On Wed, 01 May 2013 11:42:15 -0500, George Leppla
> wrote:

>On 5/1/2013 11:27 AM, Pico Rico wrote:
>> yeah, I know. But a griddle is not a flattop, either!
>>
>> I have found that names don't seem to mean much in the restaurant business -
>> anything can be called anything close or "similar".
>
>Back in the day when I worked in a restaurant, the "flattop" was called
>a grill... and the guy cooking on it was often called the Grillman.
>
>My favorite name for a piece of equipment in the kitchen was the
>"salamander". Wonder how a broiler got that name.
>
>George L

It's called a salamander in the building trade as well -- used to dry
concrete and interiors
Janet US