Patent ID: 6024014
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A portable multipurpose cooking apparatus comprising:a base consisting of at least one leg, an upright structure extending upward from said at least one leg, a ledge disposed on an inner wall of said upright structure for firmly and removably holding a fluid retaining pan, and an upper surface formed to firmly and removably hold a grill plate thereon;said pan having a closed bottom and a lip provide around a top of said pan, said pan being removably held by said lip thereof being disposed on said ledge of said inner wall of said base; andsaid grill plate having a first cordoroy surface on one side thereof and a flat surface on a revere side thereof with a channel on at least two opposite edges of each surface near a periphery thereof for collecting fluid emitted from food being cooked and each said channel on each side having a hole near a center thereof on a back portion and a front portion through which said fluid will fall into said pan disposed below said grill plate, said grill plate having a heating element embedded therein, and wherein said upright structure of said base has a cut-out portion toward said upper surface to provide space between said upper surface and said grill plate.