Ladder rack and heating assembly for an indoor smoker
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsDaniel Carballo, Richard Devos
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Abstract
An indoor smoker includes a smoking chamber that is defined at least in part by a sidewall and a smoke generating assembly for providing a flow of smoke into the smoking chamber through a chamber inlet defined in the sidewall. A ladder rack is mounted to the sidewall for supporting a plurality of racks and includes a support plate that is space apart from the sidewall to define a flow plenum for distributing the flow of smoke throughout the smoking chamber. A heating assembly includes a side heating element mounted to the sidewall adjacent to the flow plenum for heating the flow of smoke within the plenum and urging the flow of smoke upward through the flow plenum along the vertical direction.
Claims20
An indoor smoker defining a vertical direction, the indoor smoker comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a smoking chamber positioned within the cabinet, the smoking chamber being defined at least in part by a sidewall and a bottom wall;
- a smoke generating assembly for providing a flow of smoke into the smoking chamber through a chamber inlet defined in the sidewall;
- a ladder rack mounted to the sidewall, the ladder rack comprising a support plate that is spaced apart from the sidewall to define a flow plenum, the support plate defining one or more support structures for receiving one or more racks;
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- a heating assembly positioned in thermal communication with the flow plenum for heating the flow of smoke within the flow plenum and urging the flow of smoke upward through the flow plenum along the vertical direction.
A rack assembly for an indoor smoker, the indoor smoker comprising a smoking chamber positioned within a cabinet and being defined at least in part by a sidewall, the sidewall defining a chamber inlet for receiving a flow of smoke from a smoke generating assembly, the rack assembly comprising:
- a ladder rack mounted to the sidewall, the ladder rack comprising a support plate that is spaced apart from the sidewall to define a flow plenum, the support plate defining one or more support structures for receiving one or more racks;
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- a heating assembly comprising:
- a side heating element mounted adjacent to the sidewall of the smoking chamber in thermal communication with the flow plenum for heating the flow of smoke within the plenum and urging the flow of smoke upward through the flow plenum along the vertical direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.