US 2025/0359565 A1Published application

Method of operating a smoke generating assembly in an indoor smoker

AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.

InventorsGeorge Carpenter, Richard Dean Suel, II, Tomas Garces

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Abstract

An indoor smoker includes comprising a smoking chamber and a smoke generating assembly for providing a flow of smoke into the smoking chamber, the smoke generating assembly including a smoke barrel for receiving combustible material, an auger positioned within the smoke barrel for selectively urging the combustible material through the smoldering chamber, and a smoldering heater in thermal communication with the smoke barrel for smoldering the combustible material as the auger advances the combustible material past the smoldering heater. A method of operation includes determining a target smoldering duration, rotating the auger to advance a first load of the combustible material onto the smoldering heater, determining that the target smoldering duration has elapsed, and rotating the auger to advance the first load of the combustible material off of the smoldering heater and advance a second load of the combustible material onto the smoldering heater.

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Dependent claims

An indoor smoker defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the indoor smoker comprising:

a cabinet defining a discharge vent;
a smoking chamber positioned within a cabinet and defining a chamber outlet;
a smoke generating assembly for providing a flow of smoke into the smoking chamber, the smoke generating assembly comprising:
a smoke barrel defining a smoldering chamber that extends between a first end and a second end along a central axis, the smoke barrel being configured for receiving combustible material;
an auger positioned within the smoke barrel and being rotatable about the central axis for selectively urging the combustible material from the first end toward the second end of the smoldering chamber;
a smoldering heater in thermal communication with the smoke barrel for smoldering the combustible material as the auger advances the combustible material past the smoldering heater;
and
a controller in operative communication with the smoke generating assembly, the controller being configured to:
determine a target smoldering duration;
rotate the auger to advance a first load of the combustible material onto the smoldering heater;
determine that the target smoldering duration has elapsed;
and
rotate the auger to advance the first load of the combustible material off of the smoldering heater and advance a second load of the combustible material onto the smoldering heater.

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A method of operating an indoor smoker, the indoor smoker comprising a smoking chamber and a smoke generating assembly for providing a flow of smoke into the smoking chamber, the smoke generating assembly comprising a smoke barrel defining a smoldering chamber that extends between a first end and a second end along a central axis, the smoke barrel being configured for receiving combustible material, an auger positioned within the smoke barrel and being rotatable about the central axis for selectively urging the combustible material from the first end toward the second end of the smoldering chamber, and a smoldering heater in thermal communication with the smoke barrel for smoldering the combustible material as the auger advances the combustible material past the smoldering heater, the method comprising:

determining a target smoldering duration;
rotating the auger to advance a first load of the combustible material onto the smoldering heater;
determining that the target smoldering duration has elapsed;
and
rotating the auger to advance the first load of the combustible material off of the smoldering heater and advance a second load of the combustible material onto the smoldering heater.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.