MULTI-ZONE GRILL COOK AREA WITH THERMAL ISOLATION

摘要

The grill of the present disclosure provides a multi-zone cooking surface with separate, discrete zones that are thermally isolated from one another. This allows for cooking in only one zone while avoiding the problem of heat loss to adjacent zones that are not in use, or are operating at different or lower temperatures. The individual cooking zones are separated by a gap that is filled with a thermally insulating material. Each zone can have an independent associated temperature control.

主权项

1. A cooking apparatus, comprising:
a chassis; a plurality of separate and structurally distinct planar grill plates, wherein all of said plurality of said grill plates are within said chassis, and each pair of adjacent grill plates has a gap therebetween; a plurality of heaters in said chassis, wherein each of said grill plates has a heater associated therewith, wherein said heating element provides heat to a side of said grill plate; and a thermally insulating bonding material disposed in each gap, so that heat loss between adjacent plates is minimized.