surface configuration
The form of the heated cooking surface — a token from SurfaceConfigurations (flat open plate / ribbed grill plate / contact two-hinged-plates). Required: every surface cooker answers it, and it is the qualifier that distinguishes the named retail kinds without minting a class for each (an electric griddle is the flat-plate value, an indoor grill the ribbed value, a panini press the contact value). Homes on SurfaceCooker. Distinct from heat_setting (how the cooking heat is regulated) — this answers the geometry of the surface, not its temperature control.
Surface configuration is answered with one word chosen from the surface configurations list — the same word shared across every product that uses it.
It belongs to measurement — its measurable, physical facts.
asked by the kinds that answer it
1 kind answers it, each for a single value. The same question can be reused by unrelated kinds — one meaning, many homes.
asked by kinds that answer it
The same question can be reused by unrelated kinds — one meaning, many homes.
| kind | how many |
|---|---|
| surface cooker | required · one |