Pellet fueled grill with cleanout port
OwnerS. Ty MEASOM, Brett BENNETTinventors
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Abstract
A pellet-fired grill for barbecue cooking includes a cleanout port in the bottom of the combustion chamber and an access door so that the ash may be cleaned out and removed from the grill without necessitating disassembly of the upper components of the grill. The access door is operated by a pull link, and a stop catch mechanism adjacent to the pull link enables actuation of the pull link assembly only when the stop catch mechanism is released.
Claims7
In a cooking grill that has a grate for supporting food to be cooked and a pellet fuel combustion unit beneath the grate with a combustion housing supporting a combustion chamber where pellet fuel is burned to ash, the improvement comprising:
- an access opening formed in a bottom panel of said combustion chamber, said access opening disposed substantially directly beneath said combustion chamber;
- an access door dimensioned to entirely close said access opening;
- a pull link assembly for moving said access door from a first position in which said access opening is blocked to a second position in which said access opening is open to allow accumulated ash in said combustion chamber to fall therethrough;
- a stop catch mechanism releasably engaging said pull link assembly to enable actuation of said pull link assembly only when said stop catch mechanism is released.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.