Pellet cooking station and system for igniting pellets and method thereof
AssigneeNorth Atlantic Imports, LLC
InventorsJared M. Smith, Tyler J. Fullmer
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Abstract
A heating system configured to employ pellets as a fuel source for cooking and configured to be initially ignited with a gas fuel. The heating system including a gas line configured to feed gas to a fire pot. The fire pot being located in a main body. The fire pot includes one or more screens to define a region within the fire pot such that the one or more screens are sized and configured to block pellets from entering the region. Further, the gas line is associated with a mixing structure configured to mix the gas fuel and oxygen together.
Claims20
A cooking system configured to employ pellets as a fuel source for cooking and configured to initially ignite the pellets with a gas fuel, the cooking system comprising:
- a main body extending to define a cooking portion and a heating portion, the cooking portion including a cooking surface, the heating portion positioned below the cooking portion of the main body, the main body extending upwards above the cooking surface;
- a pellet feeding portion associated with the heating portion, the pellet feeding portion including a hopper and a pellet feeder, the hopper sized and configured to hold the pellets therein with a lower opening sized to funnel the pellets therethrough, the pellet feeder positioned adjacent the lower opening and configured to move the pellets from the lower opening;
- a gas line configured to feed gas to the heating portion of the main body;
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- a fire pot positioned within the heating portion, the fire pot extending to define an interior surface that extends to define a side wall and a floor, the interior surface of the fire pot defining a feeder opening and a gas line opening therein, the feeder opening sized to facilitate the pellets move from the pellet feeder to fall from the pellet feeder to the floor of the fire pot, the fire pot including one or more metal screens and an ignitor, the one or more metal screens positioned to extend within the fire pot to define a region therein, the gas line having an end positioned in the gas line opening to disperse gas adjacent the floor and within the region of the fire pot and the ignitor positioned at least partially within the region defined by the one or more metal screens such that the one or more metal screens block the pellets from entering the region;
- wherein the one or more metal screens is directly secured to the interior surface of the fire pot to be positioned against the floor of the fire pot so that the one or more metal screens surround the end of the gas line such that the end of the gas line is positioned adjacent the floor so that ignited gas is configured to burn pellets accumulated on the floor of the fire pot and adjacent the one or more metal screens.
A cooking station configured to employ pellets as a fuel source for cooking and configured to initially ignite the pellets with a gas fuel, the heating system comprising:
- a main body extending to define a cooking portion and a heating portion, the cooking portion positioned above the heating portion;
- a pellet feeding portion associated with the heating portion, the pellet feeding portion including a hopper and a pellet feeder, the hopper sized and configured to hold the pellets therein with a lower opening sized to funnel the pellets therethrough, the pellet feeder positioned adjacent the lower opening and configured to move the pellets from the lower opening toward the heating portion;
- a fire pot positioned within the heating portion of the main body, the fire pot including an interior surface extending to define a side wall and a floor, the fire pot positioned to receive the pellets from the pellet feeder;
- a gas line configured to feed gas to the fire pot, the gas line including an end tube portion, the end tube portion having an air hole, the end tube portion having an end positioned to disperse gas within the fire pot;
- a mixing structure positioned between the air hole and the end of the end tube portion, the mixing structure sized and configured to mix oxygen and the gas fuel together;
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- one or more screens directly coupled to the interior surface of the fire pot to be positioned against the floor of the fire pot, the one or more screens surround the end of the gas line such that the end of the gas line is positioned adjacent the floor so that ignited gas is configured to burn pellets accumulated on the floor of the fire pot and adjacent the one or more screens, the one or more screens positioned to extend to define a region along and adjacent the floor of the fire pot, the one or more screens being sized and configured to block the pellets from the region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.