US 2024/0381884 A1 · COOKING DEVICE

Abstract

A cooking device may include a cooking chamber with a first gas-powered heat source, such as a gas grill, disposed in the cooking chamber. The cooking chamber may also include a receptacle, such as a drawer, that is sized and configured to receive a solid fuel, which may be used to generate smoke. The drawer movable between a closed position in which the drawer and solid fuel are disposed inside the cooking chamber and an open position in which the drawer is at least partially removed from the cooking chamber. A second or secondary gas-powered heat source may reheat, reburn, and/or recombust the smoke from the solid fuel heat source to create smoke with different characteristics. The second gas-powered heat source and at least a portion of the drawer may be disposed in a vertically stacked configuration.

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Dependent claims

A cooking device, comprising:

a cooking chamber;
one or more cooking surfaces disposed in the cooking chamber, the cooking surfaces sized and configured for placement of foodstuffs;
a first gas-powered heat source including one or more burners disposed in the cooking chamber;
a solid fuel heat source including a drawer sized and configured to receive a solid fuel, the solid fuel heat source sized and configured to generate smoke, the drawer movable between a closed position in which the drawer and solid fuel are disposed inside the cooking chamber and an open position in which the drawer is at least partially removed from the cooking chamber;
and
a second gas-powered heat source that is sized and configured to reheat, reburn, and/or recombust the smoke from the solid fuel heat source.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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