Patent ID: 8261732
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A cooking grill comprising: (a) a housing defining a cooking chamber and having a substantially vertically-oriented opening therein; (b) a heating element disposed in the cooking chamber; (c) a cooking surface configured to slide in and out of the housing in a substantially horizontal manner through the substantially vertically-oriented opening; and (d) a door hingedly coupled to the cooking chamber that is configured to transition between a closed position in which the door covers the substantially vertically-oriented opening and an open position in which the cooking surface may pass through the opening; (e) wherein the grill is configured to support the door in the open position, and, when the door is supported in the open position, the door is disposed below the substantially vertically-oriented opening such that, when the cooking surface is slid out of the housing through the substantially vertically-oriented opening, the door functions to catch drippings from the grill surface, the door being sized and dimensioned to function to catch drippings from the grill surface; and (f) further comprising a grilling module slidable disposed to slide in and out of the housing substantially horizontally through the opening, the grilling module comprising: