Wind guard system, device and method thereof

A method for substantially blocking wind between a gap of a griddle cooking station, the method comprising:

• providing a cooking station including a base frame having a front wall, a rear wall, a left wall and a right wall each extending to an upper end of the base frame so as to define an upper rectangular periphery of the base frame, the cooking station including flame burners positioned between the front wall and the rear wall, the cooking station including a griddle member sized to correspond with the upper rectangular periphery of the base frame, the griddle member including an upper side and an underside, the upper side including a flat rectangular cooking surface and an upstanding wall extending along a periphery of the flat rectangular cooking surface, the upstanding wall extending at least along a rear side, a right side and a left side of the periphery of the flat rectangular cooking surface, the underside of the griddle member including legs adjacent to an underside periphery of the underside of the griddle member, the legs sized and configured to be positioned on the base frame so as to define a gap between the underside of the griddle member and the upper end of the base frame;
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• positioning multiple separate and discrete wind guard members with a hook portion such that hook portion of each of the wind guard members sits over a top edge of the upstanding wall of the griddle member so that the wind guard members extend downward to cover the gap between the underside of the griddle member and the upper end of the base frame to at least partially prevent wind from moving through the gap.

A wind guard system for blocking a cross-wind while cooking a food product, the wind guard system comprising:

• a cooking station including a base frame having a front wall, a rear wall, a left wall and a right wall each extending to an upper end of the base frame so as to define an upper rectangular periphery of the base frame, the cooking station including flame burners positioned between the front wall and the rear wall;
• a griddle member sized to correspond with the upper rectangular periphery of the base frame, the griddle member including an upper side and an underside, the upper side including a flat rectangular cooking surface and an upstanding wall extending along a periphery of the flat rectangular cooking surface, the upstanding wall extending at least along a rear side, a right side and a left side of the periphery of the flat rectangular cooking surface, the underside of the griddle member including legs adjacent to an underside periphery of the underside of the griddle member, the legs sized and configured to be positioned on the base frame so as to define a gap between the underside of the griddle member and the upper end of the base frame;
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• multiple wind guard members separate and discrete from each other, each of the multiple wind guard members extending with an elongated length, a height, and a thickness, the thickness being a sheet metal material, each of the multiple wind guard members including an upper end portion exhibiting a hook portion, the hook portion of each of the multiple wind guard members sized and configured to be positioned to removably hang over a top edge of the upstanding wall of the griddle member so that each of the multiple wind guard members extends downward to cover the gap between the underside of the griddle member and the upper side of the cooking station to at least partially prevent wind from moving through the gap.