Patent ID: 7180034

Claim:
An electrically powered food product cooker comprises, a base adapted to rest on a supporting surface and providing a footprint of the cooker, upper and lower housings each having a hot plate disposed to be removable, and an internal heating element in proximity of the hot plate to facilitate transfer of heat from said heating element to said hot plate, and an electrical conductor attached to each of said heating elements to provide electricity to power said heating elements, said hot plate of the lower housing having an elongated recess of a pre determined size and depth disposed to allow for expansion of a cooking food product, said hot plate of the upper housing having an area the same shape as said recess raised slightly above the plane of the hot plate concave in nature and of a size that allows it to nest slightly within the recess, said housings being interconnected to allow for selective vertical pivoting between a first closed position, said housings resting atop one another with the hot plates nested together forming a cooking chamber, and a second open position with the housings separated by about ninety degrees and one hot plate facing upwards and one hot plate facing forwards, said lower housing being pivotally connected to said base to provide for selectively positioning between a first starting position, said housings closed, the lower housing resting directly atop the base and the upper housing resting atop said lower housing, and a second ending position, said housings closed and inverted, the upper housing resting directly on the base, and the lower housing is resting atop said upper housing.