Patent ID: 8030598

Claim:
An electric cooking assembly configured for preparing food products, the cooking assembly comprising: a main body portion defining a cooking area including a first cooking surface and a second cooking surface; a first electric heating element associated with the first cooking surface, the first electric heating element arranged and configured to provide heat to at least a portion of the first cooking surface; a second electric heating element associated with the second cooking surface, the second heating element arranged and configured to heat at least a portion of the second cooking surface, wherein the first and second electric heating elements are separately controlled; a first control member configured to separately control power delivered from a single power source to the first and second heating elements, the first control member having a first position and a second position, wherein when the first control member is in the first position, the first control member directs power to the first electric heating element, and wherein when the first control member is in the second position, the first control member directs power to the second electric heating element; and a second control member configured to control power provided to the first control member.