Portable cooking shield

A portable cooking shield for enclosing a cooking device and to reduce wind interference during outdoor cooking, the cooking shield comprising:

• elongated rails mounted to a plurality of side panels, and the elongated rails being heat resistant handles for lifting and transporting the cooking shield after use and wherein the cooking shield is opened and closed by compressing the plurality of side panels by moving the elongated rails toward each other thereby further compressing collapsible support hinges which are vertical pivot axes for coupling the plurality of side panels and wherein the heat resistant handles project upwardly from the plurality of side panels and being disposed at an acute angle therefrom to facilitate movement and transport of the cooking shield after use;
• a lighting device port extends upwardly through at least one panel thereof for accommodating at least one lighting device for the cooking device and the lighting device being insertable through the lighting device port when the plurality of panels are in use and being removable from the lighting device port when the portable cooking shield is flattened;
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• the plurality of side panels being adapted to enclose a cooking device in a freestanding configuration on a flat supporting surface.