Patent ID: 7958817
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A food heating device comprising: a substantially planar platen having first and second substantially planar opposing sides; an opening disposed in the platen, wherein the opening is arranged and sized to receive a food product from the first side of the platen and to output the food product to the second side of the platen; and a guide disposed on the first side of the platen and arranged and sized to direct a food product into the opening; wherein the guide is substantially centered near the opening the platen is arranged and constructed to toast the food product on a first and then a second opposing side of the food product, the first side of the food product being toasted on the first side of the platen and the second opposing side of the food product being toasted on the second side of the platen which heats the first side of the food product on the first side of the platen and heats the second side of the food product after the food product passes through the opening.