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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2012
Michael R. Berge, Eau Claire, WI (US);
Russell W. Hall, Eau Claire, WI (US);
Michael R. Berge, Eau Claire, WI (US);
Russell W. Hall, Eau Claire, WI (US);
National Presto Industries, Inc., Eau Claire, WI (US);
Abstract
A countertop griddle and related methods of cooking food with a countertop griddle including a warming tray. The warming tray can be rotatably attached to the countertop griddle such that the warming tray can be rotatably pivoted from a covering disposition to an intermediary disposition to an open disposition. When in the covering disposition, the warming tray can serve to protect a user from exposure to grease spatter and to receive heat conducted from a cooking surface. During cooking, the warming tray can be rotated to the intermediary disposition such that the user can manipulated the food item being prepared. Finally, the warming tray can be rotated to an open disposition defining a serving tray for receiving a cooked food item. The warming tray can be detached from the countertop griddle when the warming tray is positioned in any of the covering, intermediate or open dispositions.