Patent ID: 6369366
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: A21B,A47J,H05B

Abstract:
A portable D.C. electric cooking apparatus for use in cooking a variety of foods by various methods utilizing direct current and conductive heating, comprising:a first and second pan-shaped housing member each having a bottom wall and a side wall; a first and second heat conductive metallic heating plate each carried by a respective said first and second housing member, each having an underside disposed within a respective said housing member and an outward facing side with a central recessed flat surface on the outward facing side surrounded by a raised side wall; a first and second D.C. electrical heating element, each secured in contact with the underside of a respective said first and second heating plate to heat said respective first and second heating plate by thermal conduction when energized, and each having a first and a second terminal; means for connecting said first and second terminal of said first and second heating element with a D.C. electrical power source to energize said first and second heating element with polarized direct current; a first and second D.C. thermostat control means each connected in series between a respective said first terminal of said first and second heating element and said D.C. electrical power source for controlling the temperature of said first and second heating element independently; and hinge means disposed between said first and second heating plates and said first and second housing members whereby said housing members and said heating plates carried thereby may be pivoted between an open position laterally adjacent one another and a closed position superposed one above the other with said recessed flat surfaces of said first and second heating plates positioned in opposite facing vertically spaced relation and their said surrounding raised side walls defining a central cavity in the closed position.