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US 10,660,473 B2Granted
System, device and method for controlling convective heating of a griddle
AssigneeNorth Atlantic Imports, LLC
InventorsRoger Dahle, Ryan D. Sharp
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Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods for maintaining convection heat within a heating region of a griddle and channeling the convection heat therefrom. The griddle includes a ribbing structure along its underside surface in a configuration that cooperates with the burners of a cooking station. Such ribbing structure allows a user to control the convective heating of the griddle as desired and channels the convective heat to a single side of the griddle, away from the user.
Claims20
A cooking system, comprising:
- a frame extending with a front side, a rear side, a left side, and a right side each extending between a lower portion and an upper portion;
- multiple burners coupled to and extending between the front side and the rear side of the frame;
- and
- a griddle sized to be suspended by the frame to be positioned on the upper portion of the frame, the griddle having a cooking surface and an underside surface, the underside surface extending to define a rectangular shape with a front end, a rear end, a left end, and a right end, the griddle including a front rib and multiple lateral ribs, the front rib extending along the front end of the underside surface, and the multiple lateral ribs extending along the underside surface from the front rib to the rear end of the underside surface, the multiple lateral ribs being spaced from each other so as to define multiple heating regions such that each heating region is defined between adjacently extending lateral ribs, each of the heating regions includes one of the multiple burners positioned below one of the multiple heating regions, each of the lateral ribs extend downward from the underside surface a height so as to funnel convection heat from any one of the multiple burners toward the rear end of the underside surface of the griddle and from the rear side of the frame;
- wherein the front rib and the multiple lateral ribs are integrally formed with the underside surface of the griddle;
- and
- wherein the multiple lateral ribs directly extend from the underside surface of the griddle such that each lateral rib is spaced and separate from an adjacent lateral rib.
4 more elements
A griddle configured to control convection heat from one or more gas flame burners of a cooking station, the griddle comprising:
- a cooking surface having a rectangular shape, the cooking surface configured to face upward;
- an underside surface, the underside surface extending to generally correspond with the cooking surface, the underside surface facing in an opposite direction than the cooking surface, the underside surface extending to define a periphery with a front end, a rear end, a left end, and a right end;
- a front rib having a front rib height and coupled to the front end of the underside surface, the front rib extending longitudinally along the front end of the underside surface;
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- multiple lateral ribs each extending laterally relative to the front rib and extending along the underside surface from the front rib to the rear end of the underside surface, the multiple lateral ribs being spaced from each other so as to define multiple heating regions such that each heating region is defined between adjacently extending lateral ribs, the heating regions each configured to be positioned above a gas flame burner, each of the lateral ribs extend downward from the underside surface a lateral rib height such that the adjacently extending lateral ribs are configured to funnel the convection heat from the gas flame burner toward the rear end of the underside surface and away from a rear side of the cooking station;
- wherein the front rib and the multiple lateral ribs are integrally formed with the underside surface;
- and
- wherein the multiple lateral ribs directly extend from the underside surface such that each lateral rib is spaced and separate from an adjacent lateral rib.
5 more elements
A method for selectively heating regions of a griddle with convection heat from one or more gas flame burners of an outdoor cooking station, the method comprising:
- turning on one or more gas burners of the outdoor cooking station such that the one or more gas burners are positioned below an underside surface of a griddle;
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- selectively heating specific regions of the griddle that correspond with the one or more gas burners turned on, the specific regions each defined by adjacently extending parallel ribs, the ribs extending laterally from a front rib toward a rear end of the underside surface of the griddle such that the front rib and the parallel ribs channel convection heat to flow between the adjacently extending parallel ribs toward the rear end of the griddle and away from the outdoor cooking station, the front rib and the parallel ribs integrally formed with the underside surface of the griddle, and the parallel ribs directly extend from the underside surface of the griddle such that each parallel rib is spaced and separate from an adjacently extending parallel rib.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.