Pellet management in an indoor smoker
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsTomas Garces, Daniel Carballo
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Abstract
An indoor smoker includes a smoking chamber positioned within a cabinet, a hopper positioned within the cabinet and being configured to receive combustible material to facilitate a smoking process, a smoke generating assembly positioned below the hopper along the vertical direction and being configured to for receive the combustible material and generate a flow of smoke that is directed into the smoking chamber, and a waste container positioned below the smoke generating assembly and being configured to receive and extinguish the combustible material. A volume ratio is defined as a waste container volume to a hopper volume and is between about 2:1 and 6:1.
Claims20
An indoor smoker defining a vertical direction, the indoor smoker comprising:
- a cabinet defining a cabinet height measured along the vertical direction;
- a smoking chamber positioned within the cabinet;
- a hopper positioned within the cabinet and being configured to receive combustible material to facilitate a smoking process, the hopper defining a hopper volume;
- a smoke generating assembly positioned below the hopper along the vertical direction and being configured to for receive the combustible material and generate a flow of smoke that is directed into the smoking chamber;
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- a waste container positioned below the smoke generating assembly and being configured to receive and extinguish the combustible material, the waste container defining a waste container volume, wherein a wherein a volume ratio is defined as the waste container volume to the hopper volume, and wherein the volume ratio is between about 2:1 and 6:1.
An indoor smoker defining a vertical direction, the indoor smoker comprising:
- a cabinet defining a cabinet height measured along the vertical direction;
- a smoking chamber positioned within the cabinet;
- a hopper positioned within the cabinet and being configured to receive combustible material to facilitate a smoking process, the hopper defining a hopper height;
- a smoke generating assembly positioned below the hopper along the vertical direction and being configured to for receive the combustible material and generate a flow of smoke that is directed into the smoking chamber;
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- a waste container positioned below the smoke generating assembly and being configured to receive and extinguish the combustible material, the waste container defining a waste container height, wherein a wherein a height ratio is defined as the waste container height to the hopper height, and wherein the height ratio is between about 0.8:1 and 1.2:1.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.