Tortilla warming apparatus

摘要

An apparatus for warming one or more tortillas or other flat foods is disclosed. A round top pan and a round bottom pan each have a flat, circular base portion defined by an interior and an exterior flat surface. The base portions are surrounded by an integral curved rim portion that extends to one side of the base portion and terminates in an annular symmetrical lip. The base and rim portions, together, define a heating space therebetween, and the pans are positionable with lips in mutual contact in a closed orientation. The pans are hinged together so that the top pan is rotatable into an open orientation about a hinge. Each pan includes a handle portion that, when the pans are brought into the closed position, together form a handle structure suitable for gripping. A rotatable grip portion is mounted on a rod that is fixed to the bottom pan in radial orientation so that with the pans in the closed orientation, the rotatable grip portion facilitates rotation of the pans for inverting the relative positions of the pans. A plurality of bosses extend from the interior surface of the top pan for holding the tortillas in place during carrying of the device and inversion of the pans.