Cooking device having a base unit with a slidably mounted oil accumulating tray for accumulating dripping oil

A cooking device comprising:

• a base unit defining a horizontal plane, and having a lower cooking plate disposed at an angle relative to the horizontal plane, a plurality of grilling members mounted on said lower cooking plate in heat conducting relationship, and a bottom wall disposed underneath said lower cooking plate;
• an upper unit hinged to said base unit along a pivot axis, and having an upper cooking plate disposed therein and movable relative to said lower cooking plate to define a cooking chamber therebetween, wherein said lower cooking plate inclines gradually and downwardly from a proximate position relative to said pivot axis toward a distal position and is formed with a fluid outlet disposed at said distal position to communicate said lower cooking plate with said bottom wall so as to drain oil from said lower cooking plate outwardly and downwardly of said bottom wall;
• said base unit further having a pair of engagement portions disposed on said bottom wall and spaced apart from each other in a parallel manner and extending from said distal position to said proximate position;
• an oil accumulating tray disposed underneath said lower cooking plate, and having two lateral side portions movably retained on said engagement portions;
• and
• slidably retaining means disposed between said engagement portions and said lateral side portions of said oil accumulating tray for slidably and removably retaining said oil accumulating tray in such a manner that the oil dripping down from said lower cooking plate via said fluid outlet can be accumulated in said oil accumulating tray.