooved griddle, and a third, generally upright, position intermediate the first and second positions to provide access to the lower cooking plate when the appliance is being used as a contact grill. The cooking plates have elongate grooves which are generally parallel to an axis of the hinge that connects the upper and lower cooking units together and which grooves increase in depth from one side of the cooking appliance to the other for carrying liquid cooking byproducts away from the food being cooked.

Abstract: An apparatus for compressing and baking fluid food under pressure to form unified shaped products has a heated metal mold bottom with a cavity and a heated metal mold top connected to the piston rod of a pneumatic or hydraulic cylinder positioned for alternately pressing the mold top down against the mold bottom and lifting it away from the mold bottom. A hinge-like connection attached along a side of the mold bottom and a reversible drive mechanism associated with the hinge-like connection serve to swing the mold bottom over to an inverted position and then back to the molding position. The simple apparatus automatically ejects the molded food product from the inverted mold bottom. A siamese pair of mold bottoms united back-to-back are preferred for large-scale production of molded food shapes. Every inversion of a siamese pair of mold bottoms can discharge a molded product and form another molded product.

Abstract: A cooking appliance having an upper cooking unit pivotally mounted on a lower cooking unit for rotation substantially about a horizontal axis into three different positions, a first position in which the upper cooking unit is on top of the lower cooking unit to form a contact grill, a second position in which the upper cooking unit is substantially horizontally oriented with and parallel to the lower cooking unit to form therewith a double grooved griddle, and a third, generally upright, position intermediate the first and second positions to provide access to the lower cooking plate when the appliance is being used as a contact grill. The cooking plates have elongate grooves which are generally parallel to an axis of the hinge that connects the upper and lower cooking units together and which grooves increase in depth from one side of the cooking appliance to the other for carrying liquid cooking byproducts away from the food being cooked.

Abstract: A method for forming and baking food particles into a unified, shaped product, e.g., shaped like pizza, has heated top and bottom plates, the mating faces of which have recesses and protrusions for molding the desired shaped product. The bottom plate is in two parts that are abutted together when food particles are deposited thereon and during a baking period with the top plate placed thereon. After raising the top plate, the two bottom parts are moved apart to release the baked, shaped product. Cooked pasta, such as spaghetti, can be formed into a pizza-like shell.

Abstract: An imprinting press and cooking apparatus for a dough product includes an imprinting station with respective opposed lower press and upper imprinting plates and rotating plate or endless belt conveyors adjacent the imprinting station for moving the dough product which has been pressed and imprinted through a cooking or baking phase. Heat sources are disposed adjacent the imprinting station and the conveyors for preheating the dough product for release from the printing station and for cooking the dough product, respectively. A pressure air slide is disposed between conveyor stages for transferring the dough product from one conveyor stage to another. Pressure air is supplied to the air slide through a conduit and into a chamber for flow through a perforated plate which supports the dough product for movement along the slide.

Abstract: A waffle baker includes a stationary stand which mounts a clam shell style baker assembly such that the baker assembly can be freely rotated relative to the stand. The baker assembly includes an upper and a lower shell, within each of which is mounted a stainless steel bowl which acts as a heat reflecting shield to reflect heat toward a respective light weight, quick heating griddle. A series of tabs are positioned on and extend upward from each of the reflective bowls with the tabs on each bowl supporting a respective heating cal rod in position above the floor of that bowl. The lower shell reflecting bowl includes a central opening which is surrounded by an upstanding perimeter wall to receive a bi-metal temperature sensing switch and isolate it from the cal rods and from heat reflected by the bowl.

Abstract: A readily disassembled grill for cooking both sides of a meat pattie simultaneously. The grill is disassembled for cleaning or service simply by the release of a few latches, eliminating any need for holes in parts of the grill being disassembled and for screw-type attaching devices.

Abstract: An electric pancake and egg cooker having two spaced cooking surfaces, the pancake and egg cooker having a cooking dish clamped in a pivotable cooking dish ring adapted to rest on the first cooking surface, and a cooking dish cover adapted to rest on the second cooking surface, the dish, ring, and cover being pivotable around a common axis shaft, and a catch means adapted to prevent the ring and dish from being pivoted until the cover is closed on the dish.

