Air circulation system and method
AssigneeDansons US, LLC
InventorsChris James, Andrew Koster
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Abstract
A cooking appliance is disclosed including a burner assembly that effectively and efficiently combusts fuel and directs the resulting smoke from a burn pot of the burner assembly to a cook chamber of a cooking appliance. The burner assembly may include a series of openings and curved faces that provide airflow to push smoke from the burn pot to the cook chamber and provide more turbulence and better heat and smoke circulation in the smoker. The burn pot may define one or more vents and include a one or more curved or shrouded surfaces. The burner assembly may include one or more deflector plates configured to direct the flow of smoke from the burn pot to the cook chamber.
Claims17
A grill or smoker comprising:
- a cooking chamber;
- a hopper configured to hold a fuel source;
- a fuel chamber coupled to the hopper;
- a burn pot coupled to the fuel chamber, the burn pot including a shrouded surface;
- the burn pot defining an outlet vent, wherein heat in the burn pot rises toward a first end of the burn pot and the outlet vent is defined within a second end of the burn pot that is perpendicular to the first end on a side of the burn pot;
- a deflector plate disposed substantially to the side of the burn pot adjacent the outlet vent, the deflector plate configured to direct an airflow from the outlet vent to the cooking chamber, wherein the outlet vent is defined in a portion of the burn pot facing the deflector plate.
A burner assembly for a grill or smoker, the burner assembly comprising:
- a fuel chamber defining an inlet and an outlet;
- a burn pot coupled to the fuel chamber, the burn pot configured to hold a combustible fuel source;
- the burn pot defining an outlet vent, wherein heat in the burn pot rises toward a first end of the burn pot and the outlet vent is defined within a second end of the burn pot that is perpendicular to the first end on a side of the burn pot;
- a deflector plate disposed to the side of the burn pot adjacent the outlet vent;
- the deflector plate configured to direct an airflow from the outlet vent, wherein the outlet vent is defined in a portion of the burn pot facing the deflector plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.