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US 12,127,710 B2Granted
Barbecue oven and method of operation
AssigneeKbq Technologies, LLC
InventorWilliam H. Karau
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Abstract
A barbecue oven that enables operator control of the combustion process through selective control of gas flow through and/or around a hot, oxygenated bed of coals and further enables automatic control of oven temperature through thermostatic regulation of forced draft.
Claims18
A barbecue oven comprising:
- a firebox;
- a cooking chamber;
- a passageway coupled to the firebox and the cooking chamber, the passageway containing:
- a valve configured to control an amount of uncombusted smoke from the firebox to the passageway;
- and
- a vent configured to cause combustion of uncombusted smoke by drawing the uncombusted smoke through a solid fuel bed of the firebox and through a space underneath the solid fuel bed to the passageway.
3 more elements
A barbecue oven comprising:
- a firebox;
- a cooking chamber;
- a passageway coupled to the firebox and the cooking chamber, the passageway containing:
- a valve configured to block or draw uncombusted smoke from the firebox to the passageway;
- and
- a vent configured to draw combusted smoke through a solid fuel bed of the firebox to the passageway,
- wherein the valve is configured to control a mixture of combusted smoke and uncombusted smoke.
4 more elements
A barbecue oven comprising:
- a firebox;
- a cooking chamber;
- a valve configured to block or draw uncombusted smoke from the firebox to the cooking chamber through a passageway;
- and
- a vent configured to draw uncombusted smoke through a solid fuel bed of the firebox to the cooking chamber through the passageway,
- wherein the valve is configured to control a mixture of combusted smoke and uncombusted smoke.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.