Patent ID: 9427108
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: A47J

Claim Text:
1. A multipart cooking grate comprising: a lower sub-grate with a first plurality of V-shaped cooking members running along a length of the lower sub-grate and having a first predetermined spacing between the first plurality cooking members along a width of the lower sub-grate; and an upper sub-grate with a second plurality of V-shaped cooking members running along a length of the lower sub-grate and having a second predetermined spacing between the second plurality of cooking members along a width of the upper sub-grate; wherein the first predetermined spacing accommodates a width of each of the second plurality of cooking members and the second predetermined spacing accommodates a width of each of the first plurality of cooking members such that the upper and lower sub-grates may be nested to create a first cooking surface comprising the first and second plurality of cooking members in an interfitted alternating relationship; and wherein the upper and lower sub-grates provide second and third cooking surfaces, respectively with a higher degree of convective heating than the first cooking surface, and; wherein the first and second predetermined spacing differs such that the second and third cooking surfaces provide a different degree of convective heating compared to one another.