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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7335860 | Multifunctional griddle A multifunctional griddle having hinged top and bottom heating plate assemblies which receive reversible cooking plates or, alternatively, interchangeable cooking plates for cooking different types of foods such as waffles, pancakes, and hot sandwiches. In one embod... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7109442 | Grill A grill is provided that has an upper housing having a first heating plate removably connected thereto, a lower housing having a second heating plate removably connected thereto, and an arm FOR connecting to the upper housing at a first pivot point and connecting to... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7094991 | Electric food warming system and method A device is disclosed for warming tortillas and other foods. The device operates with a standard electric alternating current ranging from 110 to 120 volts in the US and 220v–240v in other countries. This appliance is to be used in homes or in businesses for the p... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7064298 | Multifunctional griddle A multifunctional griddle having hinged top and bottom heating plate assemblies which receive reversible cooking plates or, alternatively, interchangeable cooking plates for cooking different types of foods such as waffles, pancakes, and hot sandwiches. In one embod... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7021199 | Household electrical appliance The household electrical appliance comprises a support and a waffle-iron which pivots on the support about an axis and which has a pivot pivotally mounted on a bearing carried by the support. In the invention, the pivot is secured to a first panel of the waffle-iron... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6878904 | Grilling station A grilling station for simultaneously grilling a variety of foods. The station includes a plurality of grilling ovens. Each of the grilling ovens has a housing with an opening for loading food into that housing. A first grilling unit is mounted in each housing for s... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6860191 | Waffle baker A waffle baker grill for producing a waffle product, including a first heating plate having a first surface and a first peripheral wall extending from the first surface to a predetermined distance. The first peripheral wall includes a first side and a second side. A... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6782804 | Fry pan having an adjustable position angle A fry pan with its position angle adjustable includes a body, a tightening device and a base. The body has an upper plate and a lower plate capable of being tightened by the tightening device. The body has a shaft and is pivotally connected to the base by the shaft.... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6595114 | Pancake and egg cooking appliance The electrically-powered cooker has a base that pivotally supports a clam shell-type cooking unit having two independently pivotal cooking halves, each half being provided with its own hot plate. One or more dished recesses are provided in the bottom half... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6412400 | Baking assembly for preparing a filled waffle A baking assembly for preparing a baked filled waffle is disclosed. The baking assembly comprises an upper plate and a lower plate each of the plates having a baking surface with a plurality of outer pyramids and a plurality of inner pyramids. Each of the... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6321639 | Machine for making ice cream cones and other food products such as pannini Prior ice cream cone baking machines were manually raised and lowered, causing the cone to be sometimes overcooked or burnt. The present invention automatically raises the upper cooking plate after a pre-set cooking time, and maintains the baked cake at a... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6194017 | Dough punch and method of use An apparatus and method easily and quickly produce multiple holes in a dough layer. An apparatus according to the invention includes a top portion, a number of pins supported by the top portion in a fixed pattern, and a base portion having a number of hol... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6167796 | Baker for waffles, pancakes and similar food items A waffle baker is disclosed which is of tubular frame construction having a pair of shell members which have a food receiving part, a handle, and a hinge. The shell members include a heater coil for connecting to a power source and a thermocouple to monit... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6148718 | Apparatus for bonding food particles Apparatus for forming and baking food particles into a unified, shaped product, e.g., shaped like pizza, has heated top and bottom plates, the mating faces of which have recesses and protrusions for molding the desired shaped product. The bottom plate is ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6136361 | Method and apparatus for molding and baking food An apparatus for compressing and baking fluid food under pressure to form unified shaped products has a heated metal mold bottom with a cavity and a heated metal mold top connected to the piston rod of a pneumatic or hydraulic cylinder positioned for alte... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6044755 | Ice cream cone making machine Prior ice cream cone baking machines were manually raised and lowered, causing the cone to be sometimes overcooked or burnt. The present invention automatically raises the upper cooking plate after a pre-set cooking time, and maintains the baked cake at a... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6016741 | Electric countertop grill An electric grill for cooking hamburgers and other foodstuffs includes a first grill plate assembly adapted for use atop a kitchen countertop, table top, or other horizontal support surface, a second grill plate assembly connected by a hinge arrangement t... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6004602 | Method for bonding food particles A method for forming and baking food particles into a unified, shaped product, e.g., shaped like pizza, has heated top and bottom plates, the mating faces of which have recesses and protrusions for molding the desired shaped product. The bottom plate is i... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5983784 | Sandwich-making apparatus A waffle-iron type cooking apparatus is used as an apparatus for cooking and forming one or more sandwiches. Each sandwich has a totally encircling cooked waffle-type substance, with a filling opening, leading to a filling cavity, on one end and with the ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5964144 | Tortilla press A tortilla making device for flattening dough into tortillas. A base is included that has a lower pressing surface and a first heat source for heating the lower pressing surface. A pressing plate is pivotally coupled to the base; the pressing plate has an... