Patent ID: 7600469

Claim:
A barbeque comprising: a first cooking plate comprising two hinge joints, with the first cooking plate having a rear side with two ends, with each of the two hinge joints disposed at a corresponding one of the two ends, with each of the two hinge joints made of a hollow cylinder, with the hollow cylinder having an outer surface and an inner wall, with an elliptical cavity attached to and extending from the inner wall, with a shoulder on the inner wall and generally opposite the elliptical cavity, and with a rib projecting inwardly from the inner wall spaced from the shoulder and abutting the elliptical cavity; a second cooking plate comprising two arc rabbets, with each of the two arc rabbets corresponding to one of the the two hinge joints of the first cooking plate, and with each of the two arc rabbets fit onto the outer surface of a corresponding one of the two hinge joints and slideable thereon; and a substantially inverted U-shaped handle with two ends, each of the two ends of the handle comprising a rotation portion, each of the two ends of the handle pivotally secured to a corresponding one of the two ends of the first cooking plate, with each rotation portion including a projecting pin and a stop member, with the projecting pin connected and parallel to the stop member, with the projecting pin inserted into the corresponding elliptical cavity, and with the projecting pin disposed at one end of the corresponding elliptical cavity and being lengthwise slideable therein; wherein the second cooking plate is pivotal between a first position, a second position and a third position, with the second cooking plate generally parallel to the first cooking plate in the first position, with the second cooking plate generally perpendicular to the first cooking plate in the second position and with the second cooking plate immediately adjacent and generally parallel to and flush with the first cooking plate in the third position, with the third position generally 180 degrees from the first position, and with the first plate and second plate being stable in the first position, the second position and the third position by cooperation of the shoulder and the rib of the each of the two hinge joints with the corresponding projecting pin and the corresponding stop member of the corresponding one of the two rotation portions for broiling different thicknesses of foodstuffs or different numbers of foodstuffs.