A cooking system including a housing assembly provided with lid, which define a plurality of cooking zones and a thermal energy zone. One of the cooking zones is located beneath the thermal energy zone to utilize convection thermal energy transfer and radiant thermal energy transfer during operation of the cooking system. A blower assembly of the cooking system forces a fluid through at least one fluid flow path of the housing assembly and the thermal energy zone, to provide a superheated fluid having a temperature of about 800° F. to about 1200° F. to at least one of the cooking zones.

Example transversely-loadable rotisserie forks are disclosed. An example rotisserie fork includes a first upper prong and a second upper prong spaced apart from the first upper prong. The example rotisserie fork further includes a first lower prong and a second lower prong spaced apart from the first lower prong. The example rotisserie fork further includes a mounting bracket coupled to the first upper prong, the second upper prong, the first lower prong, and the second lower prong. The mounting bracket is configured to be transversely loadable onto a rotisserie spit.

The present invention provides a cooking embodiment and method for cooking food through the manipulation of the distance between a food product and a heat source. Also, food temperature auxiliary systems used in conjunction with the aforementioned embodiment and method. The embodiment and method involve continuously measurement of cooking surface's temperature and system's humidity. The embodiment and methods also include optionally using multiple of the same embodiment if cooking more than one type of food is required at the same time. The auxiliary systems relate to build material supply hating and cleaning diagnostics, and monitoring operation of the embodiment.

Embodiments of a cooking station for cooking a food product are provided. In one embodiment, the cooking station includes a main body and an insert. The main body includes a vertically extending wall extending between a closed bottom end and a closable upper end with a lid. The main body is configured to extend longitudinally in a vertical orientation. The main body defines a lower insert opening and an upper insert opening, the main body including a slideable door moveable to close-off either the lower and upper insert openings. The insert is sized and configured to be removably positioned through either one of the lower insert opening and the upper insert opening, the first insert having heating element container structure configured to deliver heat to the food product.

Disclosed herein is a portable direct-fired cooker including a lower case supporting a roasting plate mounted at an upper portion thereof and an upper case spaced apart from the lower case and including a heater module emitting a flame ignited upon receiving gas toward the lower case, wherein the upper case includes a plurality of heat dissipation grooves penetrating through the upper case, by which a burner structure of a top-down portable direct-fired cooker is protected from convection heat.

Disclosed herein is a portable direct-fired cooker including a lower case supporting a roasting plate mounted at an upper portion thereof; an upper case spaced apart from the lower case and including a heater module emitting a flame ignited upon receiving gas toward the lower case; a lifting frame coupled to a lower surface of the roasting plate to support the roasting plate; and a lift unit lifting and lowering the lifting frame, wherein the portable direct-fired cooker further includes: a spring mounted on a bottom surface inside the lower case and elastically supporting the lifting frame. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to smoothly lift and lower a top-down portable direct-fired cooker and to stably maintain a state after the lifting and lowering operations.

A control system for use with an outdoor cooking apparatus may include a hub and an axle housing adapted to slidably couple with a hub. The control system may also include a motor mounted at or near the upper end of the axle housing and an axle mechanically coupled to the motor and extending through the axle housing to a free end emerging from the lower end of the axle housing. The control system may also include a support coupling attached to the free end of the axle, the support coupling being adapted to support a food support below the axle housing. The axle housing may be selectively arranged and secured relative to the sleeve to position the height of the support coupling relative to the lower end of the axle housing and the axle may rotate about its longitudinal axis when the motor is turned on.

A grill with at least one height-adjustable grilling surface is disclosed. The grill body has a fuel burning compartment and a cooking surface that can be easily moved toward and away from any burning fuel in the compartment. The height adjustment mechanism can be a rack and pinion system, with the rack attached to the cooking surface and the pinion actuated by a wheel located outside of the grill body.

A grill basket relating to the technical field of grill utensils is provided, comprising: a grill basket and a partition detachably or rotatably assembled in the grill basket; wherein the partition is configured to divide an entire grill space in the grill basket into at least two grill spaces. The above technical solution has the advantage that the entire grill space can be used for grilling food, or the entire grill space can be divided into multiple grill spaces to grill food.

Fire pit systems including a base pan member having a base pan member lower wall with a pan outer periphery, and one or more side walls extending upward from the base pan member lower wall and along the pan outer periphery; at least two rod members extending upward along opposite sides of the pan outer periphery; and one or more additional accessories that are attachable to and detachable from at least one of the at least two rod members, the one or more additional accessories comprising a griddle, a grill, a coffee pot, a Dutch oven, a tubular spacer, a pot holder, a horizontal bar extending between two rod members of the at least two rod members, a warming tray, or any combination thereof. Methods of making and using the fire pit systems.