Look for embedded heating elements, which deliver an even heat to the entire cooking surface.

It requires high heat and constant contact with the cooking surface.

Direct heat, by contrast, is using a constant (and usually higher) temperature across the entire cooking surface.

He set the horseshoe and one of the eggs down, then turned up the heat on the cooking surface.

In cheaper varieties copper is sometimes used as the cooking surface.

The idea is to have the cooking surface about four to seven inches away from the heat, he said.

Over time, the cooking surface will become dark and nonstick.

The cooking surface is made from type 304 stainless steel.

One or more grids are suspended over the fire to provide the cooking surface(s) for the food.

In our tests, the heat was evenly distributed across the entire cooking surface.