An indoor smoker includes a cabinet defining a discharge vent, a smoking chamber having a chamber outlet, and an exhaust assembly including an exhaust duct and a recirculation duct providing fluid communication between the chamber outlet and the discharge vent. An air handler urges a flow of smoke through a catalytic converter positioned within the exhaust duct to lower volatile organic compounds prior to discharging the smoke. A recirculation port may be defined between the recirculation duct and the exhaust duct upstream of the catalytic converter and a damper may direct the flow of smoke through the recirculation port when the smoke contains unacceptable levels of volatile organic compounds.

A device for rapidly smoking food that is portable and adapted to accept and contain smoke from a smoke source. The smoking device has a housing with an internal chamber with a rack adapted to hold a food, such as one or more of a portion of solid food and a liquid such as a beverage. The device has a plurality of apertures that are sealable by a cover to contain smoke or other vapor within the device in order to infuse the food therewithin.

Provided is a grill apparatus having an elongated base assembly coupled to a firebox assembly. The base assembly includes a lid with a handle, where the lid is pivotally coupled to a base along the length of the base assembly. The base has a bottom, and a hole in a side portion that is adapted to accept an exhaust piping assembly, while the bottom of the base has a hole that substantially accommodate a fire box assembly. The firebox assembly is coupled to the base assembly and includes a firebox and at least one vent. A removable shield separates the firebox assembly from the base assembly. The shield is slightly larger than the hole in the base in at least one dimension, such that as the shield rests on the base above the hole in the base, a gap is left that allows heat and air to flow from the firebox into the base assembly.

A smoker for imparting flavor to food comprising at least one smoking chamber, a lower chamber disposed below and in open communication with the bottom of smoking chamber, more than one flat, externally rotatable fire shield disposed below the cooking rack within the lower chamber, at least one firebox removably disposed within the lower chamber below the fire shields, the firebox having an outer door covering the firebox opening when the firebox is deployed inside the lower chamber, a handle, sidewalls and at least one bottom grate defining a support for a combustible material, slider means for supporting the firebox, an air intake below the firebox within the lower chamber, and an ember plate disposed outside of the lower chamber, whereby a combustible material is ignited in the firebox while disposed outside of the lower chamber, then pushed into the lower chamber to smoke the food.

Disclosed are methods and apparatus for smoking food such as meats, under pressure. In many examples, the source of pressure, and some heat, will be an internal combustion engine; with the exhaust from the engine communicated to a pressure chamber in which the meat or other food is placed. A separate heat source will be associated with the pressure chamber to provide increased temperatures within the pressure chamber. In some examples, the heat source can be a gas flame source, such as either propane or liquid natural gas.

This invention relates in general to a pellet-fired smoker which includes a housing having a smoke chamber defined within it. A hopper holding pellet fuel supplies pellets through one or more augers to one or more fire pots configured to enhance smoking a food product by increasing the smoke flowing to a food product at various cooking temperatures.

A system includes a cooking chamber defining a space for food to be cooked, a firepot inside the cooking chamber that is configured to utilize pelletized fuel to provide heat or smoke within the cooking chamber for cooking the food, and a fuel hopper defining a storage space for the pelletized fuel before delivery to the firepot. A battery powered auger interposes the fuel hopper and the firepot and is configured to selectively convey the pelletized fuel from the fuel hopper to the firepot for combustion. A rechargeable battery selectively provides power to the auger.

An indoor smoker includes a smoking chamber fluidly coupled with an exhaust duct comprising a catalytic converter. A smoke regulating assembly selectively directs a flow of smoke through the smoking chamber and/or the exhaust duct. The smoke regulating assembly includes an outer housing defining an inlet aperture and an outlet aperture and a firebox positioned within the outer housing and defining a smoldering chamber. A control cylinder is rotatably mounted within the outer housing and around the firebox, the control cylinder defining a plurality of flow regulating apertures and being rotatable to selectively align the flow regulating apertures with the inlet aperture and the outlet aperture to regulate a flow of fresh air and the flow of smoke.

Disclosed are smoker apparatuses that are selectively insertable into and removable from a burner grill. The removable smoker apparatuses can comprise a body including an outer wall defining an internal cavity. The body can comprise a plurality of slits disposed within the outer wall. The removable smoker apparatuses can further comprise a door attached to a first end of the body via a hinge member, the door configured to transition the smoker apparatus from an open configuration to a closed configuration. The removable smoker apparatus can also comprise a hook attached to a second end of the body, the hook configured to removably couple with a receiving portion of the burner grill.

A smoke generation pod for use in a smoke generation system includes an enclosure that has there within a material such as wood that is heated or ignited by an igniter or arc housed within the smoke generation pod. The smoke generation pod has an input vent for accepting air and an output vent for distributing smoke. The smoke is routed to an object such as a glass (with or without a liquid there within) for infusing the smoke into the liquid or onto the object. In some embodiments, the output vent has a filter and, some such filters also remove some or all carcinogens from the smoke that is emitted.