Steak cooker and tenderizer

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE COOKER, COMPRISING A DOWNWARDLY OPEN RECTANGULAR BOX-LIKE BASE; A DOWNWARDLY OPEN BOX-LIKE COVER HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO SAID BASE AND FORMING A COOKING COMPARTMENT ABOVE THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID BASE, THE WALLS FORMING THE TOP OF SAID BASE AND SAID COVER EACH HAVING A SERIES OF ENLARGED VERTICALLY ALIGNED FOOD RECEIVING APERTURES THERETHROUGH; A PAIR OF SUPERPOSED RECTANGULAR CONDUCTION PLATES OF LESS DIMENSIONS THAN SAID BASE AND SAID COVER DISPOSED WITHIN SAID COOKING COMPARTMENT IN HORIZONTAL SPACED-APART RELATION; ELECTRICAL INSULATING POSTS CONNECTING THE UPPERMOST SAID PLATE TO THE LOWER SURFACE OF THE TOP OF SAID COVER AND CONNECTING THE LOWERMOST SAID PLATE TO THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE TOP OF SAID BASE; AN ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE HEATING ELEMENT SECURED IN CURRENT CONDUCTING RELATION TO THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID UPPER PLATE; ANOTHER ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE HEATING ELEMENT SECURED IN CURRENT CONDUCTING RELATION TO THE LOWER SURFACE OF SAID LOWER PLATE IN COOPERATING RELATION WITH RESPECT TO THE ALIGNED ENLARGED APERTURES IN SAID COVER AND SAID BASE; AND MEANS CONNECTING A SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY TO SAID ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE HEATING ELEMENTS.