Pellet grill
AssigneeHalo Products Group, LLC
InventorsPaul J. Simon, Michael R. Giebel, Xianjia Fan
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Abstract
A solid pellet fueled apparatus having a duel auger system and multi/high speed auger motor is disclosed. The duel auger may include first and second auger blades mounted on a single auger shaft having blade pitches configured to convey solid fuel in opposite directions towards a central burn pot. Each auger blade may service a separate solid fuel compartment provided in a single hopper. The auger motor may have a high-speed setting that may be selected for solid fuel clean out.
Claims30
A cooking grill, comprising:
- a solid fuel hopper;
- a burn pot;
- and
- an auger system including a first auger blade and a second auger blade,
- wherein the first auger blade has a first pitch configured to convey solid fuel in a first direction and the second auger blade has a second pitch configured to convey solid fuel in a second direction, and wherein the first direction and the second direction are different directions.
A cooking grill, comprising:
- a grilling surface;
- a solid fuel hopper disposed along a front portion of the cooking grill directly in front of the grilling surface;
- a burn pot;
- and
- an auger system disposed between the solid fuel hopper and the burn pot, said auger system including a first auger blade and a second auger blade.
A cooking grill comprising:
- a first auger blade for conveying solid fuel in a first direction;
- a second auger blade for conveying solid fuel in a second direction;
- and
- a solid fuel hopper having a first compartment and a second compartment,
- wherein the first compartment is disposed generally above the first auger blade and the second compartment is disposed generally above the second auger blade.
A method of solid fuel clean-out for a cooking grill, comprising the steps of:
- providing a solid fuel hopper having solid fuel in a first compartment and solid fuel in a second compartment;
- providing a first auger blade dedicated to convey solid fuel from the first compartment;
- providing a second auger blade dedicated to convey solid fuel from the second compartment;
- rotating the first auger blade and the second auger blade at a first speed to convey solid fuel from the first compartment and the second compartment for solid fuel burning operation;
- and
- rotating the first auger blade and the second auger blade at a second higher speed to convey solid fuel from the first compartment and the second compartment for solid fuel clean-out operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.