Barbecue grill smoker
OwnerStephen Bowyerinventor
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Abstract
A barbecue grill smoker assembly includes a firebox base and fuel grate handles and food grate handles connected to components internal to a cooking chamber of the grill smoker that extend outwardly beyond the cooking chamber. The grill smoker assembly includes a fuel grate assembly in the form of a basket that, when combined with a food grate assembly, contains solid fuel within an area defined by a compartment. Fuel can be managed by manipulating the food grate assembly and the fuel grate assembly. The fuel grate assembly may include an aperture to facilitate transfer of residual solid fuel to a charcoal starting device. The lid features a lid support to support the lid when inverted.
Claims20
A barbecue grill smoker assembly comprising:
- a firebox base including an interior compartment defined by a firebox bottom surface and firebox wall surfaces surrounding said firebox bottom surface;
- a food grate assembly including a food grate and food grate handles extending outside said firebox base and flush with an upper rim of the firebox base, wherein said food grate assembly is removable from said firebox base;
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- a fuel grate assembly including a fuel grate basket and fuel grate handles extending outside said firebox base, wherein side walls of said fuel grate assembly extend up towards said food grate assembly, wherein said fuel grate assembly is removable from said firebox base, and wherein said food grate assembly and said fuel grate basket directly contact and together define an encompassing basket that contains solid fuel.
A barbecue grill smoker assembly comprising:
- a firebox base including an interior compartment defined by a firebox bottom surface and firebox wall surfaces surrounding said firebox bottom surface;
- a lid including a lid top surface and lid wall surfaces surrounding said lid top surface that define an interior compartment, wherein said lid and said firebox base directly contact and define a cooking chamber;
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- a food grate assembly including a food grate and food grate handles located outside said firebox base, wherein said food grate assembly is removable from said firebox base, and said food grate handles exit the cooking chamber and are flush with an upper surface of the firebox base upon which the lid is seated.
A barbecue grill smoker assembly comprising:
- a firebox base including an interior compartment defined by a firebox bottom surface and firebox wall surfaces surrounding said firebox bottom surface;
- an encompassing basket defined by a food grate assembly and a fuel grate assembly, wherein said food grate assembly includes a planar food grate, and said fuel grate assembly includes a fuel grate bottom surface and fuel grate side walls, wherein said fuel grate side walls extend up towards said food grate assembly, and said food grate assembly and said fuel grate assembly directly contact and together form said encompassing basket within said firebox base;
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- a lid including an interior defined by a lid top surface and lid wall surfaces surrounding said lid top surface to define a lid compartment, wherein said lid includes lid supports to support said lid when inverted, and said encompassing basket is receivable in said lid compartment.
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