Range with removable deep fat fryer unit

A cooking range adapted to alternately accommodate differing electrical cooking units at its countertop cooking surface comprising a housing providing in side-by-side relation an air intake plenum and a deep-fat fryer cavity, said intake plenum opening along one side margin of said cavity and adapted to draw in cooking fumes from said fryer cavity when the plenum pressure is below atmospheric, said fryer cavity being formed by an opened-topped relatively deep receptacle extending downwardly from the cooking surface into the fryer cavity formed by the housing, the base of said receptacle being provided with a drain aperture and an electrical outlet on the receptacle side wall adjacent its upper margin, a heating element having an offset terminal plug and a sinuous portion formed in a plane spaced from the electrical terminal plug, said terminal plug being adapted to be inserted in said electrical outlet and the said sinuous portion of the heating element being thereby disposed closely adjacent to the base of said receptacle, and a removable fryer basket received within said receptacle, whereby with frying oil filling said receptacle to a level below said electrical outlet, deep fat fry cooking may be accomplished, and with said heating element removed from the receptacle, other cooking units having differing cooking functions may be installed to overlie said receptacle without necessitating removal of the frying oil therefrom.