Inventors:
James T. Spicer - Morrow OH
International Classification:
H05B 368, A23L 3710
Abstract:
A cooking device comprising a hot plate with a top surface; a heatable bottom cooking surface bearing a plurality of outwardly-projecting, spring-loaded, food piercing temperature probes of different lengths, configured for injecting into a piece of food such that the temperature of the food surrounding at least one probe may be determined, and wherein the spring-loaded configuration allows the probes to retract into the body of the cooking device when contacting a non-penetrable surface; means for indicating the temperature at the probes' ends; means for controlling the temperature of the bottom cooking surface; and a handle.