Patent ID: 7905225

Claim:
A cooking grill comprising: a housing defining a substantially enclosed cooking chamber and having a side opening therein, the side opening oriented substantially vertically; a heating element disposed in the cooking chamber; a grilling module slidably disposable in the cooking chamber relative to the housing and the heating element through the side opening, the grilling module having a major panel and a peripheral wall extending substantially orthogonally from the major panel and including a support portion for supporting a cooking surface; and a cooking surface disposable in the support portion of the grilling module generally parallel to and spaced from the major panel; wherein the grilling module is adapted to be positioned within the cooking grill in either a first orientation in which the major panel is below the heating element and the support portion is above the heating element and a second orientation 180 degrees rotated from the first orientation in which the major panel is above the heating element and the support portion is below the heating element.