Portable Charcoal Grill and Smoker
AssigneeMasterbuilt Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorsRobert V. Terrell, Daniel Mercer
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Abstract
The disclosed embodiments provide a portable charcoal grill and smoker that includes a lower body panel and a lid. A unitary body liner may be positioned within the lower body panel and configured to support a grill rack. The body liner may include a grease pan and a support well for a fuel basket. The fuel basket supports a fuel-grate assembly with a fuel grate which together form a hopper above the fuel grate. A variable-speed fan may be used to control an amount of combustion air that flows into the fuel basket and fuel-grate assembly and, thus, the amount of heat and smoke that is generated and distributed to a food product being cooked or smoked on the grill rack. A removable battery pack may be used to provide power to the fan.
Claims18
A portable grill and smoker, comprising:
- a lower body comprising a grill rack;
- a body liner configured to fit within an interior of the lower body, the body liner comprising a fuel-basket well located to a side of the grill rack;
- a fuel basket configured to fit within the fuel-basket well;
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- a fuel-grate assembly configured to fit within the fuel basket, the fuel-grate assembly comprising a fuel grate configured to hold fuel for generating at least one of heat or smoke in the portable grill and smoker,
- wherein the fuel basket and the fuel-grate assembly together form a hopper above the fuel grate and an ash collector below the fuel grate.
A portable grill and smoker, comprising:
- a lower body;
- a grill rack disposed above a heat distribution area within the lower body;
- a hopper configured to receive fuel and disposed within the lower body in an area positioned at a side of both the grill rack and the heat distribution area, the hopper comprising a first side wall comprising an air inlet and a second side wall comprising an air outlet;
- a fan configured to provide air to the air inlet of the hopper;
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- a manifold disposed within the heat distribution area, the manifold configured to receive the air from the air outlet of the hopper and distribute the air to the grill rack.
A portable grill and smoker, comprising:
- a lower body;
- a body liner configured to fit within an interior of the lower body, the body liner comprising a fuel-basket well and further comprising one or more supports configured to support a grill rack;
- a fuel basket configured to fit within the fuel-basket well;
- a fuel-grate assembly configured to fit within the fuel basket, the fuel-grate assembly comprising a fuel grate configured to hold fuel for generating at least one of heat or smoke in the portable grill and smoker, wherein the fuel basket and the fuel-grate assembly together form a hopper above the fuel grate and an ash collector below the fuel grate;
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- a fan configured to provide both combustion air to the fuel grate and at least one of heated air or smoke to the grill rack.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.