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5937742 | Waffle baker with improved baking consistency A waffle baker includes a stationary stand which mounts a clam shell style baker assembly such that the baker assembly can be freely rotated relative to the stand. The baker assembly includes an upper and a lower shell, within each of which is mounted a s... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5839359 | Quickly disassembled grill A readily disassembled grill for cooking both sides of a meat pattie simultaneously. The grill is disassembled for cleaning or service simply by the release of a few latches, eliminating any need for holes in parts of the grill being disassembled and for ... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5768994 | Dual level horizontal waffle iron apparatus and method A dual horizontal level waffle iron apparatus is disclosed which contains first and second horizontally rotatable waffle iron assemblies each containing a cover member, a base member and grid arrays associated therewith. Horizontal rotation is limited to ... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5722315 | System and device for grilling food A grill plate for grilling food, and in particular, frozen meat patties, is coated with a mixture of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and a far-infrared radiation substance. The PTFE, being an abherent, prevents food from sticking to the grill plates, while... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5655434 | Multi-deck clamshell cook and staging grill for pathogenic risk management The present invention is directed toward an apparatus utilizing a plurality of stacked roll bonded heat transfer plates having a heat transfer fluid circulating therein for transferring heat to food articles for cooking or staging ensuring bacteriological... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5642659 | Pancake and egg cooker An electric pancake and egg cooker having two spaced cooking surfaces, the pancake and egg cooker having a cooking dish clamped in a pivotable cooking dish ring adapted to rest on the first cooking surface, and a cooking dish cover adapted to rest on the ... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5619907 | Contact grill apparatus A contact grill apparatus, having at least two grill plates for laying on the food to be grilled, is designed to be particularly effective and efficient in use and easy to handle and operate. At least one of the grill plates is formed in the manner of a s... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5590584 | Barbecue A barbecue appliance capable of cooking a variety of foods by disposing a rotary grill in which food is held vertically within a cooking chamber between heating members provided therein and rotating the rotary grill between the heating members, so that an... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5555794 | Adjustable hinge apparatus The present invention relates to an adjustable hinge apparatus for use with a cooker having multiple stacked heating plates and a support pin extending across one side of the cooker to form a common pivot axis. The hinge apparatus includes an array of adj... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5549040 | Food material heating mechanism A food material heating mechanism includes at least an upper and a lower heating plate. Food material is placed on a food material tray which is then placed on the lower heating plate. The upper and lower heating plates are moved toward each other to caus... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5341727 | Positioning mechanism A gas-fired, double-sided griddle apparatus for high-volume commercial cooking comprises double-sided griddles, each having a lower platen having a horizontal lower cooking surface and an upper platen having an upper cooking surface; a positioning mechani... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5299492 | Multiple vertical baker for waffles and pancakes A multiple baker for confectionery items such as waffles and pancakes having multiple baking irons vertically mounted between vertical heating partitions of a base and pivotally hinged to the base for rotation in a vertical plane, between a baking positio... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5247874 | High-volume cooking A gas-fired, double-sided griddle apparatus for high-volume commercial cooking comprises double-sided griddles, each having a lower platen having a horizontal lower cooking surface and an upper platen having an upper cooking surface; a positioning mechani... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5142967 | Apparatus for making waffles A method of making a waffle in a press having closable top and bottom halves comprises first spraying a relatively thin pattern batter in a pattern on one of the halves of the press and then heating the pattern batter sufficiently to at least partially co... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5129313 | Cooking appliance with hinged plates An electric appliance for cooking and especially toasting food products such as ham-and-cheese sandwiches has two cooking plates (1, 2) which are hinged together. Each cooking plate is formed of die-stamped sheet metal and attached to a sheet-metal suppor... | 07/14/1992 |
| 4967650 | Appliance for preparing two waffles An appliance for preparing two waffles is provided and consists of a housing assembly formed into a double waffle maker which can manually swivel in a 180° limit above a supportive base member so that waffle batter can be poured therein for preparing the... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4940040 | Adjustable cooking oven An adjustable oven for mass cooking of food products comprising an essentially sealed enclosure having a conveyor received therethrough for conveying food through the oven. A heated gaseous cooking medium is applied to the food product during conveyance t... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4913040 | Apparatus for cooking food A cooking apparatus has two plates which apply heat and pressure to cook an initial food material, wherein one plate is movable toward the other plate manually to close a cooking space, then is moved by a drive to apply a pressure to the food material, an... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4803918 | Double baker for waffles, pancakes and similar food items A two cavity baker for confectionery items such as waffles and pancakes having a pair of outer shell members hinge-connected to a double faced single inner shell member. The two outer shell members and the inner shell member are mutually hinged together a... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4744292 | Device for roasting meats A device for roasting meats having meat holding portion, a casing, a guide lever, a spring body, a roasting portion, and a lever for operation. In this device, the meat is roasted from both sides in the roasting portion and movement of the meat into and out of... | 05/17/1988 |