Retaining clip for lid or base of cooking device

Abstract

The present disclosure describes a retaining clip for a Kamado-style or other cooking device that limits movement of the device's lid or base relative to a band extending at least partially about the lid or base and coupled to a mechanism that enables movement of the device's lid relative to the base. The retaining clip has a portion securable to the band at a desired location around the band's length and has portions for contacting and engaging a rim or ridge of the lid or base, as the case may be, to substantially resist movement of the band in a direction away from the rim or ridge and toward the lid's or base's edge. Multiple retaining clips may be positioned at various respective locations around the band to further or more evenly limit relative movement between the band and the device's lid or base, as the case may be.

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