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US 10,058,210 B2Granted
Versatile cooker
OwnerRaymond Palermoinventor
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Abstract
A versatile cooker that includes a crucible or base, a fire bowl with a cooking surface on top of it and, a cover/lid or dome that rests over the cooking surface. An exemplary embodiment of the cooker can be described as a naturally fired outdoor cooker constructed of a light weight, thermally insulated material such as Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC) as the crucible, a stainless steel fire bowl and a dome lid. A grilling surface constructed out of carbon steel and ceramic disks are used as internal heat sinks.
Claims20
A cooker comprising:
- a base, the base defining void within the base including at least one aperture extending from an exterior wall of the base to the interior void;
- a fire bowl configured to sit within the void of the base and defining at least one aperture through the side of the fire bowl, wherein the base aperture and the fire bowl aperture are aligned with each other forming an airflow path into the fire bowl;
- a grate that is configured to sit above the fire bowl;
- a cover that sits on top of the base and covers the grate;
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- a venturi that is associated with the base aperture and the fire bowl aperture to alter the air flow through the airflow path into the fire bowl.
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A cooker comprising:
- a base, the base defining an interior void within the base and including at least one aperture extending from an exterior wall of the base to the interior void and the base including a thermally insulating material;
- a ring that sits around the perimeter of the void in the base and includes a plurality of flanges,
- a fire bowl configured to sit within the void of the base and to rest upon the plurality of flanges, the fire bowl defining at least one aperture through the side of the fire bowl;
- a screen that is placed into the interior of the fire bowl for receiving a fuel substance;
- a grate that is configured to sit above the fire bowl;
- a cover that sits on top of the base and covers the grate;
- and
- a venturi that is associated with the base aperture and the fire bowl aperture to alter the air flow through an airflow path into the fire bowl defined by the base aperture and the fire bowl aperture.
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A cooker comprising:
- a base, the base defining an interior void within the base, the base including a plurality of apertures, wherein each aperture extends from an exterior wall of the base to the interior void;
- a fire bowl configured to sit within the interior void of the base, the fire bowl defining a plurality of apertures through the wall of the fire bowl, wherein the base apertures and the fire bowl apertures define one or more airflow paths into the fire bowl;
- a grate that is configured to sit above the fire bowl;
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- at least one venturi, wherein each of the at least one venturis is positioned within at least a portion of one of the one or more airflow paths, whereby the airflow path into the fire bowl is effected by the venturi.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.