Pellet grill
AssigneeWH Products, LLC
InventorsPaul J. Simon, Michael R. Giebel, Xianjia Fan
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Abstract
A solid pellet fueled apparatus having a duel auger system and multi/high speed auger motor is disclosed. The duel auger may include first and second auger blades mounted on a single auger shaft having blade pitches configured to convey solid fuel in opposite directions towards a central burn pot. Each auger blade may service a separate solid fuel compartment provided in a single hopper. The auger motor may have a high-speed setting that may be selected for solid fuel clean out.
Claims20
An outdoor cooking or heating device, comprising:
- a solid fuel hopper;
- a burn pot;
- an auger system including a first auger blade and a second auger blade and an auger shaft connecting the first auger blade and the second auger blade;
- and
- one or more pins disposed between the first auger blade and the second auger blade and connected to the auger shaft, said one or more pins extending away from the auger shaft in an orthogonal direction,
- wherein the first auger blade has a first pitch configured to convey solid fuel in a first direction and the second auger blade has a second pitch configured to convey solid fuel in a second direction, and wherein the first direction and the second direction are different directions.
A cooking grill, comprising:
- a grilling surface;
- a solid fuel hopper disposed along a front portion of the cooking grill directly in front of the grilling surface;
- a burn pot;
- an auger system disposed between the solid fuel hopper and the burn pot, said auger system including a first auger blade and a second auger blade;
- and
- one or more pins disposed on an auger shaft located between the first auger blade and the second auger blade,
- wherein the one or more pins extend away from the auger shaft in an orthogonal direction.
An outdoor cooking or heating device comprising:
- a first auger blade for conveying solid fuel in a first direction;
- a second auger blade for conveying solid fuel in a second direction;
- a solid fuel hopper having a first compartment and a second compartment;
- an auger shaft connecting the first auger blade and the second auger blade;
- and
- one or more pins disposed between the first auger blade and the second auger blade,
- wherein the one or more pins extend away from the auger shaft in an orthogonal direction, and
- wherein the first compartment is disposed generally above the first auger blade and the second compartment is disposed generally above the second auger blade.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.