Cooking apparatus

An apparatus for cooking comprising:

• a base having a bottom surface that lies at the bottom of a perimeter wall, the base having one or more stands operable to support a heating element, the perimeter wall having a first angular edge operable to support a cooking plate;
• an electric heating element that is interchangeably positionable on the one or more stands of the base;
• a gas heating element that is interchangeably positionable on the one or more stands of the base;
• a cooking plate comprised of a surface with a second angular edge portion that is operable to seat on the base above either the electric or the gas heating element, the cooking plate being detachable from the base by lifting without use of fasteners and disposed by way of complimentary angles between the first angular edge of the perimeter wall of the base and second angular edge of the cooking plate;
• a lid that rests over the cooking plate that fully covers the cooking plate;
• one or more legs.

An apparatus for cooking comprising:

• a base having a bottom surface that lies at the bottom of a perimeter wall, the base having one or more stands operable to support a heating element, the perimeter wall having a first angular edge operable to support a cooking plate;
• a heating element that is positionable on the one or more stands of the base;
• a cooking plate comprised of a surface with a second angular edge portion that is operable to seat on the base above either the electric or the gas heating element, the cooking plate being detachable from the base by lifting without use of fasteners and disposed by way of complimentary angles between the first angular edge of the perimeter wall of the base and second angular edge of the cooking plate;
• a lid that is operable to rest over the cooking plate and that extends beyond a perimeter edge of the cooking plate such that the lid fully covers the cooking plate and allows for condensation to drip outside of the pan instead of onto the cooking plate;
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• one or more legs.