Patent ID: 7752958
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A cooking appliance comprising: a pair of cooking plates pivotally mounted from an open position for permitting introduction and removal of food articles, to a closed position defining an interior for receiving and cooking the food articles; said pair of cooking plates being pivotally mounted about a pair of spaced, parallel pivotal axes by a slideable hinge at one end of said cooking plates permitting their pivotal axes to be slid towards or away from each other; said pair of cooking plates including pre-settable stops at their opposite ends pre-settable to a first position permitting two-surface contact with the opposite sides of a food article, or a second position supporting one cooking plate and the food article in spaced parallel relationship with respect to the other cooking plate to permit single-surface contact with only one side of the food article.