A47J37/0704

Barbecue grill with docking plate
11648880 · 2023-05-16 ·

A barbecue grill configured to be removably attached to a docking mechanism which is supported by a pickup truck bed. A heat resistant docking plate that is configured to be attached to a vehicle tailgate, and allows the user to nest, lock and carry the grill in the back of the pickup bed. The grill includes a lid, a grate, burners, and burner covers which may be locked for transport to reduce rattle, and burners which are secured to the grill body. A double wall with stainless steel interior and aluminum exterior is provided to permit the grill to get hotter on the inside without dissipating as much heat. A removable drip pan with a large reservoir is provided in order to contain drippings during device transport.

GRILL STOVE WITH BAKING STRUCTURE
20230148792 · 2023-05-18 ·

A grill stove with a baking structure contains a body, and the body includes a support base and a grilling assembly. The support base includes a baking chamber and a rail assembly. The rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail, and a curved connection rail. The support base has a tray located in the baking chamber, and the tray has four rollers configured to roll on the rail assembly. Two adjacent rollers of the four rollers are arranged on a first side of the tray, and the other two adj acent rollers of the four rollers are arranged on a second side of the tray. The tray further includes a holding portion formed on a top thereof and configured to accommodate the other foods.

System and method for bimodal air control in a kettle-style grill
11644197 · 2023-05-09 ·

Exemplary embodiments of a system and method for bimodal air control in a kettle-style grill are configured to be detachably mounted to the exterior of a kettle-styled grill such as, but not limited to, a Weber® charcoal grill. When mounted to the kettle-styled grill, a plenum-like component directs air flows to the interior of the grill's kettle via the kettle's lower body damper holes. A manually adjustable intake damper in the plenum component allows, restricts, or prevents a drawn ambient air flow into the plenum component. Separately, a forced air flow generated by a fan may also be provided into the plenum component. Adjustment of the intake damper may also adjust damper blades inside the grill's kettle. Ash that falls out of the kettle's damper holes falls through the plenum component and is captured in an ash receptacle that is removably mounted to the plenum component.

Three Drawer Gill and Smoker with Fire, Water and Ash Management Systems
20230148617 · 2023-05-18 ·

A smoker grill with separately accessible drawers for managing steam, smoke, combustion and ash while maintaining the cooking process without having to remove the food product from the racks, optimizing cook time, decreasing the likelihood of food contamination, and making cleanup simple and easy. The grill includes a cooking chamber with racks, with a half cylinder top and box shaped lower compartment with three drawers containing a removable liquid or water box with an interconnected V-channels for creating steam and collecting drippings and allowing heat to pass through to cook food items, a removable fire box with a perforated metal floor for burning solid fuels (charcoal, wood, etc.), and a removable ash box (ash collection drawer) for collecting residuals of burnt solid fuel. The perforated floor allows air to flow up into the combustion chamber while allowing ashes to drop down away and out of the combustion chamber into the ash drawer.

LID RETAINING HANDLE FOR COOKING DEVICE
20170367534 · 2017-12-28 ·

The present disclosure describes a lid retaining handle for a Kamado-style or other cooking device that limits movement of the device's lid relative to a band extending at least partially about the lid and coupled to a mechanism that enables opening and closing of the lid relative to the device's base. The lid retaining handle couples to the band and has portions for engaging a rim or ridge of the lid to substantially resist movement of the band in a direction away from the rim or ridge and toward the lid's edge. The lid retaining handle also has a grip for grasping by a user of the cooking device to open or close the device's lid relative to the device's base.

IGNITION-BASED PROTOCOLS FOR PELLET GRILLS

Pellet grills including a control system that implements, manages, and/or controls various ignition-based protocols and/or processes are disclosed. An example pellet grill includes a cooking chamber, a burn pot, an ignitor, and a controller. The ignitor extends into the burn pot and is configured to ignite pellet fuel located within the burn pot. The controller is configured to command the ignitor to activate during a first duration. The controller is further configured to determine, following expiration of the first duration, whether a temperature of the cooking chamber has reached a threshold temperature. The controller is further configured, in response to determining that the temperature has not reached the threshold temperature, to command the ignitor to activate during a second duration.

Portable BBQ grill
20230204218 · 2023-06-29 ·

Disclosed is a BBQ Grill comprising two lower side panels, two upper side panels that are slideably received in the lower side panels. Crossbraces space the panels apart and a grill plate is adapted to detachably engage hooks on the upper side panels. The grill has legs that extend and retract associated with the lower side panels and the upper side panels have a handle assembly with a button to set pawls of a latch plate at selected apertures associated with the lower side panel. Various accessories are disclosed. The grill can be used with wood, charcoal briquettes or a gas burner.

Canted Grill
20170367533 · 2017-12-28 ·

A canted grill has a lid, a base, a cooking grate and four telescoping legs. The lid and the base fit together to form a cooking chamber with a rectangular box shape. The cooking grate is mounted inside the cooking chamber at an acute angle with respect to a side face of the cooking chamber. This gives the cooking chamber a canted look when the telescoping legs are adjusted so that the grate is horizontal. The canted cooking chamber has a deep side and a shallow side. Charcoal is placed in a firebox in the deep side. This provides direct heat to food placed on the cooking grate above it. Food placed on the cooking grate on the shallow side is heated indirectly by the charcoal. When not in use, the telescoping legs are collapsed and rotated so that they fit beside the cooking chamber.

FIREBOX BASKET SYSTEM FOR A GRILL
20170370593 · 2017-12-28 ·

A firebox basket system for use in a firebox of a grill, including a bowl-shaped basket formed of annular rings of metal, the bowl-shaped basket including a pair of opposed divider supports secured to an inner surface of the basket, a flat bottom plate disposed in a bottom portion of the basket, and a divider plate having a pair of side edges that extend between a top and a bottom edge of the divider plate, wherein the side edges of the divider plate are slidably received in the divider supports, thereby dividing an interior volume of the basket into equal halves.

Griddle

A griddle having a grease management system and independent cooking zones is disclosed. The griddle may have a cooking surface back wall with an opening provided therein for grease removal. A grease drip flange may extend away from the cooking surface at a downward angle at or near the back wall opening. A removable grease receptacle having a pivotable handle, as well as a squeegee element, may be provided below the grease drip flange. The independent cooking zones may be provided by burner assemblies having front and rear burners that provide different levels of heat using a single dual gas control valve.