Pellet grills
AssigneeWeber-Stephen Products LLC
InventorsBrian C. Donnelly, Ryan P. Lundberg, David Eckhardt
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Abstract
Pellet grills and associated methods of operation are disclosed. An example pellet grill includes a one or more processors configured to detect an improper shutdown of a control system of the pellet grill. The one or more processors are further configured to generate a notification in response to the control system regaining power following detection of the improper shutdown, the notification indicating that the control system was improperly shutdown. The one or more processors are further configured to cause the notification to be presented at a user interface of the pellet grill.
Claims17
A pellet grill, comprising:
- an auger;
- an auger motor operatively coupled to the auger;
- and
- one or more processors configured to:
- detect an improper shutdown of a control system of the pellet grill;
- and
- in response to the control system regaining power following detection of the improper shutdown:
- generate a notification indicating that the control system was improperly shutdown;
- cause the notification to be presented at a user interface of the pellet grill;
- command the auger motor to repeatedly pulse the auger between a first direction of rotation and a second direction of rotation opposite the first direction;
- determine, based on the pulsed rotation of the auger, whether the auger is jammed;
- and
- in response to determining that the auger is jammed, initiate a protocol to clear the jam.
A method, comprising:
- detecting, via one or more processors of a pellet grill, an improper shutdown of a control system of the pellet grill;
- and
- in response to the control system regaining power following detection of the improper shutdown:
- generating, via the one or more processors, a notification indicating that the control system was improperly shutdown;
- presenting the notification at a user interface of the pellet grill;
- commanding, via the one or more processors, an auger motor of the pellet grill operatively coupled to an auger of the pellet grill to repeatedly pulse the auger between a first direction of rotation and a second direction of rotation opposite the first direction;
- determining, via the one or more processors, based on the pulsed rotation of the auger, whether the auger is jammed;
- and
- in response to determining that the auger is jammed, initiating, via the one or more processors, a protocol to clear the jam.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors of a pellet grill to at least:
- detect an improper shutdown of a control system of the pellet grill;
- and
- in response to the control system regaining power following detection of the improper shutdown:
- generate a notification indicating that the control system was improperly shutdown;
- cause the notification to be presented at a user interface of the pellet grill;
- command an auger motor of the pellet grill operatively coupled to an auger of the pellet grill to repeatedly pulse the auger between a first direction of rotation and a second direction of rotation opposite the first direction;
- determine, based on the pulsed rotation of the auger, whether the auger is jammed;
- and
- in response to determining that the auger is jammed, initiate a protocol to clear the jam.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.