ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,098, issued on April 29, was assigned to Automation Tech LLC (Elgin, Ill.).
"Modular cooking appliance having a grease shield" was invented by Philip R. McKee (Dallas) and Lee T. Vanlanen (McKinney, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular cooking apparatus is disclosed. The modular cooking apparatus includes a housing for containing a first and second interchangeable cooking modules. The first interchangeable cooking module contains a first oven, and the second interchangeable cooking module contains a second oven. A grease shield is located within the first oven. The second oven is different from the first oven. The modular co...