Outdoor cooking station with range portion and method thereof
AssigneeNorth Atlantic Imports, LLC
InventorsRoger Dahle, Jeffrey D. Clark
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Abstract
Embodiments of an outdoor cooking station having heating elements extending to define a griddle portion and a range portion of the cooking station. The griddle portion may include a griddle covered with a hood pivotably mounted to the griddle. The range portion may include a grate with heating elements sized to heat, for example, fluids in a receptacle on the cooking station. Further, the grate of the range portion may be sized and configured to removably secure a cage for safely holding and maintaining the receptacle over the grate.
Claims20
An outdoor cooking station for heating a cooking fluid, comprising:
- a main body including one or more heating elements supported by the main body, the main body including an upper portion sized and configured to support a grate, the grate positioned over the upper portion so as to be disposed above the one or more heating elements;
- a receptacle sized to be positioned above the grate;
- and
- a cage configured to hold the receptacle within the cage, the cage including base extensions extending from a bottom side of the cage such that the base extensions are sized and configured to cooperate with the grate.
A cooking system configured for use with an outdoor cooking station with a main body including one or more heating elements supported by the main body, the main body including an upper portion sized and configured to support a grate such that the grate is positioned over the upper portion so as to be disposed above the one or more heating elements, the outdoor cooking station comprising:
- a receptacle sized to be positioned above the grate;
- and
- a cage configured to hold the receptacle within the cage, the cage including base extensions extending from a bottom side of the cage such that the base extensions are sized and configured to cooperate with the grate.
A method for heating a fluid on an outdoor cooking station, the method comprising:
- providing a main body including one or more heating elements supported by the main body, the main body including an upper portion sized and configured to support a grate, the grate positioned over the upper portion so as to be disposed above the one or more heating elements;
- positioning a cage over the grate such that base extensions extending from a bottom side of the cage cooperate with the grate;
- positioning a receptacle within the positioned cage such that the cage includes structure for holding the receptacle within the cage;
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- heating the fluid within the receptacle with the one or more heating elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.