A firepot for a grilling device comprises one or more walls at least partially forming an outer boundary of the firepot. The firepot is structurally configured to hold at least partially ignited solid fuel. The firepot also comprises a floor defining, at least in part, a lower end of the firepot. The floor comprises one or more holes extending through the floor. Additionally, a portion of the one or more walls form a solid fuel delivery opening that comprises a solid fuel portal through which solid fuel is deliverable to an interior of the firepot. A heating element mount is positioned to hold a heating element within the interior of the firepot.

A firepot for a grilling device comprises one or more walls at least partially forming an outer boundary of the firepot. The firepot is structurally configured to hold at least partially ignited solid fuel. The firepot also comprises a floor defining, at least in part, a lower end of the firepot. The floor comprises one or more holes extending through the floor. Additionally, a portion of the one or more walls form a solid fuel delivery opening that comprises a solid fuel portal through which solid fuel is deliverable to an interior of the firepot. A heating element mount is positioned to hold a heating element within the interior of the firepot.

Handheld air bellows with expandable and retractable air tubes. The handheld air bellows includes an air pump carried by a housing, an electric motor that drives the air pump, and an air tube operatively coupled with the air pump to direct a stream of air from the air pump through an exit orifice of the air tube. The air tube is extendable and retractable along an axis from a distal end to a proximal end between a retracted length and an extended length longer than the retracted length. The air tube may be coupled to the housing with a hinged joint such that the air tube can be pivoted about the hinged joint between a folded configuration and an unfolded configuration relative to the housing.

The fire-tending tool is a tool. The fire-tending tool is adapted for use with a combustion reaction. The fire-tending tool is configured for use in controlling a combustion reaction. The fire-tending tool aligns and arranges the solid phase reactants and solid phase products of the combustion reaction. The fire-tending tool comprises a handle structure, a rake structure, and a poker structure. The rake structure and the poker structure attach to the handle structure.

An indoor smoker includes a smoking chamber and a smoke generating assembly for providing a flow of smoke into the smoking chamber, the smoke generating assembly comprising a smoke barrel, an auger positioned within the smoke barrel and being rotatable for selectively urging combustible material through the smoke barrel, and a smoldering heater for smoldering the combustible material as the auger advances the combustible material past the smoldering heater. The method includes receiving a command to pause a smoke generating process, turning off the smoldering heater, rotating the auger to advance smoldering combustible material off of the smoldering heater and advance fresh combustible material onto the smoldering heater, pausing for a predetermined amount of time to permit the fresh combustible material to absorb residual heat from the smoldering heater, and rotating the auger to advance the fresh combustible material off of the smoldering heater.

An indoor smoker includes a smoking chamber, a smoke generating assembly for providing a flow of smoke into the smoking chamber, a chamber heater for regulating a chamber temperature in the smoking chamber, an air handler for urging the flow of smoke from the smoking chamber, through an exhaust duct, and out of a discharge vent, and a catalytic converter for reducing emissions within the flow of smoke. A method of operation includes turning off the smoke generating assembly, switching to a cooking process where the smoke generating assembly is off and the cooking temperature is at or above a temperature threshold (e.g., 170 F.), and operating the air handler and the catalytic converter after the smoke generating assembly has been turned off and in response to determining that the cooking process is still being performed in the smoking chamber.

Pellet grills and associated methods of operation are disclosed. An example pellet grill includes a waste collection drawer and one or more processors. The waste collection drawer is movable between a closed position and an open position. The one or more processors are configured to determine whether a duty cycle of the waste collection drawer has violated a threshold corresponding to a predetermined usage expectancy of the waste collection drawer. In response to determining that the duty cycle has violated the threshold, the one or more processors are configured to generate a notification indicating that the threshold has been violated.

A combustion chamber sized to receive a quantity of solid fuel is in fluid communication with a cooking region of a grilling appliance. A control system is operable in at least a smoke mode and a temperature mode. When operated in the smoke mode, the control system operates a fuel delivery system and draft inducer in accordance with predetermined fuel and combustion air delivery schedules. When operated in the temperature mode, the control system operates the fuel delivery system based on a feedback signal derived from the temperature of the cooking region. A user interface operatively associated with the control system allows a user to operate the grilling appliance in either of the smoke mode or the temperature mode.

An example oven can include: a main body defining a cooking cavity; a front portion of the main body defining a front opening for receiving a food item and acting as an air vent; a baking stone positioned to support the food item; a tray assembly including a grate positioned in the main body; and a gas burner positioned adjacent to the baking stone and the tray assembly; wherein the gas burner is configured to combust a gas to heat the cooking cavity; wherein the gas burner is positioned to ignite fuel on the grate of the tray assembly to further heat the cooking cavity; and wherein the gas burner is positioned to heat at least a portion of the baking stone.