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US 2024/0374083 A1Published application
Cooking apparatus with air flow reversal
OwnerJean DESPRÉSinventor
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Abstract
A cooking apparatus may have a vat configured to accommodate a heat source, the vat having a top open end. A grate covers the top open end and configured to receive foodstuff thereon to expose the foodstuff to heat from the heat source. A ventilation conduit extends from a bottom and/or a side of vat, the ventilation conduit having a first end in fluid communication with the vat, and having a second end away from the vat. The second end of the ventilation conduit is alternatively an air intake and a smoke exhaust.
Claims14
A cooking apparatus comprising:
- a vat configured to accommodate a heat source, the vat having a top open end;
- a grate covering the top open end and configured to receive foodstuff thereon to expose the foodstuff to heat from the heat source;
- and
- a ventilation conduit extending from a bottom and/or a side of vat, the ventilation conduit having a first end in fluid communication with the vat, and having a second end away from the vat;
- wherein the second end of the ventilation conduit is alternatively an air intake and a smoke exhaust.
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A method of operating a cooking apparatus comprising:
- causing a combustion in a vat of the cooking apparatus;
- exposing foodstuff to heat from the combustion on a grate mounted atop the vat;
- and
- inducing an air flow from an environment of the grate, through the vat, and to an exhaust of a ventilation conduit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.