Abstract: A personal cooking appliance including a container having a first recess, a first edge surrounding the recess, a timer mounted on a front side of the container, a switch installed on a front side of the container, a pair of lugs each having an elliptical opening, and two grips mounted on respective lateral sides of the container, a first heater arranged within the container and electrically connected with said timer and the switch, a rectangular lid having a second recess, the second recess being less than the first recess in depth, a second edge surrounding the first recess, a third edge surrounding a front and two lateral sides thereof, a pair of ears each having a pin adapted to fit into the elliptical opening, a protective plate provided on a front side of the lid, and a handle fixedly mounted on the protective plate, and a second heater arranged within the container and electrically connected with the timer and the switch, whereby the personal cooking appliance is particularly fit for a bachelor living i

Abstract: An apparatus to heat or toast tortillas, and uses adjustable food support arrays and heating element arrays, forming a single food enclosure or a plurality of food enclosures, to change the proximity of the heating elements to the food items being heated so that the device can be used for heating or toasting a variety of food items in addition to tortillas.

Abstract: A portable multi-purpose electric fast cooking apparatus for use in cooking a variety of foods by various methods. The apparatus includes a pair of hinged pan-shaped housing members having a bottom wall and a side wall which can be pivoted between a closed position superposed one above the other in opposed facing relation and an open position laterally adjacent one another, and each housing has a laterally extending handle to serve as a carrying handle when the housing members are in the closed position. A heating plate is carried by each housing member and each plate has a heating element secured to its underside and an outward facing side with a central depressed flat surface surrounded by a raised side wall and shoulder at the top thereof. Each heating element is individually controlled by a separate thermostat. In the closed position, the depressed flat surfaces, surrounding raised side walls and shoulders define a central cavity.

Abstract: A pizza base unit of crust has a plurality of waffle-type depressions in its upper surface that receive pizza toppings and serve to anchor such toppings on the upper surface of the pizza. In the method of forming the pizza, raw pizza dough is formed into a pizza size portion and is subjected to a first cooking step to form a crust while simultaneously providing a plurality of the waffle-like depressions in its upper surface. Pizza toppings are then placed on the upper surface of the cooked crust and in the depressions and this assembly is then subjected to a second heating step to complete the pizza for consumption. Apparatus for carrying out the method includes a hot plate with cooking areas arranged to receive raw pizza dough for cooking into a pizza crust.

Abstract: A tetrafluoroethylene base polymer-containing coating composition comprising a dispersion of a tetrafluoroethylene base polymer having a molecular weight of at least 5,000,000 in a liquid medium containing a surfactant, which is particularly useful for coating a fixing heater roller and a cooking utensil.

Abstract: A cooking utensil with a generally platelike structure and a recessed or raised image respectively defined in or above the griddle surface for providing an image at the surface of a fried foodstuff.

Abstract: An electric appliance for cooking and especially toasting food products such as ham-and-cheese sandwiches has two cooking plates (1, 2) which are hinged together. Each cooking plate is formed of die-stamped sheet metal and attached to a sheet-metal support plate (15, 16) forming a reflector, an electric heating resistor (13) being placed between the support plate and the cooking plate. The support plates (15, 16) are provided on one side with elements (3, 4) for joining them together in hinged relation and on the opposite side with elements for attaching handles.

Abstract: A confectionery grill having upper and lower hinged heating elements in which the upper heating element or grill unit can be adjustably spaced at its hinge from the lower heating element or grill unit during the cooking cycle.

Abstract: A flexible non-stick liner of thin plastic sheet material such as tetrafluoroethylene polymers is arranged to rest in readily removable covering relation on a heated cooking surface, keeping the cooking surface substantially clean. The liner can be easily removed and replaced, stays substantially clean, can be wiped clean if desired. It is especially suitable for omelet pans, facilitating the rolling and sealing of cooked omelets. The liner is also suitable for flat surface grills, cooking plates, fry pans, deep-fat cooking vessels, stew pots, baking pans and tins, sauce pans, skillets, roasting pans, pressure cookers, and the like.

Abstract: Apparatus for releasably retaining a cooking griddle in a cooking appliance comprises a post having a base portion formed integrally with the griddle and against which an annular member positioned on the post is spring biased. Apparatus comprising spaced apart cam members is slidable radially with respect to the post to wedge between the annular member and a plate member positioned behind the cooking griddle, the cam being selectively manipulated to engage or disengage the annular member to releasably retain the cooking griddle in the appliance.