Flat top gas grills including cooking engines configured for optimum heat distribution

A grill, comprising:

• a cookbox including a bottom wall, a front wall, a rear wall, a right sidewall, and a left sidewall, the front wall, the rear wall, the right sidewall, and the left sidewall extending upwardly from the bottom wall, the cookbox further including a plurality of air intake openings extending though the bottom wall, the plurality of air intake openings including a first air intake opening, a second air intake opening laterally spaced apart from the first air intake opening, and a third air intake opening laterally spaced apart from both the first air intake opening and the second air intake opening;
• a griddle disposed on or above the cookbox, the griddle including a flat top cooking surface and an underside located opposite the flat top cooking surface;
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• a plurality of burner tubes disposed in the cookbox and located between the bottom wall of the cookbox and the underside of the griddle, the plurality of burner tubes including a first burner tube, a second linear burner tube laterally spaced apart from the first burner tube, a third burner tube laterally spaced apart from both the first burner tube and the second burner tube, and a fourth burner tube laterally spaced apart from each one of the first burner tube, the second burner tube, and the third burner tube, wherein the first air intake opening is laterally positioned between the first burner tube and the second burner tube, the second air intake opening is laterally positioned between the second burner tube and the third burner tube, and the third air intake opening is laterally positioned between the third burner tube and the fourth burner tube.

A grill, comprising:

• a cookbox including a bottom wall, a front wall, a rear wall, a right sidewall, and a left sidewall, the front wall, the rear wall, the right sidewall, and the left sidewall extending upwardly from the bottom wall, the cookbox further including a plurality of air intake openings extending though the bottom wall;
• a griddle disposed on or above the cookbox, the griddle including a flat top cooking surface and an underside located opposite the flat top cooking surface;
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• a plurality of burner tubes disposed in the cookbox and located between the bottom wall of the cookbox and the underside of the griddle, the plurality of burner tubes including a linear burner tube having a central axis, an outer wall, a first row of ports extending through the outer wall and arranged parallel to the central axis, a second row of ports extending through the outer wall and arranged parallel to the central axis, a third row of ports extending through the outer wall and arranged perpendicular to the central axis, and a fourth row of ports extending through the outer wall and arranged perpendicular to the central axis, the second row of ports spaced apart from the first row of ports, the fourth row of ports spaced apart from the third row of ports, the third row of ports located between 1.0 and 6.0 inches inwardly from the front wall of the cookbox.