System and method for regulating the flow of smoke in an indoor smoker
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsTomas Garces, Samuel Vincent DuPlessis
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Abstract
An indoor smoker includes a cabinet including an exhaust duct, a smoking chamber, a firebox, and a bypass duct extending between the firebox and the exhaust duct. A damper is movable between a first position for closing the smoking chamber when a firebox temperature is outside a desired range and a second position for blocking the bypass duct when the firebox temperature is within the desired range. The damper thus regulates the flow of smoke such that only good smoke is directed into the smoking chamber, while bad smoke is routed directly to the exhaust duct.
Claims20
An indoor smoker defining a vertical, a lateral, and a transverse direction, the indoor smoker comprising:
- a cabinet including an exhaust duct;
- a smoking chamber positioned within the cabinet and defining a chamber inlet and a chamber outlet, the chamber outlet being in fluid communication with the exhaust duct;
- a firebox defining a primary outlet fluidly coupled to the chamber inlet, a bypass outlet, and a smoldering chamber for receiving combustible material;
- a bypass duct providing fluid communication between the bypass outlet and the exhaust duct;
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- a firebox damper being movable between a first position where the primary outlet is blocked and a second position where the bypass outlet is blocked.
A method of regulating a flow of smoke in an indoor smoker, the indoor smoker comprising a smoking chamber having a chamber outlet and a chamber inlet, a firebox defining a primary outlet fluidly coupled to the chamber inlet and a bypass outlet, and a firebox damper movable between a first position for blocking the primary outlet and a second position for blocking the bypass outlet, the method comprising:
- obtaining a firebox temperature;
- determining that the firebox temperature has reached a lower temperature threshold;
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- moving the firebox damper to the second position in response to determining that the firebox temperature has reached the lower temperature threshold.
An indoor smoker defining a vertical, a lateral, and a transverse direction, the indoor smoker comprising:
- a cabinet including an exhaust duct;
- a smoking chamber positioned within the cabinet and defining a chamber inlet and a chamber outlet, the chamber outlet being in fluid communication with the exhaust duct;
- a firebox defining a primary outlet fluidly coupled to the chamber inlet, a bypass outlet, and a smoldering chamber for receiving combustible material;
- a bypass duct providing fluid communication between the bypass outlet and the exhaust duct;
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- a damper being movable between a first position for closing smoking chamber and a second position for blocking the bypass duct.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.