Patent ID: 8952298
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: A21B,A47J,F27B,F27D

Abstract:
1. An electric broiler comprising a housing having a top, bottom, front, back and opposite sides, a cooking chamber in the housing, a cooking surface in the cooking chamber, an upper heat source in the cooking chamber above the cooking surface, a lower heat source in the cooking chamber below the cooking surface, an electrical circuit for providing electrical power to the upper and lower heat sources, said electrical circuit including at least one quick connect/disconnect connector on the housing, at least one of the upper and lower heat sources comprising a removable heating module having an electric heating element and a quick connect/disconnect connector for quick electrical connection and disconnection of said electric heating element to and from said quick connect/disconnect connector on the housing, and a module holder on the housing for holding said removable heating module, said heating module being movable from a first position in which the heating element is in the module holder and operable to heat the cooking chamber to a second position in which the heating module is removed from the module holder to permit replacement of the module, wherein said heating module comprises a frame holding said heating element, the frame of the heating module being channel-shaped, with a bottom of the channel serving as a connecting portion for holding the heating element; further comprising a key system for preventing operation of a heating module at a location on said module holder not suited for that heating module.