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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1991
Mark A Pickering, Lebanon, IN (US);
Richard W Brangan, Greenwood, IN (US);
Maytag Corporation, Newton, IA (US);
Abstract
A countertop cooking unit provides an upper surface that is level with the countertop and has removable interior parts that are exposed to the residues of cooking operations. A cooktop housing is supported by the countertop and forms a burner box having an open top level with the countertop. A removable drip pan is recessed below the open top of the housing within the burner box and is removably carried by the housing at its peripheral edges. A downdraft ventilation plenum is recessed below, and includes an air flow opening below, the open top of the housing and is carried, at least in part, by the burner box, and at least one heating unit is recessed and removably carried within the removable drip pan. In grilling units, a removable grill pan liner is recessed within, and removably carried by, the drip pan at its peripheral edge and removably carries a grill heater recessed within its periphery. The countertop cooking unit provides substantially reduced heat transfer to the countertop during cooking operations, in part as a result of a plurality of air flow openings at the periphery of the removable drip pan.