Smoke generating assembly for an indoor smoker
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsTomas Garces, Daniel Carballo
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Abstract
A smoke generating assembly for an indoor smoker includes a smoke barrel having a rotating auger positioned therein. The smoke barrel may be supplied with combustible material at a first end of the smoke barrel and the auger may be intermittently rotated to advance the combustible material toward a second end of the smoke barrel and over a smoldering heater to generate a flow of smoke. A discharge port at the end of the smoke barrel may be positioned over a water reservoir, and the auger may be selectively rotated to advance partially consumed combustible material out of the smoke barrel and into the water reservoir where it is quickly extinguished.
Claims17
An indoor smoker comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a smoking chamber positioned within the cabinet;
- a smoke generating assembly for providing a flow of smoke into the smoking chamber, the smoke generating assembly comprising:
- a smoke barrel defining a smoldering chamber that extends between a first end and a second end along a central axis, the smoke barrel being configured for receiving combustible material;
- an auger positioned within the smoke barrel and being rotatable about the central axis for selectively urging the combustible material from the first end toward the second end of the smoldering chamber;
- a smoldering heater in thermal communication with the smoke barrel for selectively smoldering the combustible material as the auger advances the combustible material past the smoldering heater;
- a container positioned below the smoke barrel, the container being filled with water for receiving and extinguishing the combustible material;
- and
- a drive mechanism for selectively rotating the auger;
- and
- a controller operably coupled to the drive mechanism, the controller being configured to extinguish the combustible material by:
- turn off the smoldering heater;
- and
- rotate the auger for a predetermined amount of time after turning off the smoldering heater at the end of a smoking process to advance the combustible material out of the second end of the smoke barrel and to permit cooling of the smoldering heater without smoldering fresh combustible material.
A smoke generating assembly for providing a flow of smoke in an indoor smoker, the smoke generating assembly comprising:
- a smoke barrel defining a smoldering chamber that extends between a first end and a second end along a central axis, the smoke barrel being configured for receiving combustible material;
- an auger positioned within the smoke barrel and being rotatable about the central axis for selectively urging the combustible material from the first end toward the second end of the smoldering chamber;
- a smoldering heater in thermal communication with the smoke barrel for selectively smoldering the combustible material as the auger advances the combustible material past the smoldering heater;
- a container positioned below the smoke barrel, the container being filled with water for receiving and extinguishing the combustible material;
- a drive mechanism for selectively rotating the auger;
- and
- a controller operably coupled to the drive mechanism, the controller being configured to extinguish the combustible material by:
- turn off the smoldering heater;
- and
- rotate the auger for a predetermined amount of time after turning off the smoldering heater at the end of a smoking process to advance the combustible material out of the second end of the smoke barrel and to permit cooling of the smoldering heater without smoldering fresh combustible material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.