Indoor grilling appliance with flavor-infusion module
AssigneeHamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
InventorChad Majewski
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Abstract
A grilling appliance includes: a lower housing including a cooking surface; a lid overlying and spaced from the cooking surface to define a cooking cavity; a heating element positioned to heat the cooking surface; a power source operatively connected with the heating element; and a flavor-infusion module attached to at least one of the lower housing and the lid. The flavor-infusion module comprises: a smoke generation chamber; and a flavor-infusion conduit fluidly connected between the smoke generation chamber and the cooking cavity.
Claims20
A grilling appliance, comprising:
- a lower housing including a cooking surface;
- a lid overlying and spaced from the cooking surface to define a cooking cavity;
- a heating element positioned to heat the cooking surface;
- a power source operatively connected with the heating element;
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- a flavor-infusion module attached to at least one of the lower housing and the lid, the flavor-infusion module comprising:
- a smoke generation chamber;
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- a flavor-infusion conduit fluidly connected between the smoke generation chamber and the cooking cavity.
A grilling appliance, comprising:
- a lower housing including a cooking surface;
- a lid overlying and spaced from the cooking surface to define a cooking cavity;
- a heating element positioned to heat the cooking surface;
- a power source operatively connected with the heating element;
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- a flavor-infusion module attached to at least one of the lower housing and the lid, the flavor-infusion module comprising:
- a smoke generation chamber;
- a blower chamber fluidly connected with the smoke generation chamber;
- a flavor-infusion conduit fluidly connected between the blower chamber and the cooking cavity;
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- a fan positioned in the blower chamber and in fluid communication with the smoke generation chamber and the flavor-infusion conduit.
A grilling appliance, comprising:
- a lower housing including a cooking surface, the cooking surface having a plurality of upwardly-extending ribs;
- a lid overlying and spaced from the cooking surface to define a cooking cavity;
- a heating element positioned to heat the cooking surface;
- a power source operatively connected with the heating element;
- a flavor-infusion module attached to at least one of the lower housing and the lid, the flavor-infusion module comprising:
- a smoke generation chamber;
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- a flavor-infusion conduit fluidly connected between the smoke generation chamber and the cooking cavity;
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- an infusion rack positioned within the cooking cavity, the infusion rack being configured to take a raised position above the ribs of the cooking surface so that food resting on the infusion rack is located above and not in contact with the cooking surface during infusion, the infusion rack being further configured to move to a lowered position in the cooking cavity, such that food positioned above the infusion rack is in contact with the ribs of the cooking surface and not in contact with the infusion rack.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.