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US 10,327,588 B2Granted
Griddle device, system, and method
AssigneeNorth Atlantic Imports, LLC
InventorsRoger Dahle, Ryan D. Sharp
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Abstract
Embodiments of a griddle system, device, and method configured to manage unwanted food byproducts. The griddle system includes a griddle having an upper side and an underside. The upper side includes a flat cooking surface and a splash guard, the flat cooking surface having a rectangular shape extending to a rear end, a front end, a left end and a right end. The splash guard extends along a periphery of the upper side of the griddle, the upper side including a trough. The trough extends laterally from the rear end of the cooking surface and extends longitudinally along a length of the rear end of the cooking surface such that the trough defines an elongated through hole therein.
Claims20
A griddle system configured to manage unwanted food byproducts, comprising:
- a griddle including an upper side and an underside, the upper side including a flat cooking surface extending to define a rear end, a front end, a left end and a right end, the rear end extending parallel relative to the front end and the left end extending parallel relative to the right end, the upper side including a splash guard extending along an entire periphery of the upper side of the griddle so as to extend above the flat cooking surface, the splash guard extending to define a rear splash guard, a front splash guard, a left splash guard and a right splash guard, the front splash guard and the left and right splash guards directly extending upward from the flat cooking surface along entire lengths of the respective front, left and right ends of the flat cooking surface;
- wherein the flat cooking surface, adjacent a length of the rear end of the cooking surface, directly extends to a sloped surface to define a trough such that the sloped surface extends with an acute angle relative to the flat cooking surface, the sloped surface of the trough extending downward to a rear opening at least partially defined in the trough and the rear splash guard.
A cooking station configured to manage unwanted food byproduct, comprising:
- a frame including a front side, a rear side, a left side and a right side each extending between a lower portion and an upper portion, the frame including multiple heating elements coupled thereto, the heating elements controlled with control valves positioned along the front side of the frame such that the front side is opposite the rear side of the frame;
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- a griddle configured to be supported by the upper portion of the frame, the griddle including an upper side and an underside, the upper side including a flat cooking surface extending to define a rear end, a front end, a left end and a right end such that the rear end extends parallel relative to the front end and the left end extends parallel relative to the right end, the griddle positioned such that the front end of the flat cooking surface corresponds with the front side of the frame, the upper side including a splash guard extending along an entire periphery of the upper side of the griddle so as to extend above the flat cooking surface, the splash guard extending to define a rear splash guard, a front splash guard, a left splash guard, and a right splash guard, the front splash guard and the left and right splash guards directly extending upward from the flat cooking surface along entire lengths of the respective front, left and right ends of the flat cooking surface;
- wherein the flat cooking surface, adjacent a length of the rear end of the cooking surface, directly extends to a sloped surface to define a trough such that the sloped surface extends with an acute angle relative to the flat cooking surface, the sloped surface of the trough extending downward to a rear opening at least partially defined in the trough and the rear splash guard.
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A method for managing grease at a cooking station, the method comprising:
- supporting a griddle on an upper portion of a frame of a cooking station with heating elements coupled to the frame and controlled with control valves positioned along a front side of the cooking station, the griddle having a flat cooking surface extending to define a rear end, a front end, a left end and a right end such that the front end extends parallel relative to the rear end and the left end extends parallel relative to the right end, the griddle having a splash guard extending along an entire periphery of the griddle so as to extend above the flat cooking surface, the splash guard extending to define a rear splash guard, a front splash guard, a left splash guard and a right splash guard such that the front splash guard and the left and right splash guards directly extend upward from the flat cooking surface along entire lengths of the respective front, left and right ends of the flat cooking surface, the griddle being supported on the upper portion of the frame such that the front end of the cooking surface corresponds with the front side of the cooking station;
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- draining grease from cooked food on the cooking surface to a trough positioned adjacent the rear end of the cooking surface such that the trough defines a sloped surface extending directly from the cooking surface with an acute angle relative to the cooking surface, the sloped surface of the trough extending downward toward a rear opening at least partially defined in the trough and the rear splash guard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.