A cooking smoke shielding and guiding apparatus comprises: a housing including an outer casing, a storing chamber defined in the outer casing and having a slot formed in an end portion of the outer casing, and a plurality of fixing elements formed on said outer casing adapted for fixing the outer casing on a kitchen object by the fixing elements; a shielding plate slidably retractably stored in the storing chamber of the housing or slidably extended outwardly through the slot of the outer casing for shielding and guiding cooking smoke; and a driving mechanism mounted in the storing chamber and operatively extending the shielding plate outwardly from the storing chamber, or operatively retracting the shielding plate inwardly into the storing chamber.

A heat director (4) for a firepit (1) reflects and directs heat from the firepit (1) outwards (horizontally). The heat director (4) is located above, and spaced apart from, the heat source (5) of the firepit (1), and is substantially horizontal with respect to the surrounding ground. Generally vertical brackets (3) are fixedly mounted to the heat director (4), and are used to keep the heat director (4) in its desired position. In a preferred embodiment, the heat director (4) is made of tempered glass, but it may also be made of metal. In some embodiments, the heat source (5) is surrounded by a windscreen (2). In these embodiments, the brackets (3) are also fixedly mounted to the windscreen (2). Set screws (23) are used to attach the brackets (3) to the heat director (4), and to the windscreen (2) in those embodiments where a windscreen (2) is present. In embodiments where a windscreen (2) is not present, the brackets (3) may be modified so that they rest on a heat insulating mass (6) that surrounds the heat source (5).

A collapsible camp stove having a cover, a chassis having a fuel burner and a pot support; and the pot support and the chassis and the cover are all pivotally interconnected to one another in a parallelogram structure wherein pivotal opening of the cover relative to the chassis causes the pot support to raise upwardly away from a top surface of the chassis while the pot support continuously remains parallel to the top surface of the chassis.

A cooking device may include a housing, a gas burner, an unburned gas vent assembly, and a vent. The unburned gas vent assembly may include a gutter disposed in the housing and at least a portion of the gutter may be disposed below at least a portion of the gas burner. The vent may be in fluid communication with an inner volume of the gutter to enable a gas disposed in the gutter to exit the housing via the vent. The gas burner may extend from the first portion of the housing to the second portion of the housing, the vent may be disposed in the second portion of the housing, and the gutter may be sloped from the first portion of the housing to the second portion of the housing.

A cooking device may include a housing, a gas burner, an unburned gas vent assembly, and a vent. The unburned gas vent assembly may include a gutter disposed in the housing and at least a portion of the gutter may be disposed below at least a portion of the gas burner. The vent may be in fluid communication with an inner volume of the gutter to enable a gas disposed in the gutter to exit the housing via the vent. The gas burner may extend from the first portion of the housing to the second portion of the housing, the vent may be disposed in the second portion of the housing, and the gutter may be sloped from the first portion of the housing to the second portion of the housing.

A burner assembly shielding device for preventing blowout of a flame generated by the burner assembly includes a tube that is sized and shaped complementarily to a perimeter of a well of a burner assembly. A lower end of the tube is configured to insert into the well so that an upper end of the tube is fixedly positioned proximate to an upper plane that is defined by an upper limit of a grate of the burner assembly. A wall of the tube is configured to shield a flame that is generated by the burner assembly from wind to prevent the flame from being extinguished.

A burner assembly shielding device for preventing blowout of a flame generated by the burner assembly includes a tube that is sized and shaped complementarily to a perimeter of a well of a burner assembly. A lower end of the tube is configured to insert into the well so that an upper end of the tube is fixedly positioned proximate to an upper plane that is defined by an upper limit of a grate of the burner assembly. A wall of the tube is configured to shield a flame that is generated by the burner assembly from wind to prevent the flame from being extinguished.

A strategic heat shield and burner assembly configured to reduce the heat of the surface of a vessel for food preparation, and particularly for brewing beer. The reduction in heat dramatically improves the longevity of the instrumentation affixed to the surface of the vessel and the safety of the brewing vessel to users in proximity to the vessel during operation.

A strategic heat shield and burner assembly configured to reduce the heat of the surface of a vessel for food preparation, and particularly for brewing beer. The reduction in heat dramatically improves the longevity of the instrumentation affixed to the surface of the vessel and the safety of the brewing vessel to users in proximity to the vessel during operation.

Embodiments of a wind guard system for blocking a cross-wind from flowing through a gap defined between a griddle and a cooking station. The wind guard system includes multiple wind guard members each having a shield portion and a hook portion, the hook portion extending from an upper end portion of the shield portion. The hook portion is sized and configured to be positioned to removably hang over a top edge of upstanding walls of the griddle member so that a height of the shield portion extends downward to cover the gap defined between an underside of the griddle member and the upper side of the cooking station to at least partially prevent wind from moving through the gap.