A charcoal igniter, including a removable upper section such that the removable upper section includes a first conical section having a distal end and a proximal end such that the proximal end of the first conical section includes a first conical section opening, a fire chamber having a distal end and a proximal end such that a grating is located adjacent to the distal end of the fire chamber and the distal end of the first conical section is located adjacent to the proximal end of the fire chamber, and at least one air flow introducer operatively connected to the grating and extending into the fire chamber and a portion of an amount of charcoal to be ignited; and a stationary lower section such that the removable upper section is retained within the stationary lower section and the removable upper section can be removed from the stationary lower section, wherein the stationary lower section includes a plurality of supporting legs, and a second conical section having a distal end and a proximal end such that the proximal end of the second conical section is located adjacent to the removable upper section and the distal end of the second conical section includes a second conical section opening, wherein the first and second conical openings have a diameter that is larger than a diameter of the fire chamber. In an alternative embodiment, an elongated chimney conduit is attached to the proximal end of the first conical section and positioned substantially vertically. Exhaust created in the fire chamber flows up through the chimney conduit and out of the second end creating an upward draft.

A barbecue device to prolong fuel burning comprising a plurality of vertical walls that are cut from an elongate strip such that they provide fuel containment and air openings without removing or discarding any material needed to provide said air openings for the fuel.

Various embodiments utilize a novel approach to igniting the natural gas flame that is emitted from the end of the torch. According to one embodiment a rotary diverter within the ignition bell of the GrillGun is used to shunt a portion of the higher velocity gas flow to an area in the bell where the ignition spark is out of the direct burning gas stream. According to another embodiment the ignition bell has a plate that largely covers its open end that reduces the length of the flame that is emitted and focuses it. Still another embodiment has a check valve that operates to stop the flow of gas to the gas conduit when the GrillGun is dropped or tipped over or liquid propane is otherwise presented into the check valve by any other means.

Apparatus and associated methods relate to a charcoal chimney with a conical shaped charcoal grate, a removable upper canister (e.g., a cylindrical upper canister) placed on the charcoal grate and a lower canister (e.g., a cylindrical lower canister) placed below the charcoal grate. In an illustrative example, the lower canister may be permanently mounted to the charcoal grate. In various embodiments, the lower canister may be permanently mounted to a grill, or a smoker body itself. In some embodiments, the charcoal chimney may have a detachable handle which may remove the upper canister as needed. Various embodiments may advantageously reduce handling, or eliminate picking up high temperature burning solid fuels, which may prevent the hot solid fuels from falling and creating a risk of injury, or fire damage to adjacent structures (e.g., wooden decks).

The present invention relates to an ignition device using pellet fuel capable of quickly igniting and burning the pellet fuel, which is supplied into an inner container, and including a container part having the inner container in which the pellet fuel is accommodated while being dropped therein and an outer container of which an upper part is integrally provided with an outer side of the inner container, a heater bar provided at a lower part of the container part and configured to ignite the pellet fuel while being heated by electrical energy, and a cover provided at an inner bottom of the inner container and configured to cover the heater bar.

A grill assembly for a cooking device. The grill assembly includes one or more burner systems. A control unit has one or more valves for controlling a flow of fuel to the one or more burner systems. A body is attached to the control unit. The body includes an upper frame member and a lower frame member. The upper frame member and the lower frame member are removable from the cooking device.

Disclosed is a resistive charcoal igniter device for containing and igniting charcoal briquettes, particularly in preparation for use in a barbeque. The device has a cylindrical container with a wire base or tray in the bottom for containing the briquettes. An electrically operated resistive heating element is located within the wire base. When briquettes are placed in the container and the heating element is energized, the charcoal briquettes can be ignited after a sufficient time. The device also includes a handle affixed to the container and a heat shield placed between the handle and the container to protect a user's hand from heat generated within the container while holding the handle. The resistive heater is powered externally and may be electrically connected to a power source by an extension cord integrated into the device.

A fire start fuel container device including a container defined by side walls forming walls which contains a plurality of holes marked with suction, the holes arranged on at least one of the side faces with alternating arrangement in the central part and below the middle on an equatorial axis for each lateral face; and also has a face that forms the base and another face that makes the cover, which have a hole cut in the middle, which is larger diameter than the side holes, where all the faces define a space that it stores combustible material inside, including a fire initiating mechanism inside it, which is composed of a medium based on cellulose located in the central part of the container whose height reaches the entire height of the container, additionally the walls of the container. Fire initiating mechanism has a plurality of holes spaced equidistantly and arranged alternately one below or above the other on its entire surface, additionally has at its base two wax-coated wicks that cross each other and are fixed to the mechanism fire starter through four holes through which the ends of the wicks pass and by a stop preventing them from coming off, said stop made Referentially by a knot of the same wick.

This document presents a fire starter device having an internal channel as bounded by two flanges mounted in the interior of the fire starter device to optimize the amount of energy provided to charcoal, wood chips, or any other flammable materials placed within the fire starter device from paper or other starter materials. The removable charcoal retention insert permits materials to be introduced into the fire starter device and retained in place until the user has positioned the fire starter device where desired. The shape and removable charcoal retention insert as emplaced within the fire starter device optimize the ignition of the flammable materials placed within the device.

Provided is a fire cube type of an igniting container, in particular the igniting container which is ignited itself for burning a charcoal contained therein. The fire cube type of an igniting container, includes a receiving volume formed by at least one wall, and made for an inflammable material; a flowing exit formed at an upper part of the receiving volume; a first and second opening formed at opposite parts of the at least one wall; an ignition guiding module forming a plural of flowing tubes to connect the flowing exit, the first and second opening, and displaced within the receiving volume, wherein an ignition is initiated at a position where the plural of flowing tubes intersect.