Cooking Appliance

Abstract

A cooking appliance (100) comprising: a lower cooking assembly (102) carrying a lower cooking plate (109); a handle (104) pivotally coupled to the lower cooking assembly (102) about a first pivot arrangement (170); an upper cooking assembly (102) pivotally coupled to the handle (104) about a second pivot arrangement (127, 128), the upper cooking assembly (101) carrying an upper cooking plate (107); and a locking assembly (105) configured to engage the first pivot arrangement (170), the locking assembly (105) movable between a locked configuration in which the locking assembly (105) is engaged with the first pivot arrangement (170) and an unlocked configuration in which the locking assembly (105) is disengaged from the first pivot arrangement (170). In the unlocked configuration, the handle (104) is able to rotate about the first pivot arrangement (170) to vary a position of the upper cooking assembly (101) with respect to the lower cooking assembly (102). In the locked configuration, rotation of the handle (104) about the first pivot arrangement (170) is restricted, thereby releasably retaining the upper cooking assembly (101) at one of a plurality of positions with respect to the lower cooking assembly (102).