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A cooking appliance having an upper cooking unit pivotally mounted on a lower cooking unit for rotation substantially about a horizontal axis into three different positions, a first position in which the upper cooking unit is on top of the lower cooking unit to form a contact grill, a second positio

A cooking appliance having an upper cooking unit pivotally mounted on a lower cooking unit for rotation substantially about a horizontal axis into three different positions, a first position in which the upper cooking unit is on top of the lower cooking unit to form a contact grill, a second position in which the upper cooking unit is substantially horizontally oriented with and parallel to the lower cooking unit to form therewith a double grooved griddle, and a third, generally upright, position intermediate the first and second positions to provide access to the lower cooking plate when the appliance is being used as a contact grill. The cooking plates have elongate grooves which are generally parallel to an axis of the hinge that connects the upper and lower cooking units together and which grooves increase in depth from one side of the cooking appliance to the other for carrying liquid cooking byproducts away from the food being cooked. The lower cooking plate is supported in a horizontal orientation and has liquid outlet surface portions which direct the liquid cooking byproducts to a collection tray removably located below the liquid outlet surface portions. The collection tray is located on one side of the lower cooking unit and a timer and a "power on" light are mounted on the front of the lower cooking unit in a position which does not interfere with the use of the tray.

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[ Having thus described my invention, I claim:] [1.] A convertible household electric cooking appliance comprising:a lower cooking unit;an upper cooking unit pivotally mounted on said lower cooking unit for rotation about a horizontal axis to three different positions, a first position in which said

[ Having thus described my invention, I claim:] [1.] A convertible household electric cooking appliance comprising:a lower cooking unit;an upper cooking unit pivotally mounted on said lower cooking unit for rotation about a horizontal axis to three different positions, a first position in which said upper cooking unit is on top of said lower cooking unit, a second position in which said upper cooking unit is substantially horizontally oriented with and parallel to said lower cooking unit; and a third, generally upright, position intermediate said first position and said second position;said lower cooking unit comprising:a support;a lower cooking plate horizontally mounted on said support,said lower cooking plate having an upwardly-facing, upper surface comprising plural, mutually parallel and coplanar cooking surfaces separated from one another by plural, mutually-parallel arcuate grooves that increase in depth from one margin of said lower grill plate toward the opposite margin of said lower grill plate, and liquid outlet surface portions adjacent said opposite margin that permit liquid cooking byproducts moving down said grooves to drip downwardly off said upper surface;said upper cooking unit comprising:an upper cooking plate that forms a cooking chamber with said lower cooking plate when said upper cooking unit is in said first position, and which has a cooking surface that faces downwardly when said upper cooking unit is in said first position and faces upwardly when said upper cooking unit is in said second position.