A cooking grate for a grill is provided having substantially hollow rungs in fluid communication with each other and/or with a substantially hollow border to provide improved thermal management and more efficient heat transfer.

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.

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.

Disclosed is an outdoor cooking appliance with a control mechanism for controlling a heating system to provide heat to a cooking chamber of the appliance within a more precise range in temperature. For example, fuel provided to a burn pot for combustion to reach a range of a target temperature of the cooking chamber. A heating element provides additional heat to bring the temperature of the cooking chamber closer to the target temperature.

The present invention discloses a grill body structure of a pellet grill, in which a first plate surface of a fixture is assembled with an end shell by first fasteners; a second plate surface of the fixture is assembled with the end shell and a side plate by second fasteners to facilitate splicing and combination of a grill body; and the first fasteners and the second fasteners are externally disposed, and a positioning groove and the fixture separate the fasteners from a heating cavity to achieve heat insulation and improve heat insulation performance in the grill body; and disposition of the fixture is beneficial to improving structural strength of a connection between the end shell and the side plate and improving stability of the structure, and the form of detachable assembly facilitates transportation and carrying.

Processes for producing liquid fuels from a mainly organic starting material with a reduced content in water and/or with a reduced content in solids are disclosed. The mainly organic starting material can be at least partially liquified and optionally further dewatered. The obtained at least partially liquid fraction can be thereafter used as feeding stream that is submitted to a pyrolysis treatment resulting in a solid gas fraction allowing the recovering of a liquid fuels after a controlled liquid solid separation treatment. There are also provided various other processes for producing liquid fuel from waste hydrocarbon and/or organic material as well as reactors, apparatuses, uses and managing systems thereof.

Disclosed herein is a portable roaster used when outdoor cooking or camping is enjoyed. The portable roaster with improved portability and handleability can be changed into a single briefcase form so that it is easy for the user to carry it, can accommodate a windshield, a vertical transfer part, a charcoal plate, and a grill inside the body of the portable roaster so that meat can be grilled and eaten by, e.g., a barbecue grilling method outdoors through easy assembly, it is convenient to store portable roaster in a vehicle or warehouse, and the handling of the portable roaster is very convenient, and allows a cover to be used as a substitute for a table so that the portable roaster is highly versatile.

Disclosed herein is a self-assembly brazier. The self-assembly brazier includes: a pair of floor plates arranged bilaterally symmetrical to face each other; a pair of side wall modules having a plurality of side panels disposed to be rotatable, being combined with each other to face each other symmetrically so that a combustion space is formed, and being arranged on upper surfaces of the floor plates to be erected; and a pair of fuel loading parts seated inside lower portions of the side wall modules so that fuel is loaded on the upper surfaces of the fuel loading parts.