Vertical meat broiler

Claim 1

A vertical electric meat broiling appliance comprising: a broiler housing, embodying a permanently united structure, including two end walls and two longitudinal walls connecting said end walls, said structure surrounding and defining a broiling space to which access may be had for cleaning purposes through opposite access openings in said structure defined by free edges of said end walls and said longitudinal walls, said housing also including covers for said access openings which are subject to ready assembly with said structure to at least partially cover said access openings and are readily displaceable from said access openings; an electric broiling element supported on said structure and normally disposed within said broiling space, said element being readily displaceable, without the use of tools, from said broiling space through one of said access openings when the latter is uncovered, to facilitate access to said broiling space for cleaning purposes; and means for introducing meat to be broiled into said broiling space in juxtaposed relation with said electric element, said means including a slot provided in said housing, and meat carrying grid means adapted to be supported on said housing after being employed to introduce said meat through said slot and into said broiling space.