Patio warmer for hinged, covered grill

A hinged, covered kamado-style grill having a grill base and a grill cover joined by a hinge, a grill cover handle and a grill front opposite the hinge, a wire cooking grid, and a grill cover gasket defining a gasketed grill cover periphery and a grill cover opening area, and further comprising a removable outdoor warming adapter device temporarily and detachably inserted between the grill cover and grill base, wherein the adapter device includes both:

• a) a grill cover supporting portion that holds the grill cover and grill base apart in a partially opened position when the adapter device is so inserted, and becomes pinched between the grill cover gasket and the grill base when the grill cover is rotated towards the grill base, and
• b) a combustion heat-resistant rigid metal grill cover obstructing portion that shields the majority of the grill cover gasket and grill cover opening area from combustion heat rising from a charcoal or wood pellet heat source in the grill base, the grill cover obstructing portion comprising a rigid metal sheet having a thickness of about 1 mm (0.04 inches) to about 2.5 cm (1 inch) and being fastened to or including the grill cover supporting portion,
• wherein when the adapter device is so inserted and the grill cover and base are in such partially opened position and pinch the grill cover supporting portion of the adapter between the grill cover gasket and the grill base, the grill cover obstructing portion of the adapter is inclined to reflect such rising combustion heat in a generally horizontal direction away from the hinge and towards the grill front.

A method for outdoor warming, comprising in either order the steps of a) building a fire from combustible charcoal or wood pellet material in a base of a hinged, covered kamado-style grill having a grill base and a grill cover joined by a hinge, a grill cover handle and a grill front opposite the hinge, a wire cooking grid, and a grill cover gasket defining a gasketed grill cover periphery and a grill cover opening area, and b) opening the grill cover, temporarily and detachably installing in the grill a removable outdoor warming adapter device that is sized and shaped to hold the grill cover in a partially opened position and to become pinched between the grill cover gasket and the grill base when the grill cover is rotated towards the grill base, and partially closing the grill cover to trap and pinch the adapter device between the grill cover and grill base with the grill cover in such partially opened position, wherein the adapter device includes both:

• i) a grill cover supporting portion that holds the grill cover and grill base apart in such partially opened position when the adapter device is inserted between the grill cover and grill base and the grill cover is rotated towards the grill base, and
• ii) a combustion heat-resistant rigid metal grill cover obstructing portion that comprises a rigid metal sheet having a thickness of about 1 mm (0.04 inches) to about 2.5 cm (1 inch), is fastened to or includes the grill cover supporting portion, shields the majority of the grill cover gasket and grill cover opening area from combustion heat rising from the fire, and is inclined to reflect such rising combustion heat in a generally horizontal direction away from the hinge and towards the grill front.