US 11,297,979 B2Granted

Charcoal chimney

OwnerBruce Loetheninventor

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Abstract

Apparatus and associated methods relate to a charcoal chimney with a conical shaped charcoal grate, a removable upper canister (e.g., a cylindrical upper canister) placed on the charcoal grate and a lower canister (e.g., a cylindrical lower canister) placed below the charcoal grate. In an illustrative example, the lower canister may be permanently mounted to the charcoal grate. In various embodiments, the lower canister may be permanently mounted to a grill, or a smoker body itself. In some embodiments, the charcoal chimney may have a detachable handle which may remove the upper canister as needed. Various embodiments may advantageously reduce handling, or eliminate picking up high temperature burning solid fuels, which may prevent the hot solid fuels from falling and creating a risk of injury, or fire damage to adjacent structures (e.g., wooden decks).

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Dependent claims

An ignition assembly, comprising:

a lower canister comprising a first wall extending longitudinally along a first longitudinal axis and between a first end and a second end to define a first chamber;
an upper canister comprising a second wall extending longitudinally along a second longitudinal axis and between a third end and a fourth end to define a second chamber, wherein when the third end releasably engages the second end, the first longitudinal axis is parallel to the second longitudinal axis;
a grate, supported by the first wall in a plane orthogonal to the first longitudinal axis such that the grate separates the upper canister from the lower canister, configured to support a quantity of charcoal that is supplied into the second chamber via the fourth end;
and,
a cone extending upwards from the grate into the upper canister when the upper canister is disposed on the grate,
wherein the upper canister is configured to be removed from the lower canister such that, upon said removal, the charcoal supplied into the second chamber is distributed radially away from the second longitudinal axis by the cone and remains substantially supported by the grate.

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