Cooking Grill With Integrated Removable Roller Grate

A cooking grill comprising:

• a roller grate having a plurality of substantially parallel elongated rollers, the roller grate including a drive system for enabling the rollers to rotate together in the same direction;
• and
• a drive motor assembly having a drive motor for providing rotational movement to an output shaft;
• wherein the drive system is engageable with the drive motor assembly such that when the roller grate is installed in the grill, rotation of the output shaft of the drive motor causes the rollers to rotate.

A cooking grill comprising:

• a main grill including a first grill section and a second grill section;
• a roller grate adapted to be mounted in at least the first grill section, the roller grill including a plurality of substantially parallel elongated rollers and a drive system for enabling the rollers to rotate together in the same direction;
• a slotted grate adapted to be mounted in at least the second grill section;
• and
• a drive motor assembly for providing rotational movement to the drive system of the roller grate.

A cooking grill comprising:

• a main grill including a removable roller grate interchangeable with either of a slotted grate and a griddle, roller grate having:
• a plurality of substantially parallel elongated rollers;
• and
• a gear assembly for enabling the rollers to rotate together in the same direction, the gear assembly including a plurality of drive gears with drive gear mounted to rotate coaxially with each roller, a plurality of intermediate gears with each intermediate gear being located between and meshingly engaging with two adjacent drive gears such that all of the drive gears rotate in the same direction, wherein one of the drive gears serves as a main drive gear;
• and
• a drive motor assembly supported by the main grill adjacent to the roller grate, the drive motor assembly having a drive motor for providing rotational movement to an output gear located beneath the roller grate;
• wherein the main drive gear of the gear assembly is engageable with the output gear of drive motor assembly such that when the roller grate is installed in the main grill, rotation of the output gear of the drive motor causes the rollers to rotate.