HOUSEHOLD ELECTRIC COOKING APPLIANCE AND METHOD OF STORING

摘要

A household electric appliance has three basic components, a griddle (22), a skillet (24) which can be placed on the griddle to be heated thereby when the griddle is not otherwise in use, and a skillet lid (26) which can be placed atop the skillet. The appliance can be compactly assembled for storage by changing the manner in which the components are stacked. When compactly assembled for storage, the three basic components can be clamped together and stored on edge to conserve lateral storage space. Two types of clamps are described, a resilient strap clamp (135) and a wire rod clip (140). Operation of the appliance is controlled by a thermostat (540) and a heating control panel (62) is provided that has two sets of indicia, one for use when the griddle is used by itself and one for use when the skillet is used.