Patent ID: 8997635
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. An electric grill for cooking food items, wherein: the electric grill is comprised of a body containing at least one vertical grilling area disposed between at least two sources of radiant heat energy, the vertical grilling area comprising a food holder configured for holding the food items adjacent to the source of radiant heat energy and preventing the food items from falling while allowing at least one of liquified fats and breakaway solids to separate and drop away from the food items; the body has an external opening on a vertical side thereof and contains one or more slides disposed below the grilling area; the one or more slides define a path to an external receptacle via the external opening, the entire path sloping downward to direct and expel at least one of the liquified fats and breakaway solids generated during the cooking of the food items away from the cooking elements downward and laterally through the body of the electric grill and out into the external receptacle for cooling therein; and the receptacle is detachably joined to or detached from the outside of the body, and is disposed outside of the body near the external opening during the operation of the grill, such that the receptacle is laterally removed from the grilling area, and the receptacle's bottom section on which at least one of the liquified fats and the breakaway solids is collected is lower than a lower edge of the slide terminating in a proximity of the external opening.