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US 12,379,102 B2Granted
Cooking chamber lighting for pellet grills
AssigneeWeber-Stephen Products LLC
InventorsGregory James Dykes, Evan Allan Hall
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Abstract
Pellet grills and associated methods of operation are disclosed. An example pellet grill includes an end cap, a liner coupled to the end cap, and a compartment formed between the end cap and the liner. The example pellet grill further includes a lighting module having a light source. The light source is positioned within the compartment. The light source is configured to project light through an opening formed in the liner and into an interior of a cooking chamber of the pellet grill.
Claims22
A pellet grill, comprising:
- an end cap;
- a liner coupled to the end cap;
- a compartment formed between the end cap and the liner;
- a lighting module having a light source, the light source positioned within the compartment, the light source configured to project light through an opening formed in the liner and into an interior of a cooking chamber of the pellet grill;
- a temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature of the interior of the cooking chamber;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- detect a threshold decrease in the temperature of the interior of the cooking chamber based on temperature data obtained from the temperature sensor;
- cause the light source to be powered on in response to detecting the threshold decrease in the temperature of the interior of the cooking chamber;
- detect an initial recovery in the temperature of the interior of the cooking chamber based on temperature data obtained from the temperature sensor;
- and
- cause the light source to be powered off in response to detecting the initial recovery in the temperature of the interior of the cooking chamber.
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A pellet grill, comprising:
- an end cap;
- a liner coupled to the end cap;
- a compartment formed between the end cap and the liner;
- a lighting module having a light source, the light source positioned within the compartment, the light source configured to project light through an opening formed in the liner and into an interior of a cooking chamber of the pellet grill;
- a tachometer configured to sense a speed of a fan of the pellet grill;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- detect a threshold increase in the speed of the fan based on fan speed data obtained from the tachometer;
- cause the light source to be powered on in response to detecting the threshold increase in the speed of the fan;
- detect a threshold decrease in the speed of the fan based on fan speed data obtained from the tachometer;
- and
- cause the light source to be powered off in response to detecting the threshold decrease in the speed of the fan.
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A pellet grill, comprising:
- an end cap;
- a liner coupled to the end cap;
- a compartment formed between the end cap and the liner;
- a lighting module having a light source, the light source positioned within the compartment, the light source configured to project light through an opening formed in the liner and into an interior of a cooking chamber of the pellet grill;
- a current sensor configured to detect an operational state of an ignitor of the pellet grill;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- detect whether the ignitor is powered on based on electrical current data obtained from the current sensor;
- prevent the light source from being powered on in response to detecting that the ignitor is powered on;
- and
- enable the light source to be powered on in response to detecting that the ignitor is not powered on.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.