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US 5,431,091 AGranted
Combined unit for cooking, heating and/or gratinating food
OwnerLeonard Coutureinventor
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Abstract
A combined unit for cooking, heating and/or gratinating food comprises a support member (12) on which rests a pair of vertically spaced plates (20, 26). The lower plate (20) is adapted to receive food to be gratinated while the upper plate (26) is adapted to receive food to be cooked and/or heated. The unit comprises means (36) for deflecting heat over the food on the lower plate and under the upper plate to cook and/or heat thereon.
Claims7
A combined unit for cooking, heating and/or gratinating food, comprising:
- a support member;
- flame heating means mounted at a bottom of said support member;
- a first plate supported on said support member, and disposed above said flame heating means, said first plate having a projection extending from a central portion thereof to define a passage means therein allowing flames from said heating means to pass through said passage means of said first plate;
- a circular flame deflecting plate mounted above said projection extending from said first plate, said circular flame deflecting plate being seperated from said projection by a leg extending from said circular flame deflecting plate and connected to said projection;
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- a second plate supported on said support member above said circular flame deflecting plate, wherein flames passing through said passage means of said projection are deflected by said circular deflecting plate and directed over said first plate for gratinating food dishes disposed on said first plate, and the flames are further directed under said second plate for cooking and/or heating food on said second plate.
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