Patent ID: 7064298

Claim:
A multifunctional griddle comprising: an upper housing section and a lower housing section coupled by interconnecting means; an upper heater assembly including an upper heating plate having a heating element, wherein said upper heater assembly is disposed within said upper housing section, and a lower heater assembly including a lower heating plate having a heating element, wherein said lower heater assembly is disposed within said lower housing section; a temperature controlling means electrically interconnected to said upper heater assembly and said lower heater assembly, said temperature controlling means also being electrically connected to a power source; and a pair of reversible cooking plates disposed in intermeshing engagement with said upper heater assembly and said lower heater assembly respectively, wherein said reversible cooking plates include a waffle iron surface on a first side thereof and a grill surface on a second side thereof to provide alternative waffle-making and grilling configurations for said griddle, wherein said heating plates include a mating waffle grid surface formed on the inwardly facing surfaces thereof for receiving said waffle iron surface of each of said cooking plates in stacked relation thereto providing maximum heat transfer between said heating plates and said cooking plates in said grilling configuration.