# US 10,945,558 B2 · Modular barbecue system and kits therefore > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,945,558 B2 - Document ID: US10945558B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/766,506 - Filed: 2016-10-07 - Published: 2018-11-01 - Granted: 2021-03-16 - Earliest claimed: 2015-10-08 - Assignees: Les Accessoires Multifonctions Inc - Applicants: Les Accessoires Multifonctions Inc. - Inventors: Frederic Rheaume - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10945558B2 ## CPC - A47J 37/0713: {with gas burners} - A23B 4/052: Smoke generators {; Smoking apparatus} - A47J 27/04: for cooking food in steam; Devices for extracting fruit juice by means of steam {; Vacuum cooking vessels (steam-heated vessels for hotels, restaurants or canteens A47J27/16)} - A47J 27/21: Water-boiling vessels, e.g. kettles - A47J 37/0786: {Accessories} - F24C 1/02: adapted for the use of two or more kinds of fuel or energy supply (combinations of two or more stoves or ranges each having a different kind of fuel or energy supply F24C11/00) - F24C 3/027: {Ranges} - F24C 3/14: with special adaptation for travelling, e.g. collapsible - A47J 37/0704: {with horizontal fire box} - A47J 2027/043: {for cooking food in steam} - A47J 2201/00: Devices having a modular construction - A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES - A23B: PRESERVATION OF FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CHEMICAL RIPENING OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES - F24C: DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES (exclusively for solid fuels F24B); DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION ## Abstract There is provided a modular barbecue system and kits for adapting a gas barbecue to other types of cooking and other uses. The modular barbecue system comprises a heating compartment having a bottom wall and a peripheral defining a cavity, a heat source provided in the cavity of the heating compartment, a plurality of add-on components receivable in the cavity of the heating compartment, a plurality of steps provided in the cavity of the heating compartment for supporting the add-on components at different distances relative to the heat source. Add-on components such as a large basin, a flat basin, a perforated plate system, a strainer, a lid and a pump are combined to form a plurality of kits enabling steam cooking, maple sap boiling, double boiling, coal fire cooking, boiling, smoke cooking and water heating to expand the typical grilling method of a gas barbecue to various cooking techniques. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A modular barbecue system comprising: a heating compartment having a bottom wall having a periphery and a peripheral wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall about the periphery of the bottom wall, said peripheral wall comprising a bottom end adjacent to the bottom wall and a top end, said bottom wall and peripheral walls defining a cavity; a heat source provided in said cavity of said heating compartment; a plurality of add-on components receivable in said cavity of said heating compartment; a plurality of steps provided in said cavity of said heating compartment, each of said plurality of steps being configured to support said add-on components in said cavity, said plurality of steps allowing the positioning of said add on components at a corresponding plurality of distances relative to said heat source. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The modular barbecue system of claim 1, wherein said plurality of steps are defined on said peripheral wall of said heating compartment. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The modular barbecue system of claim 1, wherein said plurality of steps are removably secured to at least one of said bottom wall and said peripheral wall of said heating compartment. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The modular barbecue system of claim 1, wherein said plurality of steps comprises a lower step proximate to said lower end of said peripheral wall, a top step proximate to said upper end of said peripheral wall and at least one intermediate step located between said lower step and said top step. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The modular barbecue system of claim 1, wherein said bottom wall has a generally rectangular shape and said peripheral wall comprises a back wall, a front wall and a pair of side wall, said rectangular bottom wall and said peripheral wall defining a generally rectangular cavity. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The modular barbecue system of claim 5, wherein said plurality of steps are defined in said back wall and said front wall. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The modular barbecue system of claim 6, wherein each of the plurality of steps comprises a back step component defined in said back wall and a front step component defined in said front wall. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The modular barbecue system of claim 7, wherein said back wall and said front wall converge toward one another from said top end of said peripheral wall toward said bottom end of said peripheral wall. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The modular barbecue system according to claim 5, wherein said plurality of steps are defined in said side walls. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The modular barbecue system of claim 1, wherein said bottom wall is circular and said peripheral wall is curved. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The modular barbecue system of claim 1, wherein said bottom and peripheral walls are curved. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The modular barbecues system of claim 1, further comprising a lid receivable on said heating compartment for closing said cavity. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The modular barbecue system of claim 1, further comprising a base for supporting said heating compartment. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The modular barbecue system of claim 1, wherein said heat source is provided on said bottom wall of said heating compartment. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The modular barbecue system of claim 1, wherein said plurality of add-on components are selected from a group consisting of a large basin, a flat basin, a maple sap boiling kit, a double boiler kit, a lid, a strainer, a water heating kit, a charcoal conversion kit, a smoker conversion kit, a steam cooking kit and a boiler kit. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The modular barbecue system of claim 1, wherein said add-on components are adapted to be combined with each other for offering different types of cooking. ### Claim 17 A kit for converting a barbecue into a maple sap boiler, said barbecue including a heating compartment defining a cavity, a heat source provided in said cavity of said heating compartment and a plurality of steps provided in said cavity, said kit comprising: a plurality of large basins receivable in said cavity of said heating compartment and configured to be supported on one of said plurality of steps; and at least one syphon, the at least one syphon comprising two vertical legs connected by a connecting tube, each of said at least one syphon being configured to connect a pair of large basins for allowing transfer of maple sap from one basin of said pair to the other basin of said pair. ### Claim 18 A kit for converting a barbecue into a modular barbecue system adapted to receive a plurality of add-on components, said barbecue including a heating compartment having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall, said peripheral wall comprising a bottom end adjacent to the bottom wall and a top end, said bottom wall and peripheral walls defining a cavity, and a heat source provided in said cavity, said kit comprising at least one step base removably receivable in said cavity of said heating compartment, said step base extending upwardly from said bottom wall and being adapted to receive said plurality of add-on components thereon, said step base being configured to allow adjustment of a distance between said heat source and said plurality of add-on components to be received thereon.