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A cooking apparatus for alternately cooking, broiling, or grilling foods in a single vessel. The apparatus includes a bottom pan portion which is supported by a lower frame portion. An upper frame is pivotally supported from the bottom pan portion. A top portion is provided, wherein the top portion

A cooking apparatus for alternately cooking, broiling, or grilling foods in a single vessel. The apparatus includes a bottom pan portion which is supported by a lower frame portion. An upper frame is pivotally supported from the bottom pan portion. A top portion is provided, wherein the top portion is pivotally affixed to the upper frame. The top portion includes a reversible combination lid portion and a grille portion. The grille portion of the top portion is the inner wall surface of the lid portion, and is thus located in the upper reaches of the lid portion when the lid portion is in a cooking position. When the top portion is rotated one hundred eighty (180) degrees, the grille portion provides an upwardly exposed grille surface for food preparation. The top portion is shaped suitable for nesting in the bottom pan portion when the upper frame is returned to a normal, grille cooking position. The dutch oven type cook system has heating fluid in the passageways between the double walls and cooks from the sides, top, and bottom with hot oil. Alternately, all or a portion of the unit may be heated electrically. A bottom draw off drain line is provided to allow cryovac chill of the bottom pan portion contents.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] An apparatus for heating foods, liquids, or slurries, said apparatus comprising:(a) a lower frame portion,(b) a bottom pan portion, said bottom pan portion supported by said lower frame portion,(c) an upper frame, said upper frame pivotally supported from said bottom pan

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] An apparatus for heating foods, liquids, or slurries, said apparatus comprising:(a) a lower frame portion,(b) a bottom pan portion, said bottom pan portion supported by said lower frame portion,(c) an upper frame, said upper frame pivotally supported from said bottom pan portion, and(d) a top portion,(i) said top portion pivotally affixed to said upper frame, and(ii) said top portion including a lid portion and a grille portion,(e) said upper frame further comprising(i) a left end, said left end further comprising a first pivot, and(ii) a right end, said right further comprising a second pivot,(f) wherein said first and said second pivot cooperate to allow said top portion to be rotated thereabout when said upper frame is raised, from(i) a closed, fitting position, wherein said lid portion of said top portion is interfittingly located at said bottom pan portion,(ii) to an extended, open position, wherein said upper frame is sufficiently upward so that said top portion is rotatable so as to interchange positions of said lid portion and said grille portion, and(g) wherein said top portion is shaped such that said lid portion is nestable in said bottom pan portion when said upper frame is returned to said closed, fitting position.