Self-cleaning grill
AssigneeTraeger Pellet Grills, LLC
InventorsMichael V. Colston, Daniel A. C. Altenritter, Daniel W. Sluder
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Abstract
A firepot for a grilling device comprises one or more walls at least partially forming an outer boundary of the firepot. The firepot is structurally configured to hold at least partially ignited solid fuel. The firepot also comprises a floor defining, at least in part, a lower end of the firepot. The floor comprises one or more holes extending through the floor. Additionally, a portion of the one or more walls form a solid fuel delivery opening that comprises a solid fuel portal through which solid fuel is deliverable to an interior of the firepot. A heating element mount is positioned to hold a heating element within the interior of the firepot.
Claims18
A firepot for a grilling device, comprising:
- one or more walls at least partially defining an outer boundary of the firepot, wherein the firepot is structurally configured to hold at least partially ignited solid fuel;
- a floor defining, at least in part, a lower end of the firepot, wherein the floor comprises one or more holes extending through the floor;
- a portion of the one or more walls defining a solid fuel delivery opening, wherein the solid fuel delivery opening comprises a solid fuel portal through which solid fuel is deliverable to an interior of the firepot;
- a heating element mount positioned to hold a heating element within the interior of the firepot;
- a landing zone integrated into the floor;
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- a landing zone boundary defining a boundary between the landing zone and portions of the floor that comprise the one or more holes;
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- wherein the landing zone boundary comprises a raised surface that extends above a surface of the landing zone and into the interior of the firepot.
A self-cleaning grilling device, comprising:
- an evacuation cavity;
- a grill cavity comprising a firepot, wherein the firepot is structurally configured to hold at least partially ignited solid fuel, the firepot comprising:
- one or more walls at least partially defining an outer boundary of the firepot;
- a floor defining, at least in part, a lower end of the firepot, the floor comprising one or more holes extending through the floor;
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- a landing zone integrated into the floor of the firepot, wherein the landing zone comprises a landing zone boundary defining a boundary between the landing zone and portions of the floor that comprise the one or more holes, the landing zone boundary comprising a raised surface that extends above a surface of the landing zone and into an interior of the firepot;
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- one or more tunnels disposed in a cavity separator that is positioned between the evacuation cavity and the grill cavity, the one or more tunnels providing openings through which ash may be drawn from the grill cavity into the evacuation cavity.
A self-cleaning grilling device, comprising:
- an evacuation cavity positioned below a grilling cavity;
- the grilling cavity, wherein the grilling cavity is structurally configured to contain heat generated by solid fuel;
- one or more tunnels disposed in a cavity separator between the evacuation cavity and the grilling cavity, the one or more tunnels providing openings through which ash may be drawn from the grilling cavity into the evacuation cavity;
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- a firepot positioned within the grilling cavity, wherein the firepot comprises:
- one or more walls at least partially defining an outer boundary of the firepot, wherein the firepot is structurally configured to hold at least partially ignited solid fuel;
- a floor defining, at least in part, a lower end of the firepot, wherein the floor comprises one or more holes extending through the floor;
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- a landing zone boundary defining a boundary between a landing zone and portions of the floor that comprise the one or more holes, wherein the landing zone boundary comprises a raised surface that extends above a surface of the landing zone and into the interior of the firepot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.