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An adjustable meat press for two-sided cooking of food products is disclosed, characterized by a movable cooking device having a planar heated cooking surface which is connected with a grill having a fixed heated cooking surface for pivotal movement between open and closed positions. The movable coo

An adjustable meat press for two-sided cooking of food products is disclosed, characterized by a movable cooking device having a planar heated cooking surface which is connected with a grill having a fixed heated cooking surface for pivotal movement between open and closed positions. The movable cooking device includes a plurality of incrementally adjustable cams having a camming surface which protrudes beyond the cooking surface of the movable device to space the movable cooking surface from the grill cooking surface by a selected distance. Owing to the provision of a plurality of cams, the movable cooking surface is accurately maintained parallel to the grill cooking surface when the movable device is in its closed position to uniformly press and cook one or more food products arranged therebetween. A unique spring and slide mechanism controls the movement of the movable cooking device relative to the grill between the open and closed positions.

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Apparatus for modifying a grill having a fixed, planar, generally horizontal heated cooking surface to provide two-sided cooking of a food product such as meat and the like, comprising (a) a movable cooking device having a planar heated cooking surface; (b) means for pivotally connecting one edge wa

Apparatus for modifying a grill having a fixed, planar, generally horizontal heated cooking surface to provide two-sided cooking of a food product such as meat and the like, comprising (a) a movable cooking device having a planar heated cooking surface; (b) means for pivotally connecting one edge wall of said movable cooking device with an edge wall of the grill, whereby said movable device is pivotable between a closed position wherein said movable cooking surface is arranged spaced from and parallel to the fixed cooking surface and an open position wherein said movable cooking surface is arranged at an angle relative to the fixed cooking surface; and (c) incrementally adjustable spacing means connected with said movable cooking device for controlling the spacing between said movable and fixed cooking surfaces when said movable device is in the closed cooking position, said spacing means comprising a plurality of spacing members arranged about the peripheral edge of said movable device in interconnected pairs, said members of each pair being arranged at opposite edges of said movable device, whereby when a food product of a given thickness is placed on the fixed cooking surface of the grill and said movable device is pivoted to the closed position with said spacing members resting on the fixed cooking surface, said spacing means are adjusted to maintain said movable surface parallel to and spaced from said fixed surface by a distance corresponding with the thickness of the food product, thereby to compress the food while cooking the product from opposite sides.