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A griller includes upper and lower cooking grill members, and a temperature sensing device mounted removably on the housing of one of the grill members. The temperature sensing device includes a casing, a temperature sensing probe, a user input unit, a processor unit, a display unit, and an alarm un

A griller includes upper and lower cooking grill members, and a temperature sensing device mounted removably on the housing of one of the grill members. The temperature sensing device includes a casing, a temperature sensing probe, a user input unit, a processor unit, a display unit, and an alarm unit. The temperature sensing probe generates a sensor output corresponding to a cooking temperature detected thereby. The user input unit is operable so as to provide a cooking time setting. The processor unit receives the sensor output and the cooking time setting, and is operable in a timer mode, wherein the processor unit generates an alarm activate signal for activating the alarm unit upon detection by the processor unit that a predetermined time period corresponding to the cooking time setting has elapsed.

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1. A griller comprising: upper and lower cooking grill members coupled to each other and configured to confine a cooking space when closed together, one of said upper and lower cooking grill members including a housing and a grill plate that is mounted on said housing and that forms one side of t

1. A griller comprising: upper and lower cooking grill members coupled to each other and configured to confine a cooking space when closed together, one of said upper and lower cooking grill members including a housing and a grill plate that is mounted on said housing and that forms one side of the cooking space, said housing having a rim portion formed with a cavity, said cavity having an open insert side, an open viewing side, and an end wall opposite to said open insert side, said end wall being formed with a probe hole to permit access to an interior of said housing proximate to said grill plate; and a temperature sensing device including a casing received in said cavity and removable from said cavity through said open insert side, said casing having an operating side accessible from said open viewing side when said casing is disposed in said cavity, a temperature sensing probe having a mounting section connected to said casing, and a sensing section extendible into said housing through said probe hole when said casing is disposed in said cavity, said temperature sensing probe generating a sensor output corresponding to a cooking temperature detected thereby, a user input unit mounted on said operating side of said casing and operable so as to provide a cooking time setting, a processor unit mounted in said casing and connected to said temperature sensing probe and said user input unit for receiving the sensor output and the cooking time setting therefrom, said processor unit being operable in a timer mode, wherein said processor unit generates an alarm activate signal upon detection by said processor unit that a predetermined time period corresponding to the cooking time setting has elapsed, a display unit mounted on said operating side of said casing and connected to and controlled by said processor unit so as to provide a visual indication of the cooking temperature detected by said temperature sensing probe and the cooking time setting provided by said user input unit, and an alarm unit mounted in said casing, connected to said processor unit, and activated by the alarm activate signal for generating an alarm output. 2. The griller as claimed in claim 1, wherein said user input unit includes a power control key for controlling activation and deactivation of said temperature sensing device. 3. The griller as claimed in claim 1, wherein said user input unit includes a scale select key operable so as to control said processor unit for toggling the visual indication of the cooking temperature shown on said display unit to a selected one of the Celsius and Fahrenheit temperature scales. 4. The griller as claimed in claim 1, wherein said user input unit includes an increment key for increasing the cooking time setting by one time unit per key depression, and a decrement key for decreasing the cooking time setting by one time unit per key depression. 5. The griller as claimed in claim 4, wherein said processor unit is configured so as to pause operation in the timer mode when said increment and decrement keys are simultaneously operated to permit adjustment of the cooking time setting through said increment and decrement keys, and to continue operation in the timer mode when no further input from said user input unit is detected by said processor unit within a predetermined time period. 6. The griller as claimed in claim 1, wherein said processor unit is operable so as to control said display unit to show remaining cooking time thereon. 7. The griller as claimed in claim 1, wherein said alarm unit includes a buzzer.