A live-fire grill has been developed with a central opening and one or more adjustable accessories. In one example, the central opening is covered by a central grate to provide a more typical grilling experience. In another example, the central grate is raised to prevent food loss down the central opening. Surrounding the central opening is a griddle with an outer periphery defining a retention ledge. The retention ledge serves as a backstop to prevent food falling off the griddle and onto the ground. Attached to the grill is one or more rods holding one or more adjustable accessories. The accessories automatically lock in position and may be adjusted both horizontally and vertically. In one example, the accessory is an adjustable grate with 360 degrees of rotation.

Dutch ovens having lids with integral griddles are disclosed. An example Dutch oven includes a pot and a lid. The pot has a rim. The lid is configured to be seated on the rim of the pot. The lid includes a central portion having an upper surface forming a griddle. The upper surface of the central portion is oriented away from the pot when the lid is seated on the rim of the pot.

Portable cooking stations having interlocking sear grates and griddles are disclosed. An example portable cooking station includes a sear grate and a griddle. The griddle is configured to be removably interlocked to the sear grate in a side-by-side arrangement.

The Accelerated Slow Roasting Apparatus is a device for slow-and-low cooking a whole previously butterflied-prepared animal carcass comprising a closed cooking chamber with a plurality of adjustable air vents arranged on the bottom edge of said cooking chamber and a plurality of adjustable opening vents on a vertical side of the lid of said cooking chamber, and a slide out cooking grate with adjustable rails to support the grate while out of the cooking apparatus, a plurality of removable cooking fuel trays, wherein said cooking grate is positioned between twenty-five and forty centimeters above said cooking fuel trays to enable a flame-flare-up free, time-accelerated, slow-and-low cooking of said animal carcass in half, or less than half, of the traditional sixteen to twenty-two hours cooking time.

A mechanism for raising and lowering a cooking surface within a recessed combustion chamber is provided.

A mechanism for raising and lowering a cooking surface within a recessed combustion chamber is provided.

A canted grill has a lid, a base, a cooking grate and a charcoal grate. The lid and base collectively form a cooking chamber with the cooking grate and charcoal grate inside. The lid has a deep side on its right and a shallow side on its left. The base has a deep side on its left and a shallow side on its right. The charcoal grate holds charcoal in the deep side of the base. This provides direct heat to food placed on the cooking grate above it under the shallow side of the lid. Food placed on the cooking grate on the shallow side of the base and under the deep side of the lid is away from the charcoal and heated indirectly.

A movable rack assembly may include an input shaft, a driven gear, an adjustable rack, an interference plate, and a contact tab. The input shaft may extend along an input axis. The input shaft may include a worm gear segment disposed along the input axis between a first end and a second end. The driven gear may be enmeshed with the worm gear segment, define a maximum outer circumference, and be rotatable about a driven axis nonparallel to the input axis. The interference plate may be fixed to the driven gear. The interference plate may include a radial arm extending past the maximum outer circumference of the driven gear. The contact tab may extend from the input shaft and be axially offset from the worm gear segment in selective engagement with the radial arm at a predefined travel limit of the driven gear to halt rotation at the input shaft.

A side shelf system configured to couple to a portable cooking station. The side shelf system includes a side shelf and a cutting board. The side shelf includes an upper surface that defines a rectangular opening therein. The side shelf includes at least two extensions that extend from the opening, each extension having a ledge. The cutting board is sized to be positioned in the rectangular opening, the cutting board having an upward facing surface with a through hole defined therein. The cutting board includes a depth such that, upon positioning the cutting board over the ledge, the upward facing surface of the cutting board is substantially flush with the upper surface of the side shelf.

A barbecue grill includes a bowl, a platform, a bracket connected to the bowl, and a coupler connected to the platform and used to engage with the bracket in a detachable manner. A positioning rod is formed on the bracket, and a guiding slit is made in the coupler. The positioning rod is movable in the guiding slit. A restraining aperture is made in the bracket, and a latch is formed on the coupler and movable between an extended position and a withdrawn position. In the extended position, the latch can be inserted in the restraining aperture to engage the coupler with the bracket to keep the platform on the bowl.