Patent ID: 7285751

Claim:
An automatic muffin maker comprising: a base support plate; a housing assembly attached to said base support plate including an upper housing section and a lower housing section interconnected by a hinge mechanism; heating means including a top browning element disposed within said upper housing section, said top browning element comprising a tubular resistance heating element, wherein said tubular resistance heating element is a symmetrical bilobular construction resembling an umbrella in axial cross-section, and a heating plate including a base heating element disposed within said lower housing section, wherein said heating plate further includes a plurality of individual heating wells integrally formed thereon in a predetermined pattern; a baking liner including a plurality of molds formed therein in said predetermined pattern, wherein said molds are positioned in surface-to-surface contact within said heating wells; and temperature controlling means electrically interconnected with said heating means enabling said heating elements to be energized to provide variable baking cycles.