Pellet grill with two piece firebox
AssigneeW.C. Bradley Co.
InventorsMallik Ahmed, Bruce Roberts, Anthony Hamilton, Ramin Khosravi Rahmani, Sleiman Abdallah, Brad Gillespie, Dan Corso
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Abstract
An enclosure for use in a cooking grill. The enclosure has a lower portion defining an opening that receives combustion gases from a combustion source via a bottom opening, and an upper portion interposing the lower portion and the cooking grate and having a floor with an opening that receives the lower portion and combustion gases therefrom and directs them to the cooking grate. The floor slopes to a grease drain.
Claims16
An enclosure for use in a cooking grill having a combustion source and a cooking grate above the combustion source, the enclosure comprising:
- a lower portion defining an opening that receives combustion gases from the combustion source via a bottom opening;
- an upper portion interposing the lower portion and the cooking grate and having an outer, wall joining to a floor defining a first opening that receives the lower portion and defining a second opening adjacent to the first opening, the upper portion receiving combustion gases from the lower portion and directing them to the cooking grate;
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- a grease drain fitted to the second opening;
- wherein the floor slopes downwardly toward the grease drain.
A cooking grill comprising:
- a combustion source;
- a cooking grate above the combustion source;
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- a two part enclosure interposing the combustion source and the cooking grate, the enclosure having an increased cross sectional area proximate the cooking grate compared to a cross sectional area proximate the combustion source;
- wherein a first, upper part of the two part enclosure provides a sloped floor between the combustion source and cooking grate, the sloped floor defining a first opening receiving a second, lower part of the two part enclosure;
- wherein the second, lower part of the two part enclosure terminates at a flange inside the first, upper part of the two part enclosure that is spaced apart from the sloped floor;
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- wherein the sloped floor defines a second, grease opening at a lower level than the first opening.
A method comprising:
- providing an upper portion of an enclosure below a cooking grate;
- providing a lower portion of an enclosure directing combustion gases from a combustion source into the upper portion of the enclosure;
- providing a floor in the upper portion of the enclosure having an opening into which the lower portion is fitted;
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- providing an imperforate baffle affixed to the upper portion of the enclosure covering the opening in the floor to prevent grease from the cooking grate from entering into the lower portion of the enclosure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.