Patent ID: 9661952
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: A23L,A23P,A23V,A47J

Claim:
1. A method for cooking a food item comprising a plurality of layers, the method comprising: placing at least a first layer of the food item into a bottom cooking cavity, the bottom cooking cavity being positioned above a bottom cooking surface; placing at least a second layer of the food item into a top cooking cavity and onto a moveable cooking plate, the top cooking cavity comprising a ring and the moveable cooking plate, the top cooking cavity being positioned above the bottom cooking cavity and separated from the bottom cooking cavity by the movable cooking plate; lowering a top cooking surface to a closed position above the top cooking cavity; and stacking the at least second layer of the food item onto the at least first layer of the food item by the step of pivoting the movable cooking plate relative to the top or bottom cooking cavities to a position in which the movable cooking plate is no longer separating the top cooking cavity from the bottom cooking cavity without raising the top cooking surface to an open position.