Patent ID: 6314871
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: A47J,F24C

Abstract:
A cooking assembly for use in a cooking appliance, the cooking assembly comprising:a cooking assembly housing;a burner assembly including at least one burner extending within the cooking assembly housing;a cooking grid positioned above the at least one burner with respect to the cooking assembly housing; anda sear grid including a radiant panel having an undulating shape, the panel being located between the burner and the cooking grid, and the panel defining at least one dome with a radiused peak to allow liquids at the peak to be rapidly heated by the at least one burner, and with sides extending away from the peak, the sides having an increasing slope as the sides extend away from the peak to cause liquids flowing down the sides of the dome to accelerate wherein the at least one burner includes a U-shaped burner having a base at the front of the cooking assembly and a pair of legs extending toward the rear of the cooking assembly and aligned with the radiant panel dome, and a U-shaped connecting tube positioned to connect the U-shaped burner base to the front of the cooking assembly housing.