Patent ID: 8671830
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A cooking appliance for cooking both a food item mounted upon an end of an elongated stick and a fluid batter surrounding the food item, comprising: a cooking plate having an elongated semi-cylindrical primary reservoir which is recessed beneath a planar cooking surface, said cooking plate including an insert recess adjacent to a longitudinal edge of said primary reservoir; and a cooking insert that is shaped complementary to said insert recess, said insert including a secondary cooking reservoir formed in a top surface, said secondary reservoir is defined by an outer peripheral wall extending downwardly from said top surface and twice intersecting a first edge of said insert, wherein said insert is removably mounted within said insert recess with said first edge against said longitudinal edge, whereby said secondary reservoir is in fluid communication with said primary reservoir when the insert is mounted within said insert recess; wherein said outer peripheral wall of said insert and said primary reservoir cooperatively define a single batter-receiving cooking cavity; and wherein said secondary cooking reservoir comprises raised and recessed regions configured to create upon a corresponding portion of the cooking fluid batter a decorative image.